We performed a comparison between Check Point Harmony Endpoint and Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The console is easy to read. I also like the scanning part and the ability to move assets from one to the other."
"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"
"Fortinet FortiEDR's firewalling, rule creation, monitoring, and inspection profiles are great."
"I like FortiClient EMS. FortiEDR has a lot of great features like lockdown mode, remote wipes, and encryption. I can set malware outbreak policies and controls for detecting abnormalities. You can also simulate phishing attacks."
"Fortinet FortiEDR's scalability is quite good, and you can add licenses to the solution."
"Additionally, when it comes to EDR, there are more tools available to assist with client work."
"This is stable and scalable."
"Exceptions are easy to create and the interface is easy to follow with a nice appearance."
"With the prevention blade, Harmony scales higher than many other solutions."
"The product is stable."
"One of the strengths of Harmony is its power to detect threats and keep us safe."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"It has improved the detection of malware."
"We love the reports and monitoring they provide."
"The best thing is that it fits into all environments, which gives any organization a chance to use it intuitively without worrying about the nature of their industry."
"Data security analytics enable us to prepare and take suitable precautions before landing in trouble and exposing confidential information."
"In Symantec, we have found that the most important feature is Application and Device Control."
"There are times when Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response tags an executable as malicious when it is trying to get executed on the machine. In this case, it prevents the execution and it gives you a process view of things where you can look into what has happened and whether it is a genuine process trying to access some system activities, or it's a malicious one. Depending upon the process, it gives you a clear identification, and we can do the containment from the interface itself and isolate the machine from the network. The process review on network isolation is good."
"The solution does all that we expect it to do."
"It is very simple to use."
"A great feature of this solution is that it is very well-integrated with antivirus software. Other ADR solutions are implemented as single technologies and are not integrated with the provider, but Symantec offers AV plus ADR."
"I've mainly found the antivirus and antispyware features valuable. The documentation is okay as well."
"The most valuable features of Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response are its immediate response and investigation."
"The solution does its job with no issues."
"The support needs improvement."
"FortiEDR could add a separate scanning dashboard. In incident management, we prefer to remove the endpoint system from the environment and scan the system. We typically use Symantec for that, but if we want to use FortiEDR for that, then we need a scanning tab to clarify things."
"I would like the solution to extend beyond endpoint protection and include other attack surfaces such as other network components."
"The security should be strong for the cloud. Some applications are on-prem and some are on the cloud. Fortinet should also have strong security for the cloud. There should be more security for the cloud."
"To improve Fortinet, we need to see more features and technology areas at the endpoint level introduced."
"The solution is not stable."
"ZTNA can improve latency."
"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."
"SandBlast Agent had moments in which it had a high load, we escalated it to the CheckPoint support that helped us to stabilize it. We had a problem with the parameterization of the solution. Once corrected by following the CheckPoint instructions, everything worked normally again."
"The solution can be made lightweight in order to keep the systems more effective during the background operations of the scanning and security checks."
"Sometimes the portal loads slowly which should be improved."
"We know that Check Point has a very good database about threats even Check Point tries to make this EDR stable still there are some issues we were facing after upgrading or taking TAC to help its got resolved but Check Point really needs to work on metadata."
"We would like to make the documentation for more modern solutions like the Harmony family easier to find."
"Some of the less tech-savvy users sometimes find it difficult in adjusting and learning how to use the platform."
"I would like to see more automation."
"Off the top of my head, I can't think of a way it has improved my organization."
"Its UI could be more user-friendly."
"In the future, it would be nice to have playbooks in the tool, to allow for some of the common activities to be automated. For example, some of the scannings of the malware can be too manual for a specific device. Additionally, a vulnerability manager would be beneficial."
"The interface is very complicated."
"They need to improve their cloud presence."
"A significant deterioration in customer support."
"One potential area for improvement in Symantec EDR is the reporting engine."
"They do need to minimize the number of agents installed on a server."
"The solution’s scalability and stability could be improved."
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Check Point Harmony Endpoint is ranked 7th in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) with 101 reviews while Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response is ranked 25th in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) with 28 reviews. Check Point Harmony Endpoint is rated 8.8, while Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Check Point Harmony Endpoint writes "Excellent anti-ransomware protection, zero-day phishing protection, and web browsing filtering". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response writes "A highly stable and affordable solution for detecting and preventing security threats". Check Point Harmony Endpoint is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business and SentinelOne Singularity Complete, whereas Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Trend Vision One, Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Expert, Bitdefender GravityZone EDR and CrowdStrike Falcon. See our Check Point Harmony Endpoint vs. Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response report.
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