Symantec Endpoint Security

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Symantec Endpoint Security	Score6.1 out of 10	N/A	Symantec Endpoint Protection is the company's flagship antivirus / endpoint security product.	$29.99 per year 100-249 devices

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Endpoint Security, Initial Hybrid Subscription License With Support: $29.99
1 year 100-249 devices
Symantec Endpoint Security Enterprise, Initial Hybrid Subscription License with Support: $34.99
1 year 1-99 devices
Endpoint Security, Initial Hybrid Subscription License With Support: $90.99
3 years 100-249 devices
Symantec Endpoint Security Enterprise, Initial Hybrid Subscription License with Support: $99.99
3 years 1-99 devices
Symantec Endpoint Security Complete, Initial Hybrid Subscription License with Support: $200
3 years 1-99 devices

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Symantec Endpoint Security
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	Symantec Endpoint Security
Considered Both Products	Broadcom Verified User Chose Symantec Endpoint Security I have worked on many antivirus tools, but according to my opinion, this is a stable and reliable product. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Symantec Endpoint Security The versions of McAfee that we've tried don't really cover our small business needs like Symantec Endpoint Security does. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Symantec Endpoint Security Symantec Endpoint Security seems to be a more mature solution compared with CrowdStrike, particularly when CS was just recently getting their USB blocking functionality rolled out for macOS endpoints this year. Another differentiator with CrowdStrike is that Symantec ES still … Incentivized Helpful? Tony Ryan CIO (Chief Information Officer) in Information Technology at Origin Storage Limited (Computer Hardware, 11-50 employees) Chose Symantec Endpoint Security Symantec Endpoint Security offers very similar features to the above products, they all do the same thing in terms of protecting your endpoints against cybersecurity threats. Installation wise the products all install from a central management system and report back to this for … Incentivized Helpful? Brett Stone Network Operations Manager in Information Technology at Cape Air IT Department (Airlines/Aviation, 501-1000 employees) Chose Symantec Endpoint Security Symantec Endpoint Security stacks up very well against the competition. One thing that is very different about Symantec compared to the competitors is that Symantec will not steal all your PC resources and will run fine with most applications. Some other AV products are … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Symantec Endpoint Security We've completed a POV on Crowdstrike Falcom Endpoint Protect and are very excited to move over to that platform and away from the Symantec protect suite. Crowdstrike has behavior based analysis and scanning, vulnerability detection, and best of bread support and managed … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Symantec Endpoint Security In comparison with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Symantec Endpoint Security has, in my opinion, more scalable file inspection/spyware/antivirus settings. Plus it is more stable in a multi-OS user environment. But it also has numerous issues with itself and related Symantec … Incentivized Helpful? Earl Foggs Computer and Information Systems Manager in Information Technology at TelAffects LLC (Marketing & Advertising, 201-500 employees) Chose Symantec Endpoint Security Haven't had to use or consider another product. SES Does it all and more Incentivized Helpful? Sean Muller IT Security Manager in Information Technology at Paraco Gas Corporation (Oil & Energy, 501-1000 employees) Chose Symantec Endpoint Security Cylance: (Active Engage) (Cost 4x Symantec [Endpoint Security]) Cylance is a good product but we have it through an MSSP and only have read-only. The certification and training for the entry [are] like 3 hours of videos but a smart person can just go in and look as the system … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Symantec Endpoint Security We have evaluated McAfee, it degrades the performance of computers and also the feature set were not properly working, it also lacked the key features that we require, the cost is also higher, on other hand we also evaluated Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection it has … Incentivized Helpful? Drew Moen CEO / CTO in Corporate at StratServ (Information Technology & Services, 501-1000 employees) Chose Symantec Endpoint Security Simply superior in every way in my opinion. These others were not in the market when we started with SEP. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Symantec Endpoint Security Symantec Endpoint Production is hands down my least favorite endpoint projection software on the market today. It's a difficult endpoint to deploy, manage and remove. It's a heavy client so once you get it installed it consumes a large amount of resources on the endpoint. … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Symantec Endpoint Security I have used competing software from different vendors such as McAfee, Eset, and Trend Micro. I found that Symantec Endpoint Security distributes its updates flawlessly and sends a very clear and comprehensive daily report. I also find the customer service very helpful once it … Incentivized Helpful? Muhammad Mulla Systems Administrator, Core Infrastructure & Microsoft Systems in Information Technology at Cancer Research UK (Non-Profit Organization Management, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Symantec Endpoint Security Symantec Endpoint Protection really shines against its competitors when it comes to centralized management. It falls a little short when it comes to cloud deployments. Incentivized Helpful? Eric Krueger North America IT Field Services Manager in Information Technology at Sitehands (Information Technology & Services, 501-1000 employees) Chose Symantec Endpoint Security More robust options and protections than Malware Bytes. Better overall detection and alerting to security issues. The overall ROI was better for us and we felt would also give us a stronger line of defense in our overall security strategy. We chose Symantec Endpoint because it … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Symantec Endpoint Security Symantec Endpoint Protection outperformed all other competitor front-line antivirus products with more accurate signature detections and less false positives. We ultimately chose to pair SEP with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware to provide a more comprehensive security solution that … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Symantec Endpoint Security I have used Symantec Endpoint Protection for many years successfully. I truthfully have not compared it to any of the other major alternatives out there, as Symantec Endpoint Protection has continued to get the job done. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Symantec Endpoint Security Eset is better for on-premises integration. You install the administration console on a local machine, unlike Symantec Endpoint Protection, which is entirely cloud-based, and you can scan your network and perform silent installs. They seem to have a reasonable level when it … Incentivized Helpful? Mike Hernandez Operations Manager at BNB Technology (Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Symantec Endpoint Security The functionality is about the same. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Symantec Endpoint Security We did use a mix of Symantec and ClamWin AV and after that a mix of Symantec and AVG for our store locations. We also tested Comodo and McAfee at one point. McAfee was too expensive for our budget and Comodo I believe just didn't deploy to our store locations easily. We did … Incentivized Helpful? Prince Matema Accounting Assistant in Finance and Accounting at University of Zimbabwe (Higher Education, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Symantec Endpoint Security We haven't evaluated any other products that compare. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Symantec Endpoint Security Our company has used both the Norton and Symantec systems for years. Therefore, I have never used any other system. We are so pleased with Symantec and have never seen a need to use any other programs. Incentivized Helpful? Denis Pereira Programmer Analyst in Information Technology at Alcoa Aluminiun S/A (Mining & Metals, 10,001+ employees) Chose Symantec Endpoint Security The company decided to opt for Symantec Endpoint Protection because of efficiency and what it promises to do. Besides being an investment which has been used for more than 10 years. For any and all problems, the software presents a solution at the time, in addition to sending … Incentivized Helpful? Paul Li Senior Associate in Information Technology at Stir Architecture (Architecture & Planning, 11-50 employees) Chose Symantec Endpoint Security Symantec Endpoint Protection stacks up well against its competitors. It's priced very competitively. It's easy to install. Most important of all it catches viruses and prevents them from attacking one's computer. Incentivized Helpful?
	Would buy again
	83% Would buy again 20 Answers
	Delivers good value for the price
	91% Delivers good value for the price 20 Answers
	Happy with the feature set
	92% Happy with the feature set 22 Answers
	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
	90% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 18 Answers
	Implementation went as expected
96% Implementation went as expected 23 Answers

