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Symantec Email Security.cloud vs Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Which is a better fit?

Updated on January 13th, 2025
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Summary
Features in Email Security
10
30
  • Encryption
13
Best performer
30
  • Alerts/Escalation
  • Phishing Protection
  • Real-Time Monitoring
User satisfaction
4.5
User reviews160
Ease of use
4.5
Functionality
4.4
Value for money
4.1
Customer support
4.3
4.6
User reviews224
Ease of use
4.5
Functionality
4.5
Value for money
4.5
Customer support
4.3
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IT professionals, IT security teams, CIOs, CTOs, IT managers

DevOps and Security Operations (SecOps) teams Security engineering teams IT teams CISOs and CTOs Red, Blue, and Purple Teams CSIRT & forensic team Microsoft 365 administrators

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1 / 4
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John S
Pastor
5.0

John: Hi, I'm John. I'm a pastor, and this review is for Microsoft Defender for Office 365. I review it with a five-star rating, and for more reviews you can click below. So, before we use Microsoft Defender for Office 365, we were using AVG, and we were also tried working with Avast. Just the complications of them and the systems' requirements that bogged down my system was not something that worked well for us. And so, that's one reason that we switched over to Microsoft Defender for Office 365. And the reasons that we chose, that I chose to use Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is that it's included with the Microsoft Office 365, which is a huge benefit for us. For us, we noticed that it seems to take less system requirements. There's an ease of use, especially the fact that it runs through the automatic updates of Microsoft Office, which is a huge benefit for us. So, using Microsoft Defender for Office 365 was easy for us to get started with, much simpler than some of the other programs out there that we have used in the past. And again, it's just a great program that we're able to use that really helps us in our business here. And my advice to you would be to start using Microsoft Defender for Office 365 right away. For us, again, it has saved us money. It saves us a lot of time. It's reliable, and we have been using it across all of our PCs for several years now.

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Symantec Email Security.cloud

10/30
  • Activity Dashboard
  • AI/Machine Learning
  • Alerts/Escalation
  • Anomaly/Malware Detection
  • API
  • Audit Trail
  • Data Leak Prevention
  • Domain Check
  • Email Management
  • For MSPs
  • Fraud Detection
  • Phishing Protection
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Scheduled/Automated Reports
  • Security Auditing
  • Spam Analysis
  • SURLB/URIBL Filtering
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Two-Factor Authentication
  • Vulnerability Scanning
  • Email Attachment Protection
  • Email Filtering
  • Encryption
  • Policy Management
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Spam Blocker
  • Spam Quarantine
  • Threat Protection
  • Threat Response
  • Whitelisting/Blacklisting
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Microsoft Defender for Office 365

Top Features
13/30
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Symantec Email Security.cloud

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Microsoft Defender for Office 365

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Symantec Email Security.cloud
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Symantec Email Security.cloud
  • By Broadcom
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 1986
Microsoft Defender for Office 365
  • By Microsoft
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 1975
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