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

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Categories and Ranking

MetaDefender Email Gateway ...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Email Security (32nd), 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 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 sanitization is very good."
"Trend Vision One is one of the best XDRs that has been introduced to the market, with almost 14 applications integrated into a single console, including mobile device management, network security, endpoint security, and cloud app security, all with a really good GUI."
"Trend Vision One has helped to reduce my time to detect and respond to threats; it was our gateway for almost 12 years."
"I have seen a huge decrease in phishing emails and spam being received by end users, with about 80% of observed spam and phishing emails being reduced."
"I have experience with Trend Micro Email Security product and I can believe Trend Micro Email Security is excellent and scores very well; it is better in comparison to Microsoft Windows Defender or Microsoft Office 365."
"Trend Micro Email Security [EOL] is a money-saving solution, protecting the company data and the company employees, so I think it is saving money."
"From an email security standpoint, the best features are that it is very convenient to configure new rules onto it and it gives very good insight on what has entered my system and what the email security solution has taken action upon."
"Based on my past experience, the accuracy and reliability of Trend Micro Email Security [EOL]'s output demonstrate very minimal false positive detections, with many detections being very accurate and the AI and machine learning working perfectly, complemented by traditional signature behaviors, leading to a high detection rate and accuracy when compared to other competitor products."
"Trend Micro Email Security is a great point and a great advantage for us."
 

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."
"Although the number of AV engines is good, it could be better."
"The DLP should be upgraded and has room for improvement."
"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."
"The enterprise security feature needs improvement."
"The capacity handling and the scalability of the solution need to be improved since I feel Trend Micro lacks in such areas."
"They need to adjust the spam filtering and make it stronger."
"While they are good, not 100% of email is protected just yet."
"There is room for improvement in threat detection, especially for advanced attacks and business email compromise."
"The patch management could improve in Trend Micro Email Security."
"There are many features in this solution and a high risk of having mistakes with the configuration."
 

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 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."
"It's a VPN solution. Trend Micro is reasonably priced."
"Trend Micro Email Security's pricing is reasonable."
"The price of Trend Micro Email Security is more than Sophos' similar solution."
"The price of Trend Micro Email Security is annual. There are no additional fees."
"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."
"The cost is about $6,000 for 300 users for one year."
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Top Industries

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Construction Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Healthcare Company
6%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

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Small Business26
Midsize Enterprise17
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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