McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention vs Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention comparison

McAfee and Microsoft are both solutions in the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) category. McAfee is ranked #23 with an average rating of 8.5, while Microsoft is ranked #1 with an average rating of 7.9. McAfee holds a 1.2% mindshare in DLP, compared to Microsoft’s 6.1% mindshare. Additionally, 77% of McAfee 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

McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention and Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention compete in the data security category. Microsoft Purview seems to have an upper hand due to its strong integration with Microsoft's ecosystem and comprehensive compliance features, especially in multi-platform environments.

Features: McAfee Total Protection offers features like USB control, robust endpoint protection, and straightforward management which makes it user-friendly. Microsoft Purview provides strong compliance integration, auto-labeling capabilities, and cross-platform data protection which are valuable for businesses handling sensitive data across different environments.

Room for Improvement: McAfee could improve its resource consumption on virtual machines, provide a more intuitive user interface, and offer better AI-driven integrations. Microsoft could enhance its integration abilities with non-Microsoft systems, improve incident handling, and provide more intuitive setup wizards.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: McAfee mainly focuses on on-premises deployment with some cloud options and robust technical support, though delays and regional limitations could be improved. Microsoft Purview supports hybrid and private cloud models, offering flexibility in deployment, and benefits from Microsoft's robust support structure.

Pricing and ROI: McAfee Total Protection is perceived as relatively expensive with concerns about licensing and support fees. Microsoft Purview, often bundled with Microsoft's E5 suite, provides extensive features that offer significant value within the Microsoft ecosystem despite its higher cost, potentially offering better cost-effectiveness in integrated environments.

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McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention vs. Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention

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Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) category, the mindshare of Cloudflare One is 2.0%, up from 1.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is 1.2%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention is 6.1%, down from 12.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention	6.1%
Cloudflare One	2.0%
McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention	1.2%
Other	90.7%

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

Featured Reviews

Cobe Van Coller

Network Architect at IP Dimension

Cloud security has improved remote access and has reduced costs for smaller client sites

I have used Cloudflare One's Identity-Aware Proxy, and it is quite straightforward from what I have seen so far. The app registration on the Azure side integrates fully into Cloudflare, and I am very satisfied with that part because it is easy to set up. The integration of Cloudflare One's Secure Web Gateway and Zero Trust Network Access works without any issues. That part is pretty automatic, and if you complete the rest of the setup, it comes together by itself with no issues from my side. What makes it nice is that we can actually start replacing on-site firewalls at this stage for the smaller clients because it does not matter if they go to a coffee shop or work from home; they are still secured by the same connection. The hops get shorter and you get better latency. We have done testing to see if it is better. One thing that we did notice with our proof of concept with our current client is that they have people connecting from the UK. When they used their previous VPN solution, uploading CAD drawings and other files to the server took a long time. They mentioned that it is much quicker on Cloudflare One's solution. I definitely believe that is part of the improved performance, and I am satisfied with that as well. What is nice about Cloudflare One is that it makes the setup easier and also easier to train technicians to maintain it. Compared to legacy systems, we do not need to get fancy firewalls in place that are costly. That is definitely also a cost-saver with Cloudflare One.

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Kalidas Mangle

Sr. System Engineer at Zensar Technologies

Data protection has improved as we restrict uploads to third-party sites and control devices

We are using customizable policies in the product. Everything is fine regarding alerting and reporting features; we got a notification as well as we received the required events, and it is working well. McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is different; whatever the logs are there, they are available on the ePO, so we cannot directly integrate DLP to any third-party tool. We need to actually integrate the ePO itself to enable integration. We are just restricting data to be uploaded, which is the best option that allows us to control organizational data, making it the biggest benefit for us in McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention. We are protecting data to be uploaded on third party URLs, which helps us meet our needs.

