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Microsoft Sentinel vs. Forescout Platform

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricMicrosoft Sentinel

by Microsoft

Forescout Platform

by Forescout Technologies

Overall rating4.44.5
Review count29817
Ease of use8.79.3
Ease of setup8.58.8
Quality of support8.78.4
Meets requirements8.88.7
NPS60.36363668.75
Small Business27.9%17.6%
Mid-Market30.9%29.4%
Enterprise41.3%52.9%
Total page views841455
Total LLM citations13,9251,682

Microsoft Sentinel

Microsoft Sentinel lets you see and stop threats before they cause harm, with SIEM reinvented for a modern world. Microsoft Sentinel is your birds-eye view across the enterprise. Put the cloud and large-scale intelligence from decades of Microsoft security experience to work. Make your threat detection and response smarter and faster with artificial intelligence (AI). Eliminate security infrastructure setup and maintenance, and elastically scale to meet your security needs—while reducing IT costs.

Pros

  • Security
  • Threat Detection
  • Easy Integrations
  • Integration Support
  • Integrations
  • Ease of Use

Forescout Platform

As AI-driven vulnerability and exploitation accelerate attack velocity to machine speed, Forescout is a foundational cyber defense layer that allows organizations to segment and isolate compromised systems, block lateral movement, and automate response across IT, OT, IoT, and IoMT environments. The Forescout Vistaro™ platform, powered by agentic AI and enhanced with Vedere Labs threat intelligence, delivers a Universal Zero Trust Network Access (UZTNA) architecture that integrates seamlessly with 180+ security and IT products.

Pros

  • Security
  • IP Addressing
  • Internet Security
  • Monitoring
  • Visibility
  • Solutions