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Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office vs Microsoft Defender for Endpoint comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Acronis Cyber Protect Home ...
Ranking in Anti-Malware Tools
22nd
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (37th)
Microsoft Defender for Endp...
Ranking in Anti-Malware Tools
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
186
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (1st), Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (2nd), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (2nd), Microsoft Security Suite (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Anti-Malware Tools category, the mindshare of Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office is 0.8%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is 19.9%, down from 24.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

BS
Aug 30, 2024
Fairly simple to set up and configure, and it seems to behave well with Windows 10
I’ve had to rescue a few computers with the backup software, and it works flawlessly. I would recommend it to others. I would rate it a ten out of ten. Acronis seems to fix problems fairly quickly. Issues get resolved quickly, and they do frequent updates of the program during the year. If you have a subscription, you can download the updated programs whenever they’re available. That’s another thing I like—frequent updates. But, the version I’m running now is like three years old, and I haven’t had a problem with it. So I haven’t bothered to upgrade it. Reinstalling it is a bit of a pain.
Sudhen Swami - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 26, 2024
Easy to update with good protection and a useful cloud portal
We've mainly used it for endpoints. However, we've also used it for DLP as well. We're also in the process of implementing it for cloud and identity as well. However, it's very good for endpoints, and that's our main focus. The malware protection is good. The visibility it provides is very useful. We can combine visibility with wider security features and alerts around malware, misconfiguration, or any other kinds of threats. The cloud portal is quite good. From there, we are able to see alerts and have colleagues review issues and monitor to see if any patterns arise. It's serving us quite well overall. It allows us to look at other items, like application and browser control. It helps us prioritize threats. We have a process in place now where we can review issues and remediate them effectively. We have been able to integrate a variety of Microsoft security products together. We use Azure AD, for example, and we've begun to implement DLP, among other items. We're looking at labeling and tagging and will expand into that soon. Defender has more stringent system requirements than, for example, Check Point. So when we implemented the Check Point Endpoint agent, that solution didn't mind what version of Windows you were using. When we moved to Defender, Defender had certain system prerequisites that had to be met. So we had to make sure that we're on a minimum version of Windows when we're utilizing Office, and Office has to be a particular version as well. It has more stringent system requirements that have to be met before you can implement it. It works natively together with other Microsoft solutions. Once you get more and more of those different components across the environment, then you start to get better visibility. So, rather than having lots of different solutions, you have fewer solutions and a single vendor solution. That way, you start getting into a position where you get better visibility and integration as well. The standardization is good. It's important. It's helping me with monitoring and learning. Updates and upgrades are quite smooth and seamless. Defender helps us automate routine tasks. Quite a lot of Microsoft is straightforward for us now. Previously, we didn't have enough resources and were unable to look at the alerts. Having this in place makes things a lot more straightforward for us. We have both the technology and the people in place now, alongside the process. We do see the benefits in that, and that's why we're continuing our adoption across the estate in terms of client and server as well. It's helping us avoid looking at multiple dashboards and centralized monitoring. We're not fully there yet. We're getting there. While we haven't witnessed time saving yet, once it's fully deployed, it will. By then, we'll have standardized processes across a single solution. We have saved money, however, as we continue to reduce non-Mircosft systems. Since we won't be using various competing technologies, we can save on licensing costs. We've likely so far saved 15%. While it's hard to estimate exactly how much, the solution has helped us decrease time to detection and time to respond.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The malware feature is most valuable."
"The customer service and support are excellent."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is its ability to bring together all the data, providing more information than just antivirus hits."
"This product is flexible, and it is very easy to get updates from the Microsoft website."
"I've started to test it from the security point of view. There are plenty of features that are interesting, but at this time, the XDR functionality is most valuable. It is endpoint security on steroids."
"It's not really visible for the user - which is a benefit."
"It is stable and easy to use. Everything is okay, and there are no performance issues."
"It depends on the licensing. Most of the customers have got at least a 365 E3 license, and they can use most of the features of Windows 10 Defender. So, anyone who has got an enterprise license can start using those features. Some of the customers have got E5 licenses, and they can use all advanced features. Customers with E5 licenses use the advanced site protection (ATP) features and web content filtering without going via a proxy, which gives the benefit of replacing the proxy. They can get the benefit of MCAS and integration with Intune and the endpoint manager. It is a kind of single platform for all 365 technologies. It helps customers in managing everything through a unified portal."
"Coming from an organization where the EDR wasn't strong, it has always been a case of basically searching through the information you already have and looking for something. It was basically trying to find the needle in a haystack. What the Defender platform does is that it reduces the size of the haystack, and it'll say that the needle is over here. Minutes matter, and it certainly zeros you in on the events that are concerning. It also simplifies the effort of trying to get some kind of correlation of behaviors or actions you see in the environment and confirming if something is benign or a threat."
"Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a robust platform."
 

Cons

"I had a couple of false positives, but that’s it."
"The configuration needs improvement."
"At times, the other antivirus products are now doing AI, in terms of understanding the behavior of the system and determining when there's an anomaly. This is something that Defender can improve on."
"The product should reduce updates since it is hard to keep up."
"Sometimes, there are difficulties in downloading a file considered as malicious."
"We'd like to see integrations with more vulnerability scanning solutions like Tenable."
"The dashboard customization could be improved."
"Microsoft Defender for Endpoint could provide us with a more holistic approach, such as collaboration. They can provide us with an environment from where we can manage all the endpoints from one central location, such as overall management."
"Monitoring can always be better, onboarding can be a little bit faster, log collection could be easier, they could streamline the dashboard. They could maybe split it up into different workspaces and have the ability to segment groups a little bit more."
"I would like to see improvement from a management perspective. We have had to depend on Intune for certain tasks."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The solution is free and comes with Windows."
"If you don't purchase the advanced threat protection then there is no additional charge."
"They are now doing it on an endpoint basis. It is based on the number of endpoints, which is good."
"For most people, the price of the license is not something that they have to worry about."
"The license cost is around $35 per machine, which is not expensive compared to other products."
"There are different licenses, such as E3 and E5."
"Licensing fees are paid annually through a partner."
"When customers haven't deployed the solution and don't have licenses, it can be expensive to start from scratch."
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Top Industries

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Educational Organization
26%
Computer Software Company
12%
Government
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office?
The web filtering seems to work pretty well too. But I’ve also got Malwarebytes now. In the past, it’s worked pretty well. I just had a few negligible issues, not really worth mentioning. I had a c...
What is your primary use case for Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office?
I got the software mainly for doing local and online backups, and then it comes with this security software included within the program. So, I use it for malware detection, ransomware detection, an...
How is Cortex XDR compared with Microsoft Defender?
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a cloud-delivered endpoint security solution. The tool reduces the attack surface, applies behavioral-based endpoint protection and response, and includes risk-ba...
Which offers better endpoint security - Symantec or Microsoft Defender?
We use Symantec because we do not use MS Enterprise products, but in my opinion, Microsoft Defender is a superior solution. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a cloud-delivered endpoint security s...
How does Microsoft Defender for Endpoint compare with Crowdstrike Falcon?
The CrowdStrike solution delivers a lot of information about incidents. It has a very light sensor that will never push your machine hardware to "test", you don't have the usual "scan now" feature ...
 

Also Known As

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Microsoft Defender ATP, Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection, MS Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Defender Antivirus
 

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Petrofrac, Metro CSG, Christus Health
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