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Trellix vs Trend Micro

Trellix sells the Trellix Security Platform, an AI-powered platform powered by Trellix Wise. Trend Micro is a cybersecurity company whose TrendAI business sells enterprise security, including TrendAI Vision One. 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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Trellix vs Trend Micro: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
TrellixTrellix sells the Trellix Security Platform, an AI-powered platform powered by Trellix Wise.trellix.comTrend MicroTrend Micro is a cybersecurity company whose TrendAI business sells enterprise security, including TrendAI Vision One.trendmicro.com
What it sells
  • 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.
  • TrendAI Deep Discovery Inspector[19]Version 7.0 includes an active scanner for device discovery as a Vision One network sensor.
  • Phish Insight[20]Service that involves phishing simulation emails sent to employees.
Categories
Headquarters
Not stated on its pagesTokyo, Japan[3][25]
Founded
20221988[3]
Ownership and funding
Owned by Symphony Technology Group since 2022[4][5][13]Public (TSE: 4704)[2][7][10][14]
Named customers
Not stated on its pages
  • Amazon MGM Studios[4]
  • Decathlon[5]
  • Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board[6]
Recent news
Not stated on its pages
  • October 19, 2026Trend Micro announced up to 10 billion yen toward a cyber resilience initiative aimed at strengthening security for Japanese organizations.[12]
  • September 29, 2026TrendAI opened a private preview of Autonomous Vulnerability Discovery, a service that finds, validates and checks fixes for flaws in customer source code.[7]
  • August 20, 2026TrendAI, an enterprise business unit of Trend Micro, announced it has passed $1 billion in global AWS Marketplace sales.[28]
  • August 19, 2026TrendLife, the consumer business unit of Trend Micro, announced the availability of TrendLife Kaleida, an AI solution designed for families.[27]
  • August 13, 2026Trend Micro reported second-quarter 2026 results for the period ended June 30, with annual recurring revenue above 1.7 billion US dollars, up 5%.[8]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: Not stated on its pages
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
  • G2: listed, seen November 3, 2026[14]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
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.From its own pages, Trend Micro sells mainly to enterprise organizations, and says it serves them across many countries. TrendAI is the enterprise security business of Trend Micro. Trend Micro describes the businesses in its portfolio as each serving distinct customers, markets, and needs. Apex One is available on-premises and as a service, so both deployment models appear. Phish Insight is used by customers' IT administrators, who upload the recipients of the service. Trend Micro also offers security for devices, identity, and privacy at home and on mobile.
Last verified
September 27, 2026October 10, 2026

Where they overlap

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

Where they differ, field by field

  • Trend Micro is also filed under Cloud-native application protection (CNAPP) and Email security.
  • Trellix lists Trellix Wise for Private Cloud, Trellix Endpoint Security, Trellix Data Encryption, Trellix Threat Intelligence Exchange and Trellix Private Global Threat Intelligence. Trend Micro lists TrendAI Deep Discovery Inspector and Phish Insight.
  • Trend Micro is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
  • Trellix was founded in 2022. Trend Micro was founded in 1988.
  • Trellix is owned by Symphony Technology Group, since 2022. Trend Micro is a public company listed on TSE as 4704.
  • Trend Micro publicly names Amazon MGM Studios, Decathlon and Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board.

How they differ

CISO Tribune files both Trellix and Trend Micro under EDR and XDR as their primary category, and Trend Micro is also filed under Cloud-native application protection (CNAPP) and Email security. Trellix sells the Trellix Security Platform, which is powered by Trellix Wise, along with Trellix Endpoint Security, which packages EPP, EDR, Device Control and Forensics in one agent. Trellix also sells Trellix Data Encryption, Trellix Threat Intelligence Exchange and Trellix Private Global Threat Intelligence, and Trellix Wise for Private Cloud runs on customer hardware or in the customer VPC. Trend Micro's enterprise business, TrendAI, sells TrendAI Vision One, and Trend Micro also sells TrendAI Deep Discovery Inspector and Phish Insight, a phishing simulation service. Trend Micro lists Apex One both on-premises and as a service.

Trellix was founded in 2022 and has been owned by Symphony Technology Group since 2022. Trend Micro was founded in 1988, is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and is a public company listed on TSE as 4704. Trellix names SMS Group as a customer of the Trellix Security Platform. Trend Micro publicly names Amazon MGM Studios, Decathlon and Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board as customers.

On recent activity, Trend Micro announced on October 19, 2026 up to 10 billion yen toward a cyber resilience initiative for Japanese organizations. On September 29, 2026, TrendAI opened a private preview of Autonomous Vulnerability Discovery. On August 13, 2026, Trend Micro reported second-quarter 2026 results with annual recurring revenue above 1.7 billion US dollars, up 5%.

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.

