Bitdefender GravityZone EDR Reviews

We use the solution to identify the source of the threat in case of a malware attack.

The solution's most valuable feature is its ability to investigate the security incident, including the sequence of events and its initial trigger point.

The solution's technical support in terms of communication could be provided in the Hebrew language. 

We have been using the solution for three years.

The solution is stable. It encountered downtime issues a while back but hasn't affected the systems.

The solution is scalable for small and medium businesses.

The solution's customer services are good. Although, the customers want them to provide support in the Hebrew language in terms of communication.

The solution is easy to set up. We have to copy the active directories and follow a few steps. It takes a maximum of 15 minutes to complete.

The solution's pricing is average.

I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

We use this solution for the protection of the endpoint inside the university. We use it on the general computer or VDI.

The solution can analyze the endpoint's security problems if a cluster of compromised machines exists. Also, the Sandbox was very useful for trying to verify if some of the files received by our colleagues had viruses or malware. The different features are useful for the day-to-day analysis of the security infrastructure.

The interface could be improved since we have some tasks that are not easily understandable, and it took us time to understand why it didn't work. However, the instrument itself has no particular problem.

We have been using this solution for less than one year. The console is on cloud, and the cloud space is BitDefender. It is automatically updated, and we are using the latest version.

It is a stable solution. 

The console is in cloud, so scalability is not an issue. We have about 700 employees using this solution.

The technical support has been helpful both for professional services and support provided by the sales account we have in Italy. We have not opened a ticket before, so I cannot evaluate that process. Our issue was solved before a ticket was opened.

The initial setup was easy. We had some support services directly from BitDefender for starting up and roadmap activation. Aside from that, we completed deployment ourselves.

The start-up of the services was very fast, and we did it in a couple of days with a couple of engineers. However, the deployment was an issue since we could not deploy by network or use the instrument provided by BitDefender as we didn't have all the machines integrated into the active directory. Therefore we were compelled to go PC by PC to install. It was not the fault of BitDefender but ours. We have no infrastructure for managing the automatic deployment, which is time-consuming.

Evaluating the ROI for an antivirus that protects you from an incident is challenging. It may seem like there is no ROI, but the solution protects everyday activities. Therefore, it is strange to evaluate the ROI for an antivirus solution.

We bought 4,000 licenses for three years and received a 21% discount compared to our basic offering, which is about 100,000 Euro.

We compared this solution with Microsoft Sophos, Kaspersky, and Check Point.

I rate this solution a nine out of ten. I would recommend it to others, who will find it useful depending on their environment or needs. We selected Bitdefender GravityZone Ultra from other antivirus solutions since we have a complex environment and requirements. It is a good product.

Maintenance is on cloud, but we have to perform maintenance operations related to the profile that we deploy on different computers and environments in the university. For example, if we have a legacy machine or other servers, we have to create a specific profile for them. We have one employee that works on the maintenance.

We don't have a specific use case for the product. We offer it to our clients.

It's basically used to protect endpoints and servers.  

It protects almost everything the client needs. It depends on the client how they use it, however, the security is very good.

It's easy to sell. If we speak about the parts, the product is easy to sell. 

Compared to other products, it's more complete. It has a lot of features. 

It's easy to deploy. 

I can't recall coming across an area that is lacking. 

Technical support could be faster and more responsive. 

The cost is a bit high.

We've been working with the solution for four years. 

The solution is stable. There are no bugs or glitches and it doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable. Our clients have been satisfied with the performance. 

The solution is best suited for small or medium-sized organizations. While it's good for all the companies, it is easier to sell to small and medium companies than to bigger companies. Bigger companies, develop software, develop use cases, develop everything. It's more time involved when you deal with larger organizations and their more complex setups.

For the most part, it is easy to scale. 

I've dealt with support several times. In some cases, when the cases are more complicated, it takes too much time to resolve a problem. It would be better if we could just call someone. Right now, we have to email back and forth. If they don't understand what your message is then it's more back and forth. A phone call would be faster. We've had a few cases that were not easy to resolve and there were just too many emails to deal with.

