AWS CloudTrail vs. Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
AWS CloudTrail	Score 8.6 out of 10	N/A	AWS CloudTrail is a service that enables governance, compliance, operational auditing, and risk auditing of an AWS account. With CloudTrail, users can log, continuously monitor, and retain account activity related to actions across AWS infrastructure. CloudTrail provides event history of AWS account activity, including actions taken through the AWS Management Console, AWS SDKs, command line tools, and other AWS services. This event history simplifies security analysis, resource change tracking,…	N/A
Microsoft Defender for Cloud	Score 8.5 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) and Cloud Workload Protection Platform (CWPP) for Azure, on-premises, and multicloud (Amazon AWS and Google GCP) resources.	N/A

Pricing

AWS CloudTrail

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
AWS CloudTrail	Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

You can view, filter, and download the most recent 90 days of your account activity for all management events in supported AWS services free of charge. You can set up a trail that delivers a single copy of management events in each region free of charge. Once a CloudTrail trail is set up, Amazon S3 charges apply based on your usage. You will be charged for any data events or additional copies of management events recorded in that region. In addition, you can choose CloudTrail Insights by enabling Insights events in your trails. CloudTrail Insights analyzes write management events, and you are charged based on the number of events that are analyzed in that region.

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Community Pulse
	AWS CloudTrail	Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Considered Both Products	AWS CloudTrail AS Anton Smyslov Product Owner Chose AWS CloudTrail We mainly needed to focus on logging and auditing of AWS services and activity, while Datadog & New Relic are more about performance monitoring and analytics. Moreover, AWS CloudTrail has a seamless integration with AWS, since it's coming from one bucket of products. So having … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose AWS CloudTrail For this specific functionality, I am not aware of any other product that can do what [AWS] Cloudtrail does. We did not evaluate any other products. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose AWS CloudTrail Our company has not used any alternatives. Within our industry, it seems that AWS CloudTrail is the defacto standard for this type of functionality within the AWS environment. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose AWS CloudTrail I think in the end, CloudTrail has more features and you can dive deeper inside the logs so it depends on your usage and what you expect in the end to make the right choice, I would say that both tools are really useful and bring a lot of benefits to I.T. companies. Incentivized Helpful?	Microsoft Defender for Cloud Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Defender for Cloud We haven't really, I mean we've used Google's options, but not really. We've just gotten demos really. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Defender for Cloud We were one of the first ones to deploy when Microsoft released it, so it's hard to compare, but what we hear from competitors, the fact that Microsoft can see the full ecosystem using this product makes it a lot better as compared to using a third party tool. So it's the ease … Incentivized Helpful? SG Sharan Garlapati Technical Sales Engineer Chose Microsoft Defender for Cloud I was trained on AWS originally, but I'm starting to Azure more and more in Microsoft. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Defender for Cloud Evaluated between cost. I just think it integrates better with the Microsoft stack and I mean, I think just cost from just that perspective and being the one pane of glass, I think that's enough. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Defender for Cloud Had some coverage gaps and was more expensive compared to native Azure security controls, such as Defender for Cloud. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Defender for Cloud Trend Micro Cloud One - Application Security, AWS Security Hub and Wiz Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Defender for Cloud I believe Microsoft Defender for Cloud stacks up well against the other tools we looked at. It is native to the Azure platform and provides the same insights as the other tools. We selected Microsoft Defender for Cloud because it integrates well with the Azure resources and … Incentivized Helpful? HP Helia Pimenta sales Chose Microsoft Defender for Cloud Defender is a robust cloud security solution, but Prisma is Comprehensive cloud-native security platform with full lifecycle security Incentivized Helpful? HP Himanshu Pawar Manager Chose Microsoft Defender for Cloud Microsoft Defender for Cloud has a better range of functionality across the board. In terms of database, reliability, security solutions. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Defender for Cloud We use Microsoft Defender for Cloud as an integration of Defender 365 and collect all the incident into one dashboard. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Defender for Cloud Microsoft Defender for Cloud offered a more integrated and comprehensive solution for our multi-cloud environment, integrating well with our security and compliance needs Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Defender for Cloud Microsoft Defender for Cloud is definitely the choice with the latest market trend and attacks that are currently happening. Microsoft has been able to safe guard a lot after the recent serious attacks happening globally in the digital world. There is a trust in this software … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Defender for Cloud Forcepoint ONE, Ivanti Endpoint Security for Endpoint Manager and Tenable Nessus Incentivized Helpful? Dipak Ugale System Integration Consultant Chose Microsoft Defender for Cloud There is the several ways to protect the applications and lot more tools available in the market. Most commonly we used Crowd strike Falcon for endpoint detection and response capabilities. McAfee endpoint protection also provide broad range of security features. Best … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Defender for Cloud We used to use Symantec and McAfee. It's been mostly defenders since, gosh, the last eight to 10 years. So we're a small organization. We don't have a lot of folks, so single-painted glass is really important to be able to see the whole environment in a single place. And the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Defender for Cloud When we purchase this data fund, we check with not competition and we decided to purchase these tools because it's strong and we have a good relationship with Microsoft. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Defender for Cloud Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 Incentivized Helpful? Apoorv Tiwari Cloud Engineer Chose Microsoft Defender for Cloud It is very good in comparison to other products that we have used. Its price is very effective and attractive, and it also provides good security policies. threat intelligence is also good and user protection is also very much better, and it also serves new updates as and when … Incentivized Helpful? SL Shreyas Limaye Senior Cloud Engineer Chose Microsoft Defender for Cloud It provides great Integration with the existing resources. As we don’t have to worry about the compatibility of the product with our resources. Incentivized Helpful? PK Parth Khemka Azure Consultant Chose Microsoft Defender for Cloud Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Defender for Cloud Defender has the benefit of all the integration, included licensing for defender for server and being able to start small and grow. Wiz licensing was too expensive, lacking features like an EDR making it a less favorable solution Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Defender for Cloud Microsoft Purview Data Governance Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Defender for Cloud Microsoft Defender for Cloud supports the hybrid resource assessment which includes Non-Azure Resources, Aws resources, gcp resources. So it is flexible to asses different cloud platforms. Also its pricing is comparatively affordable then Other cloud security tools available in … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Defender for Cloud Defender for Cloud (previously known as Azure Security Center) is a more comprehensive and extensive security solution. Currently, threat analytics make up only a small portion of the whole picture. It encourages a comprehensive picture of the cloud environment across all of … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Defender for Cloud Defender for Cloud is definitely less complex a solution and more turn-key. We found that it was easier to grab the information we needed, faster than the Palo solution. In addition, accounting loved the fact that it was less expensive. At the time of implementation, Palo's … Incentivized Helpful?