What it sells: Trend Micro

What TrendAI Deep Discovery Inspector does[19]
TrendAI Deep Discovery Inspector (DDI) 7.0, build 7.0.1066, has been released. DDI 7.0 includes an active scanner for device discovery as a Vision One network sensor. DDI 7.0 supports upgrading from DDI version 6.7 or 6.8.
What Phish Insight does[20]
Phish Insight collects and transmits data to Trend Micro as part of using the service. IT administrators sign up and receive a verification email.

Questions about Trellix and Trend Micro

What do Trellix and Trend Micro sell?
Trellix sells Trellix Wise for Private Cloud, Trellix Endpoint Security, Trellix Data Encryption, Trellix Threat Intelligence Exchange and Trellix Private Global Threat Intelligence. Trend Micro sells TrendAI Deep Discovery Inspector and Phish Insight.
Are Trellix and Trend Micro in the same category?
Yes. EDR and XDR is the primary category of both on CISO Tribune.
Where are Trellix and Trend Micro headquartered?
Trend Micro is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
When were Trellix and Trend Micro founded?
Trellix was founded in 2022. Trend Micro was founded in 1988.
Who owns Trellix and Trend Micro?
Trellix is owned by Symphony Technology Group, since 2022. Trend Micro is a public company listed on TSE as 4704.
Which customers do Trellix and Trend Micro name?
Trend Micro publicly names Amazon MGM Studios, Decathlon and Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board.
Who are Trellix and Trend Micro sold to?
Trellix Wise for Private Cloud is deployed on the customer's own hardware or in the customer's own VPC. From its own pages, Trend Micro sells mainly to enterprise organizations, and says it serves them across many countries.
What have Trellix and Trend Micro announced recently?
October 19, 2026: Trend Micro announced up to 10 billion yen toward a cyber resilience initiative aimed at strengthening security for Japanese organizations.

About Trellix

Trellix sells the Trellix Security Platform, an AI-powered platform powered by Trellix Wise. Trellix Wise for Private Cloud runs entirely on customer hardware or in the customer VPC, with no need to connect to the public cloud. Trellix describes integrated security controls across endpoint, network, data, email and third parties that correlate signals and data access across an environment to detect and respond to threats. Trellix intelligence connects signals and contextualizes data across security controls to anticipate, prepare for and prevent attacks. Trellix unifies protection across on-premises, air-gapped, cloud and operational technology environments for organizations at all stages of maturity.[1][6][7]

Trellix Endpoint Security (ENS) provides multi-layered endpoint protection across on-prem, cloud and disconnected environments in a single agent, managed from a single source. Trellix Agent provides EPP, EDR, Device Control and Forensics, and deploys, uninstalls, upgrades and patches as one agent. Trellix Endpoint Security threat protection uses advanced machine learning, exploit prevention and heuristics. Endpoint hardening uses device control, application control, allow and deny lists, and host firewall capabilities to reduce the attack surface. ePolicy Orchestrator offers a single console to manage deployment, installation, security policies, event monitoring and response, and compliance. ePO is FedRAMP certified. Trellix ePolicy Orchestrator lets customers roll back updates if needed.[8]

Trellix offers a single pane view that consolidates management across physical, virtual and hybrid-cloud environments. Trellix can import AWS and Microsoft Azure tag information into Trellix ePO to assign and manage workloads automatically. Workload countermeasures include machine learning, application containment, virtual machine-optimized anti-malware, whitelisting, file integrity monitoring and micro-segmentation. Trellix Enterprise Security Manager provides real-time monitoring and visibility into activity on systems, networks, databases and applications.[6][9]

Trellix DLP offers a single console to manage deployment, administer policies, monitor events in real time and produce out-of-the-box reports. Trellix Device Control is available on-premises and via SaaS. Trellix Device Control is available stand-alone or included in Trellix DLP Endpoint Complete. The Trellix DLP AI Data Risk Dashboard supports compliance objectives and enforcement of AI usage policies across the enterprise. Trellix DLP extends protection to content in Google Chrome Enterprise, Microsoft Edge for Business, Firefox and Island. Trellix partners with Skyhigh Security to extend its DLP into cloud data repositories.[10]

Trellix Data Encryption products secure devices and removable media to ensure that only authorized users can access the information they contain. 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. FRP works with Windows and macOS and offers a variety of authentication methods, including multifactor authentication. Healthcare systems and manufacturing with shared workstations and laptops are a common use case for multi-user environments, where different users authenticate on the same device.[11]

Trellix Threat Intelligence Exchange combines internal and external threat data and shares it across the security ecosystem. 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 (file, process and environmental attributes) combined with collective threat intelligence. Intelligence as a Service (INTaaS) provides organizations with on-demand access to actionable threat intelligence, analysis and insights tailored to their specific intelligence needs. Trellix Private Global Threat Intelligence (pGTI) is a private-cloud reputation service delivering 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. ATLAS is an analytic platform that uses machine learning technologies to query detections and correlate threat campaign data, giving customers access to detection information from the Trellix global sensor network.[12]

Guardians provide tailored threat intelligence and advisory services, working closely with the Trellix Advanced Research Center (ARC). Trellix offers 24/7 incident response, forensics and recovery to contain cyberattacks. Trellix helps build cybersecurity programs, offering risk assessments, SOC build-outs, PCI DSS compliance and frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001 and CIS Controls. Trellix assesses, designs and builds SOCs. A Compromise Assessment detects hidden breaches missed by defenses, using threat hunting, forensics and threat intelligence. A Threat Intelligence Resident embeds with clients to monitor threats, deliver tailored insights, support incidents and train teams.

