ESET PROTECT vs. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

ESET PROTECT

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
ESET PROTECT	Score9.1 out of 10	N/A	ESET provides Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) capabilities via the ESET PROTECT Platform, covering Windows, Mac, Linux, and both Android and iOS operating systems, providing Mobile Device Management functionality. It comes with multi-tenant management, ensuring real-time visibility for both on-premises and off-premises endpoints as well as full reporting for ESET enterprise-grade solutions. ESET PROTECT management platform can be deployed on-premise or in-cloud. For organizations looking to…	$49.99 per year
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint	Score8.8 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (formerly Microsoft Defender ATP) is a holistic, cloud delivered endpoint security solution that includes risk-based vulnerability management and assessment, attack surface reduction, behavioral based and cloud-powered next generation protection, endpoint detection and response (EDR), automatic investigation and remediation, managed hunting services, rich APIs, and unified security management.	$2.50 per user/per month

Pricing

ESET PROTECT

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Essential: $49.99
per year 1 device
Premium: $59.99
per year 1 device
Ultimate: $179.99
per year 5 devices

Academic: $2.50
per user/per month
Standalone: $5.20
per user/per month

Pricing Offerings
ESET PROTECT	Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes	No

Optional

No setup fee

ESET offers are tailored to each customer’s needs. ESET takes pride in working with customers and partners to find the perfect solution for their security challenges at the right price. Contacting an ESET partner or sales representative ensures each solution is made-to-measure and precisely fits the size, complexity of IT environment and level of protection to match the customer’s business requirements. Pricing percentage is dependent on number of years and devices purchased.

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	ESET PROTECT	Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Considered Both Products	ESET Cameron Council Systems and Security Administrator in Information Technology at Guy Yocom Construction (Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees) Chose ESET PROTECT It was pre-existing when I came to this company so ESET is dug in deep and removing it would be a process. Defender was nice and is a solution I wouldn't mind moving to. My biggest concern is web protection due to the amount of password compromise request emails the user base … Incentivized Helpful?	Microsoft Verified User Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Crowdstrike is the more feature complete product but licensing model and cost does not work well with the small business model. ESET PROTECT is considerably more complicated from a licensing perspective but once operational is a fine product. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Microsoft Defender is more easy to install, upgrade and use. Eset is annoyingly visible. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint In my opinion, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is inferior to the competition. Combined with Huntress it is good (they are designed to integrate), but in my opinion, no need to use the paid version of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint when combining with Huntress, so not really … Incentivized Helpful?
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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	Implementation went as expected
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Features

ESET PROTECT

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Comparison of Endpoint Security features of ESET PROTECT and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Feature	ESET PROTECT 9.3 16 Ratings	Microsoft Defender for Endpoint 8.3 56 Ratings
Anti-Exploit Technology	9.216 Ratings	7.653 Ratings
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)	9.615 Ratings	9.155 Ratings
Centralized Management	9.215 Ratings	8.955 Ratings
Hybrid Deployment Support	9.012 Ratings	7.110 Ratings
Infection Remediation	9.416 Ratings	9.454 Ratings
Vulnerability Management	9.715 Ratings	7.252 Ratings
Malware Detection	9.416 Ratings	8.955 Ratings

User Ratings
	ESET PROTECT	Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Likelihood to Recommend	9.6 (48 ratings)	8.4 (99 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (4 ratings)	8.4 (8 ratings)
Usability	8.0 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	9.5 (5 ratings)	9.0 (5 ratings)
Implementation Rating	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

ESET PROTECT vs. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

ESET PROTECT

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

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