We performed a comparison between Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Symantec Endpoint Security Complete based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The product detects and blocks threats and is more proactive than firewalls."
"Having all monitoring, response, tracking, and mitigation tools in one dashboard provides our analysts and SOC team with a comprehensive view at a glance."
"It is stable and scalable."
"The price is low and quite competitive with others."
"Fortinet FortiEDR's scalability is quite good, and you can add licenses to the solution."
"Ability to get forensics details and also memory exfiltration."
"It is very easy to set up. I would rate my experience with the initial setup a ten out of ten, with ten being very easy to set up."
"The stability is very good."
"DFE organizational security posture has been a positive experience. We're a Microsoft house. It works. Once it's deployed and once it's configured, it works and our clients tend to be happy with it. I haven't really experienced anyone who has been so unsatisfied with the platform that they wanted to go a couple of different directions, that has never happened to me."
"We found that because the endpoint devices are based on Microsoft Windows devices and Windows Defender is integrated with the foundation and the core layer, it makes it more integrated and more agile in terms of responding to any security threats or changes or development"
"Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is scalable. Currently, we have 600,000 users in our organization."
"In terms of the installation, ease of use, and user interface, Defender has been great so far."
"It's stable."
"Defender for Endpoint has one dashboard with security-related information, vulnerability-related information, and basic recommendations from Microsoft, all in different tabs. That's helpful because if we want to fix only the recommended ones, we can go fix all of them..."
"The most valuable feature is that we can use the solution right out of the box without too much configuration."
"The most valuable feature is that it comes with the package, so there is no additional installation of third-party software. It's also easy to use."
"It protects emails and messages shared between users."
"One feature I found most valuable in Symantec Endpoint Security Complete is the firewall feature on the endpoint. The firewall feature helps users handle virus outbreaks."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the advanced rate firewall protection, the URL filtering."
"Endpoint security platform that provides protection for Active Directory environments, file servers, etc., and offers excellent technical support."
"The SONAR feature is valuable as it offers real-time protection and threat rejection."
"The solution's most important feature is its reliability. It is not heavy on the workstation."
"One of the most valuable features includes elements such as host libraries."
"The solution prevents any damage from viruses and provides risk mitigation for virus threats."
"The solution's installation from a central installation server could be improved because the engineers had a little bit of trouble getting it installed from a central location."
"Detections could be improved."
"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."
"The amount of usage, the number of details we get, or the number of options that can be tweaked is limited in comparison to that with other EDR solutions"
"The EDR console should have more extensive reporting. You shouldn't need to purchase FortiAnalyzer. It should be included in the EDR part. The security adviser cloud platform could be improved with more options for exclusive or intensive rules for devices."
"It takes about two business days for initial support, which is too slow in urgent situations."
"Cannot be used on mobile devices with a secure connection."
"There's room for improvement in the quick response time and technical support for integration issues, especially when dealing with multiple vendors."
"The solution needs to improve its ransomware. It's not so good. It could also use some general performance optimization for the computers the solution operates on, to ensure it does not slow down the devices."
"It is inexpensive but could be cheaper like anything else."
"The product itself does not necessarily need improvement, but the support and implementation of the product are the disaster cases."
"Defender's cloud integration could be improved."
"Lowering the price would be an improvement."
"This solution needs to move beyond relying on virus definitions alone and protect the system using behavioral analysis of the processes that are running."
"Notifications are always popping up — I hate that."
"Threat intelligence has the potential for improvement, particularly by integrating more sources."
"Symantec Endpoint Security Complete does not cover everything on the cloud. It does not cover the workstation emails. There are risks associated with it."
"The overall support level for the solution could be increased."
"There are some limitations from the cloud security point of view."
"Enhancements in malware analysis and behavior detection would be beneficial."
"The product’s scalability must be improved."
"Installation and packaging for Symantec Endpoint Security Complete should be improved. Its console is also confusing, so that's another area for improvement."
"The Threat Defense for Active Directory feature has a problem in that it is not possible to deploy it within a hybrid management architecture... we would have to migrate all the infrastructure to be managed by the cloud to deploy this feature, so we have not deployed it."
"The deployment of Symantec components could be improved."
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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is ranked 1st in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 182 reviews while Symantec Endpoint Security Complete is ranked 38th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 14 reviews. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is rated 8.0, while Symantec Endpoint Security Complete is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint writes "Eliminates the need to look at multiple dashboards by automatically providing one XDR dashboard to show the security score of each subscription". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Endpoint Security Complete writes "A reliable solution for endpoint protection ". Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is most compared with Symantec Endpoint Security, Intercept X Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity Complete, CrowdStrike Falcon and Microsoft Intune, whereas Symantec Endpoint Security Complete is most compared with Symantec Endpoint Security Enterprise, Microsoft Defender for Business and SentinelOne Singularity Complete. See our Microsoft Defender for Endpoint vs. Symantec Endpoint Security Complete report.
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