Defender Alternatives
Defender is described as 'adds the best in WordPress security to your website with just a few clicks. Stop brute force attacks, SQL injections, cross-site scripting XSS, and other WordPress vulnerabilities with Defender malware scans, firewall, and two-factor authentication login security' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Defender for a variety of platforms, including Wordpress, Self-Hosted, Web-based, Android and SaaS apps. The best Defender alternative is Acunetix. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Wordfence or NinjaFirewall (WP Edition). Other great apps like Defender are Jetpack for Wordpress, All In One WP Security and Firewall, HTTPCS Security and iThemes Security.
Defender alternatives are mainly Vulnerability Scanners but may also be Penetration Testing Tools or Anti-Malware Apps. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Defender.- 54 Acunetix alternatives
- Paid • Proprietary
- Vulnerability Scanner
- Windows
- Online
- Wordpress
Audit your website security and web applications for SQL injection, Cross site scripting and other web vulnerabilities with Acunetix Web Security Scanner. Download Free Edition!
- - Acunetix is the most popular Web-based & Windows alternative to Defender.
- - Acunetix is the most popular commercial alternative to Defender.
- 33 Wordfence alternatives
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Self-Hosted
- Wordpress
Wordfence includes an endpoint firewall and malware scanner that were built from the ground up to protect WordPress. Our Threat Defense Feed arms Wordfence with the newest firewall rules, malware signatures and malicious IP addresses it needs to keep your website safe.
- - Wordfence is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Defender.
- - Wordfence is the most popular free alternative to Defender.
- 22 NinjaFirewall (WP Edition) alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Self-Hosted
- Wordpress
NinjaFirewall (WP Edition) is a true Web Application Firewall. Although it can be installed and configured just like a plugin, it is a stand-alone firewall that sits in front of WordPress.
- - NinjaFirewall (WP Edition) is the most popular Open Source alternative to Defender.
- Freemium • Proprietary
48 Jetpack for Wordpress alternatives- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Wordpress
WordPress security, performance, marketing, and design tools — Jetpack is made by WordPress experts to make WP sites safer and faster, and help you grow your traffic.
- - Jetpack for Wordpress is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Defender.
Jetpack for Wordpress Features
- 26 All In One WP Security and Firewall alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Self-Hosted
- Wordpress
The All In One WordPress Security and Firewall is the ultimate security plugin that will take your website’s security to a whole new level.
- 48 HTTPCS Security alternatives
- Paid • Proprietary
- Penetration Testing Tool
- Online
Put yourself in the shoes of a hacker! Without technical expertise, launch an audit to detect security flaws on your website or web application. Online website vulnerability scanner. No installation required. ISO & RGPD compliant. How to avoid hackers?
- 24 iThemes Security alternatives
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Self-Hosted
- Wordpress
iThemes Security (formerly Better WP Security) gives you over 30+ ways to secure and protect your WordPress site. On average, 30,000 new websites are hacked each day. WordPress sites can be an easy target for attacks because of plugin vulnerabilities, weak passwords and obsolete...
- 49 Sucuri alternatives
- Freemium • Proprietary
- WAF
- Self-Hosted
- Wordpress
A web security portfolio offering a combination of on-premise installed security software in conjunction with a cloud hosted web application firewall and CDN.
Sucuri Features
- 19 Report Attacks alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- Wordpress
This plugin improve login security, create a blacklist of IP addresses and reports brute force login attempts attacks.
- - Report Attacks is the most popular Linux alternative to Defender.
Report Attacks Features
- 22 Virusdie alternatives
- Paid • Proprietary
- Anti-Malware App
- Linux
- Online
All-in-One cloud-based, simple, powerful and gorgeous website security tools built for everyone. It helps you clean your websites from malware automatically like a security expert and protect websites in a one click simple. For a juicy burger price!.
- 46 Hackerize alternatives
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
Hackerize is a security monitoring platform offering business owners a service that's been specifically designed to protect websites from emerging online threats. Over 30,000 websites are compromised every day and websites that have been blacklisted due to a hack can...
- - Hackerize is the most popular SaaS alternative to Defender.
Hackerize Features
- 22 6Scan alternatives
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Self-Hosted
- Wordpress
6Scan Security provides comprehensive enterprise-grade security with frequent site scans, powerful firewall, automatic backup, web analytics and much more.