Best Alternatives
	AWS CloudTrail	Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Small Businesses	Armor Score 6.0 out of 10	No answers on this topic
Medium-sized Companies	Druva Security Cloud Score 9.7 out of 10	CrowdStrike Falcon Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises	Druva Security Cloud Score 9.7 out of 10	CrowdStrike Falcon Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
	AWS CloudTrail	Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend	8.0 (0 ratings)	8.1 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	8.9 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	AWS CloudTrail	Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend	Most probably it would be suitable for Finance industries, where security is at the head of the table. However, in our case for E-commerce, it's also quite suitable, since we have quite a significant amount of data and usage of AWS services. Especially with usage of AWS services, AWS CloudTrail comes into play as a heavy plus. For instance, troubleshooting any issues in AWS services is really nice. Therefore, it would be less appropriate with a small amount of AWS service usage and some basic web hosting. Incentivized AS Anton Smyslov Product Owner Read full review	If you need to proceed with pay as you go service then go ahead with Microsoft Defender for Cloud. This could be expensive in the long run but if the organization usage is slightly less than then this would suite the purpose. Also, it has the latest threat updates, so you're future proof in terms of potential treats. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Logs details Easy implementation Great support Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Automation is crucial to managing sprawl and the additional complexity that comes with it. SOC management workbooks and process automation give significant flexibility. The Security posture score and Security Alerts are neatly centralized and offer me crucial information quickly. Defender for Cloud avoids the common compromise of simplicity for completeness (former Azure Security Center). The security warnings and advice go into great detail while remaining current and useful. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Delay User interface, must send logs elsewhere to view them Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	UI/UX. It can get a little messy when navigating around with all the flyouts in the Azure portal which can be frustrating, particularly when under time pressure. The query languages for the queries and workbooks are another language that needs to be learned - it would be nice to have kept it closer to T-SQL or something like that to minimize the need to learn new syntax. Adding cost estimations to the security recommendations would really improve the experience. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	No answers on this topic	It is a great product that integrates nicely when running an Azure platform and even multi-cloud environment. Not looking for point-solutions but a suite that answers most requirements. It is very comfortable being able to use KQL, workbooks and automation that is native to the azure platform Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Usability	No answers on this topic	Compliance mapping capabilities of the software and reporting. Ease in deployment and implementation. Seamless integration of the software with cloud and other third party applications. The software ensures quick incident response and avilability of ready to help customer services providers. User interface of the product is very friendly. CM Celine Muthoni CMO Chief Marketing Officer Read full review
Alternatives Considered	For this specific functionality, I am not aware of any other product that can do what [AWS] Cloudtrail does. We did not evaluate any other products. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	I believe Microsoft Defender for Cloud stacks up well against the other tools we looked at. It is native to the Azure platform and provides the same insights as the other tools. We selected Microsoft Defender for Cloud because it integrates well with the Azure resources and gives the needed insight, security alerts and recommendations. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	Saved us from purchasing and managing 3rd party solutions Satisfies Security/Governance requirements No upkeep/maintenance Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Ensuring compliance with data protection regulations can prevent costly fines and legal issues, positively impacting ROI. Effective cloud resource protection can optimize cloud spending and resource utilization, ultimately reducing cloud infrastructure costs. The subscription costs associated with Defender for Cloud can add to an organization's operational expenses, impacting ROI. Smaller organizations may find the feature set and complexity of Defender for Cloud unnecessary, potentially overinvesting in security solutions. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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