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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Defender XDR

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft 365 Defender combines SIEM and XDR capabilities for Microsoft 365 environments, encompassing threat detection, post-breach detection, automated investigation, and response for endpoints. Additionally, it protects cloud apps, emails and documents, and employee identities.N/A

    Symantec Email Security.cloud

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASymantec Email Security.cloud filters unwanted messages and protects users from targeted attacks. The service has self- learning capabilities and Symantec intelligence to deliver highly effective and accurate email security. Encryption and data loss prevention help you control sensitive data. It supports Microsoft Office 365, Google Apps, on premises or hosted Microsoft Exchange, and other mailbox services, delivering always-on, inbound and outbound messaging security. It is designed…N/A
    Pricing
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    Pricing Offerings
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    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
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    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    99%
    Would buy again
    85 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    79 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    85 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    58 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    66 Answers
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    Features
    Microsoft Defender XDRSymantec Email Security.cloud
    Secure Email Gateway
    Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Microsoft Defender XDR and Symantec Email Security.cloud
    Feature
    Microsoft Defender XDR
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    Ratings
    Symantec Email Security.cloud
    9.6
    2 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Anti-malware00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
    Data Loss Protection00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Threat Detection00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
    Sandboxing00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    End-to-End Encryption00 Ratings9.82 Ratings
    Management Tools00 Ratings9.82 Ratings
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    Microsoft Defender XDRSymantec Email Security.cloud
    Small Businesses
    Sophos Intercept X for Server
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Sophos Email
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    InsightIDR
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Sophos Email
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Kaspersky EDR Optimum
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Microsoft Exchange
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft Defender XDRSymantec Email Security.cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (86 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.7
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Microsoft Defender XDRSymantec Email Security.cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    In our experience, Microsoft Defender XDR has been fantastic for phishing and account compromise scenarios, Endpoint Security, Automated threat detection and response and just generally giving a great overview through their dashboard, meaning the IT team doesn't need to switch between multiple tools to understand the full scope of an incident. In mostly remote organization like ours, it really helps to keep on top of any potential threats that we don't have the opportunity to spot in person. While it works great for us in a mostly Microsoft 365 environment, I can see how it would be less appropriate in an organization that is less integrated in the Microsoft ecosystem or uses a large number of third party tools.
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    Broadcom
    If you don't want to have any spam or malware in your mailbox, Symantec Email Security.cloud is the solution to choose. Also, if you need to have some security features, like DLP, it has them embedded!
    We have also been using reporting a lot to see how many emails have been sent, where they delivered, and so on.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • One of the greatest strength of Microsoft Defender XDR has the ability to convey alert and signal in the closing point, email, identity and cloud applications in an event. Instead of obtaining isolated alert from each tool, Microsoft Defender XDR consolidates them in a full attack story, which helps the security teams to understand the scope and impact of a danger very fast.
    • If a user clicks on the fishing link, Microsoft Defender XDR automatically can associate malicious emails with lateral movement efforts, suspected sine-in, and endpoint activity-to protect against hours of manual probes.
    • The defender uses AI-powered automation for investigating and treatment of Microsoft Defender XDR events. It can separate the infected closing points, can cancel the compromised tokens, or remove malicious email - without the need for human intervention.
    • When malware is detected on a device, the defender can separate the device, kill malicious processes, and automatically flag the same files throughout the environment, which can spread.
    • Because it is integrated deeply with Microsoft 365 defender, Entra ID (Azure Ad), Intune, and PurView, the defender provides native safety in the XDR Microsoft Stack. It simplifies deployment and maintenance, offering deep visibility in user activity and cloud data.
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    Broadcom
    • Advanced scanning of email and threats beyond simple Antispam services
    • Sandbox testing of attachments prior to delivery of email to test against malicious threats such as Ransomware
    • Spearphishing prevention to avoid impersonation attacks and potential wire transfer requests
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • Enhanced False Positive Mitigation:
    • Improved algorithms to minimize false positives in threat detection, reducing the impact on security teams and preventing unnecessary investigations into non-threatening incidents.
    • Advanced User-Friendly Interface:
    • Streamlined and intuitive user interface for the centralized dashboard, making it more accessible for security professionals with varying levels of expertise.
    • Greater Third-Party Integration:
    • Increased compatibility and integration capabilities with a broader range of third-party security tools
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    Broadcom
    • Outbound encryption could be improved to allow for advanced connections to other organizations' PKI keyservers.
    • The user interface could be a little more friendly, finding advanced features sometimes takes a little more time with hunting and clicking to get to the correct page.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    We are pleased with the product and have no plans to look for alternatives. We are deeply invested in Microsoft ecosystem and Defender XDR provides seamless integration to other Microsoft products. For academic institution pricing is also quite affordable. In the contrary, we hope to extend the scope of the product for our entire environment.
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    Broadcom
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    Once configured, it's very usable for any security team or IT Analyst. It'll give you everything you need to know in a single consolidated dashboard, and while you can certainly dive deeper with a very feature rich platform, generally it's very usable. I gave it an 8 as some of the advanced features do have a very strong learning curve, while routine tasks are quite straightforward, some of the features such as threat hunting, custom detections and automated response workflows do have a bit of a learning curve and will require some research and experience to get to grips with
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    Broadcom
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    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    In our experience there has been very little downtime for Microsot Defender XDR. For us there hasn’t been any single incident where we needed the product and it was not available.
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    Broadcom
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    Performance
    Microsoft
    Most of the time the product is as responsive as you might expect from cloud product. Occasionly the product is little slugish, this has been at most a slight irritation. Reports generate quickly ennough for our needs. We also not have found that Defender XDR slows down systems that it is integrated with
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    Broadcom
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    Their support throughout our onboarding of the product was fabulous. They not only took the time to carefully explain to teams not as well equipped with the lingo but explained to the tech team how to teach the other teams to be successful. They never once seemed impatient or annoyed with basic questions and didn’t pretend to know something when they needed to research an answer
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    Broadcom
    In very tricky cases, it takes time to explain it to the support personnel as they don't get your problem from the first couple of emails.
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    In-Person Training
    Microsoft
    Good and hard to find someonme who can explain everything for you beside Microsoft they provide you everything you need.
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    Broadcom
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    Online Training
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Provides a good training for the Microsoft 365 Defender and has a good learning paths to learn and take the exams and get your Certifications.
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    seemless and almost transparent. can be deployed by script if needed so every endpoint on our system get's it. if you have intune it gets dumped on the the endpoint by policy so nothing escapes it
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    Our product in that area, for instance as a security platform and for us it is for the moment really bad point. We started to move in that direction that there is that disconnect from the client management. So if there is some action that needs to be executed detected by security team, there is not an easy way to make that available to the team that is responsible for managing the identities as users, as the devices
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    Broadcom
    Barracuda's ESS is the premier product, it boasts outbound email encryption as an included service as well as all of the security features of Symantec Email Security.cloud. Sophos is on the same level as SES.c but is not quite as feature rich.
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    Scalability
    Microsoft
    Azure cloud provides techical power to scale the product for whole organization. From organizational point of view scaling Defender XDR for various IT teams needs good collaboration and clear norms that all teams must agree to and follow.
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • Security incident cannot be measured, once you down you down, hence the security applications like this is just a must have
    • The subscription model will be cheaper and can be a good point if you want to free resources within the IT Team
    • The SaaS model, if measured correctly can and will reduce long term cost in Infrastructure and Man Power
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    Broadcom
    • Our previous solution was very manual. The ROI has been in less manual intervention from the admins and freeing up their already busy schedules.
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