We performed a comparison between Norton Small Business 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."The stability is very good."
"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."
"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."
"Ability to get forensics details and also memory exfiltration."
"It is a scalable solution...The initial setup of Fortinet FortiEDR was straightforward."
"Fortinet FortiEDR's firewalling, rule creation, monitoring, and inspection profiles are great."
"This is stable and scalable."
"Fortinet has helped free up around 20 percent of our staff's time to help us out."
"It efficiently scans for threats without causing disruptions, unlike some other antivirus software."
"The most valuable feature of Norton 360 has been its robust notification system."
"The product’s valuable feature is the availability of support services 24/7."
"It offers diverse features, such as antivirus protection, firewall, identity protection, secure VPN, device backup, password management, parental controls, and performance optimization."
"The solution detects viruses very, very fast."
"The product offers all the essential licenses compatible with Windows, Mac OS, and mobile platforms."
"The solution has good performance."
"Norton 360 offers the best defense compared to other low-priced antivirus solutions. Its most valuable feature is storage and automatic backup. You can restore materials from the tool's cloud backup. It is encrypted with authentication."
"Symantec's detection capabilities are strong. It involves run protection and behavioral analysis."
"Symantec End-User Endpoint Security is scalable."
"The solutions' main features are patch management and security."
"Some important features that are included are the built-in firewall and device control."
"Symantec End-User Endpoint Security is easy to use."
"The valuable features are device control, SONOR, and anti-virus."
"The tool has predefined rules, like which actions to block or allow. This makes it easy because I don't have to figure out what policies to deploy."
"The most valuable feature is the virus and malware detection capability."
"We'd like to see more one-to-one product presentations for the distribution channels."
"I would like the solution to extend beyond endpoint protection and include other attack surfaces such as other network components."
"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."
"FortiEDR can be improved by providing more detailed reporting."
"Integration with Azure and SaaS provisioning tools could improve Fortinet FortiEDR."
"The amount of usage, the number of details we get, or the number of options that can be tweaked is limited in comparison to that with other EDR solutions"
"There's room for improvement in the quick response time and technical support for integration issues, especially when dealing with multiple vendors."
"The dashboard isn't easy to access and manage."
"The tool should be easily available in the market and should be cheaper."
"One area where Norton 360 could improve is the constant push for upselling."
"The integration with Android devices needs enhancement."
"Norton 360’s features for device optimization could be better."
"I would like to see Norton 360 improve the speed of its cloud backup."
"The product should be improved with more storage. Though included in its price, the tool's auto VPN doesn't work at times."
"The solution’s stability could be improved."
"There's a need for enhanced security measures."
"We are not satisfied with the technical support."
"The solution could improve by having a better graphical interface."
"The solution is very difficult to uninstall. There isn't really a way to uninstall the product at all, which is quite a headache."
"I find the documentation on Symantec.com to be not very updated. It seems like Symantec focuses more on their product than on documentation."
"There was an administrative feature, which was available in the previous version, which has been removed. We would like that feature to be added again."
"Must push to EXE files to the endpoints."
"The solution already has support for Windows, Mac, and Linux but it could improve by having better support for Linux. We have run into some problems when there are upgrades. If they can improve this point, Symantec would be good for endpoint protection as well as for a critical server."
"SONAR could be improved. The false/positive rate is a little high."
Norton Small Business is ranked 35th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 9 reviews while Symantec Endpoint Security is ranked 5th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 140 reviews. Norton Small Business is rated 8.6, while Symantec Endpoint Security is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Norton Small Business writes "Provides a secure and hassle-free environment". 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". Norton Small Business is most compared with HP Wolf Security, CrowdStrike Falcon, Kaspersky Total Security, Microsoft Defender for Business and GravityZone Business Security, 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 Norton Small Business vs. Symantec Endpoint Security report.
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