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The security agent for Bitdefender GravityZone that protects Windows, Linux and macOS physical and virtual machines in business networks. This section contains the release notes for Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools ( BEST ) for Windows. Resolved an issue where, in some cases, the Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools GUI crashed. Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools has removed some processes and folders from the exclusions lists on Exchange servers to improve performance and stability. Supported platforms are Linux, macOS, Windows and Windows Server.

Current Version
2022.4
Market
EnterpriseSMB
Licence
Paid
Price
Paid · price unknown
Record Created
2026-08-20
Last Updated
2026-10-28

Vendor

Bitdefender was founded in 2001 in Bucharest by Florin Talpeș, who still runs it, and grew out of SOFTWIN, the Romanian software firm he had started a decade earlier. It is privately held, its main research centre is still in Bucharest, and its North American operation is in San Antonio, Texas. The company says more than half its staff work in research and development and that it has filed over 580 patents. Home users buy Bitdefender Antivirus Plus, Bitdefender Internet Security, Bitdefender Total Security, Bitdefender Premium Security and Bitdefender Ultimate Security, with Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac, Bitdefender Mobile Security and a free edition beside them. Organisations buy Bitdefender GravityZone, which spans endpoint protection, XDR and a managed detection service. One thing matters when comparing scores across this index: Bitdefender licenses its detection engine to other security companies, so several products listed here under other names are running its engine underneath. Their laboratory results tend to move together rather than independently, which is worth knowing before reading two such scores as two opinions. Vendor page →

Country
Romania
Headquarters
Bucharest, Romania
Year Established
2001
Customers
40K organisations
Users
500M devices protected
Revenue
≈ $363.0M (2024)

Platforms

Androidnot supported
iOSnot supported
Linuxnative
macOSnative
Windowsnative
Windows Servernative

Target Market

Enterprise secondarySMB secondary

Capabilities

Malware Detectionkeynative
Ransomware ProtectionkeyNot known
Behavioral Detectionkeynative
Web ProtectionkeyNot known
Email ProtectionNot known
Host FirewallNot known
Sandbox AnalysisNot known
Cloud-Assisted ScanningNot known
Heuristic DetectionNot known
Device ControlNot known
Vulnerability ShieldingNot known
Central Management ConsoleNot known

10 of 12 not yet known — not recorded, which is not the same as not supported.

Pricing

PlanLicencePriced perBilledPrice
SummarySubscriptionnot statedno recurring chargeNot known

Versions

  • 2022.4Windows
  • 8.26.10.200054macOSreleased 2026-10-21
  • 7.8.0-200269Linux

The newest release each source names per platform, not every release the vendor has shipped. A release date is shown only where one is recorded.

Independent Tests

At a glance — latest result per lab test

AV-TEST Antivirus Test

Tested: Windowslab report ↗

Each bar is one lab’s own figure on that lab’s own scale. Labs test different models at different times, so the figures are not combined into one score.

AV-TEST Antivirus TestTest antivirus software for Windows 11 - December 2025
Protection: 6Performance: 5.5Usability: 6

Certifications

OESIS Framework SupportSupported1 activeSupported
OPSWAT Certified Security ApplicationPlatinum1 activePlatinum

Change History

This record was created 2026-08-20. Everything below is what has changed since.

  • 2026-10-28New versionNew version: 8.26.10.200054 (macOS)evidence
  • 2026-10-13New versionNew version: 2022.4 (Windows)evidence
  • 2026-09-23New versionNew version: 8.26.9.668 (Windows)evidence
  • 2026-09-23Platform addedRuns on Windows Serverevidence
  • 2026-09-22Product updatedListed in Enterprise Antimalwareevidence
  • 2026-09-22Product updatedListed in Small Business Antimalwareevidence
  • 2026-09-22Product updatedListed in Home Antimalwareevidence
  • 2026-09-20Pricing plan addedPrice: subscriptionevidence
  • 2026-09-20New versionNew version: 8.26.08.200046 (macOS)evidence
  • 2026-09-19Platform addedNot available for iOSevidence
  • 2026-09-19Platform addedNot available for Androidevidence
  • 2026-09-19Platform addedRuns on macOSevidence
  • 2026-09-19Product updatedNo longer sold to: Mid-Marketevidence
  • 2026-09-19Product updatedNo longer sold to: Consumerevidence
  • 2026-09-19Product updatedAlso sold to: SMBevidence
  • 2026-09-18Test result addedNew AV-TEST Antivirus Test resultevidence
  • 2026-09-09New versionNew version: 8.26.6.644 (Windows)evidence
  • 2026-09-09New versionNew version: 7.8.0-200269 (Linux)evidence
  • 2026-09-04Product updatedListed in Network Firewallevidence
  • 2026-08-30Product updatedSold to: Mid-Marketevidence
  • 2026-08-30Platform addedRuns on iOSevidence
  • 2026-08-30Platform addedRuns on Androidevidence
  • 2026-08-20Certification addedCertified: OESIS Framework Support (Supported)evidence
  • 2026-08-20Capability addedBehavioral Detection: built inevidence
  • 2026-08-20Capability addedMalware Detection: built inevidence
  • 2026-08-20Pricing plan addedPrice: paidevidence
  • 2026-08-20Product updatedAlso sold to: Enterpriseevidence
  • 2026-08-20Product updatedAlso sold to: Consumerevidence
  • 2026-08-20New versionNew version: 8.26.6.644evidence
  • 2026-08-20Platform addedRuns on Linuxevidence
  • 2026-08-20Platform addedRuns on Windowsevidence
  • 2026-08-20Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Platinum)evidence
  • 2026-08-20Product createdNew product listedevidence

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