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Bitdefender vs Trellix

Bitdefender provides cybersecurity solutions to small and medium businesses, mid-market enterprises and consumers. Trellix sells the Trellix Security Platform, an AI-powered platform powered by Trellix Wise. CISO Tribune files both under EDR and XDR. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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Bitdefender vs Trellix: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
BitdefenderBitdefender provides cybersecurity solutions to small and medium businesses, mid-market enterprises and consumers.bitdefender.comTrellixTrellix sells the Trellix Security Platform, an AI-powered platform powered by Trellix Wise.trellix.com
What it sells
  • GravityZone PHASR[10]Hardening and attack surface reduction.
  • GravityZone MSP Security Solutions[14]Multi-tiered security for managed service providers.
  • Trellix Wise for Private Cloud[4][5]Trellix Wise for Private Cloud runs entirely on customer hardware or in the customer VPC.
  • Trellix Endpoint Security[8]Trellix Endpoint Security provides multi-layered endpoint protection in a single agent.
  • Trellix Data Encryption[11]Trellix Data Encryption products secure devices and removable media so that only authorized users can access the information on them.
  • Trellix Threat Intelligence Exchange[12]Trellix Threat Intelligence Exchange combines internal and external threat data and shares it across the security ecosystem.
  • Trellix Private Global Threat Intelligence[13]Trellix Private Global Threat Intelligence (pGTI) is a private-cloud reputation service.
Categories
Headquarters
Bucharest, Romania[2][4]Not stated on its pages
Founded
2001[2][4][10][13]2022
Ownership and funding
Not stated on its pagesOwned by Symphony Technology Group since 2022[4][5][13]
Named customers
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pages
Recent news
  • September 23, 2026Bitdefender announced GravityZone AI Visibility and Control, a solution giving organizations and MSPs visibility into employee AI tool usage and the ability to reduce related risks.[17]
  • May 6, 2026Bitdefender appointed Frank Koelmel as Chief Revenue Officer of its Business Solutions Group.[7]
Not stated on its pages
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: listed, seen November 4, 2026[8]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
  • G2: Not stated on its pages
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
From its own pages, Bitdefender sells mainly to small and medium businesses, mid-market enterprises and consumers. Its business group says it serves businesses, government entities, and non-profit organizations in industries worldwide. Its small business products are positioned for small teams with no dedicated IT staff. Managed Service Providers are a named customer type, with licensing based on monthly usage.Trellix Wise for Private Cloud is deployed on the customer's own hardware or in the customer's own VPC. Workload security is described for physical, virtual and hybrid-cloud environments. Security continuity across IT/OT infrastructure is a named use of Trellix solutions. Healthcare systems and manufacturing with shared workstations and laptops are named as a common use case for multi-user environments.
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September 27, 2026September 27, 2026

Where they overlap

  • EDR and XDR is the primary category of both Bitdefender and Trellix.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Bitdefender is also filed under MDR and managed SOC and Endpoint protection platforms.
  • Bitdefender lists GravityZone PHASR and GravityZone MSP Security Solutions. Trellix lists Trellix Wise for Private Cloud, Trellix Endpoint Security, Trellix Data Encryption, Trellix Threat Intelligence Exchange and Trellix Private Global Threat Intelligence.
  • Bitdefender is headquartered in Bucharest, Romania.
  • Bitdefender was founded in 2001. Trellix was founded in 2022.
  • Trellix is owned by Symphony Technology Group, since 2022.

How they differ

CISO Tribune files Bitdefender under EDR and XDR, MDR and managed SOC, and endpoint protection platforms, with EDR and XDR as its primary category. CISO Tribune files Trellix under EDR and XDR, which is also its primary category. Bitdefender sells GravityZone PHASR for hardening and attack surface reduction, and GravityZone MSP Security Solutions for managed service providers. Trellix sells the Trellix Security Platform, powered by Trellix Wise, and Trellix Wise for Private Cloud runs entirely on customer hardware or in the customer VPC. Trellix Endpoint Security combines EPP, EDR, Device Control and Forensics in a single agent.

