Microsoft Defender XDR vs Panda Adaptive Defense 360 comparison

Microsoft Defender XDR vs. Panda Adaptive Defense 360

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Defender XDR

Ranking in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

5th

Average Rating

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (5th), Microsoft Security Suite (2nd)

Panda Adaptive Defense 360

Ranking in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

24th

Average Rating

8.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (32nd)

Featured Reviews

Desray Liu

Project Manager at Freedom Systems Inc.

Nov 28, 2023

A time-saving and easy-to-integrate product that needs to offer a control center to users

As a part of Microsoft's attempt to reduce costs, there has been a direct cut down of the local technical support team. Sometimes, you have to use the technical support offered by Microsoft from other countries, but at times, we speak different languages, just like how people speak in Chinese or Mandarin, but there are still some differences between them. The front-line support from Microsoft has only limited technical abilities or access to their internal system. Sometimes, my company cannot even escalate an issue to Microsoft's senior team members. The support team of Microsoft is nice as they attempt to solve the problems together with you, but I believe that due to some cost-related issues, they don't have enough permissions. Sometimes, users might feel blocked when trying to connect with the support team. I rate the technical support a seven out of ten.

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Juan Ramón López Ruiz

IT Managing Partner at Estrategia y Tecnologia Tho

Apr 24, 2024

Recognizes and mitigates a wide array of spam and phishing attempts

This is one of the best solutions for servers for advanced users. Advanced users, such as those working with banks and who have to make payments, are exposed to more attacks. The people whose job is to write, create invoices, register products, or do quotes. They don't need the EPR. They can use a…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Microsoft 365 Defender's most valuable feature is the ability to control the shadow IP."

"The visibility into threats is also very impressive because Microsoft helps you predict things and provides analytics to help you really improve your security. And all of this technology works across the domain, so it is pretty helpful in terms of threat analytics."

"I like 365 Defender's advanced threat hunting. The dashboard is user-friendly with templates for site policies, etc. The most important use case is evaluating the risk links and applications."

"Email protection is the most valuable feature of Microsoft Defender XDR."

"The solution is well integrated with applications. It is easy to maintain and administer."

"Microsoft 365 Defender is a stable solution."

"What I like most about the product is its all-in-one solution. With Microsoft Defender XDR, we get coverage for various aspects like endpoint security, cloud security, and image-related cases, all within a single platform. This eliminates the need for multiple products or technical controls to address incidents. The main benefit became evident immediately after deployment, especially in its ability to analyze files and phishing emails quickly. By submitting suspicious files or emails, we receive quick results on whether they are legitimate, suspicious, or malicious, saving time."

"Microsoft Defender XDR provides strong identity protection with comprehensive insights into risky user behavior and potential indicators of compromise."

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"The patch management module is very important."

"We have control over our devices, specifically USB ports, allowing us to block or control the traffic."

"It is easy to manage."

"The most valuable features of Panda Security Adaptive Defense are the useful hardware information it provides, light on resources, controllable from the console, remote scan functionality, and the blocking of a lot of URL malware."

"The most valuable feature of Panda Security Adaptive Defense is we don't have to have dedicated infrastructure on-premise because it is cloud-based."

"The dashboard management feature is valuable."

"It allows us to stop activation windows."

"It offers an easy initial setup."

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Cons

"I personally have not seen much evidence of how Defender can enhance the story of zero trust for enterprises."

"The mobile app support for Android and iOS is difficult and needs improvement."

"Troubleshooting in Microsoft 365 Defender can be inefficient."

"Improving scalability, especially for very large tenants, could be beneficial for Microsoft Defender XDR."

"In the future, it would be beneficial for Microsoft to consider making the product more user-friendly or simplified for those who are interested in using it. Currently, it requires a high level of technical expertise, making it challenging for beginners or less experienced individuals."

"From an integration standpoint, it is always improving overall. With Security Copilot coming out, as partners, we are waiting for the GDAP support so that we can actually see Security Copilot on behalf of customers if they subscribe to it."

"Advanced attacks could use an improvement."

"The initial time spent setting up and configuring Defender XDR is a bit longer than the other solutions. If everything were on one portal, the platforms for managing policies or alerts would be simpler. We must automate and manage policies on Intune rather than the same portal."

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"Panda Security Adaptive Defense can improve by including the intrusion and prevention system not only on their most expensive platform. Additionally, it blocks software that is legitimate from users. They complain and then we have to manually unblock the software, by hash, or we receive a message. Some of the prevention features are not available and this might cause us to need a separate firewall or something to protect the company."

"Occasionally, we suffer from little bugs that give us the wrong message."

"The solution should have additional endpoint protection."