Neutral

We have used EDR solutions with other vendors. Their prices are usually too high in comparison.

It's very easy to set up. It's not overly complex or difficult. 

It's simple to deploy and you can really control every aspect. It's a good product to work with. I'm not sure, however, the exact amount of time it takes to deploy the product. I'm not usually directly involved. 

I'd rate it five out of five in terms of the ease of implementation. 

Our clients tell us they don't have any maintenance to worry about. 

We do provide implementation services to our clients. 

The pricing is expensive. I'd rate t a three out of five in terms of availability. However, some products have fewer features.

The cost is negotiable. 

I'm a distributor.

Every time there's an update, we present it to all our partners and to our clients. We tend to work with the latest version. 

I'd advise anyone to try the product. Try a demo and see how it works and how it might work for your organization. It's quite a good solution.

I'd rate the product eight out of ten.

We use this solution to secure our networking. We have joined Aramco as a vendor and have specifications that are implemented in our network, firewall, security and multi-factor authenticator.

You can control everything, including monitoring of all websites and blocked devices, from one place. If you detect a virus, you can isolate the PC from the network and prevent access to the internet, network and routers. Once fixed, you can give access back to the client. We have not had this functionality using other solutions. 

This solution would be improved if it included antivirus functionality. You currently need to install a plug-in to Outlook for each email to be scanned. 

We have been using this solution for six years.

This is a stable solution. 

If you wanted to scale this solution, you should make a comparison to other software such as Sophos and Trend Micro.

We currently have 50 users on this solution. 

The technical support for this solution is good but could be improved for Arabic countries.

The Bitdefender setup is very straightforward. You add the email for all users and send them a link to install it. Before they install the solution, you have to specify the settings for your environment. This ensures that when users complete installation, all settings are correct. This process is very easy. 

I installed the solution with the help in configuration from a Bitdefender consultant. This took three to four days. 

Licensing is usually for a three year period.

We are moving away from using this solution. Our financial manager requires a contract and not all companies provide this so we are looking for one that can. 

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten. 

We use this solution for advanced protection against threats for our endpoints.

What I have found to be valuable is after every new release of the solution there are more features. At the time that we bought Bitdefender GravityZone, it was their top solution. We went from their Enterprise version to Elite, Elite HD, Ultra, and now there is an Ultra Plus available. 

Overall the solution is working well, it can be a little intense and thorough at times, but I would rather have it be a little bit more thorough than not detect what it is supposed to. We have been running the solution for a long time through various versions and we have not had any viruses or malware breaches.

When comparing this solution to others it performs just as well as the majority of the top-level alternatives.

The whole suite is unlike most AV consoles, which will inform you when there is an infection or threat, for some inexplicable reason Bitdefender does not do that. The most you will receive is an hourly update or possibly if there is an outbreak that affects 30% of your machines, an email. There is no real-time alerting to inform the user there was a potential attack that recently happened on their system. They could improve by having real-time reporting which is important.

I have not had used the EDR portion of the solution to do any custom scripting to allow further advanced operations on the endpoints. From what I understand from reading the comments on reviews is that it is not particularly flexible in this regard.

Sandbox Analyzer is a feature that comes as part of the Bitdefender GravityZone Ultra Suite. It will start automatically unless you want to manually submit something which I have rarely done. When the feature is in use I do not get a reading back from the analyzer right away, it lacks real-time functionality. For example, if I was executing an admin tool and it was blocked because the Sandbox Analyzer wants to look at it on my local machine, it might take 10 minutes before I can successfully then launch that application to use it. The time it takes to analyze the software is too long. We are busy people and we end up just turning off the detection to allow the use of the program.

I have been using the solution for approximately five years.

