Blumira vs. Microsoft Defender XDR

Microsoft Defender XDR

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Blumira	Score 10.0 out of 10	N/A	Blumira’s cloud SIEM platform offers both automated threat detection and response, enabling organizations of any size to more defend against cybersecurity threats in near real-time. It's goal is to ease the burden of alert fatigue, complexity of log management and lack of IT visibility.	$12 per month per employee
Microsoft Defender XDR	Score 8.9 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft 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

Pricing

Blumira

Microsoft Defender XDR

Editions & Modules

SIEM Starter: $12
per month per employee
SIEM +: $16
per month per employee
XDR Platform: $21
per month per employee

No answers on this topic

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Blumira	Microsoft Defender XDR
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

Pricing is based on the total number of “employees” or knowledge workers in an organization (it does not refer to the number of users or admins with Blumira accounts). A knowledge worker is an employee with a corporate email address and workstation/device (may not include number of factory workers or students at a university).

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Pricing Info

Community Pulse
	Blumira	Microsoft Defender XDR
Considered Both Products	Blumira Verified User Anonymous Chose Blumira Blumira is "right-sized" for my small organization. It is not a strain on our resources (people, system, or monetary). It gives us exactly what we needed. Incentivized Helpful?	Microsoft Defender XDR LL Lian Lopreiato Manager Chose Microsoft Defender XDR We saw CrowdStrike but Microsoft Defender XDR was already in our computer. It was cheaper too cause we had Micrsoft license. CrowdStrike look cool but had many buttons and hard to read. My team like Microsoft Defender XDR because it looks same like other Microsoft thing. We … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Defender XDR 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 … Incentivized Helpful? NS Nikhil Sharma Account Manager Chose Microsoft Defender XDR As a business already using Microsoft 365 and Azure, the seamless integration with Microsoft Defender XDR provided a unified security approach, streamlining management and operations. Incentivized Helpful? HP Hemant Patel Manager Chose Microsoft Defender XDR Avast had very limited capabilities, especially in terms of automation. We had to have some employees available 24/7 to monitor and take necessary actions. Microsoft Defender is so much more advanced. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Defender XDR We have a microsoft ecosystem and we can easily implement Microsoft Defender XDR in a breeze. Using few option, we can actually start logging and managing all the data. Incentivized Helpful? Alfiya Mukadam Software Engineer Chose Microsoft Defender XDR CrowdStrike Falcon Incentivized Helpful? Harshit Lal security consultant Chose Microsoft Defender XDR Microsoft Defender XDR deployment process is seamless as compared to proofpoint Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Defender XDR I've used Trend Micro, but it's not exactly the same because Trend Micro is equivalent to one of the parts of Defender XDR, which is Defender for Endpoint. But Trend Micro has also a portal that combines all the incidents like Defender XDR, but I think the Microsoft one is much … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Defender XDR Microsoft Defender XDR is more seamless than Sophos Intercept X as it is better integrated into the Microsoft 365 suite. Sophos Intercept X is a little bit cheaper per year than Microsoft Defender XDR though, and definitely worth looking into if you are looking for a security … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Defender XDR Well, we're actually evaluating the other products now. We had selected Defender XDR because at the time we just got a good deal on it. Incentivized Helpful? JH Jany Harber System Engineer Chose Microsoft Defender XDR Azure AI Vision Incentivized Helpful? Shubham Jurail IT Consultant Chose Microsoft Defender XDR It was easy to implement in comparison to Palo Alto, and cost-saving can integrate well with Windows products. Incentivized Helpful? Mario Urrutia CITO (Chief Information Technology Officer) Chose Microsoft Defender XDR It really was the first and most logical option since it is an integral part of the platform that we want to protect and so far the results have been optimal. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Defender XDR We used the MS XDR as this is a bundle that we bought when we subscribed to the M365 platform, so having it was a bonus as we stated earlier, but due to limitation on licenses in Sentinelone, having this is just a blessing for us, so we can reduce around 200 licenses and can … Incentivized Helpful? CB Caridad Buenaventura Senior Financial Analyst Chose Microsoft Defender XDR The Microsoft 365 Defender is a product that has a lot of advantages over other similar products. This is because Microsoft 365 Defender integrates seamlessly with both Microsoft 365 services, is capable of detecting threats in real time, and has the capability of automating … Incentivized Helpful? Abdrhman Arar . Systems Engineer Chose Microsoft Defender XDR For the Identity Protection, Microsoft 365 Defender helps me to have fewer headaches from resetting passwords and securing the hacked account, it forces the security layers that help to achieve this solution.For the Endpoint, I have bought too many apps to secure endpoints but … Incentivized Helpful? Rudy Fulmer System Engineer Chose Microsoft Defender XDR We use sophos endpoint protection and xg firewalls in conjunction with microsoft 365 defender. We dont believe defender is robust enough to be our only security solution but it works well as another line of defense from threats to our organization especially our ever growing … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Defender XDR beats cylance protect, crowstrike is solid but at a costly product cannot use kapersky due to embargo norton not good enough now Incentivized Helpful? WP William Press Cloud Project Manager Chose Microsoft Defender XDR We have used and find great value with competitors to Microsoft 365 Defender. Many of these services were utilized before customers began the total cloud shift that has been seen with certain industries. It is difficult to compare these products apples to apples. What I will … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Defender XDR As already stated, the main advantage of Defender is being able to use a single console to manage it and all the other 365 applications. I can state that it provides a more effective protection than Bitdefender MDR and Trend Micro Apex One while I consider CrowdStrike on the … Incentivized Helpful? Anirudh Srinivas Lead Enterprise Architect Chose Microsoft Defender XDR The integration into our office suite and email system is really a breeze with the Microsoft 365 Defender Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Defender XDR Trend Micro Vision One is much more expensive and there is so much more to configure. For our use case it was to big. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Defender XDR We use Microsoft products and have a large group of users. It works easily with our system. There is a great deal of knowledge base out there, often a little overwhelming. But we feel it's the best tool for our network to use parallel to the rest of our back-end. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Defender XDR Firstly Microsoft 365 Defender offers effortless integration with other Microsoft solutions over the products evaluated. Compared to Microsoft 365 Defender the evaluated products should improve the integration and its web interfaces. Few challenges were encountered when … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Defender XDR Microsoft is a known leader in the cyber security space and the trust microsoft has is greater than any other product. The pricing though bit on the higher side , but it ensures a proper support with using the product which makes it more preferred in our organisation.it is … Incentivized Helpful?