"It needs some improvements in the DNS security feature. Currently, it does not have full DNS security. It only has semi-DNS security, which can be improved. It is an important feature for us, and it would be really good if they can improve the DNS security feature. Our group has some plans to change to Cisco AMP, which has features such as DNS, Umbrella. We are trying to learn about Cisco AMP and compare it with Panda."

"Needs a better way to scan the hardware to detect whether it's valid."

"The stability could be improved. My teammates who use Panda Security and I have experienced some issues."

"Their MacOS support isn't that good."

"Improvements could be made in terms of how the reporting is structured."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Microsoft should provide lower-level licensing options. They should do it in such a way that even an individual could purchase a license, and it should be entirely flexible."

"Microsoft Defender XDR is expensive."

"Defender XDR is included in the E5 license, but it's a bit too expensive."

"The most valuable licensing option is expensive, so pricing could be improved. Licensing options for this solution also need to be consolidated, because they frequently change."

"The pricing of Microsoft 365 Defender is definitely on the costly side, but with the features and services that Microsoft provides, such as the seamless integration of all the Defender tools, while the price is on the higher side, there is no alternative."

"The solutions price is fair for what they offer."

"365 Defender is billed per account. I don't know the exact price, but my supervisor told me that Microsoft Defender is cheaper than the alternatives. It's bundled, so you get all the features in one place."

"While Microsoft Defender XDR carries a higher cost, its ease of use compared to Defender may justify the investment."

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"The licensing is subscription-based and priced well compared to other endpoint security solutions."

"Our licensing fee is 1M Euro per month, so it is about 80 Euro's per user."

"There is a license needed to use this solution and it is approximately $30 annually."

"The solution is priced well for what features it provides."

"Customers need to pay monthly licensing costs for Panda Security Adaptive Defense, which is not expensive."

"The price of this solution depends on the number of licenses that you are purchasing."

"I don't think Panda's license is too expensive, but they're charging more than it's worth. It's a yearly license. For 1,000 endpoints, it's around $18,000."

"The licensing costs are not too high. We pay about 20 Euros a year. It's a reasonable amount to pay."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

18%

Comms Service Provider

12%

Government

Hospitality Company

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Microsoft 365 Defender?

Microsoft Defender XDR provides strong identity protection with comprehensive insights into risky user behavior and potential indicators of compromise.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft 365 Defender?

The pricing is reasonable. It's cheaper than other options.

What needs improvement with Microsoft 365 Defender?

The solution could enhance the threat Intelligence feature by making it more relevant to specific industries. Much of the threat intelligence information isn't directly applicable to our environmen...

What do you like most about Panda Security Adaptive Defense?

The most valuable features of the solution stem from the fact that I like the tool's UI, ease of management, ease of making reports, and the ability to export information easily.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Panda Security Adaptive Defense?

Combined with other brands, the solution is not the cheapest.

What needs improvement with Panda Security Adaptive Defense?

The software can improve the number of messages we are receiving in case of an attack.

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Also Known As

Microsoft 365 Defender, Microsoft Threat Protection, MS 365 Defender

Panda Security Adaptive Defense 360, Panda Security Endpoint Protection, Panda Security for Desktops

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Overview

Microsoft Defender XDR is a comprehensive security solution designed to protect against threats in the Microsoft 365 environment.

It offers robust security measures, comprehensive threat detection capabilities, and an efficient incident response system. With seamless integration with other Microsoft products and a user-friendly interface, it simplifies security management tasks.

Users have found it effective in detecting and preventing various types of attacks, such as phishing attempts, malware infections, and data breaches.

Watch the Microsoft demo video here: Microsoft Defender XDR demo video.

Advanced Security to Stop Breaches
Unified Endpoint Protection (EPP) and Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) capabilities, with our unique Zero-Trust Application Service and Threat Hunting Service in one single solution, to effectively detect and classify 100% of processes running on all the endpoints within your organization.

Cloud-delivered endpoint prevention, detection, containment and response technologies against advanced threat, zero-day malware, ransomware, phishing, in-memory exploits and malware-less attacks. It also provides IDS, firewall, device control, email protection, URL & content filtering capabilities.

Sample Customers

Accenture, Deloitte, ExxonMobil, General Electric, IBM, Johnson & Johnson and many others.

Indra, Valea AB, Fineit, Aemcom, Data Solutions INC., Gloucestershire NHS, Golden Star Resources Ltd, Hispania Racing Team, Instituto Dos Museus e da ConserÊo, Escuelas Pias Provincia Emaus, Axiom Housing Association, Municipality of Bjuv, Lesedi Nuclear, Mullsj_ municipality, Eng. skolan Norr AB, Dalakraft AB, Peter Green Haulage Ltd

Microsoft Defender XDR vs. Panda Adaptive Defense 360