We performed a comparison between Elastic Security and Symantec Endpoint Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Log Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature is the scalability. We are in Indonesia, more engineers understand Elastic Security here. So it is easier to scale and also develop. In features, the discovery to query all the logs is very important to us. It is very easy, especially with the query function and the feature to generate alerts and create tools. Sometimes we use the alert security dashboard to monitor our clients."
"The cost is reasonable. It's not overly pricey."
"I like the indexing of the logs."
"We like Elastic Security because it's a REST API-based solution. That's the primary reason we use it."
"It's very stable and reliable."
"ELK is open-source, and it will give you the framework you need to build everything from scratch."
"Elastic is straightforward, easy to integrate, and highly customizable."
"Elastic Security is very customizable, and the dashboards are very easy to build."
"The administrator's console is very good and easy to manage with it. Deploying patches, definition updates and report is simple."
"The product has valuable features for insights."
"The most valuable features of Symantec Endpoint Security are endpoint protection, antivirus, firewall, and policy creation."
"Symantec End-User Endpoint Security is a stable solution."
"The best thing about Symantec is its ability to control our endpoints from a single point. You can manage the antivirus definitions, upgrades, remote scanning, etc., from one console."
"It's a single-agent installation with many features including wireless protection."
"Great security and very user friendly."
"It is very easy to use and keeps us secure."
"One thing they could add is a quick step to enable users who don't have a solid background to build a dashboard and quickly search, without difficulty."
"In terms of what could be improved with Elastic, in some use cases, especially on the advanced level, they are not ready made, so you'll have to write some scripts."
"Authentication is not a default in Kibana. We need to have another tool to have authentication and authorization. These two should be part of Kibana."
"Upgrades currently released as stacks when it should be a plugin or an extension to save removal and reinstallation."
"The setup process is complex. You need a solid working knowledge of networking, operating systems, and a little programming."
"Elastic Security has a steep learning curve, so it takes some time to tune it and set it up for your environment. There are some costs associated with logging things that don't have value. So you need to be cautious to only log things that make sense and keep them around for as long as you need. You shouldn't hold onto things just because you think you might need them."
"An area for improvement in Elastic Security is the pricing. It could be better. Right now, when you increase the volume of logs to be collected, the price also increases a lot."
"If the documentation were improved and made more clear for beginners, or even professionals, then we would be more attracted to this solution."
"Its GUI needs improvement. It's good, but it needs to be improved in terms of management and reporting."
"There are a few negative points. They should separate the feature for each separate solution for mobile devices. The second one is about the price, it's expensive. Finally, the third would be the complexity of implementation."
"We must have complete dissolution with advance care protection but we are finding out that we need more Symantec technical specialists. We have identified a need to hire at least one more technical specialist familiar with Symantec to improve our solutions capabilities."
"In the next release of this solution, I would like to see more to do with malware, encryption technology, and controlling mobile devices."
"Future releases should ideally be cheaper."
"Managements' number one item on the "Wish List" would have to do with the real-time scan of external media inserted into any client."
"The artificial intelligence of Symantec End-User Endpoint Security could be better."
"The reporting function needs to be more user friendly in general."
Elastic Security is ranked 5th in Log Management with 59 reviews while Symantec Endpoint Security is ranked 5th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 140 reviews. Elastic Security is rated 7.6, while Symantec Endpoint Security is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Elastic Security writes "A stable and scalable tool that provides visibility along with the consolidation of logs to its users". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Endpoint Security writes "The solution has given us visibility into compliance within our whole system and helped us ensure everything is updated". Elastic Security is most compared with Wazuh, Splunk Enterprise Security, Microsoft Sentinel, IBM Security QRadar and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, whereas Symantec Endpoint Security is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Trend Micro Deep Security, Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks and Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business. See our Elastic Security vs. Symantec Endpoint Security report.
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