We compared Symantec Endpoint Encryption and McAfee Complete Data Protection across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results: Symantec is highly regarded for its security capabilities and encryption, while McAfee is praised for its comprehensive security features and compliance standards. Symantec's pricing is considered expensive compared to other solutions, whereas McAfee's pricing is rated as moderate and reasonable. Symantec's customer service and support receive mixed feedback, while McAfee's support is commended for its responsiveness and helpfulness.
"I have found the USB part most valuable."
"With proper policies and configuration, it prevents sending corporate data to both cloud storage or to flash drives and data extraction."
"In addition, it is easy to use, and you can define rules that protect the database beyond the built-in rules of the product. I found another purpose for the product besides the basic things that it does, protecting the database: privileged use, weak authentication, SQL injection and and database platform vulnerability."
"The most valuable feature is security."
"McAfee Complete Data Protection provides stability and is a good product."
"The server software console is exquisitely designed and organized for handy access and manipulation by the administrator."
"The interface is very good. You can create and manage your own dashboard."
"The console of the EDR is totally in the cloud."
"Overall Symantec Endpoint Encryption is a reasonable solution."
"The solution is easy to use."
"It has reduced the number of incidents related to the loss of information."
"The installation process is pretty straightforward."
"It is stable."
"We can extend it to all of the critical endpoints and the servers, and we can ensure the confidentiality of the data."
"Its management is good, and it is also scalable and mostly stable."
"The solution is pretty stable."
"We are looking for more granular control over the policies."
"The refresh feature needs improvement. You need to refresh it manually yt going to the address bar, clicking on it and pressing enter, or pressing F5. There should be a button you can click on to refresh or have it so every five seconds it's refreshing."
"They need to segregate McAfee Complete Data Protection for endpoints and servers."
"The product must improve endpoint encryption."
"As a new technology, it does need to grow."
"It is difficult to manage."
"I want simplicity. A new user opening the dashboard will be confused. It needs to be more user-friendly."
"Initial setup was complex."
"There are some issues with the single sign-on with the active directory. We had a few problems related to the synchronization between the active directory and the login features of the Symantec products because the users made many password changes during the day. The time for synchronization with the solutions can be improved. I would like to see mobile encryption. There should be a possibility to include all the mobiles of a company in the console. Many customers are asking about encryptions for tablets or cell phones, but we don't have any product that we are comfortable with to recommend to our customers."
"It was hard to install and took us about three months."
"I can only patch monthly. I don't know what the solution is there, besides being vulnerable for three weeks out of four. But there's got to be an option somehow."
"I think that they should improve the on-premises version to include the manageability and simplicity that is available on the cloud."
"One feature that is lacking is integration with Symantec Information Centric (ICT). As it is now, I don't see how to integrate the encryption with ICT, and in my opinion this is an area that certainly requires encryption, even though it's no longer supported by Broadcom."
"The solution does not have endpoint control."
"If for example, a user forgets the endpoint key, they cannot access their data. We need a support team that is a single point of contact for the IT entity to be trained and to have documentation for troubleshooting and managing the solution."
"The solution presently doesn't let network folder encryption be done on Macintosh."
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McAfee Complete Data Protection is ranked 2nd in Endpoint Encryption with 30 reviews while Symantec Endpoint Encryption is ranked 7th in Endpoint Encryption with 33 reviews. McAfee Complete Data Protection is rated 8.0, while Symantec Endpoint Encryption is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of McAfee Complete Data Protection writes "Bandwidth is reduced and online protection does a good job of identifying traits". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Endpoint Encryption writes "Robust data protection with user-friendly deployment, competitive pricing, and comprehensive features like customizable alerts and effective detection capabilities but needs GUI improvements". McAfee Complete Data Protection is most compared with Microsoft BitLocker, Cisco Secure Endpoint, Check Point Full Disk Encryption Software Blade, Sophos SafeGuard and Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption, whereas Symantec Endpoint Encryption is most compared with Microsoft BitLocker, Cisco Secure Endpoint, Digital Guardian, ESET Endpoint Encryption and Sophos SafeGuard. See our McAfee Complete Data Protection vs. Symantec Endpoint Encryption report.
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