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Rohit Jaiswar

Soc Anaylst at Softcell Technologies Limited

Integrated controls have reduced insider risk and now protect sensitive data across our workforce

One standout feature about Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention is the tight integration with Insider Risk Management and Defender XDR, as it gives much better context during investigations instead of treating DLP as an isolated alerting tool. We also use endpoint DLP heavily to control USB, copy, print, clipboard, and browser upload activity, which has been very effective for remote workforce security. The best features Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention offers include real-time policy enforcement, endpoint DLP, and deep integration with Microsoft 365 plus Defender XDR. We also heavily rely on sensitive information type detection, adaptive policy tips, and insider risk integration to investigate suspicious user behavior with proper context. Another standout feature is the ability to control USB copy, browser uploads, print clipboards, and cloud sharing actions directly from endpoint policies. The integration with Microsoft Defender 365 and Defender XDR helps our team in day-to-day operations because DLP alerts are automatically correlated with endpoint identity, email, and user activity telemetry, which helps the SOC investigate incidents much faster from a single workflow. The sensitive information type detection makes a difference compared to other tools we have used because it is more effective than many legacy DLP tools. It understands context, exact data patterns, document labeling, and Microsoft 365 native content, reducing false positives while improving detection accuracy. Another strong feature of Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention is auto-labeling and policy inheritance with Microsoft's Information Protection, which helps maintain protection even after files are shared or moved across workloads. We also value the user coaching or policy tip capability because it educates users in real time instead of only blocking actions, which reduces repeated DLP violations significantly.

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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

"We mostly use Cloudflare WAF, and gets basic Cloudflaire DDoS, caching as extra bonus . We like the factor these features are all integrated into 1 console, simple to manage."

"It's the endpoint exposition. We don't need to expose our VPN server to the internet and need a zero-test solution. I can apply some conditional access to the endpoint that's connecting to our network to check their security policies or the security condition of their workstation. Once the workstation is trying to connect to my internal network, then I would like to check the discrete condition of these endpoints that are trying to access my internal network. We created some conditional access. We have CrowdStrike, to check if the CrowdStrike is installed, to check if it's updated, and to check for Windows updates. We created some conditional policies to check it."

"The solution has different options that can be used to differentiate DDoS attacks."

"Cloudflare is by far the most effective solution that I have come across."

"It will take the blow rather than our applications should an attack occur."

"Cloudflare is simple to use."

"Cloudflare One has assisted in securing my remote workforce through a SASE solution with Cloudflare One and the Workers part, although I am not currently using the Workers component."

"It's a perfect solution from my perspective; it's easy to understand and easy to configure."

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"The solution is stable and reliable."

"This solution has a rich set of policies and provides a level of protection even for removable devices."

"What I like about McAfee Total Protection is that it's working, and I also like that it doesn't require any specific knowledge to set up."

"The solution is stable."

"It can scale."

"The ability to block all USBs from the McAfee portal has been great."

"McAfee DLP is very stable; I've compared it with other solutions and it's a very mature and comprehensive solution."

"McAfee is more user friendly than Symantec."

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"It has helped our clients to reduce the time to action on insider threats because it can be integrated."

"My favorite feature about Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention is actually quite simple: there's a handful of things that you do, you create a new batch, it'll give you a unique ID, you copy that unique ID, it's a URL, and then you can put that into a script that we wrote so we just paste that in our script and then it uses that URL to upload all of those mailboxes, and then we can use that to import."

"We can use Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention to manage devices and site policies."

"The solution is very stable and extremely reliable."

"Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention's ability to prevent unauthorized sharing of sensitive information is valuable."

"Microsoft Purview has helped improve my company's ability to discover sensitive data, as most companies would say that they improved in the whole posture on this field."

"Because everything is on Microsoft and we use Azure, integration with the product is easier. That's the most important thing when you use many Microsoft products. It's easier to integrate everything in one place."

"The product can block the uploads to cloud services."

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Cons

"For the topic of improvement, providing some training material is one of my suggestions."

"Operating and tuning the product is difficult."

"When there are any dynamic changes in complex applications, the tool takes a lot of time, making its analytics-related area a major matter of concern where improvements are needed."

"Our subscription plan for the solution has a limitation of bot signatures."

"Cloudflare DDoS has poor technical support."

"From a logging perspective, it is still a bit difficult to see exactly what users are being blocked with the current views."

"There are premium tier live service and lower tier live service, so we opted for the lower tier. But there is no medium tier where we pay a little extra and get a bit more service. So if that can be improved."

