Business Development & Marketing Manager at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
Reseller
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2023-12-20T13:47:15Z
Dec 20, 2023
It is not expensive to maintain or update the product because it's very easy to use, and a company need not have many resources, hardware, or people. I rate the overall product a nine out of ten.
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Try it out, I think that you will like it. Nothing is perfect. If I was asked in a week, I may have had a different opinion. I would rate Bitdefender GravityZone Elite a nine out of ten.
I can't really remember how long the deployment of this solution took with their technical team because it was two years ago and we were migrating from another solution. It was a one-off. What we did was to do the virtual installation first, confirm that everything is running well, then migrate the devices one by one. I can't really give an exact duration, but it was within the timelines that we set for the migration. We don't really need a lot of staff for the maintenance of this solution. Our environment is simple and clear. We only have one person and an assistant who are responsible for the maintenance. It doesn't require much support from the team because it's working well every day. So far, we haven't experienced any difficulties in the local administration of the system. In terms of installation and setup, of course, that is done by the technical service provider, but in terms of management and maintenance, we haven't seen any major challenges. As for licensing costs, at the initial stage, when we took a lease, we took it for three years. It's expiring next year. When it expires, we also plan to renew for two years, because doing it monthly, quarterly, and yearly is a tedious process, so we would always want to do it just once, as long as we are sure that the solution is working for us. At the moment we really don't have an additional cost, unless we want to get some additional services. The cost that we incur is for the maintenance of our own infrastructure where the solution is installed, but not a payment to the service provider. My advice to people who want to implement this solution is that it's important for them to understand their needs first, for them to know which product works well for them. Some of these products differ slightly, but you might find that may be a slight difference really makes a very big impact on your need for that particular solution. It's important for them to fully understand their needs and also understand the functionalities of the system, whether it's going to fully meet their requirements. That is what we did so we ended up getting this solution. For us, based on our environment and needs, this solution works. The features that we want already exist in this solution. The only problem is that we haven't scaled it enough for those features to be activated. In our discussion with them, we told them we would want the system to do these things, which they said are already available. We just need to make a provision in our budgeting to be able to activate some of those features, because what we got was just endpoint protection, and in terms of endpoint protection, it's good enough. It's very good to rate a product when you have a range of products you're doing a comparison with. At this moment, I can only do a comparison between two products: the one I was using before and the one I'm currently using, so I might be biased because I don't have experience with other solutions. For the Bitdefender GravityZone Elite, I'll give an 8.5. If I'm choosing between an eight or a nine, I choose nine. I'm rating this solution a nine out of ten. The reason why I'm not giving a rating of ten out of ten is because of the challenges we've been getting because we are on-premise. Otherwise, if we were on a cloud, then we will not have any of those challenges, like the issue of upgrades, because it would be seamless so I would be able to give the solution a rating of ten. Most of the solutions we are using are local and customized to our environment, so you might not have reviews on them. What we have which might be within your radar of review is Untangle. There's one: NextGen Security, NextGen Firewall, which is called Untangle. That's what we used, otherwise the rest like Microsoft OS, are basically a monopoly in our environment, so I don't think there are any other solutions we can discuss.
GravityZone Business Security is much more than a business antivirus software. Here is why:
1. It ensures complete protection against all types of malware: ransomware, phishing, zero-day attack, viruses, spyware, etc.
2. It uses multiple machine learning techniques, behavioral analysis, and continuous monitoring of running processes to keep up with the latest threats.
3. Everything is available in a single, easy-to-use platform for all your devices: desktops, laptops, physical and virtual...
It is a good solution and protects the network and endpoints. I rate it a nine out of ten.
Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
It is not expensive to maintain or update the product because it's very easy to use, and a company need not have many resources, hardware, or people. I rate the overall product a nine out of ten.
I recommend the solution and rate it an eight out of ten.
I rate Bitdefender GravityZone Elite a five out of ten.
My advice to others is to try the solution out, it works well. I rate Bitdefender GravityZone Elite a nine out of ten.
Try it out, I think that you will like it. Nothing is perfect. If I was asked in a week, I may have had a different opinion. I would rate Bitdefender GravityZone Elite a nine out of ten.
I would rate it an eight out of 10.
I only recommend this solution to others, it is a wonderful solution. I rate Bitdefender GravityZone Elite a ten out of ten.
I can't really remember how long the deployment of this solution took with their technical team because it was two years ago and we were migrating from another solution. It was a one-off. What we did was to do the virtual installation first, confirm that everything is running well, then migrate the devices one by one. I can't really give an exact duration, but it was within the timelines that we set for the migration. We don't really need a lot of staff for the maintenance of this solution. Our environment is simple and clear. We only have one person and an assistant who are responsible for the maintenance. It doesn't require much support from the team because it's working well every day. So far, we haven't experienced any difficulties in the local administration of the system. In terms of installation and setup, of course, that is done by the technical service provider, but in terms of management and maintenance, we haven't seen any major challenges. As for licensing costs, at the initial stage, when we took a lease, we took it for three years. It's expiring next year. When it expires, we also plan to renew for two years, because doing it monthly, quarterly, and yearly is a tedious process, so we would always want to do it just once, as long as we are sure that the solution is working for us. At the moment we really don't have an additional cost, unless we want to get some additional services. The cost that we incur is for the maintenance of our own infrastructure where the solution is installed, but not a payment to the service provider. My advice to people who want to implement this solution is that it's important for them to understand their needs first, for them to know which product works well for them. Some of these products differ slightly, but you might find that may be a slight difference really makes a very big impact on your need for that particular solution. It's important for them to fully understand their needs and also understand the functionalities of the system, whether it's going to fully meet their requirements. That is what we did so we ended up getting this solution. For us, based on our environment and needs, this solution works. The features that we want already exist in this solution. The only problem is that we haven't scaled it enough for those features to be activated. In our discussion with them, we told them we would want the system to do these things, which they said are already available. We just need to make a provision in our budgeting to be able to activate some of those features, because what we got was just endpoint protection, and in terms of endpoint protection, it's good enough. It's very good to rate a product when you have a range of products you're doing a comparison with. At this moment, I can only do a comparison between two products: the one I was using before and the one I'm currently using, so I might be biased because I don't have experience with other solutions. For the Bitdefender GravityZone Elite, I'll give an 8.5. If I'm choosing between an eight or a nine, I choose nine. I'm rating this solution a nine out of ten. The reason why I'm not giving a rating of ten out of ten is because of the challenges we've been getting because we are on-premise. Otherwise, if we were on a cloud, then we will not have any of those challenges, like the issue of upgrades, because it would be seamless so I would be able to give the solution a rating of ten. Most of the solutions we are using are local and customized to our environment, so you might not have reviews on them. What we have which might be within your radar of review is Untangle. There's one: NextGen Security, NextGen Firewall, which is called Untangle. That's what we used, otherwise the rest like Microsoft OS, are basically a monopoly in our environment, so I don't think there are any other solutions we can discuss.