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 solution is quite stable. The performance has been good."
"We've found the initial setup to be quite straightforward."
"It's very stable and reliable."
"It's simple and easy to use."
"Enables monitoring of application performance and the ability to predict behaviors."
"The most valuable features are the speed, detail, and visualization. It has the latest standards."
"It's a good platform and the very best in the current market. We looked at the Forester report from December 2022 where it was said to be a leader."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The product has been quite stable."
"The most valuable features of this solution are that it is really easy to use, and it is secure."
"It is a stable product."
"It's good at detecting signature-based stuff and stopping that."
"It is a stable solution...It is a very scalable solution."
"The solution detects malware very well."
"The administrator's console is very good and easy to manage with it. Deploying patches, definition updates and report is simple."
"The solutions' main features are patch management and security."
"The solution needs to be more reactive to investigations. We need to be able to detect and prevent any attacks before it can damage our infrastructure. Currently, this solution doesn't offer that."
"It is difficult to anticipate and understand the space utilization, so more clarity there would be great."
"If the documentation were improved and made more clear for beginners, or even professionals, then we would be more attracted to this solution."
"It could use maybe a little more on the Linux side."
"The problem with ELK is it's difficult to administer. When you have a problem, it can be very, very difficult to rebuild indexes."
"I think because we are a cybersecurity company, the thing that can be improved is the prebuilt tools, especially quality. Compared to its competitor, they still have fewer prebuilt security rules. Elastic Security, in terms of generating alerts, cannot group the same products into one another. Even though the alerts are the same, they still generate them one by one. So, it is very noisy in our dashboard. I would like the Elastic Security admin to group all the same alarms into one alarm so that our dashboard is not noisy."
"There isn't really a very good user experience. You need a lot of training."
"Better integration with third-party APMs would be really good."
"It should support the next-generation IPS. Currently, it supports only IPS."
"There is room for improvement in the zero-day threat detection system."
"If the agent can be minimized so that it can work with in-memory concepts, that would be ideal. As of now, it is file-based, signature-based."
"The detection and response can always be improved."
"Installation of the tool on a workstation requires some technical knowledge, which could be more straightforward."
"Nowadays, threats are changing, and they are moving more towards script control and zero-day attacks. So, we would like to have more control similar to an EDR solution. Symantec Endpoint Protection has certainly come a long way as a traditional antivirus, but because the threats are changing, we would like to have more EDR features so that we have a detailed view of the source from where the infection entered the environment and whether it has tried to connect any other endpoint. It should provide such a detailed view for investigation. It should protect against zero-day threats, etc. These are the key enhancements that can make it a complete solution for any enterprise. Currently, we have seen organizations going for two solutions: antivirus and EDR. With both these capabilities, it would be a complete package."
"One suggestion I have for both regular and mobile would be to collect all the information about installed software, such as versions, and give that information to the manager to help with software management. That would be a huge advantage for everyone who administers these tools."
"The platform itself can be improved as there's no way to track how infections get into the organization."
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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