Bitdefender is headquartered in Bucharest, Romania, and was founded in 2001. Trellix was founded in 2022 and has been owned by Symphony Technology Group since 2022. Bitdefender sells mainly to small and medium businesses, mid-market enterprises and consumers, and names Managed Service Providers as a customer type. Bitdefender says it serves more than 40,000 businesses, government entities, and non-profit organizations. Trellix names healthcare systems and manufacturing as a common use case for multi-user environments, and SMS Group chose the Trellix Security Platform. Trellix solutions are also used for security continuity across IT/OT infrastructure.

Bitdefender offers managed detection and response services with 24/7 monitoring, and also sells offensive services covering penetration testing and red teaming. Trellix offers 24/7 incident response, forensics and recovery, along with data encryption and threat intelligence products. On September 23, 2026, Bitdefender announced GravityZone AI Visibility and Control, which gives organizations and MSPs visibility into employee AI tool usage.

What it sells: Bitdefender

What GravityZone PHASR does[10]
Proactively hardens defenses and reduces the attack surface. PHASR stands for Proactive Hardening and Attack Surface Reduction.

What it sells: Trellix

What Trellix Wise for Private Cloud does[4][5]
Trellix Wise for Private Cloud runs with no need to connect to the public cloud. The Trellix Security Platform is powered by Trellix Wise. Integrated security controls across endpoint, network, data, email and third parties correlate signals and data access to detect and respond to threats.
What Trellix Endpoint Security does[8]
Trellix Endpoint Security (ENS) covers on-prem, cloud and disconnected environments and is managed from a single source. Trellix Agent provides EPP, EDR, Device Control and Forensics as one agent. Threat protection uses advanced machine learning, exploit prevention and heuristics.
What Trellix Data Encryption does[11]
Encryption policies are deployed through a single management console, with monitoring of encryption status and compliance reports. Trellix Native Drive Encryption centralizes management of both BitLocker and FileVault in a central console that is available on-premises or via SaaS. Trellix FRP protects organizations when data is transferred to removable media and file shares.
What Trellix Threat Intelligence Exchange does[12]
Trellix Threat Intelligence Exchange (TIE) alerts the network administrator of an unknown file in the environment. Decisions about never-before-seen files draw on endpoint context combined with collective threat intelligence.
What Trellix Private Global Threat Intelligence does[13]
Trellix Private Global Threat Intelligence delivers real-time File/IP/URL/certificates threat data. Trellix Private Global Threat Intelligence consolidates third-party feeds, supports custom reputations and integrates with REST APIs.

Questions about Bitdefender and Trellix

What do Bitdefender and Trellix sell?
Bitdefender sells GravityZone PHASR and GravityZone MSP Security Solutions. Trellix sells Trellix Wise for Private Cloud, Trellix Endpoint Security, Trellix Data Encryption, Trellix Threat Intelligence Exchange and Trellix Private Global Threat Intelligence.
Are Bitdefender and Trellix in the same category?
Yes. EDR and XDR is the primary category of both on CISO Tribune.
Where are Bitdefender and Trellix headquartered?
Bitdefender is headquartered in Bucharest, Romania.
When were Bitdefender and Trellix founded?
Bitdefender was founded in 2001. Trellix was founded in 2022.
Who owns Bitdefender and Trellix?
Trellix is owned by Symphony Technology Group, since 2022.
Who are Bitdefender and Trellix sold to?
From its own pages, Bitdefender sells mainly to small and medium businesses, mid-market enterprises and consumers. Trellix Wise for Private Cloud is deployed on the customer's own hardware or in the customer's own VPC.
What have Bitdefender and Trellix announced recently?
September 23, 2026: Bitdefender announced GravityZone AI Visibility and Control, a solution giving organizations and MSPs visibility into employee AI tool usage and the ability to reduce related risks.

About Bitdefender

Bitdefender provides cybersecurity solutions to small and medium businesses, mid-market enterprises and consumers.

Bitdefender says it has protected millions of consumer and business environments since 2001. Bitdefender states that it protects millions of users across 170 countries. Bitdefender says it collaborates with global law enforcement to dismantle cybercriminal networks. For enterprise customers, Bitdefender offers a security platform or a managed service.

