We performed a comparison between Microsoft Bitlocker and Symantec Endpoint Encryption based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison of Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Microsoft Bitlocker seems to be a superior solution. All other things being more or less equal, half of Symantec Endpoint Encryption reviewers found Symantec Endpoint Encryption to be difficult to deploy. Additionally, users of Symantec Endpoint Encryption find it difficult to upgrade. Finally, Symantec Endpoint Encryption’s users are not impressed with its technical support.
"The hard drive encryption is very good."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the protection and ease of use."
"The most valuable feature is the authentication process which is very fast."
"I like the simplicity and ease of use of this solution."
"The most valuable feature is the simplicity and integration with the Microsoft Clouds platform."
"Microsoft BitLocker's most valuable features are stability and simplicity in terms of usage."
"I like BitLocker because it gives us strong encryption to protect our data."
"It is an encryption tool and provides security."
"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."
"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."
"Overall Symantec Endpoint Encryption is a reasonable solution."
"The management console gives us the ability to quickly control who sees what, ensures we are on the latest version, and up-to-date."
"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."
"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."
"Its management is good, and it is also scalable and mostly stable."
"The reporting in Microsoft is very minimal."
"Some of the technical internal functions, such as encryption protocols or something similar, could be improved."
"It is not good for cross-compatibility, so our Mac users are not able to use it."
"The implementation of BitLocker is not simple. There are many prerequisites and hours of study and testing."
"It's possible that the time it takes to pull items in to BitLocker could be reduced a bit."
"User profiles can be improved so that people can create their own passwords. It has one password per machine, which is a problem. We would prefer each user to have his or her own boot password. Each user can have a username and password or biometrics, such as fingerprints and iris scanner, integrated into the boot process, but I really can't see that coming anytime soon, if ever."
"I would like to be able to encrypt our cloud tenancy."
"The initial setup is complex."
"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."
"More features need to be included in the encryption software."
"There are some issues with the single sign-on with the active directory. We had a few problems related to the synchronization between the active directory and the login features of the Symantec products because the users made many password changes during the day. The time for synchronization with the solutions can be improved. I would like to see mobile encryption. There should be a possibility to include all the mobiles of a company in the console. Many customers are asking about encryptions for tablets or cell phones, but we don't have any product that we are comfortable with to recommend to our customers."
"What I didn't find helpful in the version we used is the fact that all devices had to be on the same network for us to push through the encryption."
"The solution does slow down the device a little bit, once it's installed."
"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."
"I would like them to have integration with a wider range of non-Symantec products."
Microsoft BitLocker is ranked 1st in Endpoint Encryption with 59 reviews while Symantec Endpoint Encryption is ranked 7th in Endpoint Encryption with 34 reviews. Microsoft BitLocker is rated 8.2, while Symantec Endpoint Encryption is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Microsoft BitLocker writes "User-friendly, easy to set up, and offers real-time machine status updates". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Endpoint Encryption writes "Provides a centralized management console and a straightforward initial setup process ". Microsoft BitLocker is most compared with ESET Endpoint Encryption, McAfee Complete Data Protection, Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption, WinMagic SecureDoc and Sophos SafeGuard, whereas Symantec Endpoint Encryption is most compared with McAfee Complete Data Protection, Cisco Secure Endpoint, Digital Guardian, WinMagic SecureDoc and ESET Endpoint Encryption. See our Microsoft BitLocker vs. Symantec Endpoint Encryption report.
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