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Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management vs Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Defender External...
Ranking in Microsoft Security Suite
27th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Attack Surface Management (ASM) (10th)
Microsoft Defender Vulnerab...
Ranking in Microsoft Security Suite
23rd
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (17th), Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (23rd), Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Microsoft Security Suite category, the mindshare of Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management is 0.5%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

SF
Jul 3, 2024
Better at protecting from cyberattacks and haven't had any problems with the scalability of this solution
With Microsoft, support is always crazy, it's not easy to get support. That's their weakness. They need to improve their support. Microsoft will always give good support to their big customers or partners, but we're not a big company. If you had a thousand employees and were a big customer, maybe they'd offer better support. But in my 35 years of IT experience, it's always been the same with Microsoft. They transfer us to Europe because we speak French, but when we want to speak in English, they transfer us to people who don't know the product. Most of the time, we find a solution before they call us back.
René-SylvainBédard - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 19, 2024
The vulnerability assessment is very accurate because it runs directly into the vulnerability database
I have three years of experience with Microsoft Defender and Office 365 for eleven years. My company operates as a shop for Microsoft products, and we have always stayed with Microsoft. We intend to displace the competition when my company enters a new client environment. I have dealt with customers who were using Carbon Black and SentinelOne. My company's customers switched work from their previous products to Microsoft because the tools they were using were power-hungry solutions, which had an impact on production. Microsoft Office 365's premium licenses have many built-in services, which our customers used to use from some other products. With Microsoft products, there is no need for our company's customers to pay extra for licensing charges. The major difference between Carbon Black and Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management revolves around areas like stability and integration capabilities within the operating systems, which are strong in Microsoft, especially compared to any of its competitors. The actual depth of knowledge that the platform offers is good because Microsoft has been very rigorous in documenting every single vulnerability that exists for its platform. Microsoft has the most complete list of vulnerabilities for its platform.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It seems to be better at protecting from cyberattacks."
"The solution is highly scalable."
"One valuable feature is the Microsoft Security Scorecard."
"The solution helps identify threats and vulnerabilities."
"The product’s most valuable features are compliance, recommendations, and inventories."
"The solution is up-to-date and helps prevent zero-day attacks."
"The product's stability is very high...The scalability of the product is amazing."
 

Cons

"With Microsoft, support is always crazy, it's not easy to get support."
"The general support could be improved."
"The constant changes in the product configuration or the console setup can sometimes be challenging."
"The setup phase of the product is not that easy and needs a person to have a certain level of expertise."
"The technical support takes too much time to resolve tickets."
"It is challenging to extract and customize reports from the system."
"Integration can be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The tool is a bit costly."
"The licensing costs are reasonable."
"I rate the product's price a three on a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price."
"The product’s pricing is medium."
"The licensing model follows a per-user per-month structure."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
19%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Healthcare Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management?
I don't see a big difference in pricing compared to its competitors. With "intelligent" or "smart" antivirus, people are willing to pay a little more for something that could make a difference for ...
What needs improvement with Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management?
With Microsoft, support is always crazy, it's not easy to get support. That's their weakness. They need to improve their support. Microsoft will always give good support to their big customers or p...
What is your primary use case for Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management?
The kind of companies using it typically have one hundred or more users and are in various sectors, like manufacturing and insurance. We use it to protect against cyberattacks.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management?
The licensing costs are reasonable. While the solution is not the cheapest, it is competitively priced and aligns with the industry average. There are no significant additional costs beyond the sta...
What needs improvement with Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management?
The constant changes in the product configuration or the console setup can sometimes be challenging. They can be disruptive because we need to adjust to these changes, which can interfere with ongo...
 

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