We performed a comparison between Check Point Harmony Endpoint and Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is very easy to set up. I would rate my experience with the initial setup a ten out of ten, with ten being very easy to set up."
"The price is low and quite competitive with others."
"NGAV and EDR features are outstanding."
"It notifies us if there's any suspicious file on any PC. If any execution or similar kind of thing is happening, it just alerts us. It doesn't only alert. It also blocks the execution until we allow it. We check whether the execution is legitimate or not, and then approve it or keep it blocked. This gives us a little bit of control over this mechanism. Fortinet FortiEDR is also very straightforward and easy to maintain."
"Having all monitoring, response, tracking, and mitigation tools in one dashboard provides our analysts and SOC team with a comprehensive view at a glance."
"The main thing is that I feel safe. Because the processes that have been used to get a handle on the attackers are much better than other competitors"
"Fortinet has helped free up around 20 percent of our staff's time to help us out."
"Fortinet is very user-friendly for customers."
"The graphical interface is very easy to use and intuitive, which greatly facilitates the work and greatly facilitates the work and the location of threats on the users' computers."
"It scans all the endpoints in your cloud and on-premises for vulnerabilities, threats, and malware attacks."
"It has improved the detection of malware."
"It's pretty complete for preventing threats to endpoints. Its capabilities are great."
"Information is easily managed and protected (which is particularly useful in lost or stolen endpoints)."
"Check Point Harmony Endpoint has one of the most user-friendly dashboards I've seen."
"It's great for securing our endpoints from any external attacks."
"They have a great knowledge base that you can leverage as a user."
"The Detection vulnerability is very effective."
"The most valuable features of this product include network isolation for machines and the ability to work with a consistent and defined set of virtual machines."
"The most valuable feature is that the same agent can act as the endpoint detection and response agent."
"The pricing is good."
"The most valuable feature of Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response is its ability to conduct large scans on the endpoints without affecting the network."
"I've mainly found the antivirus and antispyware features valuable. The documentation is okay as well."
"The pricing is pretty reasonable."
"The most valuable features of Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response are its immediate response and investigation."
"The solution's installation from a central installation server could be improved because the engineers had a little bit of trouble getting it installed from a central location."
"Everything with Fortinet having to do with their cloud services. They need to invest more in their internal infrastructure that they are running in the cloud. One of the things I find with their cloud environment compared to others' is that they go cheap on the equipment. So it causes some performance degradation."
"The SIEM could be improved."
"They can include the automation for the realtime updates. We have a network infrastructure with remote sites. Whenever they send updates, they are not automated. We have to go into the console and push those updates. I wish it was more automated. The update file is currently around 31 MB. It could be smaller."
"It takes about two business days for initial support, which is too slow in urgent situations."
"Intelligence aspects need improvement"
"I would like the solution to extend beyond endpoint protection and include other attack surfaces such as other network components."
"The EDR console should have more extensive reporting. You shouldn't need to purchase FortiAnalyzer. It should be included in the EDR part. The security adviser cloud platform could be improved with more options for exclusive or intensive rules for devices."
"A couple of times, we experienced some sales issues."
"Sometimes, the Cloud Management Portal can become unresponsive or take a long time to process a query. This in turn will cause the browser to freeze, which will require closing and reopening of your browser."
"Check Point Harmony Endpoint could improve by allowing it to work on older systems by reducing the system requirements. Since our systems are dated we can only use the antivirus module features."
"The solution needs better reports and centralized logs."
"Its customer support services and user interface could be improved."
"Sometimes the portal loads slowly which should be improved."
"Check Point Harmony Endpoint could improve mobile device management (MDM)."
"One area of this product that has room for improvement is the disc encryption."
"The solution needs to provide better integration."
"Its UI could be more user-friendly."
"That's why I wouldn't recommend it for other systems. It works only with SAP clients. That's why I'm giving it a six. It would get higher if it worked on all networks without the help of SAP."
"Reporting is a major issue, as it is not user friendly."
"The interface has many issues."
"They do need to minimize the number of agents installed on a server."
"While they are quite dynamic, they need to ensure they are detecting threats faster in the future to keep people safer."
"The Symantec portfolio is not big enough to cover the organization in all 360 degrees."
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Check Point Harmony Endpoint is ranked 8th in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) with 104 reviews while Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response is ranked 25th in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) with 28 reviews. Check Point Harmony Endpoint is rated 8.8, while Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Check Point Harmony Endpoint writes "Excellent anti-ransomware protection, zero-day phishing protection, and web browsing filtering". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response writes "A highly stable and affordable solution for detecting and preventing security threats". Check Point Harmony Endpoint is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business and Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks, whereas Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Trend Vision One, Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Expert, Bitdefender GravityZone EDR and CrowdStrike Falcon. See our Check Point Harmony Endpoint vs. Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response report.
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