We compared Tanium and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
Overall, Tanium is praised for its comprehensive visibility into endpoints, security measures, efficient endpoint management, and powerful analytics capabilities. Users appreciate the top-notch customer service but mention high pricing, complex licensing, and system performance improvements needed. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint stands out for its threat protection, real-time monitoring, and user-friendly interface. Customers also commend customer service and competitive pricing, with positive ROI noted. Areas for enhancement include faster response times and improved documentation for both products.
Features: Tanium's valuable features include comprehensive visibility, effective security measures, efficient endpoint management, and powerful analytics capabilities. On the other hand, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint offers comprehensive threat protection, real-time monitoring and detection, efficient system management and reporting, user-friendly interface, seamless integration with other Microsoft products, and effective incident response capabilities.
Pricing and ROI: The setup cost for Tanium is higher compared to other similar products in the market, requiring additional resources and time. On the other hand, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint has a more positive experience, with a straightforward setup process that doesn't require much effort., Based on user feedback, Tanium has shown positive ROI with improved efficiency, cost savings, enhanced security, and centralized IT management, while Microsoft Defender for Endpoint excels in threat protection, ease of use, and real-time insights.
Room for Improvement: There is room for improvement in both Tanium and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. Tanium users have requested better system performance, improved documentation and training resources, and more customization options. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint users have provided feedback on areas that could be enhanced.
Deployment and customer support: Based on user reviews, there is variation in the duration required to establish a new tech solution for both Tanium and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. Some users of Tanium reported spending 3 months on deployment and an additional week on setup, while others needed a week for both. As for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, some users mentioned the same timeframes for deployment and setup., Users highly praise the customer service of Tanium, citing helpful and responsive assistance from knowledgeable and professional support staff. Customers commend Tanium for their efficient and effective customer service. On the other hand, customers express satisfaction with the customer service of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, appreciating the support team's ability to address concerns and provide effective solutions. The quality of customer service provided by Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is highly regarded.
The summary above is based on 96 interviews we conducted recently with Tanium and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"The most valuable feature is the analysis, because of the beta structure."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the ability to customize it and to reduce its size. It lets you run in a very small window in terms of memory and resources on legacy cash registers."
"Fortinet has helped free up around 20 percent of our staff's time to help us out."
"The product detects and blocks threats and is more proactive than firewalls."
"The main thing is that I feel safe. Because the processes that have been used to get a handle on the attackers are much better than other competitors"
"It is a scalable solution...The initial setup of Fortinet FortiEDR was straightforward."
"Forensics is a valuable feature of Fortinet FortiEDR."
"The solution was relatively easy to deploy."
"Easy to understand and easy to set up endpoint security solution. It's a multifeatured product with web content filtering and automated investigation features. It also has a fantastic vulnerability management dashboard."
"What I found most valuable in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is that it's out-of-the-box, which brings more value to the customer. The technical support for the product is also one of the best parts, because it's good, in terms of the product knowledge of the technical engineers."
"You have endpoint security to keep your devices safe. That's the feature that we're interested in."
"Offers good protection."
"The EDR feature is most valuable."
"The patch management is very easy, as it can be done automatically or added to a schedule."
"The most important and the most relevant features of Defender for Endpoint are the malware and ransomware protection."
"We had certain compliance and usage issues. For example, our company wanted to go with CIS, but we didn't have a proper way of measuring whether the endpoints have the right standards in place or whether they were compliant with CIS. Microsoft Defender was like a one-stop for most things because it gave us the vulnerability and patching scores so that our vulnerability management teams can focus on covering up the vulnerabilities and the patching team can check the vulnerable versions and deploy the right versions."
"Tanium's most valuable features are patch management, inventory, and distribution software."
"The solution is scalable and helps to understand how infrastructure works. It helps to improve the health of the organization."
"Tanium has made the process of detecting threats more proactive with its detection. So, the process is easier and more efficient."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the consolidation of all historical data on device endpoints, security drivers, firmware, and Software version gaps."
"I'm not so familiar with the tool but I like the interaction of the console to the picture. Patching is the primary model I have been focusing on for the last couple of weeks. So I have created a proof of concept environment and have been checking the available features."
"I would say Tanium is the best tool for vulnerability management."
"The product is granular and can build complex roles compared to other EDR vendors."
"The security features are very valuable."
"The amount of usage, the number of details we get, or the number of options that can be tweaked is limited in comparison to that with other EDR solutions"
"The security should be strong for the cloud. Some applications are on-prem and some are on the cloud. Fortinet should also have strong security for the cloud. There should be more security for the cloud."
"The solution's installation from a central installation server could be improved because the engineers had a little bit of trouble getting it installed from a central location."
"The dashboard isn't easy to access and manage."
"The solution is not user-friendly."
"Intelligence aspects need improvement"
"We'd like to see more one-to-one product presentations for the distribution channels."
"The SIEM could be improved."
"A concern is ransomware, whether people can penetrate and encrypt my data or steal my credit card/banking information."
"Its price could be better."
"Defender's cloud integration could be improved."
"In terms of improvements for their technical support, a focus on enhancing response times could be beneficial."
"The solution could be more friendly for end-users, with different type of scans or scheduled scans for it."
"The solution could improve by providing more integration."
"The deployment of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Windows 10 is not quite so straightforward. This could be made easier."
"I would just like them to have more consistency, and that's a comment that's across the board with Microsoft. They change things a lot."
"Any movement into a SaaS solution has challenges since the processes and data flows are not well defined. Hence, you need to build it at the same time."
"We had some issues with the solution's OS upgrade."
"They could improve the UI."
"It is not really additional functions, or the features that are needed, rather the complexity would be reduced based on the number of modules required to put together a comprehensive operational security and risk compliance model."
"The reporting could be improved."
"The solution lacks mobility."
"The main issues are the network connection because different customers have issues with their networks. It's difficult implementing this type of solution because the network is the main feature in the architecture for these types of solutions. Tanium could improve by creating some network optimization."
"I would like to have more integrations and custom plugins to input. Integration is always a big deal in a lot of different environments."
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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is ranked 1st in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 182 reviews while Tanium is ranked 36th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 15 reviews. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is rated 8.0, while Tanium is rated 7.4. The top reviewer of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint writes "Eliminates the need to look at multiple dashboards by automatically providing one XDR dashboard to show the security score of each subscription". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tanium writes "Useful tool for vulnerability management and deploying applications, needing improvement in its OS upgrade". Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is most compared with Symantec Endpoint Security, Intercept X Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon and SentinelOne Singularity Complete, whereas Tanium is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Configuration Manager, Qualys VMDR, ServiceNow Discovery and Tenable Security Center. See our Microsoft Defender for Endpoint vs. Tanium report.
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