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Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack vs Microsoft Defender for Endpoint comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack
Average Rating
6.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) (22nd), Network Detection and Response (NDR) (25th)
Microsoft Defender for Endp...
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
212
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (2nd), Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (4th), Anti-Malware Tools (1st), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (3rd), Microsoft Security Suite (3rd), Agentic Endpoint Security (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Network Security Systems solutions, they serve different purposes. Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack is designed for Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) and holds a mindshare of 1.6%, up 0.6% compared to last year.
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, on the other hand, focuses on Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP), holds 6.5% mindshare, down 9.9% since last year.
Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack1.6%
Darktrace14.3%
Cisco Secure Network Analytics9.3%
Other74.8%
Network Traffic Analysis (NTA)
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint6.5%
CrowdStrike Falcon5.6%
SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint4.5%
Other83.4%
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
 

Featured Reviews

FarkhundAbbas - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Engineer at adcb
The tool provides excellent sandboxing and email security features, but the backup and recovery features are not good
If my primary solution is down, no backup solution is available to restore it. It is one of the biggest weaknesses of the platform. If I need to update the solution, there is no option to pick the events and the logs from it and deploy it in another solution. The backup and recovery features of the product are not good. I need backup. If the tool is down for some time, I cannot get the logs at that particular time.
Robert Arbuckle - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Analyst III at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Automatically isolates threats and integrates with logging to reduce response time
Overall, I would evaluate the Microsoft support level that I receive at probably about a seven, but that depends on the day. It has been spotty. We have had issues where the urgency level of the Microsoft support is not as high as ours, especially during a data breach or potential data breach situation. We have had issues with some of the offshore support being lackluster. One specific thing that comes to mind is we were on a support call with our CISO on the call, and the Microsoft agent, who did not actually work for Microsoft, is one of the vendors that Microsoft uses for support, said, "Just to set expectations, my lunch break is in an hour and I am going to go away then." For us, it was already ten o'clock at night and we had been working on this for a couple of hours, trying to get a security engineer on with us. For him to tell us that he was going to go away and have lunch, it was, "Okay, but go find somebody else if you need to." It was just the lackluster approach, and it seemed like he did not really care. We seem to get a lot of this when we get non-Microsoft support. I can identify areas for improvement with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, as it is kind of a convoluted mess to try to take care of false positives. Especially when they have been identified as false positives but they keep going off over and over again. It is great for my pocketbook because it generates a lot of on-call action, but I would really prefer more sleep at two o'clock in the morning than dealing with false positives. I would say that the unified portal for managing Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is suitable for both teams as they are all in there. It would be great if they would stop moving things around and renaming things, which makes sense. The new XDR portal is pretty nice. Being able to have it central again inside of the regular Security Center without having to open up two windows is helpful. Overall, I think it is pretty good. There is always going to be something that could be improved, such as alerting and the ability to modify alerts would be a little bit helpful to have. Being able to add more data into the alerts and turn off alerts that are not as useful would be beneficial. It is hard to say what the quantitative impact the security exposure management feature has had on our company's security, because a lot of it is kind of subjective. I think we are sitting at around a fifty percent score still, and a lot of it is just kind of unusual circumstances that we cannot really implement without breaking the organization.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Kaspersky Anti-Targeted Attack Platform is stable and runs all the time."
"The product's deployment phase is easy."
"I feel the anti-ransomware update is one of the tool's valuable features."
"The email security feature is really good."
"The most valuable use is detailing metadata collection from the endpoint and network."
"The Kaspersky Anti-Targeted Attack Platform provides visibility into telemetry data, enabling comprehensive monitoring of environmental activities."
"The solution is very easy to use. Its interface is very simple, and you can build IOC's indicators. You can use your rules to detect these attacks because you can leverage threat intelligence. Y"
"The most likable feature of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is the sheer number of features and data it provides."
"We had Norton Antivirus before, and with Norton, we didn't have a way to centrally manage a lot of features. Defender allowed us to deploy it from our Office 365 admin console. That is probably the biggest thing that made us go with Defender."
"It is easy to install and use requiring little maintenance but applying updates."
"Microsoft's technical support is fantastic."
"Because it has been integrated with the OS, we get the entire software inventories, and we even get access to the registries. Those are the primary features."
"The most valuable features are that it is flexible, and it is integrated with Microsoft products."
"It definitely improves the organization in terms of security and productivity."
"Defender for Endpoint is a robust solution that works well out-of-the-box."
 

Cons

"Kaspersky Anti-Targeted Attack Platform is not a good product. We had problems with endpoints and the solution did not detect it. We didn't get any alerts about the attack."
"In some of the places I have come across, even though they use Kaspersky, the ransomware enters their system."
"The blind spot or gap in the platform is network analysis functionality."
"The solution lacks cloud integrations."
"I think the tool is still not really good enough for integration compared to other products."
"The backup and recovery features of the product are not good."
"Updates are not coming out of preview quickly enough and it is holding back on the development of the product."
"The product should reduce updates since it is hard to keep up."
"Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is not as robust, and you cannot customize it much, so that's a challenge."
"In the next release, I would like to see better management reporting."
"What I've heard from the customers is that the anti-malware engine is not up to date, so sometimes it may not detect such threats."
"Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is effective for validating work, but not ideal for investigations."
"In terms of the architecture of the management infrastructure, we found that other technologies are more simple. Microsoft Defender could be simpler too."
"Microsoft Defender for Endpoint should include better automation that will make it faster to detect the latest threats happening across the world."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Kaspersky Anti-Targeted Attack Platform is cheap."
"The solution has competitive pricing."
"Kaspersky is one of the cheaper solutions."
"Everybody would like to see a lower price on everything. The Slovenian market is basically an SME market with clients having up to 100 seat licenses, comprising 90% of the company. They're very price sensitive. So, the price could be cheaper."
"The solutions price could be cheaper."
"This is an expensive product and licensing for all Microsoft products is a big issue."
"Given our extensive Microsoft licensing, transitioning to Defender for Endpoint did not affect licensing costs."
"There is not a license required for this particular solution."
"I don't know the standalone costs. It is my understanding that the M365 E5 is $56 a month or something close to that pricing. That would be for the full suite. Just Defender might be $8 a month. I can't say for sure."
"The price of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is reasonable. Other solutions are more expensive, such as ClowdStrike."
"There is an annual license required."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
15%
Comms Service Provider
14%
Construction Company
13%
Retailer
9%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business82
Midsize Enterprise44
Large Enterprise97
 

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Also Known As

Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack
Microsoft Defender ATP, Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection, MS Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Defender Antivirus
 

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Sample Customers

Republic of Serbia, Goods.ru, Tael, Insolar
Petrofrac, Metro CSG, Christus Health
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