Bitdefender GravityZone

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Bitdefender GravityZone is a comprehensive cybersecurity solution that provides advanced threat prevention, risk management, and endpoint protection for businesses of all sizes. It is designed to help companies detect, prevent, and respond to cyberattacks, and to secure their network, endpoints, and sensitive data.

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Due to the many features and tools offered by GravityZone, the platform can be quite complex and may require more IT expertise and resources to implement and manage. GravityZone requires a certain level of system resources and may not be suitable for older or less powerful systems, which could impact system performance and user experience.

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The security advice and automated remediation. The isolation and investigation features are great.

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Lack of support for mobike devices within platform.

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Bitdefender GravityZone offers some nice features like: The Apps Blacklist, Malware detection, system analysis, etc. All these combined with the nice user-interface make this software a pretty decent one.

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There is not a lot I don't like about Bitdefender GravityZone, but their prices are a bit high. It would be nice to see a slight reduction in the prices. Other than that, I think initial installation and setup should be made easier on the user.

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I like that it's never let a threat overcome any endpoint.

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The management of the software, protection profiles and other settings is somewhat confusing. The terms used in the dashboard area are sometimes confusing and could use some better explanation in the help area.

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In many cases, Bitdefender has a very good detection ratio. In many cases, we prevented the ransomware attacks. 
User friendly .
Good Support.

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Patch management need to improve.
It should provide the ability to deploy third-party software.

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I use Bitdefender Gravityzone For my computers as well as all of my clients computers. The platform is great, the protection is amazing And being cloud hosted is very helpful.

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It was a little difficult to get started as I had to be redirected to reseller but once that process was complete they have been a huge help. So it wasn’t really a negative

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When it comes to protecting yourself and your files, you need to know that you are protected! With Bitdefender you have that piece of mind knowing that you truly are. The suite not only covers you from viruses, but protects your email, your wifi, and has a built in firewall! For me this is the all in one solution!

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Sometimes Bitdefender blocks me from doing what I want, but in all fairness, I have it set at the highest security level. Even when I'm blocked, I can jump into Bitdefender and allow what ever was blocked.

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Since switching to BitDefender, the number of infections reported by my clients has drastically decreased. I am very impressed with how effective the product is. Additionally, I rarely see a performance impact on the systems that are being protected.

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There are some limitations to exclusions that can be a bit frustrating. Some exclusions must be added with the full path, so if a program is in the profile of many different users across multiple computers, if can be hard to manage.

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Ease of administration, reporting, strength of product effectiveness, Covers al aspects of security and is fully customizable

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The online web interface is a little cumbersome to navigate in layout. It would also be nice if all the agents could be locally administered from a console on a server or admin PC.

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It does not annoy you like other antivirus solutions. It is light weigh and rarely interferes with anything.

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The management interface is clunky. Everyone complains about that.

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The ability to setup different policies and have them applied to different users, As we all know the C level usually dont appreciate the barriers some products make mandatory, I can make that choice and add some as quiet features for them instead of having a pop up hassle them. Also the broad scope Bitdefender covers as well as being known as one of the best.

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Very little would I fine tune but recently they came out with a risk assessment module and instead of making me call a sales person for the patch management solution a simple cost associated with it when I click on it would be nice

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Business version is reasonably easy to setup and deploy. Users do not see hundreds of notifications (which are annoying) and overall is really easy to monitor.
Total Security package is hands down easy to use and software does it all for you. Even on the phone it is securing you against all threats in the web.

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Not always deployment tool works so have to use other methods (there are few) and so have to keep an eye if all devices have it installed (task have not failed).

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Best rated antivirus and is light on computer resources. Too many of the best known antivirus packages are resource hogs that slow down your system. Bit defender is light weight and still able to provide top-rated protection. It also has a suite of add-ons like VPN, ransomware protection and payment protection. Highly recommended!

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The license covers 3 computers. The process to install it on multiple systems is a bit clunky but not impossible to use.

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The software is easy to set up and install, and the admin interface is fairly straight forward. They support MFA out of the box and that's essential for an antivirus software. I also appreciate the ability to organize the computers into sub folders that represent my organizations structure. You can apply security policies by folder grouping and this makes it easy to target more exposed groups like customer service or traveling employees with more aggressive security policies. Finally, reports and notifications can be set up to be sent by email which is essential for when infections occur.

