We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention and Symantec Data Loss Prevention based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Symantec comes out on top in this comparison. According to its reviewers, it is more fairly priced and a more comprehensive and powerful solution than Forcepoint. Forcepoint does come out on top in the Support category, however.
"It was mostly stable."
"We appreciate the user-friendliness and ease of implementation of the Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention platform. The availability of the vendor support team is an added advantage."
"The fingerprinting technology is the solution's most valuable feature. It's unique to Forcepoint."
"The Forcepoint tool is well developed. It is ranked in many evaluations at the top when it comes to enterprise DLP solutions. It has good artificial intelligence that enables our customers to focus on specific incidents, instead of having a complicated list of uncategorized incidents."
"Forcepoint's data visibility is the most valuable feature."
"We don't require a lot of downtime, but when we do then we are getting proper support with no issue."
"The solution’s content classification is the best."
"Our organization's intellectual property is not misused or extracted without permission."
"The tool's really working well, and the agents are good."
"DLP's most valuable feature is that it's more granular in terms of creating block-based policies, which gives you more options to create policies in a filtered way."
"The features I like most about this solution is the endpoint modules because it gives us the protection we need."
"What I like about Symantec Data Loss Prevention is the technical support it provides. It's good."
"The accuracy in terms of the rate of detection is good."
"The dashboard, management section, and reporting are good."
"The most valuable features of Symantec Data Loss Prevention are endpoint security, endpoint agent, and DLP. Additionally, we have been satisfied with the policies."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The policy update size and agent size could be improved. We would also like to have a proper solution for Linux OS which Forcepoint does not offer."
"If you are a macOS user, there are issues in the area of USB control."
"The product is good, but the biggest issue is needing direct support from Forcepoint."
"Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention can improve by having an uninstall option for the client or restart of a client agent can be controlled from the server. This feature is missing which is available with other solutions."
"The support could improve Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention."
"The reporting features, the real-time reporting, can be improved in Forcepoint. On the dashboard, we don't have a feature that shows real-time incidents. We have to schedule a report in the environment."
"The user-friendliness of the interface in formulating DLP policies could be improved. An example would be managing policies. It's a little daunting at first, and can be confusing, at times, when it comes to how to set things up and how to add policies. They could improve on that."
"They can improve a bit in the OCR category. The OCR deployment could be simplified. Right now, you have to set up a separate server to manage all the data going through the network, especially the images. Forcepoint could better integrate the OCR component with central management."
"The console is not the best one. There is room for improvement in the management console."
"The product must improve its interface."
"There should be more information about the features of the solution and what they do. This way we would be able to use all the features that are available."
"They need to expand the channels they check."
"The Symantec DLP solution is very complex, and installation requires many components."
"Symantec Data Loss Prevention's AI technology has certain shortcomings where improvements can be made."
"In the object capture recognition, which we implemented recently, there are a lot of false positives that have been happening."
"Symantec Data Loss Prevention could improve by having better system resource management, cloud option, and more features."
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Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention is ranked 2nd in Data Loss Prevention (DLP) with 52 reviews while Symantec Data Loss Prevention is ranked 3rd in Data Loss Prevention (DLP) with 53 reviews. Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention is rated 8.0, while Symantec Data Loss Prevention is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention writes "DLP great for encryptions; tech support is quite helpful". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Data Loss Prevention writes "Consitent, accurate, and simple". Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention is most compared with Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention, Digital Guardian, CoSoSys Endpoint Protector, Zscaler DLP and Palo Alto Networks Enterprise Data Loss Prevention, whereas Symantec Data Loss Prevention is most compared with Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention, Digital Guardian, Zscaler DLP, CoSoSys Endpoint Protector and Trellix DLP. See our Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention vs. Symantec Data Loss Prevention report.
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