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Microsoft Defender for Office 365 vs. Tessian Cloud Email Security Platform

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Defender for Office 365

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Defender for Office 365 is a security solution used to protect Office 365 against advanced threats, such as phishing and business email compromise. It helps prevent volume-based and targeted attacks, including business email compromise, credential phishing, ransomware, and advanced malware with a robust filtering stack, as well as to detect malicious and suspicious content like links and files across Office 365.N/A

    Tessian Cloud Email Security Platform

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/ATessian Defender automatically prevents business email compromise, spear phishing, account takeover (ATO), and other targeted email attacks. Powered by Tessian’s proprietary Human Layer Security Engine, Defender analyses millions of data points for every inbound email and detects anomalies that indicate security threats. Tessian Defender captures attacks that evade secure email gateways and legacy security controls. These include zero-payload attacks that include no URL or attachment,…N/A
    Pricing
    Microsoft Defender for Office 365Tessian Cloud Email Security Platform
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft Defender for Office 365Tessian Cloud Email Security Platform
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft Defender for Office 365Tessian Cloud Email Security Platform
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    Tessian Limited
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Microsoft Defender for Office 365Tessian Cloud Email Security Platform
    Secure Email Gateway
    Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and Tessian Cloud Email Security Platform
    Feature
    Microsoft Defender for Office 365
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    Ratings
    Tessian Cloud Email Security Platform
    6.1
    2 Ratings
    32% below category average
    Anti-malware00 Ratings6.62 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings5.42 Ratings
    Data Loss Protection00 Ratings6.62 Ratings
    Threat Detection00 Ratings7.12 Ratings
    Sandboxing00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    End-to-End Encryption00 Ratings4.51 Ratings
    Management Tools00 Ratings6.62 Ratings
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    Microsoft Defender for Office 365Tessian Cloud Email Security Platform
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    Sophos Email
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    Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection (TAP)
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Barracuda ESG (discontinued)
    Score6.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection (TAP)
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Microsoft Exchange
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft Defender for Office 365Tessian Cloud Email Security Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (8 ratings)
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.6
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft Defender for Office 365Tessian Cloud Email Security Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is found to be well suited for our size company, and easily for smaller or larger companies as well. It does have a few places where improvements can be made, but at least it also asks you to provide feedback to Microsoft, which I have done with certain suggestions or complaints. However, overall it is a very thorough and useful tool when it comes to securing and defending yourself against trending threats.
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    Tessian Limited
    Tessian Cloud Email Security is well suited for anyone that can afford it. Email is the gateway for the bad guys and having as much security and protection as possible is critical
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • It has been seamlessly working for us. We have not faced any issue as an end user. I've not faced many issues around accessing my apps, securely accessing and I've also seen certain links being blocked if I do not have correct access based on the security level that is defined for each user.
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    Tessian Limited
    • simplicity
    • plug-and-play
    • low-hassle
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • I think it needs to be tuned correctly. For example, afterwards I tried to go in and print once after the implementation was done, I went in and tried to print a file or export a document. Just not possible, which just means it's great, works really well, but it also means that you have to tune your data categorization very carefully.
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    Tessian Limited
    • The Outlook Add-In broke several systems during use.
    • There are many changes to the account reps and engineers assigned to us. As a result, we lost touch with Tessian.
    • Lack of knowledge and help from Support during times when the Add-In was disrupting users.
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Tessian Limited
    Pretty straight forward for the users and admins. Some terminology takes a little time to learn for the admin, functionally seems rock solid.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    Sentinel One. Well, we have two different products at the same time. Just see which one is the best fit for our business. So nowadays we're using both at the same time.
    Incentivized
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    Tessian Limited
    Egress is a very capable product, likely on-par with Tessian as a fraction of the cost. I will be giving them a deep review this year
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • The positive aspect is the security of the employees, security of the data. There is no breach I can say. So it is a good impact. I mean there is not any bad or negative impact.
    Incentivized
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    Tessian Limited
    • provides additional email security protections for inbound and outbound
    • Helps prevent the mis-direction of outbound email
    Incentivized
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