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The client tends to get confused somewhat frequently. If an employee travels and connects to many different networks the admin console will sometimes show duplicates of that same client and thusly take up 2 licenses. These clones are easy enough to delete, but it's still annoying.

The scanning tools are fine for routine scans, but for customer scans you must specify a target on the system. For OS X this is often the root directory for me, and for Windows it's %Win_Dir%. I'd prefer just a "scan the whole machine" checkbox rather than playing around with this. Especially considering I usually do a custom scan when something is going wrong.

Each separate admin has their own separate "console" and they have to set it up on their own. This is frustrating when you have more than one admin and each one has to customize and set up their own reports, dashboards, etc. It's also confusing that each admin only sees their own tasks. I can't see what my colleague has issued for scans recently and so I might scan or update the same machine twice for no reason. Generally, being able to see what work a colleague has done, especially in addressing a crisis, is very helpful.

They have a patch management "plugin", but it's strictly for Windows. I have a dual OS environment so I am forced to look elsewhere and would prefer a singular endpoint management solution that encompasses patch management and antivirus.

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Bitdefender works with amazing ease on the network and individual systems. It was simple to install and caused no issues. Since installing has helped with keeping employees on point for what they are supposed to do while at work and has protected the system and network from being hacked and various viruses and malware from being installed.

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There isnt anything that I do not like about this software.

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The detection rate and response is top notch. No real problems. I wish the notifications and detection notification... and licensing notifications were a little more reliable.

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The ability to deploy remotely would be awesome...

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As a home user I mostly like the detection engine of the virous guard, it detects all threats before they active and also this is not a very heavy virous guard. as a personal user all the features are in Bitdefender is very helpful to me for protect my computer from various kind of attacks. the firewall, email threat protection and application monitoring is very advanced.

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As a home user The installation process is bit difficult, first have to install it as a trial version and then you have to login to the app using registered account, and you have to add license to the web portal, It's bit difficult.

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I love bitdefender for it's multi-layered security which provides protection against various types of cyber threat's

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I haven't encountered any drawbacks using this software

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Bitdefender is the best antivirus option I've ever implemented. Besides being simple to install and configure, it is very lightweight. All policy settings are very useful. The way the tool is managed is great, it does not require a central server in the client environment, everything is managed in the cloud

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There is nothing that makes the tool gain negative points. It has always been very well on all tests, including protecting against ransoware attacks. In an environment that has firewall and proxy, you must release the update addresses, it is a bit more work.

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Bit defender is a virus guard which helps to protect the computers from number of viruses that attacks the computers. It protects the computer not only from viruses but it also protects the computers from spyware and phishing scams too.

One of the main advantages of bit defender is while the defender is running it does not make the computer slow. Bit defender runs as a background process so it does not affect the cpu or the memory. That’s why running bit defender does not cause slowness in computer .

Bit defender has the capability of scanning all the web sites and emails that a user may use. It reduces the chance of virus attacks.

It is easy to install bit defender .All you have to do is just follow the instructions given. Users does not need expertise to do all these.

It supports most of the platforms like Linux, mac and windows.

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One of the main disadvantages of bit defender is sometimes it does not work well in long terms.

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Bid defender is a great anti-virus program that doesn't overly bog down your PC, like many other programs do. It auto updates and scans in the background for problems but doesn't slow down my system like some of the other programs I have used did.

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There really aren't any cons to this program, it does what it says and seems to keep the computer working efficiently with out annoying pop ups.

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Advanced local and cloud machine learning, behavioral analytics technologies, integrated SandBox, and device hardening

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I cant find nothing so far. For last two years i didnt have any problems

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Bitdefender has very effective and comprehensive protection with a lot of appropriate automation, so that's the basic need, but what I like most about this software is that it is not intrusive, never slows me down or makes itself known except when there's a problem. Very well designed.

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Compared with other software, I can't think of what I like least. It does its job well, secures the machines and any associated devices, and keeps itself well updated. No complaints, sorry!

