We performed a comparison between Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Expert 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."This is stable and scalable."
"Fortinet FortiEDR made our clients feel secure and more at ease, knowing that they had an EDR solution that would close the gap in their security posture."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is the analysis, because of the beta structure."
"Exceptions are easy to create and the interface is easy to follow with a nice appearance."
"Ability to get forensics details and also memory exfiltration."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the ability to customize it and to reduce its size. It lets you run in a very small window in terms of memory and resources on legacy cash registers."
"The product's initial setup phase is very easy."
"The detection engine running on endpoints works very well and provides a good protection level."
"The content filtering options are good."
"Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Expert offers centralized monitoring where we can monitor everything from a single point. I also like its security and network traffic features."
"The product has an easy-to-use EDR module based on signature-based antivirus detection. It is a complete software."
"The most valuable features are the reports."
"We compared Kaspersky and Trend Micro. The latter is significantly more expensive. That's the main difference."
"What I like best about Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response is that it can detect any cyber attack and that it's a reliable product in the cybersecurity space. My company has confidence in it as a product for detecting all cyber attacks. It's a reliable product."
"Encryption is the most valuable feature. It creates an encryption tunnel from your location to the delivery address."
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"The setup is quite easy."
"The security is good."
"The solution is stable."
"The solution is scalable."
"The solution has great blocking features."
"The Detection vulnerability is very effective."
"The most valuable feature of Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response is its ability to conduct large scans on the endpoints without affecting the network."
"The pricing is pretty reasonable."
"I think cloud security and SASE are areas of concern in the product where improvements are required. The tool's cloud version has to be improved in terms of the security it offers."
"We find the solution to be a bit expensive."
"It takes about two business days for initial support, which is too slow in urgent situations."
"We've had a lot of false positives; things incorrectly flagged that require manual configuration to allow. Even worse, after we allow a legitimate program, it sometimes gets flagged again after an update. This has caused a lot of extra work for my team."
"Making the portal mobile friendly would be helpful when I am out of office."
"The only minor concern is occasional interference with desired programs."
"The support needs improvement."
"The SIEM could be improved."
"I would like to integrate Kaspersky with my Log Collector SIEM. Right now that's not possible."
"The system can be heavy, slowing down performance."
"We would like to have better strategic information."
"We'd like to see them improve the automatic response."
"Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response could improve some issues and add new security files."
"Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response is very heavy on the system resources. It uses a lot of memory and the system can become slow."
"The main problem with Endpoint is that Kaspersky is a Russian company, and my clients prefer not to use it."
"Documentation needs to be simplified and improved so that it provides good product awareness for end users."
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"Technical support is not as good as we expect, and resolving problems should be more timely."
"One potential area for improvement in Symantec EDR is the reporting engine."
"The network forensics feature could be improved."
"The interface is very complicated."
"The product doesn’t offer MDM functionality under its current licensing model."
"Its UI could be more user-friendly."
"The Symantec portfolio is not big enough to cover the organization in all 360 degrees."
"They do need to minimize the number of agents installed on a server."
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Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Expert is ranked 17th in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) with 44 reviews while Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response is ranked 25th in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) with 28 reviews. Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Expert is rated 8.2, while Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Expert writes "Solid security and performance; overall a useful tool". 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". Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Expert is most compared with Trend Vision One, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Cynet, IBM Security QRadar and Check Point Harmony Endpoint, whereas Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Trend Vision One, Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, CrowdStrike Falcon and Trellix Endpoint Security (ENS). See our Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Expert vs. Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response report.
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