IBM Resilient vs McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator comparison

IBM and McAfee are both solutions in the Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) category. IBM is ranked #13 with an average rating of 7.5, while McAfee is ranked #12 with an average rating of 8.3. IBM holds a 2.1% mindshare in SOAR, compared to McAfee’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 75% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 81% of McAfee users who would recommend it.

IBM Resilient

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75% willing to recommend

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81% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 5, 2024

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator and IBM Resilient are major players in the cybersecurity management industry. McAfee leads with user satisfaction in pricing and support, while IBM Resilient's superior features justify its premium cost.

Features: McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator excels in centralized security management, efficient automation, and comprehensive endpoint protection with tools like McAfee Threat Prevention and Adaptive Threat Protection. Its easy-to-use console offers customizable reporting and centralized virus signature updates. IBM Resilient distinguishes itself with robust incident response automation, dynamic playbooks, and deep integration capabilities valuable for real-time threat management and SOAR platform functionality.

Room for Improvement: McAfee could enhance its user interface to be more intuitive for non-technical users and expand its scalability features. More robust exploit prevention could better match enterprise needs, and more seamless integration with third-party tools is desired. IBM Resilient could lower its technical expertise requirements for deployment, improve user interface intuitiveness, and enhance its documentation to better assist new users in understanding its complex features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator's straightforward installation process is well-supported by online resources and a responsive customer service team, ensuring smooth deployment. IBM Resilient's deployment requires more technical expertise, but their dedicated support staff help streamline the process for users, making it worthwhile despite its complexity.

Pricing and ROI: McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator offers competitive pricing with a rapid return on investment by reducing operational costs through centralized management. IBM Resilient, although more expensive, justifies its pricing with significant ROI by improving incident response efficiency and minimizing downtime.

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Resilient

Ranking in Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR)

13th

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Security Incident Response (3rd)

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator

Ranking in Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR)

12th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) category, the mindshare of IBM Resilient is 2.1%, down from 2.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator is 0.5%, down from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Usman Bhatti

Senior Officer Security Operations Center at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Simple deployment, scalable, but lacking third-party solution compatibility

Integrating IBM Resilient with other applications can be very difficult and technically challenging. Often, they use the excuse that you are using the latest version of an application, such as an endpoint security system, and they don't have an API or support for it at the moment. There is no automation in the SOAR solution. It's worth noting that many third-party add-on applications needed to be purchased separately to integrate with IBM Resilient. While there were built-in applications available for incident remediation, the selection was limited. Additionally, integrating third-party applications was often a difficult and time-consuming process due to the technical complexity involved.

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DavidJones7

Head of Content at Pharmaflow

Offers automation alert features with easy integrations and impressive scalability

I would rate the initial setup an eight out of ten. There are a few technical challenges with the deployment, but it can easily solved by an experienced professional but not by a beginner user of the tool. The complete implementation and migration to McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator will take around three months. If someone is using a software platform already with implemented use cases in their environment, it might be difficult to implement the same use cases when the customer is migrating to McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator. The conditions and prior alert settings needs to be accurate when migrating to McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator, otherwise false positive alerts might get generated.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."

"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

"This is a good solution that we recommend for customers."

"IBM Resilient is scalable."

"The solution is easy to use."

"As a whole, the product is stable...Technical support is very good."

"It's really simple and has a flexible interface."

"The solution is very easy to use."

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"Technical support is very helpful."

"The policy auditing, policy management, and device auditing are all valuable features. Our customers appreciated the ability to get alerts to system-wide events from a single view."

"The security is a key feature and the console is very user friendly."

"I like the solution's feasibility. McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator is also better and easier to use than other ePOs."

"What I like the most is the ability to manage centrally, to manage the various devices, the platform, and the endpoint, all from one console."

"We get fewer false positives than with other solutions."

"If you set it up right, it can really manage a very complex environment which require fine tuning where there are a lot of exceptions. That's what it caters to. It can just do those specifics in those exceptional situations, which is good."

"The feature that I have found most valuable is its general purpose of protecting our endpoints from infections, malicious files, and all those kinds of things. The fact that there are organized policies and policy inheritance. The general management."

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Cons

"IBM Resilient could integrate better with my tools."

"It is not very straightforward to set up custom integrations, especially with services like Azure. You need an additional server for integration."

"Integration with some devices, including Cisco PowerPower and certain antivirus products, has limitations."

"IBM Resilient is quite complex, including its configuration."

