We performed a comparison between Symantec Norton 360 [EOL] and Trellix Endpoint Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, SentinelOne, CrowdStrike and others in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)."The features that I have found most valuable are the ability to customize it and to reduce its size. It lets you run in a very small window in terms of memory and resources on legacy cash registers."
"I like FortiClient EMS. FortiEDR has a lot of great features like lockdown mode, remote wipes, and encryption. I can set malware outbreak policies and controls for detecting abnormalities. You can also simulate phishing attacks."
"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"
"The price is low and quite competitive with others."
"The console is easy to read. I also like the scanning part and the ability to move assets from one to the other."
"Ability to get forensics details and also memory exfiltration."
"Fortinet has helped free up around 20 percent of our staff's time to help us out."
"Having all monitoring, response, tracking, and mitigation tools in one dashboard provides our analysts and SOC team with a comprehensive view at a glance."
"It provides confidence by ensuring software programs are virus free and file integrity through an online backup."
"It also allows multifunctionality within a single platform."
"I have found the most valuable features to be the ability to manage the solution from anywhere and having an overview of the companies security."
"Tech support is responsive. They're good, the very best."
"The product’s stability and security features enhance user protection and organizational security."
"The most valuable features are the prevention layer that detects the signature value and prevents threats in the network."
"Initially, the DLP was very valuable for disabling access to USB drives."
"Their malware detection rate is excellent for all type of devices and the anti-theft products are good and easy to use."
"One valuable feature is Threat Prevention with the on-demand scan."
"Making the portal mobile friendly would be helpful when I am out of office."
"The SIEM could be improved."
"Detections could be improved."
"We find the solution to be a bit expensive."
"The dashboard isn't easy to access and manage."
"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 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."
"FortiEDR can be improved by providing more detailed reporting."
"The free online storage capacity is limited."
"An area in need of improvement involves the overview, which usually does not enable one to get the value in reports."
"There are times the solution has some additional software added that is not fully integrated properly, such as Exchange Group Sheild. It is quite old and is not fully integrated properly and could be improved."
"The solution's documentation is not streamlined and is in bits and pieces, which should be in a single format."
"Recently, Trellix has introduced a CDR, which involves more manual response than automatic. I believe they should enhance the system by adding features like automated response and the ability to create custom playbooks. This is crucial for an EDR solution, and currently, Trellix lacks this feature while other products offer it."
"We experienced some bad behavior when we first installed the product. The system also starts slowly in some instances. If for some reason this solution crashes, we could lose all our data."
"The initial setup isn't so easy. You need to know what you are doing."
"The solution takes up a high amount of memory and can cause the system to hang."
"I would like to see more integration with third-party products."
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Symantec Norton 360 [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) while Trellix Endpoint Security is ranked 12th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 94 reviews. Symantec Norton 360 [EOL] is rated 8.6, while Trellix Endpoint Security is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Symantec Norton 360 [EOL] writes "Provides online backup in case of ransomware and hardware failure". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Trellix Endpoint Security writes "Good user behavioral analysis and helpful patching but needs better support services". Symantec Norton 360 [EOL] is most compared with , whereas Trellix Endpoint Security is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Trellix Endpoint Security (ENS), CrowdStrike Falcon, Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks and Cisco Secure Endpoint.
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