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Microsoft BitLocker vs OpenText Connected MX comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 4, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Microsoft BitLocker
Ranking in Mobile Data Protection
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
65
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Encryption (1st)
OpenText Connected MX
Ranking in Mobile Data Protection
8th
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Mobile Data Protection category, the mindshare of Microsoft BitLocker is 38.9%, down from 42.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText Connected MX is 3.5%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Mobile Data Protection
 

Featured Reviews

Douglas Curry - PeerSpot reviewer
Users can easily deploy and manage it
The solution's most valuable feature is that it is simple to deploy and manage. I can't say what features of the tool I like since it is very much a deploy-and-forget product. We don't use any advanced features of the tool in my company. The tool's recovery options are good, especially since it integrates with Active Directory, making everything a simple process. The product's integration capabilities are good.
it_user481848 - PeerSpot reviewer
The primary function of it is to back it up off-site so that if you ever have any kind of data corruption, data loss, that you can easily recover that data.
They have done some drastic improvements just in the last year that have really met a lot of our needs. Being able to sync between computers was a big one; the ability to administer it through a web portal, that was a big thing; and it's all in Connected MX now. At the moment, I don't have anything that I would ask the product manager to add to it, because he's done a really good job of getting it to where it's at right now. Nonetheless, one thing they could do better on is knowledge and education about it. Nobody knows about it, and I feel that everybody needs it, they just don't know it.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most important aspect of this solution is that if your laptop gets stolen, the information is encrypted."
"It is easy to implement and has AD integration."
"The most valuable feature is the simplicity and integration with the Microsoft Clouds platform."
"Technical support is excellent."
"The solution is included in Windows 11."
"I like the fact that you can get a BitLocker encryption key out of OneDrive."
"The solution works the way it's supposed to - stability and scalability are fine."
"The platform provides good performance."
"The integration features are the most valuable. The integration is specific to each solution. It works well with SQL and Oracle databases and so on."
 

Cons

"I would like to see improvement in the solution's central management of passwords. Currently, we install it separately."
"The implementation of BitLocker is not simple. There are many prerequisites and hours of study and testing."
"If the encryption was faster then it would make the experience more pleasant."
"The visualization could be better."
"The biggest one for us is revoking access. So, even though someone downloads something to a device, we want the ability to cloak that device or data and bring it back or make that data unusable for that person. Currently, BitLocker doesn't give us that ability. It basically encrypts it. We're seeing if identity management or IAM allows us to do that. We're kind of looking at third-party software that does that for us."
"The solution lacks the ability to allow its user to provide limited access to someone."
"They can improve the security of the application and include an encryption disk in the next feature."
"The solution should offer encryption for other items such as shared folders, removable media, etc."
"On the exchange server, you do not have the best options for adjusting your mailbox. This feature is not included. Also, disaster recovery backups can be improved. Some other solutions, such as HP Data Protector, have more features."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is expensive and ten is cheap, I rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."
"It operates on a subscription model on an annual basis."
"Microsoft BitLocker's pricing is included in the Microsoft license, and you don't have to pay an additional fee for it."
"The solution is cost efficient."
"I think it's reasonably priced because I've never heard any complaints from my company about its costs."
"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 solution is expensive."
"It's not about pricing, because we are working with Enterprise companies that already have Windows Enterprise, so BitLocker comes already included as a Windows feature. It's free for Enterprise users. The price is only for deployment. The customer will pay for McAfee, however."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
12%
Government
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
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Questions from the Community

What should one take into account when replacing PGP with Microsoft BitLocker?
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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?
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Also Known As

BitLocker, MS BitLocker
Micro Focus Connected MX, HPE Connected MX
 

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Sample Customers

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