Microsoft Defender for Business vs. SentinelOne Singularity

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft Defender for Business
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Defender for Business is an enterprise-grade endpoint security that is designed especially for businesses with up to 300 employees. It is used to deploy security across devices, and use automated built-in intelligence to rapidly protect, detect, and respond to threats.N/A
SentinelOne Singularity
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
SentinelOne is endpoint security software, from the company of the same name with offices in North America and Israel, presenting a combined antivirus and EDR solution.
$4
per agent, per month
Pricing
Microsoft Defender for BusinessSentinelOne Singularity
Editions & Modules
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Singularity Ranger IoT
$4
per agent, per month
Singularity Core
$6
per agent, per month
Singularity Control
$8
per agent, per month
Singularity Complete
$12
per agent, per month
Singularity Cloud
$36
per VM/Kubernetes worker node, per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Microsoft Defender for BusinessSentinelOne Singularity
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Features
Microsoft Defender for BusinessSentinelOne Singularity
Endpoint Security
Comparison of Endpoint Security features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Defender for Business
9.9
Ratings
14% above category average
SentinelOne Singularity
8.9
Ratings
4% above category average
Anti-Exploit Technology10.00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)10.00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Centralized Management10.00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Hybrid Deployment Support9.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Infection Remediation10.00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Vulnerability Management10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Malware Detection10.00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
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User Ratings
Microsoft Defender for BusinessSentinelOne Singularity
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(0 ratings)
8.6
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(0 ratings)
8.5
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.2
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Microsoft Defender for BusinessSentinelOne Singularity
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft Defender for Business is well suited for any size organization using the Microsoft 365 Suite. As an included feature in the mid and upper tiers of the 365 suites, it can quickly address antivirus protection for any sized company. It's compliance and security dashboards can help guide sole proprietorship owners in better understanding their security standing. The software also scales to give mid-sized and enterprise originations the in-depth information needed for compliance.
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It works extremely well for investigating the root cause analysis of events because you can see so much detail into what was happening before, after, and around the detective incident. A weak point would be when the AI gets a little over-aggressive or doesn’t quite understand the use case for specific tools. Our RMM tool was detected as a pup.
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Pros
  • Monitors the health of endpoints
  • Protects endpoints with antivirus
  • Allows for policy configurations that can be deployed to endpoints
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  • SentinelOne provides excellent protection against known and unknown attacks to our endpoints.
  • The recovery option provides a fast, first line of defense against ransomware and other system damaging attacks.
  • SentinelOne requires minimal administrative support making it a very cost effective and efficient solution.
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Cons
  • Finding blocked programs in the UI is not intuitive if the alert message is dismissed.
  • The admin portal changes often with features coming and going.
  • Admin portal interface is cluttered and sometimes not intuitive.
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  • Possibly for compatibility with legacy Windows OS's and non Windows OS's.
  • Some settings are greyed out and unable to change but I believe this is to protect you from making a bad configuration change.
  • Could do better with reporting at the base level subscription.
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Likelihood to Renew
So far we have found no alternative that would overall offer us more than we are getting from Microsoft Defender for Business!
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Reliable for simple installation and above all efficient
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Usability
Microsoft Defender for Business is user friendly but requires some IT knowledge to adapt to its full potential. Microsoft 365 business will likely be more adaptable and have less of a learning curve than new users when configuring settings or security policies. Overall, I would say that strengths outweigh weaknesses and the unknowns can be learned
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There are some minor issues with the platform that can be mildly frustrating, but the overall performance, peace of mind, and ROI make it worth using. The management console is intuitive and easy to learn, the endpoint clients are simple but give IT professionals enough data to make management easy and simple
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Support Rating
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Their support is good and quick to respond. The one issue we faced was when a non-protection issue arose there was a lot of dancing around trying to figure things out. This was frustrating as it took significantly longer to figure out issues. Lots of repetitive log gathers, screen caps, uninstalls that never seemed to resolve issues. Eventually, the product would be updated and the issue seemed to be resolved, but seemed to be the only solution.
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft Defender for Business, I believe, is a "light" version of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. While they both have some of the same features, Microsoft Defender for Business has far less, and the more complex you want to get with your configurations, you may need to dip your toe into the InTune Admin Center to deploy certain policies.
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In the distant past we had used iSensor through Dell. I can't say much about iSensor because we never really had it show any incidents or activity or reports. It might be better these days but from what I can tell, SentinelOne is the Gold Standard currently.
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Return on Investment
  • Improved cybersecurity
  • Learning curve
  • Resource consumption
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  • SentinelOne has already proved its value by stopping attacks that would have gone otherwise unnoticed until much later in their infection process.
  • The Vigilance team has provided quick response to threats that were not easily contained via the automated response SentinelOne's agents provide. This has given us a significant piece of mind.
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