We compared McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention and Symantec Data Loss Prevention across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results: McAfee's setup process can vary in complexity, whereas Symantec offers more flexibility. McAfee provides a wide range of policies and user control, while Symantec excels in capturing and blocking data breaches. McAfee is generally considered expensive in terms of pricing, while Symantec's pricing is seen as high but fair. McAfee's customer support could be improved, while Symantec's support receives mixed feedback. McAfee prioritizes user-friendliness and data loss prevention, while Symantec focuses on effective breach capture and cost savings.
"The product provides us with an excellent, dependable solution to recommend to clients for their security needs."
"What I like about McAfee Total Protection is that it's working. I also like that it doesn't require any specific knowledge to set up."
"The most valuable features of McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention are the DLP. The DLP, data loss prevention is the most important feature right now that users are looking for."
"It can scale."
"This solution has a rich set of policies."
"The ability to block all USBs from the McAfee portal has been great."
"The administrative capabilities and the interface make this product accessible and easy to use."
"The overall features of McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention are very good."
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"The incident response capability has been instrumental in mitigating potential data loss."
"The solution offers great reporting."
"The Network Monitor component is the most advanced on the market. Combined with the other Network DLP components."
"It is a scalable solution...The solution's technical support was good."
"The exfiltration capabilities are great. You can put all of these rules in the product to detect the patterns and text."
"Symantec DLP has many servers, and the solution is very powerful because you can use it in ports, endpoints, networks, and email servers to prevent the leakage of emails. DLP can be integrated with Symantec encryption."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Users like the product because of its simplicity and the rate of detection."
"We need to do a lot of configuration."
"Lacks GDPR regulations to enhance security."
"I would like the solution to improve the AI features for anti-virus detection. I also want the software to include a tool for malware detection."
"There needs to be support for blocking the sending of files by email because even if you block or remove an external disk, the files are not protected."
"The product uses a lot of resources and because of this it is not always a good solution for every situation."
"The solution needs to be a one-stop protection shop. And yet, the DLP isn't strong. Anyone can break it quite easily."
"It could improve how it deals with solar data."
"Our client is not very happy with the lack of support, the skills, and the effectiveness of the tool."
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"From a management perspective, it takes a lot of time to manage the infrastructure."
"There should be more documentation with Symantec Data Loss Prevention. We had trouble with the first few deployments."
"DLP could be improved by implementing a cloud-based console."
"Virtualization is not currently supported."
"This product is very powerful but it is very complex, so making it simpler to use would be an improvement."
"The enforce service is difficult to understand, and free courses made available on the internet would be useful."
"That fine tuning has to be done for the customer as well as the vendor. So if I take Symantec DLP, we have to have some final fine tuning but we may need some time developing this depending on the customer. This is an area where something can be done to improve the product."
"What could be improved in Symantec Data Loss Prevention is its security. It should be more secure."
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McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is ranked 9th in Data Loss Prevention (DLP) with 29 reviews while Symantec Data Loss Prevention is ranked 3rd in Data Loss Prevention (DLP) with 53 reviews. McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is rated 7.4, while Symantec Data Loss Prevention is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention writes "Highly beneficial DLP functionality, full system protection, and useful file scanning". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Data Loss Prevention writes "Consitent, accurate, and simple". McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is most compared with Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention, HP Wolf Security, Trend Micro Integrated Data Loss Prevention and Cisco Secure Endpoint, whereas Symantec Data Loss Prevention is most compared with Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention, Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention, Digital Guardian, CoSoSys Endpoint Protector and Zscaler DLP. See our McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention vs. Symantec Data Loss Prevention report.
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