Compare Red Canary and Data Protection - Mar 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Mar 23, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Red Canary or Data Protection?

Red Canary is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Data Protection, and Red Canary is rated higher (91/100) than Data Protection (75/100). Data Protection offers users more features (3) than Red Canary (0).

Looking for the right Security solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Red Canary Vs. Microsoft

Red Canary: Red Canary was founded to bring world-class endpoint threat detection and response to every business. By continuously monitoring customers' endpoints, reviewing suspicious activity, eliminating false positives and providing actionable detections, Red Canary helps customers defend their organization. By combining and building best-of-breed technolog...

Microsoft: Microsoft Corporation is an American corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing. The company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975. Microsoft is the world's largest software maker measured by revenues.

Who is more expensive? Red Canary or Data Protection Manager?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Security software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Red Canary and Data Protection Manager.

Red Canary price starts at $80 per year , On a scale between 1 to 10 Red Canary is rated 6, which is similar to the average cost of Security software. Data Protection Manager accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 Red Canary is rated 6, which is similar to the average cost of Security software.

Bottom line: Red Canary cost is around the same cost of Data Protection Manager.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Red Canary Vs. Data Protection based on some of the most important and required Security features.

Red Canary: We are still working to collect the list of features for Red Canary.

Data Protection Manager: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support.

Target customer size

Red Canary's typical customers include: SMBs, System Center 2012’s price tag makes it difficult for organizations of all sizes to purchase this solution.

Red Canary

ITQlick rating
(4.5/5)

starts at $80 per year

Red Canary is a growing cloud-based Security software, it is designed to support small and medium size business. Red Canary received a rating of 4.5 from ITQlick team. The software cost is considered average (...

Categories: Access Control, Autentication and Identity Access, Computer Security, Network Security.

Data Protection

ITQlick rating
(4/5)

System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager is a data protection manager that offers tape-based and disk-based data recovery and protection solutions for servers like SharePoint, SQL Server, file servers and vir...

Categories: Data Protection.

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Red Canary: 0 Features

We are working to collect the list of features

Data Protection Manager: 3 Features

Data Import/Export
Basic Reports
Online Customer Support
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
ITQlick score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100, the calculation is based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
License pricing license pricing (if provided by the software vendor)
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Red Cana...
ITQlick rating
4.5/5
Score
91/100
Pricing
6.6/10
License pricing
$80 per year
Functionality
4
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Data Pro...
ITQlick rating
4/5
Score
75/100
Pricing
6.4/10
License pricing
Pricing not available
Functionality
4
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VIPRE An...
ITQlick rating
3.7/5
Score
92/100
Pricing
3.2/10
License pricing
$14.99 per user/year
Functionality
4
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Webroot
ITQlick rating
3.5/5
Score
92/100
Pricing
4.6/10
License pricing
$39.99 per license
Functionality
5
DbProtect
ITQlick rating
3.5/5
Score
92/100
Pricing
6.4/10
License pricing
$1,500 per license
Functionality
5

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Shlomi Lavi is an entrepreneur and founder of ITQlick.com. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 17 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant and implementation expert for small, medium and large-sized (global) companies. Shlomi’s goal is to share the best knowledge and news about information systems so you can make smarter buying decisions for your business.