"One thing to improve is how it handles data formats, which currently might require scripting for conversion to CSV before uploading."

"Its price needs improvement."

"The product must provide more integration with other tools."

"The integration could be improved so that it is easy to integrate with other solutions."

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"The rollout to cover the online resources, such as SharePoint, One Drive, and Office 365 doesn't seem to have a very clear path."

"Sometimes agents hang. We have to reinstall the agents."

"They have to do something to make the solution more resilient or recoverable from power failure events, which may include creating their own database."

"McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator needs to upgrade the technology; it's like their area function is not quite as good as compared to other market vendors."

"The impact of the agent on the endpoint's performance - the resources it takes. Additionally, the difficulties we experience with inheriting and breaking inheritance on the organization's structure breakdown for policy inheritance and then for rules inheritance. We are actually struggling with this."

"There are some issues relating to the automation of reports. That's why I wanted the DLP reports. There are some problems in this area. Sometimes it does not work even though all the configuration words are right. There are also some problems with automatic updates."

"Lacks a single plug-in for multiple uses."

"The way that ePolicy launches the updates is very slow. It would be great if that was faster."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We could create unlimited users using the license we had purchased."

"The licensing cost for IBM Resilient is not too expensive, but it's not affordable, so it's moderately expensive. Regarding price, I'm rating the solution seven out of ten. The company pays for the license yearly, based on the number of users. Apart from the cost of the license you need to pay for each user, you also need to spend an initial investment for the base platform. You also have to pay for IBM Resilient support."

"Pricing for the solution is good, in my opinion."

"There are no costs except for the support services that our company pays in addition to the licensing charges attached to the solution."

"The cost of the product is quite high."

"There is a license you need to pay for in order to use this product."

"It is very expensive."

"I would rate the tool’s pricing a three out of ten. The tool’s pricing is on a yearly basis."

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"This solution is priced in the mid-range."

"McAfee tries to package different things into different products, then sell them as different products with different licenses. They just split everything up into multiple things. That's just their sales pitch and how they do it."

"Compared to other Antivirus products, the cost of this solution is a bit high."

"For large enterprise companies, the price should be alright, but for small businesses, the uptake might be slow because, for these clients, the price doesn't look very attractive."

"There is a license required to use this solution. If we use the additional components, such as DLP encryption, there is an additional cost. However, it is similar to a separate product altogether. If you want to use that or not, it is optional, but when you use it, it will cost you additional pricing."

"$The price of McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator is expensive, it is approximately $6,000 to $9,000 per license annually."

"It's an expensive solution"

"McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator is a cheaply priced product, meaning it is not expensive since McAfee provides a free version of ePO, which includes phone support as well."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

33%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Government

13%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Computer Software Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

11%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM Resilient?

It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Resilient?

I am not the one in charge of pricing, so I am not sure about the costs.

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What needs improvement with IBM Resilient?

Integration with some devices, including Cisco PowerPower and certain antivirus products, has limitations.

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Which is better - Mcafee's MVision ePO or ePolicy Orchestrator?

Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether Mcafee's MVision ePO or ePolicy Orchestrator network security software was the better fit for us. We decided to go with Mcafee's ePolicy O...

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What do you like most about McAfee MVISION ePO?

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator's performance is good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for McAfee MVISION ePO?

It's an expensive solution.

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McAfee ePO, ePolicy Orchestrator, Intel Security ePolicy Orchestrator, McAfee MVISION ePO

Overview

The Resilient Incident Response Platform (IRP) is the leading platform for orchestrating and automating incident response processes.

The Resilient IRP quickly and easily integrates with your organization’s existing security and IT investments. It makes security alerts instantly actionable, provides valuable intelligence and incident context, and enables adaptive response to complex cyber threats.

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McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (McAfee ePO) is the most advanced, extensible, and scalable centralized security management software in the industry. Unifying security management through an open platform, McAfee ePO makes risk and compliance management simpler and more successful for organizations of all sizes.

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Sample Customers

Golden Living, Health Equity, USA Funds

Brelje & Race, Cognizant, Sutherland Global Services, Eagle Rock Energy, Arab National Bank, Bank Central Asia, Kleberg Bank, Leading Mexican Bank, SF Police Credit Union, Macquarie Telecom, Seagate Technology, Blackburn & Darwen Council, California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation, IRCEP, Major U.S. State Government, State of Alaska, State of Colorado, Cemex, Deutsche Edelstahlwerke

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