Compare Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Rakuten SixthSense Observability 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (37.6% of reviews)
Enterprise (44.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
Free Trial 1 Host
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Star Rating
(302)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (37.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
Learn more about Microsoft Defender for CloudRakuten SixthSense Observability
Star Rating
(44)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (44.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial 1 Host
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Microsoft Defender for Cloud vs Rakuten SixthSense Observability
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Rakuten SixthSense Observability easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Rakuten SixthSense Observability overall.
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Rakuten SixthSense Observability both meet the requirements of our reviewers at a comparable rate.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Rakuten SixthSense Observability is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Rakuten SixthSense Observability over Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Free Trial
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/defender-for-cloud/
- Unified visibility of your security posture across Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, and hybrid clouds
- Real-time security access and prioritization of the most critical risks with context-aware cloud security
- Integrated extended detection and response (XDR) solution across multicloud workloads to prevent, detect, and respond to attacks
Rakuten SixthSense Observability
VM-Based Full Stack Observability
Free Trial
1 Host
The Agent is based on the per host with 150GB/month
Metrics, logs, events & traces are captured by default
Supports Node.js, Dotnet 2.1 +, Java, Python, and PHP
24/7 email and chat support
30 days retention period
- Application Performance Monitoring
- VM Monitoring
- Log Monitoring
Free Trial
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
No trial information availableRakuten SixthSense Observability
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
228
8.8
42
Ease of Use
8.7
230
9.2
42
Ease of Setup
8.6
130
9.1
29
Ease of Admin
8.8
116
9.2
16
Quality of Support
8.6
222
9.3
42
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
113
9.2
16
Product Direction (% positive)
9.6
218
10.0
42
Features by Category
Management
9.1
44
Not enough data
8.5
44
Not enough data
8.7
43
Not enough data
Operations
8.9
43
Not enough data
8.7
44
Not enough data
8.5
44
Not enough data
Security Controls
8.6
44
Not enough data
8.6
43
Not enough data
8.9
43
Not enough data
8.6
43
Not enough data
Administration
9.5
22
Not enough data
9.2
21
Not enough data
9.1
23
Not enough data
9.2
22
Not enough data
Monitoring
9.1
20
Not enough data
9.0
21
Not enough data
9.5
20
Not enough data
Protection
9.0
19
Not enough data
9.0
21
Not enough data
9.3
22
Not enough data
9.4
21
Not enough data
Experience
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
8.9
92
Not enough data
8.7
92
Not enough data
8.6
91
Not enough data
8.7
91
Not enough data
Compliance
8.7
92
Not enough data
8.6
89
Not enough data
8.9
90
Not enough data
Administration
8.7
89
Not enough data
8.7
90
Not enough data
8.7
89
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
9.5
16
Not enough data
9.8
16
Not enough data
9.4
16
Not enough data
9.6
16
Not enough data
9.6
16
Not enough data
9.4
16
Monitoring
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
9.4
6
Administration
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Analysis
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Functionality - Software Composition Analysis
9.5
13
Not enough data
9.9
13
Not enough data
9.7
13
Not enough data
Effectiveness - Software Composition Analysis
9.6
13
Not enough data
10.0
13
Not enough data
9.6
13
Not enough data
Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Visibility
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visibility
Not enough data
9.3
17
Not enough data
9.0
17
Not enough data
8.9
17
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
9.5
17
Not enough data
9.2
17
Not enough data
9.6
17
Visibility
Not enough data
9.6
8
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
8.8
8
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
9.4
8
Not enough data
9.2
8
Not enough data
9.6
8
Cloud environment support
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
8.3
8
Functionality
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Activity Monitoring
8.5
61
Not enough data
8.4
60
Not enough data
8.4
61
Not enough data
8.6
59
Not enough data
Security
8.6
60
Not enough data
7.9
58
Not enough data
8.4
60
Not enough data
Administration
8.5
58
Not enough data
8.1
59
Not enough data
8.1
58
Not enough data
API Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security Testing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
Not enough data
8.8
39
Not enough data
8.9
39
Not enough data
9.1
39
Not enough data
8.0
38
Not enough data
8.6
38
Response
Not enough data
8.8
39
Not enough data
8.9
39
Not enough data
8.9
38