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This suite has helped me for years to protect my PCs and mobile devices. It doesn't slow down the computer and detects and protects the computer very well. Frequent updates are provided and there are many additional features to protect and optimize your computer.

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Sometimes the profile popups are a little annoying but it is also good to know that it is protecting you.

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We use this as additional protection on our Macs. It's easy to setup and deploy, running without interfering with anything else.

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We were using Acronis for a time which also included this solution but when we switched it was a bit of a hassle to remove and reinstall on a Mac but that's more to do with how a Mac works.

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I can set it and forget it. Monitoring made simple. Integrates with other tools well. Can easily automate installation.

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It is VERY protective by default, but is easily configurable to fit the needs of the endpoint.

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Once it is set up, GravityZone takes a very hands-off approach to Internet Security. It was easy to install and it updates regularly without having to manually push updates. It is a large program, but it doesn't use a ton of system resources, which is great because some of our hardware is older.

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Initial setup was a bit complicated. I had to contact them a few times in order to get all my bearings with the program.

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It's easy to get going, but also has the nitty gritty depth and controls an admin wants. I wasn't that versed in IT security software, but when we switched it was very easy to purchase, distribute, and get going. It's almost set it and forget it after that if you don't make any changes.

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There are some features that get disabled at different tiers that seem arbitrary or were available and no longer are at the low tier. When this happens, the clients think they should still have the feature and start throwing security risk messages.

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I love how functional Bitdefender is, how it will run on client devices with minimal impact or disruption to the client and also how wasy it is to deploy and manage endpoints from a centralised portal.

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I sometimes find the dashboard complicated and sometimes things are hard to find such as when I am trying to exclude a file from scanning modules or temporarily disable antivirus protection on a particular endpoint.

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Easy to set up for small, medium or big teams. Decent dashboard for team management. Cost effective subscription plans.

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With Bitdefender, it is quite easy to mix multiple subscriptions in the reports and UI. For example personal and work subscriptions can be easily mixed up.

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Bitdefender è un ottimo antivirus, che protegge costantemente il pc. Spesso ricevo segnalazioni in caso di navigazione su siti potenzialmente pericolosi o mail non sicure. Avendone riscontrato la qualità al lavoro, ho deciso di adottarlo come antivirus anche per il mio laptop personale.

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Non ho da segnalare ad oggi alcuna problematica.

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Strong threat detection as well as threat prevention.

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when on the internet, you need a VPN to ensure software will work

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funziona molto bene e non impatta sul sistema

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non semplicissimo da installare ma una volta fatto non richiede più nessuna azione

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Easy installing, easy to setup and it doesn't make you loose any speed.

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We like it all. So there is nothing to complain about.

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Ease of use. Easy to navigate, easy to install

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It just seems to work, so no real issues

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It updates automatically and scans devices on a schedule, so the end users don't have to think about protection. It's very effective at finding new threats.

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It can be a little confusing to deploy if you have several end users.

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We use Bitdefender GravityZone as a endpoint protection tool.
It is quite complete for the protection of the device, very customizable and can be tailored to the company requirements. It well integrates with other software to gain complete protection

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Not always easy to use completely, more complex functionalities need a bit of experience to be understood and settled up

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Bitdefender GravityZone is a truly comprehensive protection solution for small businesses.

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Bitdefender GravityZone the price is a bit high for small businesses.

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constant updates for new measures in security

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still a narrow chance of being hacked but unknown sources but it's rated highest with customer satisfaction

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C'est un EDR haute qualité qui fait pour nos clients.L'utilisateur est protégée

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L'interface reste austère malgré les efforts d'améliorationMais je recommande ça disponibilité dans tout les pays

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As an user, I feel it's not intrusive, doesn't break your workflow and does it's job.

Nachteile

It doesn't always update by itself, sometimes I have to manually trigger updates. I am not sure if it's a configuration or software problem.

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I like how effective it is against threats of various natures. It is without a doubt a powerful solution for any company, big or small.

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It is not easy to manage. We had bitdefender management platform installed inside our on-prem infrastructure, and while it worked great, managing endpoints, creating and managing policies is a complex endeavour and not intuitive at all. Also, it may be trivial to some, but scheduled scanning while active tends to use quite a chunk of system resources slowing down the computer significatly during active operations.