Bitdefender says GravityZone integrates global cloud-based whitelisting and hybrid machine learning voting algorithms to minimize false positives across endpoint processes. Bitdefender says it serves more than 40,000 businesses, government entities, and non-profit organizations in industries worldwide. Bitdefender says its unified endpoint security and analytics platform and managed services help organizations across client, server, on-premises, cloud or hybrid environments. Bitdefender has global teams driving innovation and growth across the GravityZone platform and cybersecurity services.[11][12]

For small businesses, Bitdefender sells security meant to defeat advanced threats like phishing, ransomware and fileless attacks without burdening IT teams. Bitdefender sells endpoint security for smaller businesses that covers file servers, desktops, or laptops, physical or virtual machines. Bitdefender Native XDR uses ML to automatically correlate and consolidate threat signals across endpoints, identities, apps, network, clouds, mobile devices and beyond. Bitdefender integrates Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) into Extended Detection and Response (XDR) for protection of all identities and identity infrastructure. Bitdefender HyperDetect enables organizations to fine-tune ML detection and stop advanced attacks at pre-execution. Bitdefender says Anomaly Defense uses AI technologies to build behavior baselines and spot anomalies with minimum noise. The Bitdefender GravityZone AI Assistant uses Large Language Models (LLMs) to simplify threat investigations by answering analysts' questions instantly.[1]

Bitdefender sells a service that uses 24/7 monitoring, technologies deployed at the host and network layers, advanced analytics, threat intelligence, and human expertise in incident investigation to remove threat actors from customer environments. Bitdefender says its security analysts keep eyes on customer businesses 24x7x365. Bitdefender offers a service that provides all the protections of the MDR service along with comprehensive dark web detection and response. Bitdefender MDR Foundations offers MSPs a Managed Detection & Response service featuring 24x7 monitoring, threat hunting and rapid response. Bitdefender Offensive Services provide organizations with Penetration Testing and Red Teaming services.[1][12]

Bitdefender sells a product to discover and manage public cloud configurations and identities to reduce risk and accelerate compliance. Bitdefender sells security for cloud workloads in Amazon that uses the same web console as physical, virtual, and any other cloud environments. Bitdefender sells external attack surface management that discovers, monitors and secures internet-facing assets, shadow IT, misconfigured services, and forgotten subdomains. Bitdefender sells a product that automates compliance monitoring and real-time evidence collection to stay audit-ready. Bitdefender sells email protection that combines cloud-native, API-enabled protection and a secure email gateway (SEG) in one solution. Bitdefender offers automatic patch management delivered from the GravityZone Console. Bitdefender offers operating system native encryption management for Windows and Mac. Bitdefender sells an on-device mobile security solution for iOS, Android and ChromeOS devices. Bitdefender GravityZone PHASR is described as delivering dynamic, personalized hardening that reduces attack surface without hurting productivity. PHASR stands for Proactive Hardening and Attack Surface Reduction. Bitdefender Advanced Threat Intelligence collects and correlates data from sensors across the globe.

For service providers, Bitdefender sells security for Managed Service Providers with monthly usage-based licensing and a single web console to protect all customers. GravityZone MSP Security Solutions has three offerings called Secure, Secure Plus, and Secure Extra.

Florin Talpes, Bitdefender's Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, founded with his wife Mariuca one of the first private software companies in post-communist Romania, which grew to become Bitdefender. Andrei Florescu is President and GM of the Business Solutions Group at Bitdefender. Bitdefender says it has been advancing AI in cybersecurity since 2008. Bitdefender says its technology is licensed by more than 150 technology and cybersecurity brands. Bitdefender says its team is behind over 540 patents. Bitdefender says over half of its employees are dedicated to research and development. Bitdefender says it has headquarters, research hubs, and security operations and sales and business centers across multiple continents.[5][6][12][15][16]

Bitdefender on the record

Sources

Bitdefender full record

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Trellix full record

  1. [1]PlatformTrellix · trellix.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Symphony technology group announces the launch of extended detection and response provider trellixTrellix · trellix.com · published January 19, 2022 · Tier A
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  5. [5]Trellix Wise | Machine-speed defense for the AI eraTrellix · undated page, accessed October 29, 2026 · Tier A
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  9. [9]Cloud Workload Security | TrellixTrellix · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Data Loss Prevention | TrellixTrellix · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
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  12. [12]Threat Intelligence Exchange | TrellixTrellix · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]Trellix Guardians | TrellixTrellix · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A

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