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McAfee Endpoint Protection Suite (Legacy) vs Microsoft Defender for Endpoint 2025

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McAfee Endpoint Protection Suite (Legacy)

by Trellix

138 ratings
 

Overall Rating

4
(138 reviews)

67% willing to recommend

Highlighted reviews

 

FAVORABLE REVIEW

Complete client managment and security features.
This software is very powerful, you can complete several tasks like reporting, tracking, managing users, assets, perform security scanning on all devices integrated with AD internally, threat prevention, adaptive threat protection, firewall, and encryption. So complete.
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CRITICAL REVIEW

Implementation is easy but still needs improvements compared to other vendors.
McAfee ENS works well with our business and systems running Windows and Apple OS products but we have had a lot of issues with Linux OS. Implementation is easy but still needs improvements compared to other vendors.
 

Ratings breakdown

Overall Capability Score

Overall Rating

4.1
(138 reviews)
4.0

(1)

Ease of Use
0.0

(1)

Cloud-based Management
4.0

(1)

Prevention
0.0

(1)

EDR Functionality
5.0

(1)

Workspace Security Suite
3.0

(1)

Managed Services
0.0

(1)

Geographic Support
2.0

(1)

OS Support
4.5

(46)

Malware accuracy and effectiveness
4.3

(46)

Performance impact on endpoint
4.5

(46)

Management interface /ease of use
0.0

(0)

Protection
0.0

(0)

Performance Impact
0.0

(0)

Deployment and Onboarding
0.0

(0)

Hybrid Management
0.0

(0)

TDIR Product Integration

Evaluation & Contracting

Overall Rating

4.0
(138 reviews)
3.8

(123)

Pricing Flexibility
4.1

(123)

Ability to Understand Needs

Integration & Deployment

Overall Rating

4.0
(138 reviews)
4.1

(135)

Ease of Deployment
3.9

(133)

Quality of End-User Training
3.9

(133)

Ease of Integration using Standard APIs and Tools
3.9

(133)

Availability of 3rd-Party Resources

Service & Support

Overall Rating

4.0
(138 reviews)
3.8

(132)

Timeliness of Vendor Response
4.0

(132)

Quality of Technical Support
3.9

(131)

Quality of Peer User Community

Likes and Dislikes

Top Alternatives

SentinelOne Singularity Platform by SentinelOne
CrowdStrike Falcon by CrowdStrike
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint by Microsoft

Categories

Shared markets

McAfee Endpoint Protection Suite (Legacy) and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint have reviews in the Endpoint Protection Platforms market

Unique markets

McAfee Endpoint Protection Suite (Legacy) does not have reviews in any additional markets
 

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

by Microsoft

1864 ratings
 

Overall Rating

4.5
(1864 reviews)

81% willing to recommend

Highlighted reviews

 

FAVORABLE REVIEW

Microsoft Defender – Efficient Background Operation For Enhanced Protection
Overall, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is active in the background without significant user interaction and it makes us feel protected. Next, it notifies us whenever a threat or unusual activities are detected so we can act on the detected notification quickly. It also has a minimal impact on the system performance, which is very …
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CRITICAL REVIEW

Great EDR tool with fantastic features
Good product once deployed but were some
 issues along the way

Ratings breakdown

Overall Capability Score

Overall Rating

4.4
(1864 reviews)
4.6

(548)

Ease of Use
4.5

(543)

Cloud-based Management
4.5

(548)

Prevention
4.4

(545)

EDR Functionality
4.5

(545)

Workspace Security Suite
4.4

(539)

Managed Services
4.4

(544)

Geographic Support
4.5

(546)

OS Support
4.2

(881)

Malware accuracy and effectiveness
4.3

(881)

Performance impact on endpoint
4.5

(881)

Management interface /ease of use
4.7

(255)

Protection
4.5

(255)

Performance Impact
4.5

(256)

Deployment and Onboarding
4.5

(254)

Hybrid Management
4.5

(252)

TDIR Product Integration

Evaluation & Contracting

Overall Rating

4.4
(1812 reviews)
4.4

(1046)

Pricing Flexibility
4.4

(1051)

Ability to Understand Needs

Integration & Deployment

Overall Rating

4.5
(1816 reviews)
4.6

(1183)

Ease of Deployment
4.3

(1183)

Quality of End-User Training
4.3

(1180)

Ease of Integration using Standard APIs and Tools
4.1

(1181)

Availability of 3rd-Party Resources

Service & Support

Overall Rating

4.4
(1832 reviews)
4.4

(1193)

Timeliness of Vendor Response
4.4

(1199)

Quality of Technical Support
4.4

(1198)

Quality of Peer User Community

Likes and Dislikes

Top Alternatives

SentinelOne Singularity Platform by SentinelOne
CrowdStrike Falcon by CrowdStrike
Trellix Endpoint Security Suite by Trellix

Categories

Shared markets

McAfee Endpoint Protection Suite (Legacy) and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint have reviews in the Endpoint Protection Platforms market

Unique markets

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint has reviews in the following markets

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