Bitdefender

Antivirus and GravityZone EDR/XDR with ransomware protection and bundled VPN

Bucharest, Romania · Founded 2001 · Paid
A European alternative to Norton McAfee CrowdStrike Falcon SentinelOne Trend Micro Sophos Kaspersky

About Bitdefender

Bitdefender is a Romanian cybersecurity company founded in 2001 and headquartered in Bucharest. The consumer line (Antivirus Plus, Internet Security, Total Security, Premium Security) covers Windows, macOS, iOS and Android with multi-layer ransomware protection, anti-tracker, parental controls, a 200 MB/day VPN on the lower tiers and unlimited VPN on Premium; pricing starts around USD 12.99/year. Bitdefender also sells GravityZone endpoint, EDR/XDR and MDR products to businesses and licenses its detection engines to other security vendors.

Quick facts

Pricing model Paid
Free trial
Open source
Self-hostable No
Public API No
Target audience BOTH
Company size fit All
DPA available Yes
Data stored in EU Yes
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