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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint vs Trend Micro Cloud App Security comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 2, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Defender for Endp...
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
210
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (2nd), Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (3rd), Anti-Malware Tools (1st), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (3rd), Microsoft Security Suite (3rd)
Trend Micro Cloud App Security
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (27th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Trend Micro Cloud App Security aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is designed for Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) and holds a mindshare of 8.1%, down 11.5% compared to last year.
Trend Micro Cloud App Security, on the other hand, focuses on Application Security Tools, holds 0.4% mindshare, up 0.1% since last year.
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint8.1%
CrowdStrike Falcon7.0%
HP Wolf Security5.9%
Other79.0%
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
Application Security Tools Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Trend Micro Cloud App Security0.4%
SonarQube17.9%
Checkmarx One10.2%
Other71.5%
Application Security Tools
 

Featured Reviews

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.
Murali Krishnan L - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Manager (SOC Operations) at Novac Technology Solutions
User-friendly solution with good scalability
We use the solution to block phishing, spam, and impersonated emails The solution's feature for high-profile users' domains helps us detect impersonated emails. Also, its API-based features help in easy integration. The solution is easy to integrate and has the best feature for high-profile…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is already integrated with Windows 10, so you don't need to worry about that."
"Defender for Endpoint has one dashboard with security-related information, vulnerability-related information, and basic recommendations from Microsoft, all in different tabs. That's helpful because if we want to fix only the recommended ones, we can go fix all of them..."
"It's free. There is no additional cost. It's part of Windows."
"The performance of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint has been good."
"Provides good vulnerability assessment."
"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."
"We use Microsoft Defender for the antivirus."
"Microsoft Defender for Endpoint has changed significantly for the better."
"It has more intelligence features than other vendors."
"Dependable with ease of integration with other security products."
"Trend Micro has DLP features in it, which separates it from other solutions."
"I find Trend Micro Cloud App Security useful for scanning our email boxes. We can scan them one by one, which is a good feature. It's not just gateway-level protection - we integrate the email system with it. They have special protection and parameters for phishing emails."
"The most valuable feature of Trend Micro Cloud App Security is its stability across all platforms."
"The solution is easy to integrate."
"Trend Micro Cloud App is easy to use and easy to install."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
 

Cons

"Alerts need to be sent immediately because as it is now, you see some of them without delay and others arrive perhaps 30 minutes later, and it leaves important gaps in terms of information gathering."
"Where we stand right now, compared to other products that are there in the market, they still have to work on their threat intelligence and the overall maturity of detecting the malware."
"It is inexpensive but could be cheaper like anything else."
"Its user interface (UI) can be improved. Currently, in the console, you have to dig down for certain things. They've got many different layers to get to things instead of having it all on the surface. You have to go three folds lower to get to specific functionality or click a particular option. It would be good if we can manage the console through menus and instead of three clicks, we can do things in one click. They need to change the UI and work on it in terms of a better user experience."
"Right now, the solution provides some recommendations on the dashboard but we don't have any priorities. It's a mix of all the vulnerabilities and all the security recommendations. I would like to see some priority or categorization of high, medium, and low so that we can fix the high ones first."
"We encountered some issues when we were trying to enable automatic updates from our group policy."
"The management console is something that can be improved."
"It's not easy to create special allowances for certain groups of users. It can be a little heavy-handed in some areas where Microsoft has decided to lock a feature out, meaning they make it hard to make an exception... One company we work with needed to use about 20 different thumb drives for about 20 users. To make that exception for them was very difficult. In fact, you can't really make an exception. But what you can do is allow them to use it and, while it will still alert, you can actually suppress those alerts."
"The price of the solution could improve by being lower."
"It would be great if Trend Mail Cloud App Security would be joined with a web security solution, making it a multiple-network solution."
"There is room for improvement in the DLP component of Trend Micro Cloud App Security."
"In the next release, I would like to see the cost go down."
"Documentation could be improved; product cost is quite high."
"They should provide separate corporate-level licenses for two to three instances."
"The solution's technical support services could be better."
"For improvements, I think it would be great if Trend Micro Cloud App Security could enhance their product to be a single SASE solution. It should be similar to competitors like Palo Alto."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is competitive."
"The cost is high for E5 licenses, but if we go with the E3 license, most of the features are not covered."
"I pay for it through the Windows Professional or Standard license. It is a one-time cost for me, and I use the same license."
"The price of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is reasonable. Other solutions are more expensive, such as ClowdStrike."
"This solution is part of Windows and comes included with it."
"The licensing costs for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint are reasonable."
"It is affordable and comes in the Office 365 bundle."
"It is free."
"The solution's price is mid-ranged."
"The pricing of the solution could be better."
"The price of Trend Micro Cloud App Security is expensive for regular users. There are not any hidden fees. First-time users of the solution should purchase implementation packages or professional services."
"The product's pricing is reasonable compared to other vendors."
"The cost of the license is on the high side. It's a yearly subscription."
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Top Industries

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Performing Arts
14%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
7%
Educational Organization
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business80
Midsize Enterprise40
Large Enterprise92
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise2
 

Questions from the Community

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...
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...
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 ...
What needs improvement with Trend Micro Cloud App Security?
For improvements, I think it would be great if Trend Micro Cloud App Security could enhance their product to be a single SASE solution. It should be similar to competitors like Palo Alto. The solut...
What is your primary use case for Trend Micro Cloud App Security?
We use the solution for cloud data protection, particularly for email and file-sharing systems. It integrates with Microsoft Office 365 and Google Suite to scan mailboxes for spam, viruses, and phi...
What advice do you have for others considering Trend Micro Cloud App Security?
We chose the solution because they've been Gartner leaders for over 15 years, have a good customer base, and are a well-established company. I'd rate the product an eight out of ten.
 

Also Known As

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

Petrofrac, Metro CSG, Christus Health
MedImpact Healthcare Systems, ClubCorp USA, Copa Airlines, Aava, Azra Solutions, BSN INET Co, Ltd, Carhartt
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