Bitdefender Sandbox Analyzer pros and cons

4.5 out of 5

5 reviews
100% willing to recommend

Pros & Cons summary

Bitdefender Sandbox Analyzer excels in identifying unknown files and grayware, offering reliable protection against viruses and malware through its automated detection and analytical capabilities. Though valued for its stability, it requires ten to fifteen minutes for analysis, with a preference for five minutes. Available as an on-premises solution requiring a license, it lacks real-time alerts and an asset management feature. Additionally, its EDR portion is inflexible regarding custom scripting.

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PROS

Bitdefender Sandbox Analyzer is effective in catching gray files or grayware that users download unknowingly.

It performs well with a preference for aggressive detection, ensuring threats are caught effectively.

Users find it easy to set up and manage over long-term use, with no major virus or malware intrusions reported.

There is a high level of automation that simplifies user experience and reduces the need for continuous monitoring.

Bitdefender demonstrates excellent stability with no major incidents over eight years of use.

CONS

Time for file analysis should be reduced from ten or fifteen minutes to five minutes.

An on-premises license is required, unlike the cloud-based option.

Real-time alerts are preferred over the current hourly email or outbreak notification system.

Flexibility in the EDR portion is limited, particularly for custom scripting at endpoints.

An asset management feature needs to be added.

Bitdefender Sandbox Analyzer Pros review quotes

Reviewer314545

Director, Information Technology at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Jun 24, 2021

I like the fact that it works pretty well. It can be a little aggressive at times, but I'd rather have it be a little bit aggressive than not catch what it's supposed to catch. We've been running that platform for about five years, and we've not really had any viruses or malware get through. It's also easy to set up, and it's easy to manage.

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Robert Nevans

CEO at CSToday

Aug 12, 2022

Sandbox Analyzer is easy to use. It's simple to drill down into the data. In a lot of the competing products, an extremely informed end-user can do battle with the tools provided, but in today's market, end-users have less and less time to try and keep up. The CSAW alerts come out every day, and they're huge. Adobe did a master patch last Thursday and another one a few days later.

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Basawaraj Vastrad

Technical Director at BD Software Distribution Pvt Ltd

Mar 31, 2025

Bitdefender has shown fantastic stability over the past eight years with no major incidents reported.

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reviewer1734894

Cyber Security Consultant at a consultancy with 11-50 employees

Mar 4, 2022

It is easy to use, and there is a lot of automation. So, users don't need to worry about that.

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reviewer1319712

Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Jun 2, 2021

The solution is useful in the event of a gray file or grayware, as there are certain files users may download of which we know little about.

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Reviewer314545

Director, Information Technology at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Jun 24, 2021

It would be better if there were real-time alerts. The whole suite, unlike most anti-virus consoles that just ping you when there's an infection or something, for some inexplicable reason, Bitdefender doesn't do that. The most you could do is get an hourly email, or maybe if there's an outbreak that affects 30% of our machines, it sends me an email. There's no real-time alert to say, "Hey, so-and-so literally 30 seconds ago just had this happen on their machine." Real-time reporting would be a huge improvement. All in all, it's a pretty nice product, generally speaking. They do a pretty good job. They can pretty much go toe to toe with just about anybody. But it's that kind of real-time nature. I've not had occasion to use the EDR portion to actually try and do any kind of custom scripting to drill into things that are going on at the endpoints. But my understanding from reading comments of others is that it's not particularly flexible in that regard to be able to do things like that.

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Robert Nevans

CEO at CSToday

Aug 12, 2022

It does everything we need. We haven't been able to throw anything at it that it couldn't handle.

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Basawaraj Vastrad

Technical Director at BD Software Distribution Pvt Ltd

Mar 31, 2025

One area that needs improvement in Bitdefender Sandbox Analyzer is the addition of an asset management feature.

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reviewer1734894

Cyber Security Consultant at a consultancy with 11-50 employees

Mar 4, 2022

It should be more secure. There should be more protection, especially for non-signature-based malware. It works fine for non-signature-based malware, but I expect it to become a bit more advanced to be able to cope with future or upcoming environments.

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reviewer1319712

Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Jun 2, 2021

We would like to see the time it takes for the sandbox to analyze a file reduced from its ten or fifteen minute duration to five.

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