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.
"BitLocker is completely stable."
"The solution has a feature that automatically asks the users to upgrade their password once we set up the process."
"The ease of administering and integrating the solution is great."
"One significant aspect is that without the BitLocker key, you can't log in to the user's laptop. I appreciate the capability to encrypt the user's hard drive, ensuring access only with the recovery key. In an enterprise setup, we store all BitLocker keys on our server. So, whenever a user attempts to log in, the architecture authenticates with the key. This ensures that our data is secure. Even if the user's laptop is lost, we have confidence that the data remains inaccessible. So far, our user data is well-protected."
"The hard drive encryption is very good."
"The best thing about it is the encryption type and the way it requires TPM when someone tries to access the drive."
"I like BitLocker because it gives us strong encryption to protect our data."
"The product is stable."
"Overall Symantec Endpoint Encryption is a reasonable solution."
"One notable aspect is the ability to customize alerts and other settings."
"I like the solution for its encryption."
"It is fairly stable."
"Its management is good, and it is also scalable and mostly stable."
"The solution is easy to use."
"This product is a solid, all-in-one solution for enterprise data management."
"I like the management aspect of this solution. You don't want to have end-users tweak or set it themselves, so the fact that you could do it from a central point helped us a lot."
"The integration between Active Directory and BitLocker could be better."
"We recently found some stability issues with Microsoft BitLocker."
"The solution could be improved if it was more user friendly."
"If integration with Active Directory are not mandatory for him, I think that there are many other solutions in the market that equal or are much stronger than Microsoft."
"The visualization could be better."
"There are options which could be implemented to make it a little more like PGP Whole Disk Encryption."
"In future releases, I would like to see a feature where I can have a view of each device that has BitLocker to see if these machines are encrypted or not. So, I just want a view or a dashboard that can tell us so that I can remediate and add BitLocker to those systems or devices."
"The people at the first level of support refer you to articles that do not pertain to the problem at hand."
"More features need to be included in the encryption software."
"Symantec Endpoint Encryption can improve by being more secure."
"The solution does slow down the device a little bit, once it's installed."
"The UI could be improved."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"I think that they should improve the on-premises version to include the manageability and simplicity that is available on the cloud."
"The product can be expensive. Price was a factor in moving away from the product."
"The instability of the company and lack of presence in the Middle East is affecting product use."
Microsoft BitLocker is ranked 1st in Endpoint Encryption with 28 reviews while Symantec Endpoint Encryption is ranked 7th in Endpoint Encryption with 10 reviews. Microsoft BitLocker is rated 8.2, while Symantec Endpoint Encryption is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Microsoft BitLocker writes "Encrypts fast, embedded in the OS, and is reliable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Endpoint Encryption writes "Not user-friendly and lacks integration with ICT, but provides adequate protection". 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, Sophos SafeGuard and ESET Endpoint Encryption. See our Microsoft BitLocker vs. Symantec Endpoint Encryption report.
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