"The initial onboarding was causing us some confusion."

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"The pricing seems expensive both for the license and the support."

"There are a lot of vulnerabilities and viruses and malware can proliferate."

"The product fails to offer automatic classification capabilities to its users."

"We need to do a lot of configuration."

"The interface is very complicated to use and it is easy to forget how it works."

"The product is difficult to use. I don't like the McAfee product and have had a negative user experience."

"It could improve how it deals with solar data."

"It was a struggle prohibiting email content from being sent outside the company."

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"A site can have different containers where you store data. We have always wanted to apply compliance, labels, and policies at the container level, rather than to an outer shell or at the site level. That is something we have been looking forward to and I believe Microsoft is already planning something like that."

"Technical support is awful."

"The AI advancements can improve the false positives."

"I see that there's a lot of content in Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention, and when I click on it and look around, I wonder what certain features do, but there's not enough documentation and explanation."

"At this time, I have not seen a return on investment with Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention."

"The tool's user interface and document fingerprinting have been very poor for my customers because uploading files manually can be problematic."

"A major improvement is required in the solution's incident handling and alerting."

"The only concern is that it forces clients to use an expensive license."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The prices are slightly expensive."

"Cloudflare Zero Trust Platform's pricing is good."

"The pricing of the solution is cheap. The licensing cost is also very low. I rate the cost and pricing a three out of ten."

"The pricing is somewhere in the middle. I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten."

"My company has to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the solution. There are no hidden charges apart from the licensing costs of the solution."

"The solution is not that expensive."

"The price tag is no longer $200,000, but rather $300,000 to $400,000. It's twice."

"The solution's pricing lacks transparency."

"I would rate the solution's pricing a six out of ten."

"McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is expensive."

"The price of the solution could improve, it is expensive. We typically sell one and three-year licenses."

"The pricing seems expensive both for the license and the support."

"The price of McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is expensive. It is not the most expensive solution but it is typically 15 to 20 percent higher than other solutions. There is no additional cost to using McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention."

"It's not a cheap option."

"If the client purchases the entire suite of McAfee Endpoint, the license is included."

"The price of the solution could improve."

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"You get the solution in a bundle if you get the E5 suite."

"Though I am not a specialist, the tool is quite expensive."

"The cost works out to about $15 per user per month."

"The product has the best price-to-performance ratio."

"It is a part of our Microsoft licensing. We pay for a yearly renewal. Its price is reasonable for the size of the organization we are. It is fairly competitive, and you get what you pay for. We have an E5 license, and a part of understanding the E5 license is to see what all you get with it. If you really look at it from that standpoint, you get a lot of value. You have Defender and all its security features in there as well. Their licensing is fairly flexible. They have different programs. We've seen ones where you could pay for up to three to five years in advance. There is also a monthly pay-as-you-go type of deal, but we're doing a yearly renewal and fixing the budget."

"We are using the E3 license for Microsoft 365 with the E5 compliance license add-on."

"The solution’s pricing is reasonable."

"If one is very cheap and ten is very expensive, I rate the price as one out of ten."

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Also Known As

Cloudflare Area 1 Email Security, Cloudflare Bot Management, Cloudflare Gateway, Cloudflare Zero Trust Platform, Cloudflare DDoS, Cloudflare SASE & SSE Platform

McAfee Total Protection for Data, McAfee Total Protection for DLP, Total Protection for Data, Intel Security Total Protection for Data

Microsoft Endpoint Data Loss Prevention, MS Endpoint DLP, Microsoft Endpoint DLP

Overview

Cloudflare One is a comprehensive platform for security, performance, and connectivity. It provides features like rate limiting, DDoS protection, and application access, tailored to enhance user experience while securing internet access and accelerating communications.

Designed to integrate security measures with ease of use and scalability, Cloudflare One offers a secure web gateway and zero trust network access. These features ensure seamless setup and operation, making connectivity reliable and protected. Users appreciate its integrated console, intuitive interface, and the ability to manage risk effectively. It offers straightforward deployment, improves latency, and boasts cost-effectiveness. While its onboarding process and documentation need enhancement, its value in content delivery and application shielding is notable. Despite challenges in integrating Cloudflare Access with existing VPNs and the need for better automation and support, it remains vital for DNS and infrastructure protection.

