We performed a comparison between CylancePROTECT and Symantec Endpoint Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Exceptions are easy to create and the interface is easy to follow with a nice appearance."
"The ease of deployment and configuration is valuable. It's very easy compared to other vendors like Sophos. Sophos' configuration is complex. Fortinet is a lot easier to understand. You don't need a lot of admin knowledge to do the configuration."
"The solution was relatively easy to deploy."
"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."
"It is very easy to set up. I would rate my experience with the initial setup a ten out of ten, with ten being very easy to set up."
"Additionally, when it comes to EDR, there are more tools available to assist with client work."
"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"
"Blackberry Protect offers endpoint protection. It's easy to deploy. It's scalable and stable."
"Has good RAM capacity for the power I need"
"The CylancePROTECT agent is very low on CPU usage, so it has virtually no adverse impact on my servers, desktops, or workstations."
"The deployment of updates is easy."
"Specifically for a Windows domain environment, the product can be customized and pushed via GPO or SCCM without issue."
"The most valuable features are script blocking and macros within Word documents for stopping unwanted applications from running in the background."
"The solution is stable."
"Endpoints are protected in real-time without the need of a centralized server."
"Managing SEP is very easy, and also troubleshooting part is easily managed."
"It is very easy to managing everything in relation to the implementation and processing. The initial setup is very easy."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The mobile application is valuable. You are able to see the reports of intrusions and the like on mobile devices. That is one of the coolest aspects."
"Some important features that are included are the built-in firewall and device control."
"The most valuable features of this solution are that it is really easy to use, and it is secure."
"It's a good proxy to control the user's access to the website."
"The administrator's console is very good and easy to manage with it. Deploying patches, definition updates and report is simple."
"The only minor concern is occasional interference with desired programs."
"The dashboard isn't easy to access and manage."
"I haven't seen the use of AI in the solution."
"Once, we had an event that was locked and blocked, but information about it came to us two or three days later."
"They can include the automation for the realtime updates. We have a network infrastructure with remote sites. Whenever they send updates, they are not automated. We have to go into the console and push those updates. I wish it was more automated. The update file is currently around 31 MB. It could be smaller."
"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."
"ZTNA can improve latency."
"The solution is not user-friendly."
"I would say one thing that they might need to bring in is protection for mobile devices."
"I'd like them to do software distribution too, but they said that that's architecturally not at the product line."
"I would like to see a better UI in terms of sifting through more specific data and providing analytics. A little bit more would be nice."
"We would like to see secure integration and multi-factor authentication to be able to access the administration dashboard."
"CylancePROTECT could be improved in its technical support and communication."
"The security scripting needs improvement. It needs deeper security for scripting."
"It should have better support for Windows and Mac."
"The solution’s user interface could be improved."
"Multi-domain policy options for exceptions and global blocks."
"It's not cheap."
"Future releases should ideally be cheaper."
"Maybe Symantec Endpoint Security could amend their pricing structure, but they always offer a good product."
"The Symantec Endpoint Manager is very difficult to use and extremely old."
"Symantec has not properly promoted Symantec Endpoint Security in the market. In my opinion, the product should be properly promoted."
"Must push to EXE files to the endpoints."
"In the next release of this solution, I would like to see more to do with malware, encryption technology, and controlling mobile devices."
CylancePROTECT is ranked 23rd in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 41 reviews while Symantec Endpoint Security is ranked 5th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 140 reviews. CylancePROTECT is rated 8.0, while Symantec Endpoint Security is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of CylancePROTECT writes "Ensures advanced AI-driven threat detection to provide robust endpoint security, effectively preventing both known and unknown threats with minimal impact on system performance". 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". CylancePROTECT is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity Complete and Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks, whereas Symantec Endpoint Security is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Trend Micro Deep Security and Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks. See our CylancePROTECT vs. Symantec Endpoint Security report.
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