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At a Glance
Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Star Rating
(289)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (37.0% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
$2.00 1 User Per Month
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Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Star Rating
(297)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (68.3% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free Trial is available
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Featured Products
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Microsoft Defender for Office Plan 1
$2.00
1 User Per Month
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Mimecast Advanced Email Security
No pricing available
Free Trial
Microsoft Defender for Office 365
No trial information available
Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
225
8.9
232
Ease of Use
8.9
227
8.0
237
Ease of Setup
8.8
104
7.9
188
Ease of Admin
8.9
100
7.8
192
Quality of Support
8.7
220
8.4
226
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
101
8.6
190
Product Direction (% positive)
9.4
217
8.8
228
Features by Category
8.8
153
8.4
123
Administration
8.8
142
|
Verified
7.9
106
9.0
140
|
Verified
8.3
107
8.9
137
|
Verified
8.1
105
8.5
135
|
Verified
8.0
89
Maintenance
8.7
133
|
Verified
8.0
105
8.8
140
|
Verified
8.8
109
8.8
136
8.5
97
8.6
131
|
Verified
8.5
103
Security
9.0
142
|
Verified
9.0
118
8.9
136
8.2
99
8.8
139
|
Verified
9.0
117
9.1
139
|
Verified
8.7
110
9.0
142
|
Verified
8.7
112
8.7
132
|
Verified
7.4
77
Intelligent Email ProtectionHide 10 FeaturesShow 10 Features
Not enough data
8.8
125
Administration
Not enough data
8.4
100
Not enough data
8.6
112
Not enough data
9.1
115
Not enough data
8.9
115
Detection
Not enough data
8.3
103
Not enough data
8.5
107
Not enough data
8.8
114
Protection
Not enough data
9.0
114
Not enough data
9.0
118
Not enough data
9.2
121
Not enough data
9.0
127
Functionality
Not enough data
9.1
125
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.2
125
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
125
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
123
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
123
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
118
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
121
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
115
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
122
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.7
50
Orchestration
Not enough data
6.4
43
Not enough data
7.9
43
Not enough data
8.0
45
Not enough data
8.2
45
Information
Not enough data
8.1
44
Not enough data
8.7
45
Not enough data
8.3
45
Personalization
Not enough data
7.1
44
Not enough data
8.2
47
Not enough data
6.8
41
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.0
25
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and Mimecast Advanced Email Security are categorized as Cloud Email Security and Intelligent Email Protection
Unique Categories
Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is categorized as Email Anti-spam
Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Mimecast Advanced Email Security is categorized as Secure Email Gateway, Threat Intelligence, and Browser Isolation
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
26.4%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
37.0%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
36.6%
Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
15.9%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
68.3%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
15.9%
Reviewers' Industry
Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Information Technology and Services
27.5%
Computer Software
12.5%
Computer & Network Security
12.1%
Financial Services
5.5%
Consulting
2.9%
Other
39.6%
Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Legal Services
8.6%
Information Technology and Services
7.2%
Financial Services
6.5%
Construction
4.8%
Computer Software
4.5%
Other
68.4%
Most Helpful Reviews
Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Most Helpful Favorable Review
manuraj r.
MR
manuraj r.
Verified User in Computer Software

MDO Email protection is one of the best in the industry, as it has an out-of-the-box approach and automatically scans for malicious emails, and phishing emails and antivirus helps the system. Stared to work alone as testing for the product to scale for the...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Akshai R.
AR
Akshai R.
Verified User in Financial Services

The unprecedented changes that Microsoft brings in the defender's operating platform disrupt the operations performed by anyone working in depth with the application quite frequently. These changes, added to certain platform dysfunctionalities and...

Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Law Practice

Reduces amount of spam from hundreds of emails down to a few, with very few blocks on real emails.

Most Helpful Critical Review
David M.
DM
David M.
Verified User in Venture Capital & Private Equity

Administration is very clunky, unclear. Simple modifications to policy or exceptions require much more time and effort than competitors. As an experienced SysAdmin (though new to this tool), I needed 2x support calls to solve a firedrill.

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Microsoft Defender for Office 365
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Discussions
Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Discussions
What are the security features of Microsoft 365?
2 comments
Edwin F.
EF
Multi-factor authentication, data encryption, threat protection, data protection, identity and access management are major features of MS Office 365.Read more
Does Microsoft 365 include Microsoft Defender?
2 comments
Rohan S.
RS
Certainly! Please provide the text in the Unknown Language that you would like translated into English.Read more
Monty the Mongoose crying
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 has no more discussions with answers
Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Mimecast Advanced Email Security Discussions
Has anyone implemented ingesting the Audit logs from Mimecast into Graylog?
2 comments
DB
Yes, I have a working example. We also sell this as a featureRead more
What is Mimecast Email Security with Targeted Threat Protection used for?
1 comment
Devang G.
DG
Mimecast Email Security with Targeted Threat Protection is used to defend against phishing, malware, ransomware, and impersonation attacks.... It provides...Read more
Monty the Mongoose crying
Mimecast Advanced Email Security has no more discussions with answers