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Symantec Endpoint Security

Comparison of Endpoint Security features of Symantec Endpoint Security
Feature	Symantec Endpoint Security 9.2 36 Ratings 7% above category average
Anti-Exploit Technology	8.930 Ratings
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)	9.933 Ratings
Centralized Management	8.934 Ratings
Hybrid Deployment Support	8.825 Ratings
Infection Remediation	7.934 Ratings
Vulnerability Management	9.831 Ratings
Malware Detection	9.934 Ratings

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User Ratings
	Symantec Endpoint Security
Likelihood to Recommend	9.7 (63 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.1 (4 ratings)
Usability	9.1 (4 ratings)
Availability	9.0 (2 ratings)
Support Rating	1.0 (11 ratings)
Implementation Rating	6.4 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Symantec Endpoint Security
Likelihood to Recommend	Broadcom Symantec Endpoint Security is a well-rounded product that provides a significant amount of functionality and covers many of our endpoint needs without needing to resort to multiple vendors that might clash in unpredictable ways when ultimately deployed to the endpoints in our estate. The default policies are adequate and tuning these requires some time as with all similar EDR products but the product is flexible enough to allow very granular whitelisting/blacklisting which is great. Low resource requirements are also fantastic and we've not had many complaints from developers who were getting slowed down when compiling complex code with other previous solutions. Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Pros	Broadcom The virus and spyware protection has worked well for us, catching several things and quarantining the items or cleaning them. The virus definitions very rarely fail to update for the users, so I feel confident that my client machines are kept up to date. I like the report I get daily telling me about threats found and action taken without having to login to the console to look it up myself. Incentivized Debbie Johnson Systems Administrator Read full review
Cons	Broadcom The system should have a better ability to auto repair, if an item is malfunctioning it should auto reinstall. The cloud platform and the server do not talk well to each other and it would be great to get the same data on both platforms, this may be due to version though. It seems the whitelisting on the cloud platform could use some work. Incentivized Sean Muller IT Security Manager Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Broadcom Best of Breed. Symantec Endpoint Protection beats all other end point products I have used, tested and seen in presentation at this point in time. Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Usability	Broadcom The rating reflects Symantec Endpoint Security's ability to balance enterprise grade security with user-friendly workflows or advanced configurations require extra effort. For most organizations, the streamlined management and robust automation justify the high score. Management GUI is old fashined and need to be improve. Older devices may experience slowdowns during full scans without careful configuration. Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Reliability and Availability	Broadcom We've used it for years and the software is easy to use. The dashboard is easy to read, and you can easily figure out where to go to troubleshoot or deploy software. Symantec is there for emergencies like backup restoration or file retrieval. It's pretty low maintenance. Symantec is there when your IT infrastructure needs it Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Support Rating	Broadcom Support is completely awful! You can never get anyone to help if you can even find a number to call. The support web portal is a joke and their response time if you're even able to submit a ticket is ridiculously slow. Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Implementation Rating	Broadcom Use a third party deployment tool and not the deployment option within the SEP Manager itself. Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Broadcom Symantec Endpoint Security offers very similar features to the above products, they all do the same thing in terms of protecting your endpoints against cybersecurity threats. Installation wise the products all install from a central management system and report back to this for central reporting. Ultimately we choose Symantec as the reseller was able to offer additional incentives which made their pricing very competitive. Incentivized Tony Ryan CIO (Chief Information Officer) Read full review
Return on Investment	Broadcom The ROI from deploying this has led to fewer security issues which reduces costs. Keeping track of security issues and how the were remedied is easier. Deskside support can work with end users easily if something is triggered and this allows us to not have to overstaff. Incentivized Eric Krueger North America IT Field Services Manager Read full review
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