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Microsoft Defender for Cloud

byMicrosoft
in
4.2
Market Presence: Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms, Cloud Security Posture Management Tools

Overview

Product Information on Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Updated 14th October 2025

What is Microsoft Defender for Cloud?

Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a software that provides security management and threat protection for cloud-based and on-premises resources. It offers capabilities such as vulnerability assessment, security posture management, and continuous monitoring of workloads across different environments. The software helps organizations identify misconfigurations, strengthen the security of their infrastructure, and detect potential threats using analytics and intelligence tools. Microsoft Defender for Cloud supports protecting applications and data by providing recommendations for improving security and enabling automated responses to security incidents, addressing the need for unified security and compliance management across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Pricing

Microsoft Defender for Cloud software uses a pay-as-you-go pricing model based on the consumption of resources and features selected The cost varies depending on the types of workloads protected such as virtual machines databases and storage as well as the data ingestion for security analytics Additional capabilities and advanced services are available as separate charges with no long-term contractual commitment required

Overall experience with Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Director of IT
Gov't/PS/ED 5,000 - 50,000 Employees, Education
FAVORABLE

“Solid product, still vulnerable to Microsoft outages”

4.0
Mar 24, 2026
Overall has worked well, however, outages related to M365 services have caused disruptions to security incident response.
MARKETING ASSOCIATE
50M - 250M USD, IT Services
CRITICAL

“Default Security Solution: Microsoft Defender for Cloud”

3.0
Oct 30, 2024
Microsoft Defender for Cloud is the default security solution for all cloud resources in Azure. It's not the best and often have issues with it. Incidents created from Microsoft defender for cloud are of average quality and require more time to resovle.

About Company

Company Description

Updated 11th August 2023

Microsoft enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Microsoft is dedicated to advancing human and organizational achievement. Microsoft Security helps protect people and data against cyberthreats to give peace of mind.

Company Details

Updated 25th March 2024
Company type
Public
Year Founded
1975
Head office location
Redmond, Washington, United States
Number of employees
10000+
Annual Revenue
30B+ USD
Website
https://microsoft.com

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Microsoft Defender for Cloud Likes & Dislikes

Like

The product works as advertised with varying utilities that allow responders secure access to assess any given incident.

Like

Microsoft provides Defender for Cloud as the default security solution for all cloud resources. The incidents created by the Defender for Cloud are pushed to the unified defender dashboard. It does not require a separate dashboard. Microsoft defender for cloud can be deployed on 3rd party cloud resources protecting those also.

Like

It helps us to track the secure score of the cloud. We can get real time threat detection information about virtual machines in the org. MDC supports almost all the CSPs including major CSPs like GCP, AWS and Azure.

Dislike

Time-sensitive incident response being delayed by other M365 outages, which ultimately means that phishing emails stay in inboxes longer, and manual intervention to threats due to inherent tools not functioning (ie you receive the alert, but the tool is not working as expected to be able to troubleshoot or resolve)

Dislike

The quality of incidents produced is of average quality and often contains false positives.

Dislike

If policies are not configured properly then alerts will be more specifically false positives. If more resources are hosted then cost will increase hence included the resources appropriately.

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Microsoft Defender for Cloud Reviews and Ratings

Showing data for 106 ratings and reviews for Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms market. View all 149 ratings and reviews across markets for a complete picture.

4.2

(106 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
41%
4 Star
53%
3 Star
7%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
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Evaluation & Contracting

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4.5

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  • Director of IT
    Gov't/PS/Ed
    Education
    Review Source

    Solid product, still vulnerable to Microsoft outages

    4.0
    Mar 24, 2026
    Overall has worked well, however, outages related to M365 services have caused disruptions to security incident response.
  • It Security Engineer
    10B+ USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Real-Time Threat Detection Enhances Visibility of Virtual Machines in the Organization

    4.0
    Jan 12, 2026
    Microsoft Defender for Cloud is best tool which gives good understanding of security posture of our cloud environment and workloads. It continuously assess resources and gives recommendations. The recommendations are very good and as per the compliance. It is very good saas solution for cloud security
  • Cybersecurity Engineer
    10B+ USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Centralized Cloud Security Enhances Detection Despite Some Generic Recommendations

    4.0
    Jan 2, 2026
    The overall experience of this product is very good, as it provides a centralized approach to securing cloud workloads by continuously analyzing configurations, identifying risks and providing appropriate recommendations for improvements.
  • It Security & Risk Management Associate
    50M-1B USD
    Insurance (except health)
    Review Source

    Cloud Security Platform Streamlines Monitoring but Poses Cost Prediction Challenges

    4.0
    Jan 20, 2026
    The platform continuously evaluates our cloud resources and highlights areas that require attention, which minimizes or avoids periodic manual checks. It also helped standardize security practices across teams.
  • IT Associate
    Gov't/PS/Ed
    Education
    Review Source

    Clear Security Recommendations and Posture Management Amid a Complex User Experience

    4.0
    Feb 2, 2026
    provides strong, centralized cloud security with deep azure integration, but it can feel complex at times
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