Cybereason Next-Generation Antivirus vs Microsoft Defender for Endpoint comparison

Cybereason and Microsoft are both solutions in the Anti-Malware Tools category. Cybereason is ranked #19 with an average rating of 8.7, while Microsoft is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.3. Cybereason holds a 0.3% mindshare in Anti-Malware Tools, compared to Microsoft’s 17.0% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Cybereason users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 3, 2024

Cybereason Next-Generation Antivirus and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint compete in the cybersecurity space. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint seems to have the upper hand due to its comprehensive features and integration capabilities.

Features: Cybereason Next-Generation Antivirus provides threat intelligence and remediation capabilities with real-time analysis and response. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint offers integration within the Microsoft ecosystem, advanced threat protection, and enhanced analytics.

Ease Of Deployment and Customer Service: Cybereason provides straightforward deployment with accessible customer support. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint benefits from integration within the Microsoft ecosystem, simplifying deployment for organizations using Microsoft services.

Pricing and ROI: Cybereason offers competitive pricing focusing on strong ROI through advanced threat detection capabilities. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, though potentially higher in cost, offers greater ROI due to extensive integration and comprehensive threat management.

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Categories and Ranking

Cybereason Next-Generation ...

Ranking in Anti-Malware Tools

19th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Microsoft Defender for Endp...

Ranking in Anti-Malware Tools

1st

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

192

Ranking in other categories

Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (1st), Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (2nd), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (3rd), Microsoft Security Suite (5th)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Anti-Malware Tools category, the mindshare of Cybereason Next-Generation Antivirus is 0.3%, down from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is 17.0%, down from 22.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Peter Nowak

Business Development Manager for Cybereason at Bechtle

Cross-platform capability enhances security integration

The single agent, combined with the EDR system, delivers additional information and data for the EDR. Regarding the use cases, or maybe it fits better into another question about the motivation of the customers, I can see two approaches. The first approach is where the customer has an existing EDR system running, and their contract comes to an end. They are looking to either prolong it, renew it, continue with the current system, or look for something cheaper or better. When they reevaluate the contract, it's a sales approach to suggest that for a similar amount of money, not very much more, they can get something much better. It's not only a plain EDR or plain antivirus system - it's antivirus plus EDR. The difference in price is not much. Especially for the antivirus, the cross-platform capability is significant, as it's for Windows and Linux workstations and servers. Having one system for all platforms is essential. This has helped in two ways. The majority of customers want one thing for all, however, some customers definitely want two systems, servers separated from workstations. I have a big data center for banks, and they separate Windows Servers from Linux Servers. It is important for them to have two different systems. By providing this multi-operating system capability, I have engaged with customers via the Linux servers because the Windows servers are handled differently, so they were looking for a second different system, which opened the door for us.

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AnuragSrivastava

Information Security Engineering Lead at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

Provides detailed visibility into threats but the ability to add exceptions needs improvement

One major item for improvement is the ability to add exceptions. We can add some exceptions, but not at the level we need to. The second major area for improvement involves enhanced capabilities for different operating systems or platforms. That is, even though we have coverage for different operating systems or platforms such as Linux, we don't get all of the controls and enhanced capabilities that are available with Windows devices. Reporting could also be improved because, at present, we get limited results at times. For example, in an environment with more than 100,000 devices, you may just get 10,000 results when you run a report.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The solution's most valuable feature is its AI detection algorithm part, which helps and is Cybereason's way of detecting the unknown, not just the signature-based threats."

"The tool's detection range works fine. Its most valuable features are its ease of employment and lightweightness. It's not heavy on resources. We focus on malware and ransomware detection."

"Especially for the antivirus, the cross-platform capability is significant, as it's for Windows and Linux workstations and servers."

"I would rate the overall product as an eight out of ten."

"It is a very advanced system based on AI. It has a very large database of places or sites on the internet where you should not go. It is continuously online."

"It captures data through machine learning, which is built-in on the back-end. It also provides built-in analytics and a threat intelligence feature. It is a one-stop solution that doesn't require an antivirus because it comes prebuilt into Windows 10."

"The most valuable features are the Windows Firewall and the regular virus definition updates. These features are very helpful and have helped to improve our security."

"Microsoft Defender can block some viruses or malware. So, it can protect my files. It can save files on Office 365 OneDrive. I use encryption for some files, then I can recover them from OneDrive."

"It shows us the risky sign-ins, and if a user's password has been compromised."

"We had certain compliance and usage issues. For example, our company wanted to go with CIS, but we didn't have a proper way of measuring whether the endpoints have the right standards in place or whether they were compliant with CIS. Microsoft Defender was like a one-stop for most things because it gave us the vulnerability and patching scores so that our vulnerability management teams can focus on covering up the vulnerabilities and the patching team can check the vulnerable versions and deploy the right versions."

"Defender for Endpoint has significantly improved our security posture."

"Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a comprehensive and scalable solution for protecting on-premises and hybrid infrastructure."

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Cons

"I have been told several times that the stability of the sensor, not the back end, is an issue."

"Cybereason Next-Generation Antivirus is not available in the local language, which can be inconvenient."

"I have been told several times that the stability of the sensor, not the back end, is an issue."

"Integrating other tools is sometimes an issue when using Cybereason Next-Generation Antivirus."

