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McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention vs Symantec Endpoint Security comparison

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Cloudflare
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Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
77
Ranking in other categories
CDN (1st), Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection (1st), Managed DNS (1st), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (12th)
McAfee Total Protection for...
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
30
Ranking in other categories
Data Loss Prevention (DLP) (25th)
Symantec Endpoint Security
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
145
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (14th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention1.0%
Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention12.6%
Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention8.5%
Other77.9%
Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Symantec Endpoint Security3.6%
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint9.9%
CrowdStrike Falcon7.9%
Other78.6%
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
 

Featured Reviews

Carlos Alam Hernandez Baruch - PeerSpot reviewer
Fast and secure deployments simplify operations for government and fintech clients
It is a fast and secure DNS. It is very easy to deploy, and my customers are happy with this tool. Additionally, the CDN performance in Mexico is excellent, providing fast service and tools. It offers reliability during high-traffic periods, ensuring no impact on the environment. It helps my clients avoid using on-premise boxes, simplifying operations as they only use the prices on Cloudflare.
Kamal Abdelrahman - PeerSpot reviewer
Has provided strong data protection capabilities while offering valuable policy customization options
I find unique value in McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention specifically in controlling the application from a DLP perspective; when a computer downloads a package, you can understand where it downloaded this package from, and you can create a policy regarding the source of the download. This is actually an important and valuable feature, specifically in enterprises where they download, upload, and export critical reports from their business applications. I appreciate the customized policy features in McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention because we didn't find these features in other competing applications. This may be a requirement from business customers who have important or critical applications; they expect to understand that these are critical files because this is a critical application. This cannot be done although we are with Trellix or McAfee solution.
Kumbesh Rajagopal - PeerSpot reviewer
Management becomes easier with minimal complications, but improvement in support tools needed
Regarding areas of improvement for Symantec Endpoint Security, there are many changes, and the support portal tool is complicated compared to other tools. When trying to get service from Symantec, the process is complex. I'm not sure whether it's because of my project or something else. Though it is easy to manage, easy to get, easy to install, and works efficiently for managing policies, we faced a significant disadvantage. We wanted to add multiple hashes because of numerous new alerts coming, but we could only add them one by one, which is a considerable disadvantage in Symantec.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature is its usability."
"The solution is stable, and the DNS servers are simple to use."
"Cloudflare has many features."
"Even when there is a high load on our servers, Cloudflare is able to cache the data and serve it to users, ensuring they can still access the website."
"The technical support is good."
"The most valuable feature of Cloudflare is the GUI. You are able to control the solution very well through the interface. There is a lot of functionality that is embedded in the service."
"The simplicity of the overall dashboard makes it a great product for a user like me who has less understanding of the internet than a developer or other more technical people. It gives me peace of mind. I also love the easy customization of the Page Rules."
"It is easier to configure and develop documentation to see how we have configured firewalls."
"The solution is very user-friendly and valuable."
"The product is largely stable."
"The initial setup process was easy."
"The administrative capabilities and the interface make this product accessible and easy to use."
"The most valuable feature right now is the user control."
"The product provides us with an excellent, dependable solution to recommend to clients for their security needs."
"You can manage your compliance in line with legislation such as GDPR and POPIA."
"McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention works perfectly as a DLP solution; it is a matured and established solution that may have a shortage in applying AI, but it has good new approaches in data classification, built-in solution, and also re-architecture for the OCR solution inside the application."
"The solution can scale."
"The features are very nice. We are getting updates continuously from the Symantec side regarding any attacks, such as zero-day attacks. Symantec helps us in mitigating any attacks or threats early."
"The most valuable features of Symantec Endpoint Security are endpoint protection, antivirus, firewall, and policy creation."
"Some important features that are included are the built-in firewall and device control."
"I like the additional features that come with it. The firewall feature and the encryption feature that they throw in are good as well. Another thing that I like about Symantec is that it runs on different platforms, not just on Windows."
"There are no issues with scalability."
"The product has valuable features for insights."
"It's good at detecting signature-based stuff and stopping that."
 

