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Norton Security Premium [EOL] vs Symantec Endpoint Security comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Norton Security Premium [EOL]
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Symantec Endpoint Security
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
145
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (13th)
 

Featured Reviews

MohammadAlshatreet - PeerSpot reviewer
Has a good dashboard and is stable, scalable, and easy to implement
The dashboard is good During scanning, sometimes, there is a heavy load on the workstation. This needs to be improved. I've been using this solution for four or five years. It is a stable solution. Norton Security Premium is scalable, and we are expanding our license. The architects and…
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 product is called Norton 360 all-in-one. It is a full product."
"Norton Security Premium is good, and it's pretty simple to install."
"Flexible antivirus and antimalware software. It also provides protection against ransomware. It's flexible, easy to handle, scalable, and stable."
"Protects me from internet vulnerability."
"The internet security was a plus, and it's pretty good."
"It does not take many resources during scanning."
"The most valuable feature is the multifunctional protection."
"Security Premium's best features are blocking, notifications, and the user interface."
"It's good at detecting signature-based stuff and stopping that."
"Helps to protect our organization from known attacks."
"Protection from viruses, malware, Trojans, and malicious files is most valuable. It is also good in terms of application control. I can control the type of external media that can be connected with endpoint devices and protect them from malicious files and devices such as USB."
"The firewall, IPS and device control are useful at protecting the environment."
"With Symantec, I always know this tool will be reliable and with the latest protection."
"I like the malware threat control policy and USB blocker. In Symantec Manager, we use multiple available features, so we created firewall policies to prevent any malware attack from the network or device controls."
"The product has been quite stable."
"One important feature is the EDR function, necessary for many public customers due to upcoming laws in Germany, which is available through Symantec Endpoint Security Complete."
 

Cons

"Sometimes the program is too complex."
"The product could always be more secure."
"Security Premium's cost could be lower."
"Occasionally when you open a ticket, there's a lack of understanding that prevents the solution from being resolved directly."
"It would be helpful for me if this solution works on our cloud backup data."
"The solution can improve the security modules."
"The only problem with Norton Antivirus is that it consumes a lot of resources like CPU and memory in the background. Whenever it's scanning, my laptop becomes very slow, and the worst part is you cannot do anything about it. As this product is secured by my local IT team, you cannot even kill that process, and that's what I've felt about many other antivirus solutions. I'm using McAfee for personal use, and I have the same problem."
"The product is an antivirus, it should be updated automatically when needed."
"More control features can be added, and its performance can also be better. Sometimes, the performance is not good when we access the cloud console. Moving to each tab is slow. The dashboard can be a little bit user-friendly. For some users, it is a bit difficult. If someone is a little bit familiar with it, then it is fine. Otherwise, it is hard to find policies in Symantec."
"Reporting in this solution needs improvement."
"It should support the next-generation IPS. Currently, it supports only IPS."
"Need to improved orchestration for broken clients fixes."
"It would be perfect if it is capable of detecting or checking ransomware."
"The whitelisting feature does not work as expected."
"SONAR could be improved. The false/positive rate is a little high."
"The areas that need improvement include scanning issues, application control issues, and the detection of malicious files."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing for this software is competitive."
"The solution gives the value for the money."
"The licensing fee for this solution is not expensive."
"Security Premium costs around US$100 for three years, which is a little expensive."
"If they could come down in price that would be good. It's not exactly the lowest."
"As I have been a long-time customer, I was given a fair price of $49.95 per month for the first four to six months."
"I don't pay for a license."
"Security Premium is highly-priced."
"Its price is fair."
"What we have paid for this product is good value for the work and the services that they are providing to us."
"The pricing was one of the factors that led us to choose this product."
"Licensing is per user. Therefore, it makes it easy to do licensing."
"It is the better product, even if it is a little on the higher side."
"The licensing terms can range from subscription-based to perpetual, to annual, to tri-annual."
"It's pretty awesome price-wise. That's why we give it to most of our clients. It isn't very expensive. Compared to Cisco AMP, which is very expensive, its price is okay. It's also cheaper than Malwarebytes."
"The pricing is a little bit more expensive than other competitors, if you compare it to Kaspersky, for example, or McAfee."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise6
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business69
Midsize Enterprise32
Large Enterprise62
 

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Also Known As

Norton Internet Security
Symantec EPP, Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP)
 

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