We performed a comparison between Symantec Data Center Security and Symantec Endpoint Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about VMware, Cisco, Akamai and others in Cloud and Data Center Security."Good file integrity monitoring features."
"The console and tools are very user-friendly."
"The real strength lies in its straightforward approach, offering just two key policies: prevention and detection."
"The monitoring in the management console allows us to find out what is going wrong, and it gets reports even before the user reports it."
"The granularity of applying the policies is valuable."
"We use the product to prevent unauthorized access to data, systems, and servers. It provides essential features for data center security."
"The ability to finely control permissions and restrictions on servers or assets through a customizable rule set is a key strength."
"The tool will then detect any anomalies, such as an intruder who has breached the network, which can trigger the system lockdown feature if it's enabled and meets the defined threshold."
"The solution detects malware very well."
"With a single console, you get control over Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android. This control is most valuable."
"With Symantec, I always know this tool will be reliable and with the latest protection."
"Great security and very user friendly."
"The most valuable features of this solution are that it is really easy to use, and it is secure."
"The solution, especially in older versions, is quite stable."
"The product has been quite stable."
"I like the intrusion prevention and Sonar features."
"A user or administrator making the policy in the DCS should have a very thorough knowledge of the operating system or policy making. You have to be very specific about the data structure."
"The product blocks certain processes, even after allowlisting them."
"This solution clashes with Microsoft defender, which results in performance degradation on the machine."
"Agent management is a challenging task."
"There is plenty of room for improvement with this product, and it could start with platform metrics."
"Could have better reporting capabilities and better support."
"Adding more compatibility with common products like Microsoft would be a plus."
"The support is very bad. They're not fast at all. Trend Micro's support is much better."
"The agent shouldn't use up so many resources at the endpoint when scanning and protecting."
"The solution should have more integration with other platforms."
"There is room for improvement in the zero-day threat detection system."
"The malware and ransomware protections could be improved, which was ultimately the reason why I stopped using the solution."
"The solution is very difficult to uninstall. There isn't really a way to uninstall the product at all, which is quite a headache."
"The solution could improve by having a better graphical interface."
"Reporting in this solution needs improvement."
"The device can be outdated. More enhancement of network and discovery would help already great features."
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Symantec Data Center Security is ranked 11th in Cloud and Data Center Security with 11 reviews while Symantec Endpoint Security is ranked 5th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 138 reviews. Symantec Data Center Security is rated 7.6, while Symantec Endpoint Security is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Symantec Data Center Security writes "A robust solution that provides comprehensive protection for data centers, offering agentless security, powerful intrusion prevention, and a wide range of security features". 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". Symantec Data Center Security is most compared with Trend Micro Deep Security, VMware NSX, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes and Illumio, whereas Symantec Endpoint Security is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks, Trend Micro Deep Security and Fortinet FortiEDR.
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