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Fortinet FortiSandbox vs Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence [EOL] comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 16, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.8
Fortinet FortiSandbox ensures high ROI by preventing cyber threats, saving costs, and securing data, rated nine out of ten.
Sentiment score
8.2
Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence enhances security, saves on budgets, and improves detection, offering significant ROI and value.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.2
Fortinet FortiSandbox generally offers friendly, informed support, but users face delays and need better handling of complex issues.
Sentiment score
7.5
Microsoft Defender support is rated very good, with knowledgeable level two assistance, competent partners, and a helpful community platform.
Sometimes the technical engineer is very good and helpful, and sometimes we go through many processes until it gets escalated to a higher level or to another advanced technical engineer.
Security Manager at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Level two support is knowledgeable and knows how the product works, which is very good.
Cloud Solution architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
I would give Microsoft an eight for their technical support.
Mobility & IT Project Manager at Voicevine Pty Ltd
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
Fortinet FortiSandbox is scalable and adaptable, though experiences vary with cloud licenses and hardware requirements.
Sentiment score
7.4
Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence is highly scalable, adaptable for businesses of all sizes, and supports thousands of endpoints efficiently.
If there were some customizations available, I would rate its scalability as nine out of ten.
Cloud Solution architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
Fortinet FortiSandbox is generally rated as stable and reliable, with users giving stability ratings between eight and nine.
Sentiment score
8.0
Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence is seen as stable and secure, with high reliability and effective phishing prevention despite occasional outages.
Fortinet FortiSandbox works fine, is easy to manage, and functions well.
Security Manager at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
It provides a high level of security and avoids phishing and scam emails.
Cloud Solution architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
 

Room For Improvement

Fortinet FortiSandbox needs better vendor integration, enhanced features, improved usability, and faster, more automated security analysis capabilities.
Microsoft Defender needs price adjustments, improved integration, better accuracy, enhanced AI, and smoother user experience for evolving cybersecurity.
I think Fortinet FortiSandbox could introduce more automation tools and AI tools.
Security Manager at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Providing code customization would help keep pace with new vulnerabilities and threats.
Cloud Solution architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
If Microsoft could direct critical messages regarding updates or vulnerabilities affecting users' environments, it would help users understand the importance of security updates.
Mobility & IT Project Manager at Voicevine Pty Ltd
From the telemetry data standpoint, I would prefer Defender data to be more open in future updates.
Consultant at Dell Technologies
 

Setup Cost

Fortinet FortiSandbox is priced mid-range, with options for cloud and on-prem, plus potential support license costs.
Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence is cost-effective in bundles, but SMEs face challenges with standalone pricing and evolving licensing.
 

Valuable Features

Fortinet FortiSandbox delivers excellent threat detection, seamless integration, fast performance, ease of use, and robust customization options.
Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence excels in integration, threat detection, user interface, data retention, real-time protection, and analytics.
The smooth integrations between Fortinet FortiSandbox and other Fortinet solutions such as FortiWeb and FortiFirewall and with other Fortinet environments are what I really appreciate.
Security Manager at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
If it wasn't for that real-time threat detection on the vulnerability, I think we would not have survived the attack.
Mobility & IT Project Manager at Voicevine Pty Ltd
Our threat detection is enhanced due to the AI agents in Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence, which helps in detecting automatically.
Consultant at Dell Technologies
One of the best features is that it provides a certain level of customization, allowing us to set our spam confidence levels.
Cloud Solution architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Fortinet FortiSandbox
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
39
Ranking in other categories
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (7th), Threat Deception Platforms (6th)
Microsoft Defender Threat I...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
32
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

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Security Manager at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Advanced sandboxing has protected users from zero-day threats and has simplified secure file scanning
The smooth integrations between Fortinet FortiSandbox and other Fortinet solutions such as FortiWeb and FortiFirewall and with other Fortinet environments are what I really appreciate. We have minimum false positives during threat detection. Our clients have not given negative feedback from detection. As you know, it still needs some tuning after implementation. However, we never receive negative feedback for many false positives during implementation.
Charles Mokoena - PeerSpot reviewer
Mobility & IT Project Manager at Voicevine Pty Ltd
Has strengthened our ability to detect threats in real time and improved internal security decision-making
The features that I find most valuable in Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence include the Sentinel part of it. There are several features we've looked at, including Sentinel as well as extended Defender, which is XDR. I've used those two, and that's what I've found quite useful for us, especially in the hardening and analysis part of the whole threat analysis. We use the real-time threat detection features in Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence. If it wasn't for that real-time threat detection on the vulnerability, I think we would not have survived the attack. The integration capabilities of Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence with other Microsoft security tools have benefited our organization's threat management process by initially being quite a challenge, especially coming from other security tools such as Fortinet and Check Point. However, once you've gotten used to it, it's quite easy and user-friendly. The dashboard, especially the threat analysis dashboard, is quite detailed in terms of providing a view of which areas in our environment need attention, making it quite useful.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Government
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
11%
Educational Organization
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business17
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise15
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Fortinet FortiSandbox?
The real-time analysis capability of FortiSandbox is beneficial for email analysis.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet FortiSandbox?
I think it's affordable. For the six to seven months of usage, the cost has been reasonable.
What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiSandbox?
We sometimes face a delay in email scanning due to not having multiple virtual machines. Improvements could be made in dynamic scanning, scanning all email components such as URLs and attachments, ...
What do you like most about Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence?
It just runs in the background. I don't have to worry about, making sure it's Intelligence. So, you know, this kind of makes it very easy, have to worry about installing. It is easy to use.
What needs improvement with Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence?
From the telemetry data standpoint, I would prefer Defender data to be more open in future updates.
What is your primary use case for Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence?
We have tried Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence. I have expertise with Microsoft Defender products. I am not familiar with Microsoft Defender for IoT because we did not use that in our environ...
 

Also Known As

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Sample Customers

Lush, Barnabas Health, Options, Riverside Healthcare, Hillsbourough County Schools, Columbia Public Schools, Schiller AG
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