What features make Cloudflare One stand out?

Rate Limiting: Controls the traffic rate to prevent abuse.
DDoS Protection: Shields applications from distributed denial-of-service attacks.
Secure Web Gateway: Provides secure internet access with seamless operation.
Zero Trust Network Access: Ensures secure, application-based connectivity without relying on traditional VPNs.
Access for Connectivity: Facilitates access to internal applications securely.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Security: Robust measures for DNS and browsing protection.
Performance: Enhanced site accessibility and communication speed.
Cost-Effectiveness: Offers competitive pricing for its features.
Ease of Deployment: Straightforward and efficient setup process.

In industries like finance, retail, and technology, Cloudflare One is crucial for enabling secure remote access and protecting web applications against dynamic threats. It supports compliance access policies and enhances content delivery, playing a key role in safeguarding digital infrastructure.

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McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention provides comprehensive security through robust data loss prevention, USB control, and endpoint protection. It is valued for its stability, scalability, and ease of management, offering significant policy customization and integration capabilities.

McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention addresses compliance issues, human error, and unauthorized data sharing. It integrates well with ePO, offering virtual desktop security and affordability, which contributes to comprehensive threat monitoring. While praised for its stability, it faces challenges with pricing, resource consumption, and UI complexity. Users report slow customer support and desire advanced AI features, enhanced protection against sophisticated attacks, and better policy flexibility.

What are the key features of McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention?

User-Friendly Interface: Simplifies administration with an intuitive design.
Data Loss Prevention: Strong measures to prevent unauthorized data leaks.
USB Control: Controls data transfer through USB devices.
Endpoint Protection: Secures endpoints against potential threats.
Policy Customization: Extensive options for creating tailored security policies.
ePO Integration: Seamless integration with McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator for management.

What benefits and ROI should be evaluated when considering McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention?

Stability and Scalability: Reliable protection that grows with organizational needs.
Ease of Management: Streamlined processes for security administration.
Compliance Assistance: Helps maintain regulatory compliance effectively.
Comprehensive Threat Monitoring: Ensures robust protection against threats.

Organizations deploy McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention to secure sensitive data, prevent unauthorized leaks, and improve endpoint protection. It is commonly used by banks, consulting firms, and service providers for monitoring, controlling data flows, enforcing security policies, encrypting data, and ensuring compliance, often integrating into existing infrastructures to protect against external threats while maintaining internal data integrity.

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Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention helps businesses protect sensitive data through robust compliance automation and seamless multi-platform integration, supporting environments like Office 365, Azure, iOS, Android, and macOS.

Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention focuses on identifying sensitive data and maintaining compliance through automation and integration with platforms such as Exchange email, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams. Auto-labeling, classification controls, and monitoring capabilities ensure secure data management, reducing insider threat response times by 25%. While praised for its capabilities, improvements in system integration, endpoint handling, and incident management are needed. Licensing costs and limited language support pose challenges. Usability can be enhanced through interface updates and better documentation. OCR and scalability enhancements could improve policy propagation speed. More end-user training examples would be beneficial.

What are the key features?

Sensitive Data Identification: Detects confidential information across environments.
Compliance Automation: Streamlines regulatory requirements adherence.
Multi-Platform Integration: Supports Office 365, Azure, iOS, Android, macOS seamlessly.
Auto-Labeling: Automatically categorizes sensitive data for protection.
Classification Controls: Provides robust data classification options.
Alerts and Monitoring: Enhances data security with proactive alerting.

What benefits should users evaluate?

Efficient Threat Response: Reduces insider threat response times by 25%.
Enhanced Data Governance: Simplifies managing data privacy and compliance.
Comprehensive Protection: Integrates with multiple platforms for wide coverage.

In industries such as finance, healthcare, and legal, Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention is crucial for safeguarding sensitive information due to strict compliance demands. It automates data classification and policy configurations, preventing accidental data leakage and ensuring security protocols align with regulatory standards.

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