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McAfee MVISION Mobile vs Microsoft BitLocker comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

McAfee MVISION Mobile
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Mobile Threat Defense (8th)
Microsoft BitLocker
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
66
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Encryption (1st), Mobile Data Protection (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

McAfee MVISION Mobile and Microsoft BitLocker aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. McAfee MVISION Mobile is designed for Mobile Threat Defense and holds a mindshare of 4.3%, up 3.9% compared to last year.
Microsoft BitLocker, on the other hand, focuses on Endpoint Encryption, holds 21.6% mindshare, down 41.3% since last year.
Mobile Threat Defense Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
McAfee MVISION Mobile4.3%
Zimperium26.9%
Lookout19.8%
Other49.0%
Mobile Threat Defense
Endpoint Encryption Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Microsoft BitLocker21.6%
ESET Endpoint Encryption10.5%
Symantec Endpoint Encryption8.3%
Other59.599999999999994%
Endpoint Encryption
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1066482 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
A market leader that integrates nicely with other McAfee security products and is quite stable
We are just customers and end-users. We are using the most up-to-date version available at this time. I'd advise potential new users that the key thing is to clearly understand what your requirements are and what your use cases are, and both your business requirements, your technical requirements, and your regulatory requirements. It's important to understand all of those. A company needs to clearly understand all the use cases it needs to manage and make sure they do the appropriate due diligence to find a product that can achieve all those requirements and handle all those use cases. It was an extensive process for us. We did about four to six months of paper-based due diligence - not even a field trial - to make that we were picking the right product. We leveraged a lot of outside vendor-neutral sources like Gartner. So far, I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten.
Ibrahin Gamal - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technology Specialist at ITE Corp
Data protection improves while users adapt to user access complexities
Recovery options are useful with Microsoft BitLocker. When we get the recovery key from Microsoft, people who we show how BitLocker works did not know the facts about BitLocker. When we tell them about recovery keys, it is very difficult for them to get to the users who have issues in their PCs and do not have the knowledge. When IT asked about the scenario, it was difficult for them. They needed something where they could go to the administration portal to unlock the PC for the user, but we tell them that when a user asks for a recovery key, it consists of 32 numbers to unlock their PC. They observed cost savings after implementing Microsoft BitLocker because they requested BitLocker with System Center. They found that it did not have a high cost, as it is a built-in feature in Windows. When they asked about other solutions, it was very expensive for large numbers in other corporates or organizations. They were very satisfied with Microsoft BitLocker with System Center Configuration Manager.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The product is one of the market leaders, according to Gartner, on mobile protection."
"It's my understanding that the initial setup is straightforward."
"It is free and native to the OS. We don't have to worry about upgrades or maintaining the product. You encrypt the disk, and you save the recovery key. That's it. The person puts their password in, and after that, it is up to them. If they forget their password, they have to bring it in to get it unlocked."
"The manageability of it is a valuable feature."
"Being able to encrypt an entire hard disk has been most valuable."
"Microsoft BitLocker is a Microsoft native product that provides good encryption."
"They observed cost savings after implementing Microsoft BitLocker because they requested BitLocker with System Center."
"The most valuable feature is the authentication process which is very fast."
"Technical support is excellent."
 

Cons

"The one thing that I know that they're working on, that's not quite there in the product, is the artificial intelligence aspect."
"The integration between Active Directory and BitLocker could be better."
"The encryption takes a long time to complete, and our system runs very slowly while it is encrypting."
"They should offer better login capabilities that are more secure."
"BitLocker should be available on standard Windows. We need to spend money on a Pro license to get BitLocker because it's essential to protect our customers' data. We don't want that to fall into the wrong hands."
"More detailed documentation about usage would be beneficial, as installation instructions are provided but potential issues are not typically addressed."
"I would like to be able to encrypt our cloud tenancy."
"If the encryption was faster then it would make the experience more pleasant."
"The solution needs to have better protection and improve its pricing."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The solution is cost efficient."
"Microsoft BitLocker is a free feature when you are using Microsoft solutions."
"I think it's reasonably priced because I've never heard any complaints from my company about its costs."
"The product's cost is included in Windows."
"I don't know the costs. In terms of Microsoft licensing, we are at E3 on the business, and we're in the process of pricing out and moving to E5. So, a lot of this is included within our licensing agreements."
"The price of this solution should be more competitive."
"Microsoft BitLocker's pricing is fair; I rate it a four out of ten."
"Microsoft BitLocker's pricing is included in the Microsoft license, and you don't have to pay an additional fee for it."
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Top Industries

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Government
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
 

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Company SizeCount
Small Business35
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise25
 

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What should one take into account when replacing PGP with Microsoft BitLocker?
Beware to make backup of useful data, then use reverse decryption policy from Symantec panel/McAfee ePO to decrypt the DE partitions while it is sometimes more straightforward and faster to reinsta...
Would you choose Microsoft BitLocker or McAfee Complete Data Protection?
Microsoft BitLocker is very intuitive and easy to maintain. It is basically the global standard solution for drive encryption and successfully fulfills regulatory needs in terms of data protection....
How does Microsoft BitLocker compare with Symantec Endpoint Encryption?
Microsoft BitLocker is very intuitive and easy to maintain. It is basically the global standard solution for drive encryption and it successfully fulfills regulatory needs in terms of data protecti...
 

Also Known As

McAfee MDP, MVISION Mobile
BitLocker, MS BitLocker
 

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Sample Customers

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ACV, Proaxis Therapy, Choice Hotels International, adnymics GmbH, Intermedia, NMBS/SNCB
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