Cons

"There could be more courses with engineers. I like e-learning, however, having a specialist in a classroom is more comfortable for me."
"It should have easier documentation for the configuration. It's very technical and people who aren't technical should also be able to do the configuration."
"DNS Management."
"I believe they currently have this feature, but there will most likely be integration with APIs so we can control some features through API."
"We are a product integrator and reseller, and we would like to have a better partner relationship, similar to a channel sales relationship. Sometimes we are on our own or get diverted by Cloudflare because they have direct sales, which competes with us and makes it difficult to build a relationship with this company since we want to be an MSP or a managed service provider for the solution."
"For large enterprises, the pricing is okay. However, the enterprise price for small projects is a bit high. A mid-tier pricing option would be beneficial."
"The solution could work at being less expensive. It costs a lot to use it."
"Eventually, things go sideways and require fixes when it would have been easier to prevent the issue initially."
"The solution takes up too much CPU and memory."
"It could improve how it deals with solar data."
"The licensing cost for McAfee Total Protection could be cheaper, but apart from that, I don't need anything else. The software has what I need."
"The user interface is messy and could be simplified."
"The solution needs an easier integration in heterogeneous and dynamic environments."
"We faced many issues with the solution's customer support, and it should be made customer-friendly and more responsive."
"We need to do a lot of configuration."
"In my experience, it's not really user-friendly for me, in terms of how I navigate with the ePolicy Orchestrator. They need to upgrade their management console."
"After selling this product, what we have observed is that the system gets slower, which is a major issue."
"I would like to see improvements in the anti-virus and the device control features."
"Since the division of the company, we have experienced a lack of support."
"We must have complete dissolution with advance care protection but we are finding out that we need more Symantec technical specialists. We have identified a need to hire at least one more technical specialist familiar with Symantec to improve our solutions capabilities."
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"The one thing I don't like about Symantec Endpoint Security is the amount of resources it uses."
"Every time an OS comes out, I have to upgrade the Symantec product. They don't know how to patch it. If they would produce a patch instead of uninstalling or installing over the current version and rebooting I'd be a lot happier with the product."
"The malware and ransomware protections could be improved, which was ultimately the reason why I stopped using the solution."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product's pricing is minimal compared to other products."
"There are no additional costs beyond the standard licensing fees."
"The pricing depends on the usage, but the cheapest would be around 5,000 USD a month."
"Cloudflare's pricing is not much higher and is good for middle-level organizations."
"So far I use free tier and happy with it. You can subscribe to business package if needed."
"We are using the free version."
"The solution has many features but there are ones that you need to pay for. Sometimes you have to find out which is available for free and which you have to pay for."
"A free version of the solution is available."
"The pricing seems expensive both for the license and the support."
"McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is expensive."
"The price of the solution could improve, it is expensive. We typically sell one and three-year licenses."
"Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."
"The price is high for this type of product."
"It's not a cheap option."
"If the client purchases the entire suite of McAfee Endpoint, the license is included."
"McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is an expensive solution."
"The pricing is pretty much at the market standard... Symantec is not that cheap and it's not that expensive compared to CrowdStrike. I would put them in the 'middle block.'"
"Its price is fair."
"Each annual client license is around 1200 or 1600 INR."
"The prices fluctuate, but this year I think it was maybe around $12,000."
"The price of Symantec End-User Endpoint Security is okay. When comparing the price of this solution is not expensive."
"We have some customers on a one-year license and others on a three-year license."
"Symantec Endpoint Security is a moderately priced solution."
"The licensing terms can range from subscription-based to perpetual, to annual, to tri-annual."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Retailer
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business46
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise25
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business18
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise7
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business69
Midsize Enterprise32
Large Enterprise62
 

Questions from the Community

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Which would you choose - Cloudflare DNS or Quad9?
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What do you like most about Cloudflare?
Cloudflare offers CDN and DDoS protection. We have the front end, API, and database in how you structure applications.
What do you like most about McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention?
The tool focuses on endpoints rather than networks. Endpoints cover everything. It wouldn't be possible to steal conf...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention?
I rate the pricing for McAfee as competitive compared to other companies; they are in the same range, not a cheap pro...
What needs improvement with McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention?
I see enhancement in reporting for McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention as a potential area of improvemen...
Which is better - Cortex XDR or Symantec End-User Endpoint Security?
Aqua Security is easy to use and very manageable. Its main focus is on Kubernetes and Docker. Security is a very valu...
Which offers better endpoint security - Symantec or Microsoft Defender?
We use Symantec because we do not use MS Enterprise products, but in my opinion, Microsoft Defender is a superior sol...
What do you like most about Symantec End-User Endpoint Security?
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Also Known As

Cloudflare DNS
McAfee Total Protection for Data, McAfee Total Protection for DLP, Total Protection for Data, Intel Security Total Protection for Data
Symantec EPP, Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP)
 

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