Microsoft Defender Suite vs Purview Suite

81 of 84 features differ. Differences are shown first, grouped by product area.

Microsoft Defender Suite
Microsoft Purview Suite

Prices are US list prices per user/month with an annual commitment, verified November 1, 2026. Sources: Microsoft Defender Suite (opens in a new tab), Microsoft Purview Suite (opens in a new tab).

Key differences

81 of 84 features differ, most in Threat protection (51), Data protection & compliance (22) and Identity & access (8).
Both cost $12.00 per user/month.
Microsoft Defender Suite includes 58 features Microsoft Purview Suite does not, such as Defender for Endpoint Plan 2, Defender for Office 365 Plan 2 and Entra ID Plan 2.
Microsoft Purview Suite includes 22 features Microsoft Defender Suite does not, such as Insider risk management, eDiscovery (Premium) and Conditional Access for SharePoint sites.
1 more feature differs only in how it is listed: partial, announced, an add-on or to verify.

58 included only in Microsoft Defender Suite
22 included only in Microsoft Purview Suite

Included
Included at that level
Add-on
Partial or announced
Unclear in the sources; verify before buying
Not included

Feature coverage for Microsoft Defender Suite, Microsoft Purview Suite, grouped by product area
Feature	Microsoft Defender Suite, $12.00 per user/month	Microsoft Purview Suite, $12.00 per user/month
Identity & access, 8 differences
Conditional Access for SharePoint sites	Not included	Included
Entra ID Plan 2	Included	Not included
Access reviews	Included	Not included
Entitlement management (basic)	Included	Not included
Entra ID Protection	Included	Not included
MFA registration policy	Included	Not included
Privileged Identity Management (PIM)	Included	Not included
Risk-based Conditional Access	Included	Not included
Threat protection, 51 differences
Defender for Office 365 Plan 2	Included	Not included
Attack simulation training	Included	Not included
Automated investigation and response (AIR)	Included	Not included
Campaign views	Included	Not included
Compromised user detection	Included	Not included
Teams message entity panel	Included	Not included
Teams message quarantine	Included	Not included
Threat Explorer	Included	Not included
Threat trackers	Included	Not included
Defender for Office 365 Plan 1	Included	Not included
Advanced anti-phishing	Included	Not included
Real-time reports	Included	Not included
Safe Attachments	Included	Not included
Safe Links	Included	Not included
Exchange Online Protection	Included	Not included
Defender for Identity	Included	Not included
Defender for Endpoint Plan 2	Included	Not included
Advanced hunting	Included	Not included
Automated investigations	Included	Not included
Defender for Cloud Apps integration	Included	Not included
Endpoint attack notifications (suspended)	Included	Not included
Endpoint detection and response (EDR)	Included	Not included
Evaluation lab	Included	Not included
Threat analytics	Included	Not included
Six months of searchable data	Included	Not included
Defender Vulnerability Management (core)	Included	Not included
Configuration assessment	Included	Not included
Continuous monitoring	Included	Not included
Device discovery	Included	Not included
Device inventory	Included	Not included
Remediation tracking	Included	Not included
Risk-based prioritization	Included	Not included
Software inventory	Included	Not included
Software usage insights	Included	Not included
Vulnerability assessment	Included	Not included
Defender for Endpoint Plan 1	Included	Not included
Attack surface reduction (enhanced)	Included	Not included
Block at first sight	Included	Not included
Centralized management	Included	Not included
Cross-platform support	Included	Not included
Manual response actions	Included	Not included
Mobile threat defense	Included	Not included
Next-generation protection	Included	Not included
Tamper protection	Included	Not included
Web content filtering	Included	Not included
Defender for IoT, enterprise IoT (5 devices per license)	Included	Not included
Safe Documents	Included	Not included
Microsoft Sentinel benefit	Included	Not included
Anti-phishing protection	Included	Not included
Real-time detections	Included	Not included
URL time-of-click protection	Included	Not included
Data protection & compliance, 22 differences
Audit (Premium)	Not included	Included
Communication compliance	Not included	Included
Customer Key	Not included	Included
Customer Lockbox	Not included	Included
Data lifecycle management	Not included	Included
Double Key Encryption	Not included	Included
eDiscovery (Premium)	Not included	Included
Exact data match	Not included	Included
Information barriers	Not included	Included
Advanced Message Encryption	Not included	Included
Privileged access management	Not included	Included
Records management	Not included	Included
Rules-based classification (Office 365)	Not included	Included
Teams data loss prevention (DLP)	Not included	Included
Teams DLP and export APIs in Microsoft Graph	Not included	Included
Three premium Compliance Manager templates	Not included	Included
Rules-based classification (client and scanner)	Not included	Included
Advanced analytics (Microsoft Purview)	Not included	Included
Endpoint data loss prevention (DLP)	Not included	Included
Insider risk management	Not included	Included
Trainable classifiers	Not included	Included
10-year audit log retention	Not included	Add-on