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GitGuardian Platform vs Symantec Data Loss Prevention comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 3, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.1
GitGuardian Platform offers financial benefits by enhancing security, automating detection, and saving resources, with annual savings around $20,000.
Sentiment score
7.3
Symantec Data Loss Prevention boosts ROI by enhancing threat management, reducing costs, and improving data protection and response times.
The majority of our incidents for critical detectors and important secret types are remediated automatically or proactively by developers through GitGuardian's notification system, without security team involvement.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
8.2
GitGuardian Platform's support is highly rated for responsiveness, effectiveness, and approachable communication, with scores from eight to ten.
Sentiment score
6.2
Symantec's support is praised for expertise but criticized for slow responses, especially after Broadcom's acquisition and for non-premium users.
I would rate their technical support a nine out of ten.
The support team changed from MTechPro to a different partner, affecting our experience.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
GitGuardian Platform efficiently manages large deployments, ensuring security integration, though some users desire improvements in scalability and provisioning.
Sentiment score
7.6
Symantec Data Loss Prevention is scalable for various user levels but faces challenges in virtualization, browser integration, and service scaling.
I would rate it a ten out of ten for scalability.
In terms of scalability, I would rate it around a ten out of ten, as it handles all the repositories and commit activity we have.
It is quick and meets our needs.
When using native proxy solutions, scalability issues are minimized, and the solution remains stable.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.3
GitGuardian Platform is stable and reliable, with consistent performance, effective support, and minor downtime issues efficiently managed.
Sentiment score
7.7
Symantec Data Loss Prevention is stable with high reliability, minor glitches, and differing maintenance needs for Windows versus Linux.
The SaaS platform has experienced two significant moments of downtime or instability in the last six months, requiring notices and retrospectives.
We set up a lot of the repository, so GitGuardian is a required check.
 

Room For Improvement

GitGuardian Platform needs better customization, integration, automation, reporting, access controls, mobile app, and analytics for user satisfaction.
Symantec Data Loss Prevention faces numerous challenges including integration, user-friendliness, scalability, pricing, and compatibility, especially with macOS.
We are looking for better metrics and audit data, wanting more features such as knowing which users are creating the most secrets or committing the most secrets, what repository, what directory, and who is not checking in secrets.
This presents an opportunity for them to better showcase their developer-first remediation mindset.
Another thing that would be good to see is some more metrics on the usage of the GitGuardian pre-push hooks.
A main disadvantage of Symantec DLP is its reliance on Oracle.
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise users find GitGuardian Platform offers good value with comprehensive security features, though some view it as slightly expensive.
Symantec Data Loss Prevention offers flexible pricing but can be costly, especially for small firms with under 150 users.
Overall, the secret detection sector is expensive, but we are happy with the value we get.
It's fairly priced, as it performs a lot of analysis and is a valuable tool.
 

Valuable Features

GitGuardian Platform provides automatic secrets detection and integration tools for efficient incident management and agile collaboration across development environments.
Symantec Data Loss Prevention excels in data monitoring, machine learning, cloud integration, and user-friendly interface, enhancing overall data protection.
A high number of our exposures are remediated by developers before security needs to step in, as the self-healing playbook process engages them automatically.
GitGuardian Platform performs the capability to detect secrets in real time exceptionally, as it activates from the commit and can detect it immediately.
One of the best features of the solution is the ability to use pre-push hooks.
Symantec Data Loss Prevention has proprietary metadata and is well-suited for endpoint-level security.
 

Categories and Ranking

GitGuardian Platform
Ranking in Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
9th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
27
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (13th), Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (9th), Software Supply Chain Security (6th), DevSecOps (5th)
Symantec Data Loss Prevention
Ranking in Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
59
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) category, the mindshare of GitGuardian Platform is 0.7%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Symantec Data Loss Prevention is 6.3%, down from 10.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
 

Featured Reviews

Joan Ging - PeerSpot reviewer
It dramatically improved our ability to detect secrets, saved us time, and reduced our mean time to remediation
While they do offer some basic reporting, more comprehensive reporting would be beneficial in the long run. This would allow me to demonstrate the value of the product over time to continue to effectively budget for this subscription, especially as they add features that may come at an additional cost. I appreciate the improvements made to reporting over the past year, but continued development in this area will be appreciated. We have encountered occasional difficulties with the Single Sign-On process. There is room for improvement in its current implementation. It works, but was not quite as smooth as the rest of the GitGuardian experience.
ARAVINDAN K - PeerSpot reviewer
Strengthened security operations with endpoint-level protection but database flexibility could improve
Symantec Data Loss Prevention has proprietary metadata and is well-suited for endpoint-level security. It stands out for supporting multiple protocols like email and SMTP without needing user profile login for endpoint agents. Once policies are downloaded to the local system, they function independently of a user's login. The solution helps enhance security operations when integrated with ServiceNow and offers robust incident response capabilities.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
23%
Government
15%
Media Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Financial Services Firm
21%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about GitGuardian Internal Monitoring ?
It's also worth mentioning that GitGuardian is unique because they have a free tier that we've been using for the first twelve months. It provides full functionality for smaller teams. We're a smal...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for GitGuardian Internal Monitoring ?
It's fairly priced, as it performs a lot of analysis and is a valuable tool.
What needs improvement with GitGuardian Internal Monitoring ?
We'd love to see notification updates in Slack, as the system does not provide feedback on updates to incidents, which can be problematic when developers resolve issues. ie. if a developer commits ...
What do you like most about Symantec Data Loss Prevention?
It can prevent copying and encoding of HTTP data to various sites like Google, and Webex.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Symantec Data Loss Prevention?
I do not have an idea about pricing, as it is handled by another team responsible for procurements.
What needs improvement with Symantec Data Loss Prevention?
A main disadvantage of Symantec DLP is its reliance on Oracle, especially compared to other products like Forcepoint, which offer MSSQL database options that are more convenient.
 

Also Known As

GitGuardian Internal Monitoring
Symantec DLP
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Automox, 66degrees (ex Cloudbakers), Iress, Now:Pensions, Payfit, Orange, BouyguesTelecom, Seequent, Stedi, Talend, Snowflake... 
Hadassah University Hospital, Her Majestys Government (HMG), United Kingdom, Hitachi Consulting Software Services India Pvt Ltd., Hua Nan Bank, Hyundai Department Store Group,JW Marriott Hotel Seoul, Lake Health, McCann Erickson Israel, Molina Healthcare Inc., PGi, Quilvest Switzerland Limited, State of Nevada Public Employees Benefits Program, Symantec Corporation (Enterprise Security), The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust (DLP), The Saudi Industrial Property Authority, TSO cloud, Visa, Yunnan Power Grid Company
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