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MetaDefender Email Security Solutions vs Trend Micro Email Security [EOL] comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 26, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

MetaDefender Email Security...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Email Security (34th), Secure Email Gateway (SEG) (13th)
Trend Micro Email Security ...
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
47
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

RM
Senior Information Systems Engineer at Liberty Pumps, Inc.
Helpful support, and useful dashboards
They offer a feature called SmartLink neutralization. I have tried it before. It seemed to work most of the time; however, I had a few users for whom it just wouldn't work. Whenever they click on a link, it stays on the MetaDefender page, saying that it's scanning it and never moves forward. I haven't tried it in a while since then. Since I can't turn it off on a per-user basis, I had to turn it off globally. I have certain exceptions for not doing the sanitization, and how to set those up is not intuitive. It would be useful if there were a better way of doing that. Using digital certificates is hard. It would be better if it used Windows Servers' built-in certificate management.
AsadAli - PeerSpot reviewer
Soc Team Lead at Super Secure
Centralized protection has transformed email security and incident investigations by reducing false positives and improving behavioral threat detection
The challenges include the challenge of finalizing a product that has all the security features or capabilities that are usually required. For example, if there is an EDR platform that's just monitoring IDS signatures, it won't be as beneficial as one with behavioral monitoring and other critical aspects required according to the best practices of the industry. Additionally, if there is a product that can provide a centralized view Trend Vision One does, it really grabs the customer's interest because customers usually don't have to buy separate EDR, XDR, or SIEM solutions or a console for their SOC analyst or email security team. These challenges consist of managing multiple teams and products. Trend Micro Email Security comes in and solves these problems.Trend Micro Email Security is generally a bit more difficult to implement compared to the rest of the solutions such as network security modules or EDR modules, which are much easier. Trend Micro Email Security has some complexities in implementation, but there aren't any significant shortcomings that require Trend Micro to improve.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The sanitization is very good."
"The most valuable feature of MetaDefender Email Security is the CDR. Customers purchase this solution specifically for data communication, as the other features can be obtained through other technologies that most customers already possess. Therefore, data communication serves as the foundation for the platform."
"The most valuable feature is called summary reconstruction which is used to deliver encrypted files to users."
"The Email Security solution from Trend Micro is quite a strong solution."
"After deployment of Trend Micro Email Security [EOL], phishing emails reported by users decreased by 60%, and my security team spends approximately 30% less time investigating email-related incidents."
"Some people can hack our system by sending emails from our domain to our domain. This is blocked completely by Trend Micro."
"I advise those looking into using Trend Micro Email Security [EOL] that it is the best solution to stop spam, and I suggest this product to any customer."
"The product is quite strong, and that is one reason most clients are replacing their existing email security solutions with it."
"The most valuable feature of Trend Micro Email Security is effective phishing prevention."
"The integration capability of the solution is good."
"Trend Micro Email Security’s most valuable feature is spam filtering."
 

Cons

"They offer a feature called SmartLink neutralization. I have tried it before. It seemed to work most of the time; however, I had a few users for whom it just wouldn't work. Whenever they click on a link, it stays on the MetaDefender page, saying that it's scanning it and never moves forward."
"The DLP should be upgraded and has room for improvement."
"Although the number of AV engines is good, it could be better."
"One improvement for Trend Micro Email Security would be addressing services that sometimes stop during updates from the internet."
"The solution does not check scam emails which is a critical need for our customers."
"There is a lot of room for improvement towards the phishing kind of email filtering, with the different hijacking attacks, and with the kind of password attacks which these phisher attackers do."
"As a SOC analyst and from an enterprise security perspective, Trend Micro Email Security [EOL] is already strong. However, I would focus on improving visibility, detection tuning, response automation, and identity-based BEC protection, rather than simply adding more blocking rules."
"Sometimes malicious email gets past the email gateway."
"The customer support for Trend Micro Email Security [EOL] is the most lagging point that I am currently experiencing."
"While they are good, not 100% of email is protected just yet."
"It was crucial because if remediation can be done in one or two clicks, in Trend, we have to do at least eight clicks to achieve the same result."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"According to our customers, the price of MetaDefender is high and it continues to increase by almost 15 percent each year."
"It's a VPN solution. Trend Micro is reasonably priced."
"It is expensive. The cost is per box, and it depends on how big your environment is. Prices range from 11 to 12 dollars for licenses and can fluctuate up and down, but for environments with 4,000 to 5,000 users, it can be between 6 to 8 dollars."
"The price is more accessible compared to some other solutions, like FortiMail. It offers excellent value for the price."
"The solution's pricing is very optimum, given its quality, features, and stability."
"Trend Micro Email Security's pricing is reasonable."
"Price-wise, it is a cheap solution. I rate the solution's pricing a one on a scale of one to ten, where ten is expensive. Annual payments are made for the licensing."
"The cost is about $6,000 for 300 users for one year."
"The price of Trend Micro Email Security is annual. There are no additional fees."
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Top Industries

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Comms Service Provider
14%
Construction Company
13%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Healthcare Company
7%
Construction Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
 

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Small Business32
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise12
 

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What needs improvement with Trend Micro Email Security?
Trend Micro Email Security reduces noise from false positives by deploying the solution in staging mode or learning mode to learn all traffic and compare it with signatures in the database. Sometim...
What advice do you have for others considering Trend Micro Email Security?
I am using Trend Vision One sensors. I am using the cyber risk exposure management, CREM capability. CREM is a solution called Splunk, which I use with XDR, Trend Micro, along with different securi...
What is your primary use case for Trend Micro Email Security?
I work with Trend Micro Email Security as a customer, and I also worked with an integrator. I use Trend Micro Email Security to secure all access for all endpoints, for example, for enterprise or f...
 

Also Known As

OPSWAT MetaDefender Email Security, MetaDefender Email Gateway Security, MetaDefender Email Security
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MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Air21, Azra Solutions, CBOSS, De Montfort University, Depaeuw, DHR Health, Fukui University Hospital
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