We compared Symantec Endpoint Encryption and McAfee Complete Data Protection across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results: Symantec is highly regarded for its security capabilities and encryption, while McAfee is praised for its comprehensive security features and compliance standards. Symantec's pricing is considered expensive compared to other solutions, whereas McAfee's pricing is rated as moderate and reasonable. Symantec's customer service and support receive mixed feedback, while McAfee's support is commended for its responsiveness and helpfulness.
"The server software console is exquisitely designed and organized for handy access and manipulation by the administrator."
"Technical support is very helpful."
"The new feature for online protection does a good job of identifying traits."
"The most valuable feature is security."
"The solution is excellent for protecting users from data being exploited. It's also great for preventing data leakage."
"The console of the EDR is totally in the cloud."
"Complete Data Protection lets us define roles in our data products. It helps us identify something suspicious on the client's device."
"McAfee Complete Data Protection provides stability and is a good product."
"The solution is pretty stable."
"The most valuable features are the messaging features and shared folders."
"The initial setup was easy."
"It helps us put antivirus solutions in place and prevent malware from getting to our machines."
"It is stable."
"We can extend it to all of the critical endpoints and the servers, and we can ensure the confidentiality of the data."
"We find the dashboard, endpoint mobile encryption, and email encryption valuable."
"The best feature of Symantec Endpoint Encryption is the encryption itself. Encryption truly is the way to go because nowadays we are living in an era of widespread server threats, and you need to encrypt your emails and documents because you never know who might get hold of them."
"I want simplicity. A new user opening the dashboard will be confused. It needs to be more user-friendly."
"The dashboard is not user-friendly"
"The UI could be improved a bit."
"A better GUI platform would make it easier to present information to management; I would not need to fix the data before I present it."
"The refresh feature needs improvement. You need to refresh it manually yt going to the address bar, clicking on it and pressing enter, or pressing F5. There should be a button you can click on to refresh or have it so every five seconds it's refreshing."
"Some clients still receive spam and malware in their attachments, so the data protection isn't working correctly. We have configured it and enabled the features in the client's system, but some policies have failed to work once or twice."
"The solution's pricing could be better."
"As a new technology, it does need to grow."
"The solution presently doesn't let network folder encryption be done on Macintosh."
"I would like them to have integration with a wider range of non-Symantec products."
"It's difficult to integrate the solution with the DLP"
"The program's disk encryption is not very friendly with Microsoft OS updates. We have a problem with updates failing unless we use a time-consuming work-around."
"Its decryption time needs to be improved. Currently, its decryption time is very long, and it takes double time than encryption. They need to work on that. Its encryption time is fine."
"More features need to be included in the encryption software."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"It's a bit difficult to get good support. Their response times are really bad."
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McAfee Complete Data Protection is ranked 5th in Endpoint Encryption with 32 reviews while Symantec Endpoint Encryption is ranked 7th in Endpoint Encryption with 34 reviews. McAfee Complete Data Protection is rated 7.8, while Symantec Endpoint Encryption is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of McAfee Complete Data Protection writes "Bandwidth is reduced and online protection does a good job of identifying traits". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Endpoint Encryption writes "Provides a centralized management console and a straightforward initial setup process ". McAfee Complete Data Protection is most compared with Microsoft BitLocker, Cisco Secure Endpoint and Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption, whereas Symantec Endpoint Encryption is most compared with Microsoft BitLocker, Cisco Secure Endpoint, Digital Guardian, WinMagic SecureDoc and ESET Endpoint Encryption. See our McAfee Complete Data Protection vs. Symantec Endpoint Encryption report.
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