Features

Blumira

Microsoft Defender XDR

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of Product A and Product B
	Blumira 8.8 Ratings 13% above category average	Microsoft Defender XDR - Ratings
Centralized event and log data collection	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Correlation	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Event and log normalization/management	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Deployment flexibility	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Custom dashboards and workspaces	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Host and network-based intrusion detection	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Data integration/API management	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Response orchestration and automation	8.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Reporting and compliance management	8.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Incident indexing/searching	8.00 Ratings	00 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Blumira	Microsoft Defender XDR
Small Businesses	LevelBlue USM Anywhere Score 3.8 out of 10	SentinelOne Singularity Score 8.7 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Sumo Logic Score 9.4 out of 10	CrowdStrike Falcon Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises	Sumo Logic Score 9.4 out of 10	CrowdStrike Falcon Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Blumira	Microsoft Defender XDR
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (0 ratings)	8.6 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	7.7 (0 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (0 ratings)
In-Person Training	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (0 ratings)
Online Training	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Blumira	Microsoft Defender XDR
Likelihood to Recommend	Blumira is great for a small IT team in a small to medium sized environment. It gives you unlimited logging (no limit on the number of logs sent) and doesn't require advanced knowledge or expertise in SIEMs to get the system up and running. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Suit Really in everything, what is modern cloud work especially really if you work in a global company where your IT team is not always operational hour of the business users so that everything is really in the cloud can be managed from everywhere, but we do not access to local resources anymore. That's really a good point. What is always a little bit the pressure point is that general things in cloud things are moving fast so it's always difficult to keep the teams that is using these words up to date Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	The user interface (for managing, reporting) is intuitive and is easy to use The setup / onboarding process was very easy Support has been wonderful (and personal) Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	The software uses advanced AI and machine learning algorithms to monitor activities and detect any anomalies immediately, protecting our financial data. Automated responses to known threats reduce the impact of possible incidents and improve our security posture. Microsoft 365 Defender easily combines with other Microsoft 365 services and external security solutions, providing a complete and unified security solution. Incentivized CB Caridad Buenaventura Senior Financial Analyst Read full review
Cons	We've had a few suggestions for improving some of the built-in "workflows" -- steps that we are instructed to take by Blumira for specific "findings" There are a few improvements about reporting I'd like to see Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Microsoft 365 Defenders risk assessment and remediation tool can be improved while tackling and preventing the attack. As there are multiple new attacks are getting discovered to prevent and remediate those attacks the Microsoft 365 Defenders database should be keep updated and ready. The Microsoft 365 Defenders capability to identify the insider attacker can be improved. Automate response generated to remediate the attack can be strengthen. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	No answers on this topic	All though most of the features are upto mark, there are certain times where there have been misses to detect spam, phising emails. this might be due to the subject and content of the email being more sophisticated than standard . Incentivized Anirudh Srinivas Lead Enterprise Architect Read full review
Usability	No answers on this topic	The product is easy to deploy and very customisable. Available if a simple UI and seamless software implementation process. Microsoft Defender XDR integrates well with various security systems. Software compatibility and scalability. Ability of the software in efficiently analysing and detecting threats in both the system and Website. MK Molka Kouki vice prsidente de la Confdration Read full review
Support Rating	No answers on this topic	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 Incentivized Morgan Thompson Account Executive Read full review
In-Person Training	No answers on this topic	Good and hard to find someonme who can explain everything for you beside Microsoft they provide you everything you need. Incentivized Abdrhman Arar . Systems Engineer Read full review
Online Training	No answers on this topic	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. Incentivized Abdrhman Arar . Systems Engineer Read full review
Implementation Rating	No answers on this topic	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 Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Blumira is "right-sized" for my small organization. It is not a strain on our resources (people, system, or monetary). It gives us exactly what we needed Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	We chose Microsoft Defender XDR for the ability to correlament the dangers in the Microsoft Ecosystem, Strong Automation, and email, Identification, Estruction, Establishment Points and Cloud Apps in the same platform. This gave us the end-to-end visibility without the need to sew several devices simultaneously. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	Now when we have a security audit or need to completed a cybersecurity insurance application, we answer "Yes" to the "Do you have a SIEM?" question. It has provided awareness and visibility of events and situations on our system that we were completely blind to before. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Cost-Efficiency: Microsoft Defender XDR often proves cost-effective compared to implementing multiple standalone security solutions, consolidating threat detection and response capabilities. Time Savings: Its centralized dashboard and automated features can save time for security teams, allowing them to focus on critical tasks Incentivized SH stephen Hobson scrm Read full review
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