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Product	Symantec CloudSOC by Broadcom View product	Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps by Microsoft View product
Overview
What it is	Symantec CloudSOC: API SaaS introspection, inline CASB traffic proxy and Integrated Symantec DLP. Built for shadow IT discovery. Compare Cloud Security alternatives.	Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps from Microsoft focuses on cloud DLP. Key capabilities: DLP and SaaS security. Compare it with the leading Cloud Security alternatives.
Product type	Cloud Security Operations & CASB Analytics	Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)
Best for	Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology, Enterprise, Retail, Education	Cross-industry
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloudHybrid	Cloud
Deployment details	Cloud SaaS Platform; Cloud SaaS; Hybrid Inline Proxy	Cloud; Cloud
Data residency	Global cloud regions (Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific)	Tenant region/service dependent
Key features
What it offers	API SaaS introspection Inline CASB traffic proxy Integrated Symantec DLP Shadow IT risk scoring UEBA behavioral analytics Automated cloud quarantine Shadow IT discovery SaaS data loss prevention	Cloud discovery SaaS security Session controls DLP Threat detection App governance CASB Shadow IT discovery
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Cloud SaaS toolsIaaS infrastructureWeb browsers	SaaS and cloud applications
Compliance	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001HIPAAGDPRPCI-DSS	Microsoft compliance ecosystem
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Symantec DLPMicrosoft 365SalesforceBoxGoogle WorkspaceSplunk	Microsoft Defender XDRMicrosoft PurviewMicrosoft EntraMicrosoft Sentinel
Industries	Financial ServicesHealthcareTechnologyEnterpriseRetailEducation	Cross-industry
Regions	GlobalMulti-region cloud	Global
Vendor
Company	Broadcom	Microsoft
Headquarters	Palo Alto, California, USA	Redmond, Washington, USA
Company size	10,001+	200,000+
Founded	1961	1975

Symantec CloudSOC

by Broadcom

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Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

by Microsoft

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Overview

What it is

Symantec CloudSOC

Symantec CloudSOC: API SaaS introspection, inline CASB traffic proxy and Integrated Symantec DLP. Built for shadow IT discovery. Compare Cloud Security alternatives.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps from Microsoft focuses on cloud DLP. Key capabilities: DLP and SaaS security. Compare it with the leading Cloud Security alternatives.

Product type

Symantec CloudSOC

Cloud Security Operations & CASB Analytics

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)

Best for

Symantec CloudSOC

Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology, Enterprise, Retail, Education

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Cross-industry

Pricing

Pricing model

Symantec CloudSOC

Contact Vendor

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Symantec CloudSOC

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Deployment

Deployment options

Symantec CloudSOC

SaaSCloudHybrid

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Cloud

Deployment details

Symantec CloudSOC

Cloud SaaS Platform; Cloud SaaS; Hybrid Inline Proxy

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Cloud; Cloud

Data residency

Symantec CloudSOC

Global cloud regions (Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific)

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Tenant region/service dependent

Key features

What it offers

Symantec CloudSOC

API SaaS introspection
Inline CASB traffic proxy
Integrated Symantec DLP
Shadow IT risk scoring
UEBA behavioral analytics
Automated cloud quarantine
Shadow IT discovery
SaaS data loss prevention

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Cloud discovery
SaaS security
Session controls
DLP
Threat detection
App governance
CASB
Shadow IT discovery

Platform & access

API access

Symantec CloudSOC

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Single sign-on (SSO)

Symantec CloudSOC

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Role-based access (RBAC)

Symantec CloudSOC

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Multi-tenant

Symantec CloudSOC

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Mobile app

Symantec CloudSOC

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Supported platforms

Symantec CloudSOC

Cloud SaaS toolsIaaS infrastructureWeb browsers

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

SaaS and cloud applications

Compliance

Symantec CloudSOC

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001HIPAAGDPRPCI-DSS

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Microsoft compliance ecosystem

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Symantec CloudSOC

Symantec DLPMicrosoft 365SalesforceBoxGoogle WorkspaceSplunk

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Microsoft Defender XDRMicrosoft PurviewMicrosoft EntraMicrosoft Sentinel

Industries

Symantec CloudSOC

Financial ServicesHealthcareTechnologyEnterpriseRetailEducation

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Cross-industry

Regions

Symantec CloudSOC

GlobalMulti-region cloud

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Global

Vendor

Company

Symantec CloudSOC

Broadcom

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Microsoft

Headquarters

Symantec CloudSOC

Palo Alto, California, USA

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Redmond, Washington, USA

Company size

Symantec CloudSOC

10,001+

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

200,000+

Founded

Symantec CloudSOC

1961

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

1975