

Norton Small Business and WatchGuard EPDR both compete in the cybersecurity market for small businesses. Norton Small Business is more user-friendly and affordable, while WatchGuard EPDR offers advanced security features that justify its higher price.
Features: Norton Small Business offers essential security functions like antivirus, malware protection, and a user-friendly approach. WatchGuard EPDR provides comprehensive endpoint protection, advanced threat detection, and superior security features.
Room for Improvement: Norton Small Business could enhance advanced threat protection, improve real-time updates, and offer more flexible configuration options. WatchGuard EPDR needs a simpler configuration process, better integration capabilities, and a less steep learning curve, requiring less technical expertise.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Norton Small Business is praised for its quick setup and responsive customer support. WatchGuard EPDR, though more complex to deploy, is supported by robust assistance and detailed documentation.
Pricing and ROI: Norton Small Business is cost-effective with satisfactory ROI, appealing to budget-conscious users. WatchGuard EPDR's higher setup costs are justified by its enhanced security benefits, yielding a favorable ROI due to its advanced capabilities.
I can say that knowing you have a product like WatchGuard EPDR that's working 24/7 to help protect students in a school is good for ROI.
They create a case, tell me to refer to articles, and if not resolved, they take a remote session to solve the issue.
Technical support for Panda Adaptive Defense 360 is provided by the reseller, and they also do preventive maintenance yearly.
The technical support from WatchGuard would rate at about an eight on a scale of 1 to 10, where one is the worst technical support and 10 is the best technical support.
WatchGuard EPDR is very competitive regarding its scalability.
WatchGuard EPDR is a very stable solution and is not resource intensive.
It is very stable with no hanging problems.
The stability is approximately a seven to eight out of ten.
Panda Adaptive Defense 360 is not compatible with certain network devices like access points, switches, or routers, which would be an area for improvement.
An area for improvement would be the software deployment to seamlessly deploy software packages across multiple machines simultaneously.
Other firewalls allow adding categories and in-app controls which WatchGuard currently lacks.
It is worth the money and provides good return on investment.
Regarding pricing, I am not sure because I did not compare it with other antivirus; maybe it is pricey.
The pricing is slightly high, but the product quality justifies it.
The cloud of WatchGuard lets me see all my devices, updating me to minute levels with detailed information, such as patch status and vulnerabilities.
The software deployment is also a key aspect of the solution.
It prevents issues with Trojans and encryption Trojans, providing efficiency in network oversight.
| Product | Market Share (%) |
|---|---|
| WatchGuard EPDR | 2.1% |
| Norton Small Business | 1.9% |
| Other | 96.0% |

| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 9 |
| Large Enterprise | 2 |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 26 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 8 |
| Large Enterprise | 2 |
EDR for continuous monitoring that prevents the execution of unknown processes. Behavioral analysis and detection of IoAs (indicators of attack) scripts, macros, etc.
Automatic detection and response for targeted attacks and in-memory exploits. Endpoint protection capabilities such as URL filtering, device control and managed firewall.
Zero-Trust Application and Threat Hunting features delivered as managed services. Lightweight agent and easy-to-use Cloud-based console with detailed reporting.
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