Microsoft Defender for Endpoint vs. Vulcan Cyber (discontinued)
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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint | Score8.8 out of 10 | N/A | Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (formerly Microsoft Defender ATP) is a holistic, cloud delivered endpoint security solution that includes risk-based vulnerability management and assessment, attack surface reduction, behavioral based and cloud-powered next generation protection, endpoint detection and response (EDR), automatic investigation and remediation, managed hunting services, rich APIs, and unified security management. | $2.50 per user/per month |
Vulcan Cyber (discontinued) | Score7.4 out of 10 | Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees) | Vulcan Cyber was an exposure and vulnerability risk mitigation platform, acquired by Tenable in early 2025. The product is no longer available for sale, and functionality has been integrated into the Tenable One Exposure Management platform's vulnerability solution. | N/A |
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96% Would buy again 157 Answers | 100% Would buy again 12 Answers | |
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99% Delivers good value for the price 146 Answers | 100% Delivers good value for the price 9 Answers | |
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95% Happy with the feature set 155 Answers | 100% Happy with the feature set 12 Answers | |
| Lived up to sales and marketing promises | ||
97% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 130 Answers | 83% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 5 Answers | |
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95% Implementation went as expected 140 Answers | 83% Implementation went as expected 5 Answers | |
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| Small Businesses | SentinelOne Singularity Score9 out of 10 | No answers on this topic |
| Medium-sized Companies | ![]() BlackBerry Protect (CylancePROTECT) Score9.1 out of 10 | Tenable Nessus Score8.8 out of 10 |
| Enterprises | ESET PROTECT Score8.8 out of 10 | Tenable Vulnerability Management Score8.9 out of 10 |
| All Alternatives | View all alternatives | View all alternatives |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 8.9 | 7.1 |
| Likelihood to Renew | 8.4 | - |
| Usability | 8.6 | - |
| Availability | 9.1 | - |
| Performance | 9.1 | - |
| Support Rating | 9.0 | - |
| Implementation Rating | 7.3 | - |
| Configurability | 8.2 | - |
| Ease of integration | - | 7.0 |
| Product Scalability | 9.1 | - |
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