We compared McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention and Symantec Data Loss Prevention across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results: McAfee's setup process can vary in complexity, whereas Symantec offers more flexibility. McAfee provides a wide range of policies and user control, while Symantec excels in capturing and blocking data breaches. McAfee is generally considered expensive in terms of pricing, while Symantec's pricing is seen as high but fair. McAfee's customer support could be improved, while Symantec's support receives mixed feedback. McAfee prioritizes user-friendliness and data loss prevention, while Symantec focuses on effective breach capture and cost savings.
"The most valuable feature is the ability to control access to USB drives and other external devices."
"The administrative capabilities and the interface make this product accessible and easy to use."
"The whitelisting works well."
"The stability of the solution can be good. However, the configuration takes a long time for it to be done properly."
"The most valuable features of McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention are the DLP. The DLP, data loss prevention is the most important feature right now that users are looking for."
"The pricing of the product is excellent. It's very affordable."
"The solution is stable."
"The solution is very user-friendly and valuable."
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"For detection, it has a great algorithm. It can recognize ID numbers and everything that you put in a policy for the end-users. That is really great for us as an institution where we have sensitive data. It recognizes all the sensitive data when someone tries to transfer it or put in other data."
"The accuracy in terms of the rate of detection is good."
"The most valuable aspect of Symantec DLP is its broad coverage. Symantec DLP covers USB, Outlook email clients, and web traffic. If we install the endpoint DLP, we can cover multiple channels, including the clipboard and printer."
"The synchronize application detection policies have been very good."
"Symantec DLP has many servers, and the solution is very powerful because you can use it in ports, endpoints, networks, and email servers to prevent the leakage of emails. DLP can be integrated with Symantec encryption."
"DLP's most valuable feature is compliance."
"I have found the most valuable feature to be partial enlisting."
"I'm able to track everyone who is trying to send information outside the environment and to know if they are not supposed to be sending it. I'm also able to see the people who are accessing or maybe try to access the information they are not supposed to be accessing based on their level of classification. It gives me overall control of who has got access to what and at what point. And who can do what with specific information."
"The solution needs an easier integration in heterogeneous and dynamic environments."
"We faced many issues with the solution's customer support, and it should be made customer-friendly and more responsive."
"McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention could improve by having artificial intelligence."
"The interface can be improved, it's too cluttered."
"The pricing is high for licensing and support and the GUI interface is good but could use updating."
"Integration with other vendors could be improved. For example, with Chrome or Firefox."
"Our client is not very happy with the lack of support, the skills, and the effectiveness of the tool."
"McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention needs to improve the resources it uses for CPU and RAM."
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"The database is a problem for us, as it's running on Oracle and not everybody likes that."
"Different departments should manage administration, reporting, normalization and incident management."
"Symantec could be better with infrastructure."
"Symantec DLP doesn't provide complete cloud coverage. We need another DLP solution to monitor our cloud applications."
"DLP could be improved by implementing a cloud-based console."
"The upgrade process is convoluted. The server and database software must run in line with third-party providers like the Oracle database. If an Oracle database reaches the end of its life, then servers must be decommissioned, and you need to bring new servers online. When the maintenance packages are deployed to the management server, they don't get pushed to the detection servers. Each detection server must be manually installed rather than automatically made from a single server. If it's a large enterprise, you need to manually install it or use a GPO or some other technology, which I never use."
"Their support program needs a lot of improvement. If you are stuck somewhere, getting their support can be difficult."
"What could be improved in Symantec Data Loss Prevention is its security. It should be more secure."
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McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is ranked 9th in Data Loss Prevention (DLP) with 29 reviews while Symantec Data Loss Prevention is ranked 3rd in Data Loss Prevention (DLP) with 53 reviews. McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is rated 7.4, while Symantec Data Loss Prevention is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention writes "Highly beneficial DLP functionality, full system protection, and useful file scanning". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Data Loss Prevention writes "Consitent, accurate, and simple". McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is most compared with HP Wolf Security, Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention, Trend Micro Integrated Data Loss Prevention and Cisco Secure Endpoint, whereas Symantec Data Loss Prevention is most compared with Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention, Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention, Digital Guardian, Zscaler DLP and CoSoSys Endpoint Protector. See our McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention vs. Symantec Data Loss Prevention report.
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