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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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Symantec Email Security.Cloud
Symantec Email Security.Cloud
Star Rating
(52)4.0 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (40.8% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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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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Symantec Email Security.Cloud
No pricing available
Free Trial
Microsoft Defender for Office 365
No trial information available
Symantec Email Security.Cloud
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
225
8.3
45
Ease of Use
8.9
227
8.1
43
Ease of Setup
8.8
104
7.5
21
Ease of Admin
8.9
100
7.9
21
Quality of Support
8.7
220
8.1
43
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
101
8.5
20
Product Direction (% positive)
9.4
217
7.8
43
Features by Category
8.8
153
8.6
15
Administration
8.8
142
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Verified
8.5
12
|
Verified
9.0
140
|
Verified
9.2
12
|
Verified
8.9
137
|
Verified
8.3
12
|
Verified
8.5
135
|
Verified
7.7
10
|
Verified
Maintenance
8.7
133
|
Verified
8.2
12
|
Verified
8.8
140
|
Verified
8.5
12
|
Verified
8.8
136
8.5
12
8.6
131
|
Verified
8.5
12
|
Verified
Security
9.0
142
|
Verified
9.4
12
|
Verified
8.9
136
9.3
12
8.8
139
|
Verified
8.6
12
|
Verified
9.1
139
|
Verified
8.8
11
|
Verified
9.0
142
|
Verified
9.3
10
|
Verified
8.7
132
|
Verified
8.2
10
|
Verified
Intelligent Email ProtectionHide 10 FeaturesShow 10 Features
Not enough data
8.6
7
Administration
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Detection
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Protection
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
8.7
9
Functionality
Not enough data
8.9
9
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
9
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
9
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
9
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
9
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
9
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
9
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
9
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
9
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Symantec Email Security.Cloud
Symantec Email Security.Cloud
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and Symantec Email Security.Cloud are categorized as Cloud Email Security, Email Anti-spam, and Intelligent Email Protection
Unique Categories
Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 has no unique categories
Symantec Email Security.Cloud
Symantec Email Security.Cloud is categorized as Secure Email Gateway
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%
Symantec Email Security.Cloud
Symantec Email Security.Cloud
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
24.5%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
34.7%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
40.8%
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%
Symantec Email Security.Cloud
Symantec Email Security.Cloud
Information Technology and Services
20.4%
Computer & Network Security
14.3%
Higher Education
8.2%
Computer Software
8.2%
Financial Services
6.1%
Other
42.9%
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...

Symantec Email Security.Cloud
Symantec Email Security.Cloud
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Hazel P.
HP
Hazel P.
Verified User in Airlines/Aviation

It delivers perfect service and security to our account. We always prefer symantec for our email security cause it never disappoint and goes beyond what we expect from being secured.

Most Helpful Critical Review
Habib A.
HA
Habib A.
Verified User in Financial Services

It is working best for our business as compared to the last product

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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
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Microsoft Defender for Office 365 has no more discussions with answers
Symantec Email Security.Cloud
Symantec Email Security.Cloud Discussions
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Symantec Email Security.Cloud has no discussions with answers