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Top 10 Alternatives to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Recently Reviewed By G2 Community

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ESET PROTECT
By ESET
4.6/5
(974)
Product Description
ESET PROTECT is a cutting-edge cybersecurity platform that leverages the latest in AI, state-of-the-art technologies, and human expertise to safeguard your organization from emerging threats and zero-day attacks. As a cloud-first XDR solution, it integrates unique threat intelligence to deliver next-gen prevention, detection, and proactive threat hunting capabilities. Complementing the platform is a comprehensive suite of services, including managed detection and response (MDR), ensuring robust and continuous protection.
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Reviewers say compared to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, ESET PROTECT is:
Better at meeting requirements
Better at support
More usable
Categories in common with Microsoft Defender for...:
Antivirus
Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR)
Endpoint Protection Platforms

Sophos Endpoint
By Sophos
4.7/5
(825)
Product Description
Sophos Intercept X is the world’s most comprehensive endpoint protection solution. Built to stop the widest range of attacks, Intercept X has been proven to prevent even the most advanced ransomware and malware by leveraging a unique combination of next-generation techniques. This includes the ability to detect never-before-seen malware with deep learning, stop ransomware with Sophos anti-ransomware technology, and deny attacker tools with signatureless exploit prevention. Intercept X also includes root cause analysis to provide insight into threats, and instant malware removal to ensure no attack remnants remain.
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Reviewers say compared to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Sophos Endpoint is:
Better at meeting requirements
Easier to set up
Easier to admin
Categories in common with Microsoft Defender for...:
Antivirus
Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR)
Endpoint Protection Platforms

CrowdStrike Falcon Endpoint Protection Platform
By CrowdStrike
4.7/5
(397)
Product Description
CrowdStrike Falcon endpoint protection unifies the technologies required to successfully stop breaches: next-generation antivirus, endpoint detection and response, IT hygiene, 24/7 threat hunting and threat intelligence. They combine to provide continuous breach prevention in a single agent.
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Reviewers say compared to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon Endpoint Protection Platform is:
Better at meeting requirements
Easier to do business with
Easier to set up
Categories in common with Microsoft Defender for...:
Antivirus
Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR)
Endpoint Protection Platforms

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Check Point Harmony Endpoint
By Check Point Software Technologies
4.5/5
(284)
Product Description
Check Point Endpoint Security combines data security, network security, threat prevention technologies and remote access VPN into one package for complete Windows and Mac OS X protection.
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Reviewers say compared to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Check Point Harmony Endpoint is:
Better at meeting requirements
More expensive
More usable
Categories in common with Microsoft Defender for...:
Antivirus
Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR)
Endpoint Protection Platforms

SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint
By SentinelOne
4.7/5
(201)
Product Description
Stop known and unknown threats on all platforms using sophisticated machine learning and intelligent automation. SentinelOne predicts malicious behavior across all vectors, rapidly eliminates threats with a fully-automated incident response protocol, and adapts defenses against the most advanced cyber attacks.
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Reviewers say compared to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint is:
Slower to reach roi
Better at meeting requirements
Easier to do business with
Categories in common with Microsoft Defender for...:
Antivirus
Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR)
Endpoint Protection Platforms

ThreatDown
By Malwarebytes
4.6/5
(1,083)
Product Description
Actively protect against all forms of Malware, Improve your protection without changing your AV, Renowned protection and cleanup technologies, Tool most recommended by techs and super users.
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Reviewers say compared to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, ThreatDown is:
Easier to set up
Better at meeting requirements
More usable
Categories in common with Microsoft Defender for...:
Antivirus
Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR)
Endpoint Protection Platforms

Bitdefender GravityZone XDR
By Bitdefender
4/5
(85)
Product Description
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR combines all the security services organizations need into a single delivery platform to reduce their cost of building a trusted environment for all endpoints.
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Categories in common with Microsoft Defender for...:
Antivirus
Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR)
Endpoint Protection Platforms

Cisco Secure Endpoints
By Cisco
4.5/5
(27)
Product Description
Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Endpoints prevents threats at point of entry, then continuously tracks every file it lets onto your endpoints. AMP can uncover even the most advanced threats, including fileless malware and ransomware.
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Reviewers say compared to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Cisco Secure Endpoints is:
Better at support
More expensive
Better at meeting requirements
Categories in common with Microsoft Defender for...:
Antivirus
Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR)
Endpoint Protection Platforms

Cortex XDR
By Palo Alto Networks
4.6/5
(53)
Product Description
Traditional antivirus (AV) is not the solution to endpoint security – it’s the problem. AV can no longer stop today’s threats. Cortex XDR advanced endpoint protection is the only product offering that replaces AV with “multi-method prevention”: a proprietary combination of malware and exploit prevention methods that pre-emptively block both known and unknown threats
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Reviewers say compared to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Cortex XDR is:
Slower to reach roi
Easier to do business with
Better at support
Categories in common with Microsoft Defender for...:
Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR)
Endpoint Protection Platforms