We performed a comparison between Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) and WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Anti-Malware Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is scalable."
"It offers great security against malware and other threats."
"We use the solution to receive emails. We do not use the calendar function as our clients are slow adaptors to the latest features."
"Microsoft EOP's most valuable feature is a shared mailbox."
"It has a really nice web-based administration console."
"With Microsoft Exchange Online Protection, if malware is attached to a mailer, it's very easy to go into the incident alert and find out what's happening with that identity and the mail."
"The threat management feature includes policies and alerts that are valuable."
"The pre-set policies and configuration analyzer are the most valuable features."
"The pricing of the solution is okay. It's not the most expensive option."
"I haven't a problem with anti-virus stability using WatchGuard for over two years."
"It is the most effective on non-encrypted traffic and it is able to determine some threats through deep packet inspection."
"Having orchestration features added to Microsoft Exchange Online Protection, particularly automation and remediation, would be quite useful."
"The reporting needs a little bit of improvement."
"Some features, like encryption, are not available."
"The tool is not 100% stable."
"Microsoft 365 Defender and EOP policies are stable with the proper license. However, with the basic policy, it's hard to say it's stable due to configuration limitations."
"I would like to get reports about vulnerable connections from our clients with information about domains, public IPs, etc. That would be highly useful."
"The solution can be complex at times. It would be nice to have the on-server version. It needs to improve the stability as well."
"Microsoft has some training portals, but more could be developed."
"It doesn't offer the best protection and it's incompatible with a lot of China's websites. It makes a lot of mistakes when it is detecting items as it's not recognizing items correctly."
"The solution isn't what I would consider feature-rich."
"WatchGuard technical support requires a license."
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Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) is ranked 11th in Anti-Malware Tools with 34 reviews while WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus is ranked 45th in Anti-Malware Tools. Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) is rated 8.2, while WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) writes "An effective email security solution that provides DLP, Safe Attachment, and Safe Links". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus writes "A fully complete suite with VPN, firewall, and anti-virus agents for network management". Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email Protection, Cisco Secure Email, Fortinet FortiMail and Mimecast Email Security, whereas WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Hornetsecurity Email Spam Filter and Malware Protection. See our Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) vs. WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus report.
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