Bitdefender has been stable and reliable, there are a few key areas I always look for in an endpoint security platform. A few of them are, how much burden does it put on the endpoint, does it uses more than 10% of the system resources in order to function. If it does not then it is a pretty well-balanced client, it allows the systems to continue to perform at the appropriate level. If it catches a very high percentage of threats, it is doing what you bought it to do, and it does not give off a lot of false positives. However, in the EDR portion, you will receive more false positives, but outside of the EDR component with the client itself, if it has few false positives for viruses and malware detection that is good.

They have done a decent job with scalability. The way they have their policies constructed and the ability to manage them. 

I think that the biggest challenge for Bitdefender is simply to move out of the SMB space and really become an enterprise platform.

I have been in contact with technical support a few times. They are not the worst or the best. They provide an average quality level of support.

I rate Bitdefender GravityZone Ultra technical support a seven out of ten.

We previously used Sophos and I recall, Sophos released an update for the AV software that destroyed the AV software on every endpoint that ingested it. It was a huge debacle and it took a long time to resolve because it left the solution in a state where you could not repair it, remove it, or update it. 

The installation is straightforward, simple to understand and manage. 

Bitdefender GravityZone Ultra is less expensive than other solutions, such as CrowdStrike. We had a really good deal because it was their year-end and they were trying to do a lot of sales that week. We bought a three-year contract from them and the cost was approximately $17 per endpoint, per year. It is was a very good price. I have spoken to other people who have purchased CrowdStrike at approximately $60 per endpoint, per year. I have no complaints about the price of this solution.

I put a lot of weight on third-party benchmark reviews and Bitdefender always reviews well overall on the spectrum. They review better even when compared to NSS Labs, MITRE, AV-Comparatives, and others. Bitdefender and Kaspersky both typically are the two solutions that are at the top month after month. There are the new technology solutions that are raved about often, such as SentinelOne, Cylance, and CrowdStrike, but they seldom review as well when it comes to defined tests where they test X amount of malware or types of attacks. It has been much harder to get independent confirmation of the efficacy of the new next-generation endpoint solutions than it has been to get the efficacy of the old generation products.

I am currently evaluating CrowdStrike and we considering moving to it once our Bitdefender contract is done.

For those wanting to implement this solution, I would advise them it is worth it and to test it out.

I rate Bitdefender GravityZone Ultra a nine out of ten.

The tool alerts about lateral internet movements. 

The solution is sometimes resource-intensive. 

I have been using the solution for two and a half years. 

I have very good pricing for the solution, which is one of the reasons why I am not switching to other products. I rate the tool's pricing a two out of ten. 

I rate Bitdefender GravityZone EDR an eight out of ten. 

Our customers use Bitdefender GravityZone Ultra for cybersecurity, to protect their environment, and to protect their data.

The most valuable feature of Bitdefender GravityZone Ultra is the ETX and ETM endpoint protection.

Bitdefender GravityZone Ultra should include more advanced features than their competitors in the market for the auto-detection of viruses and threats within the environment.

I rate Bitdefender GravityZone Ultra an eight out of ten for stability.

I rate Bitdefender GravityZone Ultra an eight out of ten for scalability.

I've got different customers with an environment of up to three hundred to three thousand users.

I'm not in a technical position, but the responses from our customers tell us that Bitdefender GravityZone Ultra's deployment is easy.

We have seen a return on investment with Bitdefender GravityZone Ultra.

Bitdefender GravityZone Ultra's pricing is competitive in the market.

I am a distributor partner with Bitdefender GravityZone Ultra.

Overall, I rate Bitdefender GravityZone Ultra a nine out of ten.

The solution is easy to use and has complex features leading to excellent work efficiency.

They should improve the solution's patch management feature. Also, they should work on business model encryption.

We have been using the solution for four years.

The solution is very stable.

We have small and enterprise companies as our customers using the solution.

The technical support of the solution is good.

It is easy to implement the solution. It needs two or three weeks to complete the process.

The solution is implemented in-house by two technical specialists.

The solution's price is mid-ranged. Its license costs around $10-15 dollars. Also, we need to buy a subscription for additional services.

I recommend the solution to others and rate it as an eight.