"Defender's cloud integration could be improved."

"We encountered some misbehavior between Microsoft Office Suite and Defender. We had issues of old macros being blocked and some stuff going around the usage of Win32 APIs. There is some improvement between the Office products and Defender, and there is a bunch of stuff that you can configure in your antivirus solutions, but you have several baselines, such as security baselines for Edge, security baselines for Defender, and security baselines for MDM. You have configuration profiles as well. So, there a lot of parts where we can configure our antivirus solution, and we're getting conflicting configurations. This is the major part with which we're struggling in this solution. We are having calls and calls with Microsoft for getting rid of all configuration conflicts that we have. That's really the part that needs to be improved."

"I would just like them to have more consistency, and that's a comment that's across the board with Microsoft. They change things a lot."

"The management console is something that can be improved."

"I personally haven't experienced any pain points, but some of my coworkers feel that it isn't secure enough."

"The system can always be simplified and have a better integration check. More detailed reports would be good. When it does the integrated check, it just shows if the system is okay but I want to know what happened."

"Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is secure but when it comes to security all solutions could improve security."

"The file scanning has room for improvement. Many people use macros within their files, so there should be a mechanism that helps us to scan them for malicious payloads."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate the solution's pricing a seven on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."

"I rate the solution's pricing a four out of ten. Its pricing is justified."

"Buying individual point products would've cost us a lot more money than one integrated solution that also capitalizes on Teams Voice and things of that nature. Given our size, buying individual products would have easily cost us a million dollars."

"We have seen ROI. Most of the other competing alternatives will cost up to around $30 per user device. We average 400 devices. Therefore, the amount that we save each year is 400 times $30."

"The solutions price could be cheaper."

"We mostly use Microsoft products. We use Office 365, and we use Azure. We're also a Microsoft partner. So, the licensing was much cheaper for us, and at the same time, a lot of the features that we were looking for were included in Defender."

"It is free. It is included in Windows 10."

"We have been using the free version."

"Microsoft Defender for Endpoint comes with Windows 10, and it's free. But for you to be able to manage it in the cloud and use the console, you need to have either an Office 365 E5 subscription or a Microsoft M365 subscription. You need to buy an extra license."

"The licensing costs for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint are reasonable."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

21%

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

Educational Organization

27%

Computer Software Company

11%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Cybereason Next-Generation Antivirus?

The solution's most valuable feature is its AI detection algorithm part, which helps and is Cybereason's way of detecting the unknown, not just the signature-based threats.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cybereason Next-Generation Antivirus?

I rate the solution's pricing a four out of ten. Its pricing is justified.

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What needs improvement with Cybereason Next-Generation Antivirus?

I have been told several times that the stability of the sensor, not the back end, is an issue. After certain updates, it consumes too much processor time without utilizing the processor capacity e...

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How is Cortex XDR compared with Microsoft Defender?

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a cloud-delivered endpoint security solution. The tool reduces the attack surface, applies behavioral-based endpoint protection and response, and includes risk-ba...

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Which offers better endpoint security - Symantec or Microsoft Defender?

We use Symantec because we do not use MS Enterprise products, but in my opinion, Microsoft Defender is a superior solution. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a cloud-delivered endpoint security s...

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How does Microsoft Defender for Endpoint compare with Crowdstrike Falcon?

The CrowdStrike solution delivers a lot of information about incidents. It has a very light sensor that will never push your machine hardware to "test", you don't have the usual "scan now" feature ...

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Also Known As

Cybereason NGAV

Microsoft Defender ATP, Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection, MS Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Defender Antivirus

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Overview

Next-generation antivirus (NGAV) is a new breed of software that was created to bridge the gap left by traditional antivirus.

What exactly constitutes NGAV in the cybersecurity industry is still unclear since there’s not a widely-accepted definition for the term. At a minimum, next-generation antivirus products need to go beyond performing signature-based detection while also incorporating some type of advanced technology.

Most NGAVs go beyond the use of indicators of compromise (IOCs) and metadata such as virus signatures, IP addresses, file hashes, and URLs. Using technologies like advanced data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence and data analytics, next-generation antivirus solutions look for patterns of behavior used by attackers to discover tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).

Cybereason

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a comprehensive security solution that provides advanced threat protection for organizations. It offers real-time protection against various types of cyber threats, including malware, viruses, ransomware, and phishing attacks.

With its powerful machine-learning capabilities, it can detect and block sophisticated attacks before they can cause any harm. The solution also includes endpoint detection and response (EDR) capabilities, allowing organizations to quickly investigate and respond to security incidents. It provides detailed insights into the attack timeline, enabling security teams to understand the scope and impact of an incident.

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint also offers proactive threat hunting, allowing organizations to proactively search for and identify potential threats within their network. It integrates seamlessly with other Microsoft security solutions, such as Microsoft Defender XDR, to provide a unified and holistic security approach. With its centralized management console, organizations can easily deploy, configure, and monitor the security solution across their entire network.

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a robust and scalable security solution that helps organizations protect their endpoints and data from evolving cyber threats.

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Sample Customers

CONNECTICUT WATER, BEAM SUNTORY, CADWALADER, WICKERSHAM & TAFT, RTI Surgical, HOSPITAL REVENUE CYCLE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, MCBEE ASSOCIATES, FORTUNE 500 BANK

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