Blumira vs. Microsoft Defender XDR
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Blumira | Score10 out of 10 | N/A | Blumira’s cloud SIEM platform offers both automated threat detection and response, enabling organizations of any size to more defend against cybersecurity threats in near real-time. It's goal is to ease the burden of alert fatigue, complexity of log management and lack of IT visibility. | $0 (the basic Free SIEM tier is free forever with 3 cloud integrations and 14 days of data retention) |
Microsoft Defender XDR | Score8.9 out of 10 | N/A | Microsoft 365 Defender combines SIEM and XDR capabilities for Microsoft 365 environments, encompassing threat detection, post-breach detection, automated investigation, and response for endpoints. Additionally, it protects cloud apps, emails and documents, and employee identities. | N/A |
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| Additional Details | Pricing is based on the total number of “employees” or knowledge workers in an organization (it does not refer to the number of users or admins with Blumira accounts). A knowledge worker is an employee with a corporate email address and workstation/device (may not include number of factory workers or students at a university). | — | ||||||||||||||
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| Considered Both Products | No answer on this topic | No answer on this topic |
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| Would buy again | ||
No answers on this topic | 99% Would buy again 75 Answers | |
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No answers on this topic | 97% Delivers good value for the price 70 Answers | |
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No answers on this topic | 99% Happy with the feature set 75 Answers | |
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No answers on this topic | 98% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 49 Answers | |
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No answers on this topic | 92% Implementation went as expected 59 Answers | |
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| Small Businesses | No answers on this topic | Sophos Intercept X for Server Score7.3 out of 10 |
| Medium-sized Companies | ![]() IBM Security QRadar SIEM Score9 out of 10 | ![]() InsightIDR Score9.5 out of 10 |
| Enterprises | SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) Score8 out of 10 | Kaspersky EDR Optimum Score9.3 out of 10 |
| All Alternatives | View all alternatives | View all alternatives |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 10.0 | 8.5 |
| Likelihood to Renew | - | 7.7 |
| Usability | - | 9.0 |
| Support Rating | - | 9.0 |
| In-Person Training | - | 9.1 |
| Online Training | - | 9.1 |
| Implementation Rating | - | 9.0 |
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