# Bitdefender GravityZone Business Security Premium

Bitdefender GravityZone Business Security Premium is an antivirus / endpoint protection (EPP) product from Bitdefender. Source: Endpoint Index product report, https://endpointindex.com/products/bitdefender-gravityzone-business-security-premium/ (data verified 2 Oct 2026, licensed CC BY 4.0).

## SMB Fit Score

Bitdefender GravityZone Business Security Premium scores 74 out of 100 on the SMB Fit Score (fit-v1), ranked #4 of the 17 products tracked as of 2 Oct 2026. The score measures fit for a small-business buyer from public evidence, not absolute protection.

- Efficacy: 25 of 35
- Price transparency & level: 16 of 25
- SMB operability: 25 of 25
- Coverage breadth: 8 of 15

## Price

List price, per seat per year, from Bitdefender's own pricing calculator (https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/business/products/gravityzone-premium-security), verified 2 Oct 2026:

| Seats | Per seat per year | Total per year |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | $88.00 | $879.99 |
| 25 | $74.80 | $1,869.99 |
| 100 | $60.40 | $6,039.99 |

A vendor promotion was recorded on 2 Oct 2026: $61.60 per seat per year against $88.00 list (−30%).

## Independent test results

- AV-Test protection: 6 out of 6, round 2025-12. Source: https://www.av-test.org/en/antivirus/business-windows-client/windows-11/december-2025/bitdefender-business-security-enterprise-7.9-252605/
- AV-Comparatives protection rate: 99.8%, round 2026-H1. Source: https://av-comparatives.org/tests/business-security-test-2026-march-june/
- MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations: 72.5% analytic coverage (1 of 80 substeps not evaluated), round 2024 (older than 18 months; scores zero). Source: https://evals.mitre.org/results/enterprise?view=cohort&evaluation=er6&result_type=DETECTION&scenarios=1,2,3

## What it includes

- EDR: not offered
- 24/7 managed response: not offered
- Ransomware rollback: included
- Device control: included
- Patch management: paid add-on
- Email security: paid add-on
- Identity protection (ITDR): not offered
- Mobile: paid add-on
- Linux: included
- macOS: included
- SIEM integration: included
- RMM / PSA integration: included
- MSP multi-tenant: included

## Buying and running it

- Buy online without sales: yes
- Minimum seats: 5
- Needs in-house security staff: no
- Setup time estimate: about 1 hours

## Who it suits

- small no it: Bitdefender Business Security Premium suits a small office that wants stronger prevention than Bitdefender's entry tier without anyone reading alerts. It adds cloud sandboxing, attack forensics and ransomware rollback, sells online from five devices with a one-month free trial, and its 99.8% protection rate in AV-Comparatives' first-half 2026 test is the joint highest in this index. It is not EDR; Bitdefender keeps detection and response for its Enterprise tier.
- msp managed: Premium gives an MSP a prevention tier with a multi-tenant console that plugs into ConnectWise, Datto RMM, Kaseya VSA and HaloPSA, and events can go to seven named SIEMs including Sentinel, Splunk and QRadar. It has no threat hunting or cross-endpoint investigation, so an MSP that runs its own SOC should price Business Security Enterprise instead. Per-seat cost falls as client counts grow; budget separately for patching, which Bitdefender charges for as an add-on.
- regulated: Bitdefender publishes SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001 and a HIPAA compliance assessment, but it does not say it signs a BAA; its HIPAA page says it never handles ePHI and sends BAA questions to the account manager, so get the BAA position in writing. Premium has no EDR, so if an auditor will ask how you investigate incidents across devices, look at Business Security Enterprise or an EDR product. We hold no published PCI DSS or CMMC position for this product, so card-handling and defence buyers should get those answers in writing too.

## Not for, or worth knowing

- Businesses that need EDR or incident investigation across devices: Bitdefender describes Premium as prevention "without additional detection and response capabilities"; cross-endpoint detection, threat hunting and one-click investigation start at Business Security Enterprise. (source: https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/business/compare, verified 2026-10-02)
- Businesses wanting managed 24/7 SOC: MDR requires separate purchase bundled with Enterprise tier. (source: https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/business/products/managed-detection-response-service, verified 2026-10-02)
- Mobile-first environments: iOS, Android, and ChromeOS protection is a paid add-on. (source: https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/business/compare, verified 2026-09-30)
- Patch management, email security, full disk encryption, and mobile security are paid add-ons. (source: https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/business/compare, verified 2026-10-02)
- 24/7 managed detection and response (MDR) requires separate MDR service purchase bundled with Enterprise tier. (source: https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/business/products/managed-detection-response-service, verified 2026-10-02)
- Identity threat detection (ITDR) not included; the identity sensor comes only with Business Security Enterprise + XDR (GravityZone Defense XDR). (source: https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/business/compare, verified 2026-10-02)
- No EDR. Bitdefender pitches Premium at companies that want attack prevention "without additional detection and response capabilities". Premium includes attack forensics, which show how a blocked attack unfolded on one device; cross-endpoint detection, threat hunting and one-click investigation and remediation start at Business Security Enterprise. (source: https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/business/compare, verified 2026-10-02)

Full report with evidence screenshots: https://endpointindex.com/products/bitdefender-gravityzone-business-security-premium/