We performed a comparison between Malwarebytes and Symantec Endpoint Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The stability is very good."
"Ability to get forensics details and also memory exfiltration."
"It is a scalable solution...The initial setup of Fortinet FortiEDR was straightforward."
"Fortinet has helped free up around 20 percent of our staff's time to help us out."
"I get alerts when scripts are detected in the environment."
"NGAV and EDR features are outstanding."
"The product's initial setup phase is very easy."
"The setup is pretty simple."
"We have seen a decrease of approximately ninety percent in the number of events."
"The pricing of the product is very good."
"The installation process is very easy, especially since it is on the cloud."
"We don't have to spend any time remediating bad things happening: Not viruses nor ransomware."
"Malwarebytes is a comprehensive solution for keeping endpoints safe and secure from intruders, viruses, malware and so on."
"This solution helps us by providing central management of anti-malware and anti-exploit functionality."
"The product provides notifications for suspicious events. We have several public access points. The product helps to prevent unauthorized entry. Its most valuable features are pre-installation procedures and a cloud console. The console's interface is simple and can be viewed easily to take action. It covers everything in terms of security threats."
"The most valuable features of Malwarebytes are the agents, user experience, efficiency of the findings, and MDR features."
"I like the additional features that come with it. The firewall feature and the encryption feature that they throw in are good as well. Another thing that I like about Symantec is that it runs on different platforms, not just on Windows."
"The solution, especially in older versions, is quite stable."
"The features I find the most valuable are the protection, the encryption, and the DLP."
"The solution is very stable."
"Symantec End-User Endpoint Security is scalable."
"It is easy to use. Its interface is user-friendly. So, anybody can use it very well, which is a good thing."
"One of the most valuable features is its antivirus database, which is current and updated daily. Another valuable feature is its capacity to be managed by a single server. The solution is managed by a secure server, so all the endpoints are managed from a central point."
"It's a good proxy to control the user's access to the website."
"We find the solution to be a bit expensive."
"Detections could be improved."
"I haven't seen the use of AI in the solution."
"FortiEDR can be improved by providing more detailed reporting."
"We've encountered challenges during API deployment, occasionally resulting in unstable environments."
"FortiEDR could add a separate scanning dashboard. In incident management, we prefer to remove the endpoint system from the environment and scan the system. We typically use Symantec for that, but if we want to use FortiEDR for that, then we need a scanning tab to clarify things."
"There's room for improvement in the quick response time and technical support for integration issues, especially when dealing with multiple vendors."
"The amount of usage, the number of details we get, or the number of options that can be tweaked is limited in comparison to that with other EDR solutions"
"The stability and performance of the solution are areas with shortcomings that need improvement."
"We experience a lot of false positives."
"The online reporting needs to be improved. Currently, we have to look at it online, and if we want to download a report, it just downloads as an Excel file. It's just raw information. There needs to be some way to better display it when it's downloaded."
"Malwarebytes should improve its mobile compatibility."
"The product's stability needs improvement."
"A solution must be installed in the main gateway to give an overview of the incoming and outgoing traffic. The technical support team's response time should be faster."
"We had a little performance problem with the solution, but that's been resolved. Since then, it's been running well."
"They could come up with better reporting capabilities."
"About four years back, Symantec's signature was very heavy and their signature patch was around 200MB or 300MB files."
"Users mostly complain that the solution slows down the system whenever something is scanned."
"It's not cheap."
"I would like to see improvements in the anti-virus and the device control features."
"We had an issue with the Broadcom migration. We had some problems with product support, and the deployment is tricky because it's an on-premises technology. Deploying any on-premises security solution is hard because you have to distribute the software."
"Sometimes tech support is a bit slow to find a solution."
"Technical support could be more responsive."
"It would be perfect if it is capable of detecting or checking ransomware."
Malwarebytes is ranked 18th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 34 reviews while Symantec Endpoint Security is ranked 5th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 140 reviews. Malwarebytes is rated 8.0, while Symantec Endpoint Security is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Malwarebytes writes "Intuitive, easy to use, and does a good job of catching and stopping things for the most part and has a unique rollback feature". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Endpoint Security writes "The solution has given us visibility into compliance within our whole system and helped us ensure everything is updated". Malwarebytes is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, HP Wolf Security, SentinelOne Singularity Complete and Cisco Secure Endpoint, whereas Symantec Endpoint Security is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Trend Micro Deep Security and Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks. See our Malwarebytes vs. Symantec Endpoint Security report.
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