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.
"With proper policies and configuration, it prevents sending corporate data to both cloud storage or to flash drives and data extraction."
"The interface is very good. You can create and manage your own dashboard."
"It worked for me: it's easy to use and has been very effective."
"Technical support is very helpful."
"With respect to data loss prevention, I think it is helpful to the customer."
"The solution is easy to deploy and manage"
"The McAfee Threat Protection and McAfee Web Protection are valuable aspects of the solution. They're better than other features that come with the endpoints."
"McAfee Complete Data Protection provides stability and is a good product."
"The encryption feature is very good."
"The most valuable feature is that it works in the background so that the end-users are not aware of what is happening on the laptop."
"Disk encryption and file and folder encryption are the most valuable and used features. It is also very well integrated with Symantec Messaging Gateway and Symantec DLP, which is helpful in protecting any kind of information that goes outside. Symantec DLP catches an email and sends it to the encryption server. The encryption server encrypts the email and intimates to the user that confidential information is being sent out. The administrator can then take appropriate action."
"Antivirus, URL filtering, and firewall protection are the most effective features for data protection."
"It is fairly stable."
"We have been very satisfied with the solution's security capabilities."
"I like the solution for its encryption."
"The solution’s installation was easy."
"The product consumes too much RAM and CPU for its processing and this can lead to resource issues on PCs."
"It is difficult to manage."
"The solution needs to reduce the number of false positives. There are too many of them."
"There's a limited coverage of operating systems. The marketing strategies need to change drastically."
"They could be better in terms of Complete Data Protection."
"We encountered several problems with the solution's stability."
"The disk encryption can be improved."
"The UI could be improved a bit."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"It was hard to install and took us about three months."
"From an administration point of view, maybe it would be ideal to have it centrally managed."
"Symantec Endpoint Encryption can improve by being more secure."
"It's difficult to integrate the solution with the DLP"
"The instability of the company and lack of presence in the Middle East is affecting product use."
"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."
"The solution does slow down the device a little bit, once it's installed."
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McAfee Complete Data Protection is ranked 3rd 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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