Bitdefender Sandbox Analyzer vs Symantec Advanced Threat Protection comparison

Bitdefender Sandbox Analyzer vs. Symantec Advanced Threat Protection

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Categories and Ranking

Bitdefender Sandbox Analyzer

Ranking in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)

31st

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Symantec Advanced Threat Pr...

Ranking in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)

19th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) category, the mindshare of Bitdefender Sandbox Analyzer is 1.2%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Symantec Advanced Threat Protection is 2.0%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Symantec Advanced Threat Protection	2.0%
Bitdefender Sandbox Analyzer	1.2%
Other	96.8%

Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)

Featured Reviews

Basawaraj Vastrad

Technical Director at BD Software Distribution Pvt Ltd

Automated and manual threat analysis provides deep insights for potential threat remediation

The most valuable features of Bitdefender Sandbox Analyzer include manual and auto-submission. The sandbox analyzer provides a combination of technologies including machine learning-based technologies. Network analytics is performed, and the tool analyzes using threat feeds. Manual and automated submissions allow suspicious files or URLs to be analyzed thoroughly, providing deep insights for further investigation. This information is crucial for making informed decisions on remediating potential threats.

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TapabrataSamanta

Lead Architect at Zones

Reliable platform with effective integration capabilities

Our primary use case for the product is to provide advanced threat protection to our clients, primarily in the banking and financial sectors Symantec ATP has been beneficial in ensuring robust security for our clients. Its effectiveness in detecting and mitigating threats has improved customer…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The solution is useful in the event of a gray file or grayware, as there are certain files users may download of which we know little about."

"It is easy to use, and there is a lot of automation. So, users don't need to worry about that."

"Sandbox Analyzer is easy to use. It's simple to drill down into the data. In a lot of the competing products, an extremely informed end-user can do battle with the tools provided, but in today's market, end-users have less and less time to try and keep up. The CSAW alerts come out every day, and they're huge. Adobe did a master patch last Thursday and another one a few days later."

"I like the fact that it works pretty well. It can be a little aggressive at times, but I'd rather have it be a little bit aggressive than not catch what it's supposed to catch. We've been running that platform for about five years, and we've not really had any viruses or malware get through. It's also easy to set up, and it's easy to manage."

"Bitdefender has shown fantastic stability over the past eight years with no major incidents reported."

"The most valuable feature is Click-time URL protection."

"Endpoint to network protects the line."

"Real-time threat analysis is quick and takes action on threats immediately."

"All of the solution's features are quite valuable for us. We especially like the threat protection it provides."

"The great advantage in using this product is it creates multiple services."

"The most valuable feature is NetFlow threat protection."

"The product integrates well with our systems, and we have not encountered any problems."

"They manage to solve detection quite nicely. There is some rather elaborate detection compared to other providers."

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Cons

"It does everything we need. We haven't been able to throw anything at it that it couldn't handle."

"One area that needs improvement in Bitdefender Sandbox Analyzer is the addition of an asset management feature."

"It should be more secure. There should be more protection, especially for non-signature-based malware. It works fine for non-signature-based malware, but I expect it to become a bit more advanced to be able to cope with future or upcoming environments."

"We would like to see the time it takes for the sandbox to analyze a file reduced from its ten or fifteen minute duration to five."

"It would be better if there were real-time alerts. The whole suite, unlike most anti-virus consoles that just ping you when there's an infection or something, for some inexplicable reason, Bitdefender doesn't do that. The most you could do is get an hourly email, or maybe if there's an outbreak that affects 30% of our machines, it sends me an email. There's no real-time alert to say, "Hey, so-and-so literally 30 seconds ago just had this happen on their machine." Real-time reporting would be a huge improvement. All in all, it's a pretty nice product, generally speaking. They do a pretty good job. They can pretty much go toe to toe with just about anybody. But it's that kind of real-time nature. I've not had occasion to use the EDR portion to actually try and do any kind of custom scripting to drill into things that are going on at the endpoints. But my understanding from reading comments of others is that it's not particularly flexible in that regard to be able to do things like that."

