Microsoft Forefront (Discontinued Product) vs. Proton VPN for Business

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)
Score 9.5 out of 10
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Forefront is Microsoft's antivirus offering.N/A
Proton VPN for Business
Score 9.6 out of 10
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ProtonVPN is presented as a high-speed Swiss VPN that safeguards privacy, from the makers of ProtonMail and CERN engineers of Swiss-based Proton Technologies. With a free option and a strong no-log policy, users are assured that their browsing data is not tracked.
$8.99
per month per user
Pricing
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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User Ratings
Microsoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)Proton VPN for Business
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Microsoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)Proton VPN for Business
Likelihood to Recommend
Discontinued Products
In large deployments, I have found Microsoft Forefront to be very effective at combating the majority of threats faced by our users. It provides the base platform for catching threats that would otherwise threaten our users and their data. If you have an environment that is under constant malware threat, then a secondary program may be needed as required.
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Proton
ProtonVPN is 100% suited while we are concerned about our privacy and speed while using a VPN. But if you want a great ping and want to stream games or do online multiplayer gaming, it is not so much suited because of the crown on all of its servers and their high pings.
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Pros
Discontinued Products
  • SCEP is a light weight client which is minimally impactful on the user end.
  • Forefront's management console provides excellent monitoring and reporting.
  • Setup and configuration is very easy.
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Proton
  • it maintains a great speed and stability
  • has a free plan for the basic, privacy concerned user
  • some of its server also supports p2p file sharing
  • their absulute no-logs policy
  • easy to use interface
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Cons
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  • Malware detection is not quite 100%. We have to use a secondary program occasionally.
  • On low ram and weak CPU systems scanning can freeze the machine.
  • The same reporting tools that are on the console version, aren't on the client.
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Proton
  • increasing the number of virtual locations
  • making the pricing more competitive
  • allowing users to enjoy gaming on a Low Ping on all of its servers
  • adding more servers on the virtual locations like USA and Netherlands
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Alternatives Considered
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The biggest advantage that MSF and SCEP provide over Norton is: One: Far less client overhead required. Both Norton and McAfee are highly intensive client side when in use. Two: We've had far better luck using the Microsoft system with its detection capabilities, versus the others. Three: It is tied right into the Microsoft updating system, which provides central updating capabilities of av/mal/windows updates.
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Proton
Proton VPN allows free users to enjoy and protect their privacy on the internet without compromising safety and security. they have a no-logs policy and they do not store the data of users. Thus they stand out from most of the VPNs out there. Also, the proton VPN has great speed on its free servers which are not offered by any other VPN I have seen so far. that's definitely a plus point.
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Return on Investment
Discontinued Products
  • Less turnaround on virus based issues.
  • Helps reduce malware issues over time.
  • Can breed overconfidence in the system, so people don't always try a second tool.
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Proton
  • helping us to enrich our researches
  • saving a lot of time while finding articles or information from restricted sites
  • increasing the ROI because of the great articles published by the great researches conducted with the help of ProtonVPN
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