We performed a comparison between ESET Endpoint Protection Platform and Symantec Norton 360 [EOL] 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 stability is very good."
"It notifies us if there's any suspicious file on any PC. If any execution or similar kind of thing is happening, it just alerts us. It doesn't only alert. It also blocks the execution until we allow it. We check whether the execution is legitimate or not, and then approve it or keep it blocked. This gives us a little bit of control over this mechanism. Fortinet FortiEDR is also very straightforward and easy to maintain."
"We have FortiEDR installed on all our systems. This protects them from any threats."
"he solution is an anti-malware product that integrates well with other vendor products such as firewalls, SIEM, etc. It captures threat intelligence and gives you better visibility. The product also has sandboxing features."
"Fortinet FortiEDR made our clients feel secure and more at ease, knowing that they had an EDR solution that would close the gap in their security posture."
"Ability to get forensics details and also memory exfiltration."
"Fortinet is very user-friendly for customers."
"Exceptions are easy to create and the interface is easy to follow with a nice appearance."
"I like everything about ESET Endpoint Security, and as an installer, it's very easy to install the solution, but the most important feature is that it helps defend against any virus. When the virus comes, ESET Endpoint Security stops it."
"The stability is great."
"The solution provides good accessibility and is not heavy on resources when there are updates or when it is in operation."
"ESET Endpoint Security's best feature is that it's invisible until it detects a problem."
"The solution is easy to install and configure."
"It's light. I almost don't know that I am using it."
"The most valuable features of ESET Endpoint Antivirus are the search engine, easy firewall setup, and ransomware scans."
"We use ESET, which is pretty much perfect for us. It is also absolutely simple and automatic once setup."
"It provides confidence by ensuring software programs are virus free and file integrity through an online backup."
"The dashboard isn't easy to access and manage."
"The SIEM could be improved."
"FortiEDR can be improved by providing more detailed reporting."
"We've had a lot of false positives; things incorrectly flagged that require manual configuration to allow. Even worse, after we allow a legitimate program, it sometimes gets flagged again after an update. This has caused a lot of extra work for my team."
"To improve Fortinet, we need to see more features and technology areas at the endpoint level introduced."
"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."
"Making the portal mobile friendly would be helpful when I am out of office."
"The solution's installation from a central installation server could be improved because the engineers had a little bit of trouble getting it installed from a central location."
"After we did the initial setup of ESET Endpoint Security, we had to inform users about popups. This solution comes with an in-built software firewall and there can be some popups coming. We must tell the user not to keep, allow, or block anything. That is the main issue on the user side we have faced. The user's experience may not be as good."
"I'm unsure as to if they could actually support a large enterprise."
"It would be useful if they could automate the deployment more."
"ESET Endpoint Antivirus can improve by having better EDR intelligence and automation. The EDR still needs lots of human interpretation. It can be better if add more intelligence to the EDR part of the endpoint protection."
"The migration between on-prem and cloud has room for improvement."
"There are some complexities if you want to manipulate the software."
"ESET Endpoint Security could improve EDR integration."
"A few times, we have had problems with downloading an agent. We had to try multiple times and multiple uploads."
"The free online storage capacity is limited."
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ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is ranked 9th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 96 reviews while Symantec Norton 360 [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP). ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is rated 8.2, while Symantec Norton 360 [EOL] is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of ESET Endpoint Protection Platform writes "Easy to set up with good security and rapidly improving capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Norton 360 [EOL] writes "Provides online backup in case of ransomware and hardware failure". ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity Complete and Check Point Harmony Endpoint, whereas Symantec Norton 360 [EOL] is most compared with .
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