"We propose the on-premises solution to most of our customers, for which we must provide a license, although no such request accompanies customers who want a cloud-based solution."

"An improvement could be made on the reporting because then it would be easier to collect information and submit it for compliance."

"It's a strange situation where the infrastructure of the consumer or customer is behind some kind of firewall and they have always used some kind of customized proxy. In this situation, the ATP has a very tough time to pass the information to the cloud and back. To fix, it requires a more elaborate and complex configuration for that particular case."

"There are some ‎features that would add value to this product. One of them would be a graphical presentation of threats that the system has encountered."

"It should be able to collect information if the agent is disabled."

"There are limits with respect to blocking files by hash value or blocking IP addresses, and these limits should be removed."

"The product's support services need improvement."

"Not ideal for advanced threat protection."

"One area for improvement could be the pricing model."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"You need a license to a certain extent. You need to pay for advanced features. For corporate accounts, it isn't is really a problem, but pricing is an important thing for many companies."

"I think it's probably less expensive than something like CrowdStrike. We got a really good deal because it was literally their year-end, and they were trying to close all the sales for the week. So we bought a three-year contract from them. It roughly ended up costing me somewhere around $17 for an endpoint per year. It was really quite a nice pricing. I've talked to other folks where they got CrowdStrike, and it's like $60 for an endpoint for a year. It does, and they can be pretty aggressive if you're dealing with them directly, and I have. So no complaints there."

"Pricing is good. It is nice to have a great product at a fair price."

"Symantec Advanced Threat Protection's pricing is comparable."

"The pricing of this solution is inexpensive and affordable."

"Symantec Endpoint Protection has an average price."

"The price is quite expensive."

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Top Industries

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University

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Government

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	13

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Bitdefender Sandbox Analyzer?

Cost is not an additional burden since Bitdefender Sandbox Analyzer is offered as a bundle with other Bitdefender solutions. It does not carry additional costs like other companies who charge extra.

What needs improvement with Bitdefender Sandbox Analyzer?

One area that needs improvement in Bitdefender Sandbox Analyzer is the addition of an asset management feature. Currently, it is not part of the solution and could be beneficial in future updates.

What is your primary use case for Bitdefender Sandbox Analyzer?

I use Bitdefender Sandbox Analyzer ( /products/bitdefender-sandbox-analyzer-reviews ) mostly whenever there is any suspicious event or incident occurring. Bitdefender automatically submits it to th...

What do you like most about Symantec Advanced Threat Protection?

Symantec Endpoint Protection provides end-to-end protection. Along with antivirus protection, it has a lot of key areas, including intrusive prevention, firewall features, and application and devic...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Symantec Advanced Threat Protection?

The price is quite expensive because a different entity has taken over the company.

What needs improvement with Symantec Advanced Threat Protection?

One area for improvement could be the pricing model. Future releases could further enhance integration capabilities with other platforms and simplify the licensing model to compete more with Micros...

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Overview

Bitdefender Sandbox Analyzer is a security solution that enhances the organization posture against sophisticated or targeted attacks through advanced detection and reporting capabilities of elusive, persistent threats that try to penetrate your network.

Bitdefender

Symantec Advanced Threat Protection is a single unified solution that uncovers, prioritizes, and remediates advanced attacks. The product fuses intelligence from endpoint, network, and email control points, as well as Symantec’s massive global sensor network, to stop threats that evade individual security products. It leverages your existing Symantec Endpoint Protection and Symantec Email Security.cloud investments, so it does not require the deployment of any new agents. You can deploy a new installation of Symantec Advanced Threat Protection and start to discover suspicious activity in under an hour. Using the proven technology in Symantec Insight reputation based detection, Symantec SONAR behavioral analysis with the new Symantec Cynic sandbox and file analysis platform, Symantec Advanced Threat Protection provides better detection and prioritization than other vendors, allowing security analysts to “zero in” on just those specific security events of importance.

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Sample Customers

Archdiocese, Northstar, SeSa, W&W Informatik, Yamaha Motor Europe

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Bitdefender Sandbox Analyzer vs. Symantec Advanced Threat Protection