Bitdefender Pricing Fail

[Foxhound5366]

So I just got two e-mails from Bitdefender, five minutes apart:



Spot the little flaw?

Don't get me wrong, I like a personalised special offer as much as the next guy, but when Bitdefender's pricing is this flexible to the very same person (by accident one hopes) then it makes one kinda doubt the product as a whole. It's basically the same e-mail with three of their products all at the same price, except the price differs by a R100 between the two e-mails (a not insubstantial 20%-25% difference depending on which e-mail you take as the baseline).

That said I'm actually reasonably happy with Bitdefender: it stays in the background and I've never had a virus for the few years I've been using Bitdefender for my and my wife's laptops, but still this kinda sucks.

 

[Bryn]

Bitdefender is the only antivirus I've ever owned that I uninstalled before the year was up. I think I managed to persevere for 3 months or so and then bought something else.

Non-stop issues relating to network sharing. The unending back and forth with their absolutely pathetic support didn't solve anything. Eventually I just bought a year of ESET and moved on. Won't touch Bitdefender again.

 

[Foxhound5366]

Bitdefender is the only antivirus I've ever owned that I uninstalled before the year was up. I think I managed to persevere for 3 months or so and then bought something else.

Non-stop issues relating to network sharing. The unending back and forth with their absolutely pathetic support didn't solve anything. Eventually I just bought a year of ESET and moved on. Won't touch Bitdefender again.

Hmm, that's interesting. I've never run into any snags, but then again I've never tried network sharing lol.

 

[backstreetboy]

Damn AV's are expensive :wtf: Windows Defender/Microsoft Security Essentials and Virustotal.com ftw!

 

[Crowley]

Common sense and not visiting dodgy websites is cheaper.

 

[Foxhound5366]

Damn AV's are expensive :wtf: Windows Defender/Microsoft Security Essentials and Virustotal.com ftw!

I don't think it's that bad. Especially with Bitdefender's tendency to do deep discounts: R400 for a five-user annual license is as cheap as chips. I mean, what is the cost value to you of losing all your data to a malicious virus (or even just a tiny fraction of the sensitive stuff)? I remember back in my good old varsity days I just stuck to AVG Free and hoped for the best lol.

 

[Bryn]

Hmm, that's interesting. I've never run into any snags, but then again I've never tried network sharing lol.

Kaspersky is objectively the best antivirus. Such a shame they almost never offer a decent discount.

 

[backstreetboy]

I don't think it's that bad. Especially with Bitdefender's tendency to do deep discounts: R400 for a five-user annual license is as cheap as chips. I mean, what is the cost value to you of losing all your data to a malicious virus (or even just a tiny fraction of the sensitive stuff)? I remember back in my good old varsity days I just stuck to AVG Free and hoped for the best lol.

The world kind of moved on. You now get cloud storage where you can store that data you don't want to loose (I'm using Google Drive). Not to mention MS tightening Windows with the Windows 10 anniversary update and even more updates to come with the Windows 10 Creators update early next year (2017 03). Chrome and MS Edge starting to block Flash so less holes that way. Gmail and Office 365 comes with build in spam and virus protection. That's why you see AV companies branching out and you now see AV Internet security packages with build in Password manager, VPN etc etc., basically just more bloat slowing down your system.

 

[mister]

Kaspersky is objectively the best antivirus. Such a shame they almost never offer a decent discount.

My annual subscription just expired and I uninstalled it. The integration with firefox was utterly dreadful - really slowed down your browsing. Finding my PC generally more responsive without it.

 

[Bryn]

I don't think it's that bad. Especially with Bitdefender's tendency to do deep discounts: R400 for a five-user annual license is as cheap as chips. I mean, what is the cost value to you of losing all your data to a malicious virus (or even just a tiny fraction of the sensitive stuff)? I remember back in my good old varsity days I just stuck to AVG Free and hoped for the best lol.

AVG has the best value package: AVG Ultimate for R500 at Incredible. Unlimited installations of the antivirus and PC TuneUp components. That one price has allowed me to offer AVG to countless family members. And TuneUp is amazing. Used to use TuneUp Utilities religiously, and AVG owned it and renamed it.

Unfortunately AVG is probably the worst virus and malware protection of the big brands. I use Malwarebytes Premium too though, which I'm sure can pick up the slack.

Common sense and not visiting dodgy websites is cheaper.

That won't help in many instances. If there are other users on your network it's downright irresponsible to have an unprotected Windows PC.

My annual subscription just expired and I uninstalled it. The integration with firefox was utterly dreadful - really slowed down your browsing. Finding my PC generally more responsive without it.

Thanks for the heads up, as I use Firefox and was planning on getting Kaspersky when my current AVG expired.

 

[aleksandar]

I'm using Avira for some time and it seems to work well.

When my initial 2 year subscription lapsed I decided to use free version for some time before deciding what to buy next.

You must see number of special offers that I received with various pricing structures.
Got best offer after a week or so that I could not refuse (few machines and phone too)

They all do it.

 

[Thor]

Bitdefender is k@k

Eset or nothing.

 

[Foxhound5366]

Bitdefender is k@k

Eset or nothing.

There are a number of reviews and benchmarks which would disagree with that assessment Thor, lol

 

[Thor]

There are a number of reviews and benchmarks which would disagree with that assessment Thor, lol

affiliated yes

 

[mister]

Bitdefender is k@k
Eset or nothing.

I used to use Nod32 back in the day... can't remember why I stopped.

 

[Thor]

I used to use Nod32 back in the day... can't remember why I stopped.

Price I guess.

ESET ain't cheap but it's very resource efficient so I love it and of course for corporate environment the control is incredible.

 

[Shellyb1]

I have gone with Windows Defender and ransomfree from Cybereason.

Had bitdefender but decided to go bare bones. I keep patches up to date and MS has placed a high focus on Security.

 

[Rickster]

I'm using Avira for some time and it seems to work well.

Install Avast free and tell me how many viruses it detects please.

 

[jxharding]

I can honestly say that most people I know - tech savvy or not - including developers, are using free Antiviruses.
As mentioned, a bit of savvy when visiting sites does go quite far.

Weird thing - even though I'm of the opinion that one can now use free Antiviruses (things were a bit different 5 years ago), the top dogs like ESET, Bitdefender, etc really didn't drop a cent in pricing and are apathetic towards free AV's.

I recall when MS was closing down on the kernel - wonder what more recent developments are on this

 

[mister]

Weird thing - even though I'm of the opinion that one can now use free Antiviruses (things were a bit different 5 years ago), the top dogs like ESET, Bitdefender, etc really didn't drop a cent in pricing and are apathetic towards free AV's.

I would have preferred them to drop pricing and improvement performance, not create all this utter "total security" crap. I don't want "internet" security, and "browser" security, and "cookie" security, and "phishing" security, and security for my phone and tablet. All they've done is bloat their software and make it slower.