Performance
Not enough data
9.1
37
Not enough data
9.1
38
Functionality
Not enough data
8.6
38
Not enough data
8.7
37
Not enough data
8.6
37
Not enough data
8.6
38
Documentation
9.2
17
Not enough data
8.7
17
Not enough data
9.3
16
Not enough data
Security
8.4
16
Not enough data
9.1
18
Not enough data
9.4
16
Not enough data
Configuration
8.5
60
Not enough data
8.8
61
Not enough data
8.6
57
Not enough data
8.6
58
Not enough data
8.4
62
Not enough data
Visibility
8.5
61
Not enough data
8.8
57
Not enough data
Vulnerability Management
8.6
60
Not enough data
8.9
59
Not enough data
8.7
60
Not enough data
8.7
60
Not enough data
Alerts management
8.1
8
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
7.7
8
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.1
8
Not enough data
8.1
8
Not enough data
7.7
8
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
Automation
8.3
8
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
Analysis
8.6
7
Not enough data
8.7
9
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
8.1
8
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
7.4
9
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP)Hide 9 FeaturesShow 9 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security - Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Artificial Intelligence - Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cloud Configuration Management - Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Orchestration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Information
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Personalization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cloud Visibility
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Identity
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Rakuten SixthSense Observability are categorized as Container Monitoring
Unique Categories
Microsoft Defender for Cloud is categorized as Cloud Detection and Response (CDR), Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM), Secure Code Review, Cloud Security Monitoring and Analytics, Software Composition Analysis, Cloud Compliance, Container Security, Cloud Workload Protection Platforms, and Threat Intelligence
Rakuten SixthSense Observability is categorized as API Security, Enterprise Monitoring, Server Monitoring, Log Monitoring, AIOps Platforms, Database Monitoring, Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM), Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, IT Alerting, Incident Management, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), Hardware Monitoring, and Observability Solution Suites
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Rakuten SixthSense Observability
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
23.4%
Computer Software
11.7%
Computer & Network Security
10.2%
Education Management
7.3%
Oil & Energy
3.6%
Other
43.8%
Information Technology and Services
20.9%
Financial Services
11.6%
Education Management
11.6%
Computer Software
11.6%
Computer & Network Security
11.6%
Other
32.6%
Most Helpful Reviews
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Geethanjali K.
Verified User in Consulting
The protection is the main part where dual layer is present.
Most Helpful Critical Review
Suhashini S.
Verified User in Computer Software
Customers tend to be hesitant to install Defender due to pricing and budgeting issues. Sudden glitches in the dashboard (last week we were unable to see the security score) tends to give a negative idea too.
Rakuten SixthSense Observability
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User in Computer Software
The ability of their systems to enable me to track my application for vulnerabilities and also help me take data enabled decisions by looking at my single dashboard is something really helpful. It is something that was a boon for our IT team and helped...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Financial Services
The compatibility issue while configuring products for various tech stacks is very time-consuming for both teams.
Geethanjali K.
Verified User in Consulting
The protection is the main part where dual layer is present.
Verified User in Computer Software
The ability of their systems to enable me to track my application for vulnerabilities and also help me take data enabled decisions by looking at my single dashboard is something really helpful. It is something that was a boon for our IT team and helped...
Suhashini S.
Verified User in Computer Software
Customers tend to be hesitant to install Defender due to pricing and budgeting issues. Sudden glitches in the dashboard (last week we were unable to see the security score) tends to give a negative idea too.
Verified User in Financial Services
The compatibility issue while configuring products for various tech stacks is very time-consuming for both teams.
Discussions
What are the three security services provided by Windows Azure?
2 comments
KS
It provides azure firewall, Microsoft sentinel, prevents DDOS Attack, defender for cloud Read more
Is Azure security Center a SIEM?
1 comment
AM
Azure Security Center (ASC) is a cloud-native security management platform that provides unified security management and threat protection across hybrid...Read more
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