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Application control was the most impactful. The product is easy to use. Integrating it to our business was seamless.

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It has all features that you are looking for to protect your network and users PCs, Laptops and phones, No feature is difficult to use, integrating it to our business process was easy.

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It is really easy to use with the cloud portal being accessible from anywhere and can monitor and also run scans remotely

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As a Security solution there isnt a feature that is missing for an endpoint security solution

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Ha una capacità di rilevazione delle minacce veramente molto estesa ed efficace

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La configurazione di alcuni parametri operativi dalla console MSP a volte non è immediata

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Vorteile

Il software presenza una protezione molta avanzata da minacce informatiche come virus,malware,ransomware e attacchi a esca come il phishing. Ha disposizione diversi strumenti di rilevamento che riescono a incrociarci perfettamente senza utilizzare troppe risorse di memoria per garantire agli utenti la giusta sicurezza informatica. Permette di scansionare su tutta la rete i dispositivi e attuare contromisure in caso di violazioni o minacce dirette al sistema. Le licenze che si vogliono comprare riescono a proteggere sistemi operativi diversi all'interno della stessa rete, non ha importanza che sia Windows,MacOS o Android. Ottimo anche la funzionalità di filtraggio del web e di poter controllare la crittografia dei dati.

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Per la quantità di funzionalità il costo non è indifferente inoltre bisogna per forza di cose appoggiarsi a un tecnico all'interno dell'azienda. Non risulta ottimale su PC datati di vecchie generazioni o su server troppo avanti con gli anni.

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We have used Bitdefender in our company as endpoint security and network protection. I like the antivirus and malware protection on the PC it works very effectively, and it is one of the oldest antivirus applications in the world.

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This software is a little bit expansive compared to same antivirus applications.

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Bitdefender constantly runs in the background. I set it up and just let it run. If something iffy happens, it lets me know. The best part is the confidence that I don't have to babysit protecting my data.

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Monthly billing. Annual is probably available. I need to change to that if possible. The cost is minimal, so a longer billing interval would be painless for the one license I currently need.

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Bitdefender Gravityzone Business is an extremely cost effective and high performance solution that puts the 5 other enterprise endpoint protection products I've managed over the last 20 years to shame.

It is simple to deploy and manage. It requires minimal attention. custom exclusions are rare and those I've had to create have been due to vendor stupidity, like sharing updates in an AWS container. I

n addition to the typical features of most endpoint protection products, it includes features that are found in specialized products that cost more than Bitdefender alone. I've told many an endpoint security vendor, "Sorry, Bitdefender already does that for me. It might not do it as well, but it does the job your software does and more for less than half of what you want to charge me for your one trick pony."

Bitdefender keeps adding security features to the base product without raising the price or drop in performance. It provides amazing network protection without implementing the Firewall. It is the only comprehensive solution I know of that provides true Ransomware Protection, which is behavior based. I have actually seen this in action when migrating data to a niche document management application. Bitdefender saw it encrypting files willy nilly while ingesting them and determined the behavior matched that of a ransomware application and stopped it dead. The application had previously encrypted files that were uploaded to it and it had never triggered before.

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The only time I've run into significant difficulty was migrating from on premise to the cloud. The methods for doing that were not ass clean or simple to implement as I would have liked. The migration patch is not "finished" software and I've determined that systems that were "migrated" have leftover information from the On-Premise configuration that causes random communication issues that are invariably cleared by uninstalling and reinstalling.

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Generally speaking, the software is weel designed and with many normal features. It's not pricey and you will be able to use it across multiple Windows, Mac, iOS and Android devices.

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When they release a version with a bug, they take forever to fix it. In 2020 a bug on the Mac version made the software freeze and made the Mac slower. There were active threads on the companies' forums, and it took them over 3 months to fix this issue. And in 2021, a bug automatically boots the VPN app on Mac, even though they have the option to turn this off. This bug was reported at least in early February 2021, the company acknowledge the issue and in mid-September 2021 they haven't been able to fix this simple issue.

Also, the VPN app is a paid feature, which would be better to include in the normal subscription package. If not, it would be better to leave this app away of the offering, and instead, make it an optional download.