SMS Group chose the Trellix Security Platform. Trellix solutions are used for architecting security continuity across IT/OT infrastructure.[1][2][3][7][10][12]

Trellix on the record

Sources

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
  3. [3]Trellix welcomes new ceo to lead next phase of growthTrellix · trellix.com · published January 22, 2025 · Tier A
  4. [4]Trellix | Intelligence-led Cyber ResilienceTrellix · undated page, accessed October 29, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Trellix Wise | Machine-speed defense for the AI eraTrellix · undated page, accessed October 29, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Endpoint, Data, Network, and Email Security Products | TrellixTrellix · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Trellix Security PlatformTrellix · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Endpoint Security | TrellixTrellix · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  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
  11. [11]Data Encryption | TrellixTrellix · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  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

Trend Micro full record

  1. [1]PlatformTrend Micro (TrendAI) · trendaisecurity.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Trend Micro's Enterprise Business is now TrendAI™Trend Micro Incorporated · published March 23, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]sec.govTrend Micro, Inc. via SEC EDGAR · sec.gov · published October 31, 2006 · Tier A
  4. [4]Amazon mgm studiosTrend Micro · trendmicro.com · undated page, accessed October 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]DecathlonTrend Micro · trendmicro.com · undated page, accessed October 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]DpcdsbTrend Micro · trendmicro.com · undated page, accessed October 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]2026 09 29 Introducing TrendAI TM Autonomous Vulnerability Discovery Next Generation Threat Remediation at Machine SpeedTrend Micro · newsroom.trendmicro.com · published September 29, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]2026 08 13 Trend Micro Reports Earnings Results for Q2 2026Trend Micro · newsroom.trendmicro.com · published August 13, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]2026 05 14 Trend Micro Reports Earnings Results for Q1 2026Trend Micro · newsroom.trendmicro.com · published May 14, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Trend Micro (US) | Global Enterprise AI Cybersecurity PlatformTrend Micro · undated page, accessed October 29, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Smart Protections Server Disconnected from Smart Scan/Web ReputationTrend Micro · undated page, accessed October 29, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Trend Micro Announces Up to ¥10 Billion toward Cyber Resilience Initiative to Strengthen Security for Japanese Organizations in the AI EraTrend Micro · published October 19, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]TrendAI™ Launches Inception Program to Power the Next Wave of Secure AI InnovationTrend Micro · published May 31, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Trend Micro Antivirus + Security Reviews & Product DetailsG2 · undated page, accessed October 29, 2026 · Tier C
  15. [15]Upgrade to Foundation-based Endpoint Inventory: Key ConsiderationsTrend Micro · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  16. [16]SECURITY ALERT: WordPress Core unauthenticated RCE (CVE-2026-119977)Trend Micro · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  17. [17]TrendAI Vision One™ Agent OS Compatibility Matrix & SupportTrend Micro · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  18. [18]Uninstall client or agent - Trend Micro Apex OneTrend Micro · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  19. [19]TrendAI Deep Discovery Inspector DDI 7.0 Released – What's NewTrend Micro · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  20. [20]Data Collection Disclosure - Phish InsightTrend Micro · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  21. [21]Resolving multiple vulnerabilities - Control ManagerTrend Micro · published June 19, 2018 · Tier A
  22. [22]Multiple Vulnerabilities - InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance 6.5Trend Micro · published March 28, 2017 · Tier A
  23. [23]Multiple vulnerabilities on Trend Micro Smart Protection ServerTrend Micro · published August 8, 2016 · Tier A
  24. [24]Trend Micro Launches End-to-End Protection for Agentic AI Systems with NVIDIATrend Micro · published November 5, 2025 · Tier A
  25. [25]TrendAI™ appoints Auckland-based Richard Harrison as Global VP of AI SecurityTrend Micro · published July 23, 2026 · Tier A
  26. [26]Trend Micro Reports Earnings Results for Q4 2025 and FY 2025Trend Micro · published February 18, 2026 · Tier A
  27. [27]TrendLife Announces Kaleida: The World's First Safe AI Built for Every Member of the FamilyTrend Micro · published August 19, 2026 · Tier A
  28. [28]TrendAI™ Surpasses $1 Billion in AWS Marketplace Sales as AI Security Co-Innovation with AWS AcceleratesTrend Micro · published August 20, 2026 · Tier A

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