Nyotron PARANOID vs Symantec Endpoint Security comparison

Nyotron and Broadcom are both solutions in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category. Nyotron is ranked #42 with an average rating of 9.0, while Broadcom is ranked #16 with an average rating of 7.1. Nyotron holds a 0.3% mindshare in EPP, compared to Broadcom’s 3.3% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Nyotron users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 80% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 9, 2024

Symantec Endpoint Security and Nyotron PARANOID compete in the advanced security solutions market. Symantec stands out in pricing and support, while Nyotron is favored for its feature set and proactive threat prevention capabilities.

Features: Symantec Endpoint Security offers robust malware detection, threat intelligence integration, and advanced threat protection. Nyotron PARANOID provides unique endpoint threat prevention, effective zero-day attack protection, and real-time security measures.

Room for Improvement: Symantec users suggest enhancing cloud-based features and reducing resource consumption. Nyotron users indicate a need for a more intuitive setup and better compatibility with other security tools. Both products receive feedback about user interface complexity.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Symantec generally offers straightforward deployment and reliable customer support, but some users report initial configuration challenges. Nyotron has mixed reviews on deployment ease, with some citing difficulty, but is praised for responsive and helpful customer service.

Pricing and ROI: Symantec is highlighted for competitive pricing and solid ROI. Nyotron is seen as pricier but justified by users for its specialized protection and ROI.

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Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category, the mindshare of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is 3.5%, down from 4.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nyotron PARANOID is 0.3%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Symantec Endpoint Security is 3.3%, down from 4.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks	3.5%
Symantec Endpoint Security	3.3%
Nyotron PARANOID	0.3%
Other	92.9%

Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)

Featured Reviews

ABHISHEK_SINGH

Senior Process Expert at A.P. Moller - Maersk

Gained full visibility and streamlined threat detection through behavior-based insights and AI integration

Initially, we got to have a lot of false positives when we onboarded, but nowadays it's quite smooth. We have fine-tuned our security policies and allowed different levels of policies to get rid of those false positives. Currently, we are getting a fairly good amount of incidents that are not false positives or benign, but actionable items. The process is streamlined. In the initial days, the operations used to get involved in a lot of benign and other activities, but now the process is streamlined. We are leveraging the auto-detection and remediation plans. The operations teams are now more involved in other business roles as well, not just looking into the logs and fetching out what's happening there. They have fixed a lot of things. Initially, they didn't have IAC code drift detection, cloud posture management, or security posture management, but they have those now. They purchased different vendors and did a merger with that. They have now Prisma Cloud that gets integrated and now they are working with Cortex Cloud. Everything that was negative has now been addressed, and the product altogether looks to be in a very better and mature shape now. Currently, it's more or less detecting the workloads with AI-based best practices. Since most organizations are consuming AI agents and other things, we are looking forward to seeing what other feature enhancements Palo Alto can support in that.

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Abel Browarnik

CEO at Expertos Browarnik

A cost-effective security solution for endpoint protection

The initial setup is complex. It is rare to see an effective endpoint protection system that does not require some effort. It is neither on the cloud nor on-premises. You deploy it on every endpoint or server, irrespective of perimeter. You must use a deployment tool unless you prefer to do it manually on every endpoint or server. We used an automation tool to deploy it. Since we had MSI with us. We had to verify that everything worked, but it didn't take more than two weeks for 1000 endpoints.

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Kumbesh Rajagopal

Senior Security Delivery Analyst at Accenture

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.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It has absolutely improved the way our organization functions, we are more secure, it is giving us more peace of mind, and it has found malicious activity happening on our endpoints that probably would not have been detected if we didn't have it."

"We can visualize and control the activities in the environment from anywhere."

"The live terminal is probably the best thing ever. It gives you the access to get straight onto any machine."

"It can automatically correlate events and logs, which is very helpful for an IT administrator. It can correlate different kinds of malware activities over a network, agent, or host system. You do not need to do it manually. It is a good feature. It is also a user-friendly solution. We have deployed it on the cloud because our space does not provide any flexibility for on-premises deployment, but Palo Alto has added some flexibility to install it on-premises. It must be like the same Cortex XDR agent for all the VPN services, web filtering services, and everything else."

"Implementing Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks has had a significant impact on my security analyst workload because it becomes much easier."

"The most valuable aspect of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks for me is its integration with AI detection, where we get to know the behavioral detection based on users, traffic patterns, and different services that we consume."

"The product's initial setup phase is very easy."

"Palo Alto is the core of the security infrastructure in the environment."

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"First of all, it does the job. It prevents harm to the operating system. Also, the visibility it gives to the user and to the administrator is very good."

"This product really is the best solution for this security issue."

"Nyotron protects your users and does not acquire any threat intelligence."

"Their threat protection is very good."

"Symantec has given us a great sense of assurance and protection; we know that all the devices and endpoints are well secured and that there won't be any major attacks or any damage to them."

"Device control is most valuable. Symantec is providing all such features in the basic plan, whereas when we last checked, such a feature was not available in the basic plan of Malwarebytes."

"The firewall, IPS and device control are useful at protecting the environment."

"Symantec End-User Endpoint Security is easy to deploy."

"Symantec Endpoint Security is an important element for maintaining security in our company."

"The firewall, malware, and anti-virus protection have earned its keep in times past by catching the unexpected."

"Its response time is the most valuable. It is very quick."

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Cons

"It'll help if customization was easier."

"The solution can never really be an on-premises solution based simply on the way it is set up. It needs metadata to run and improve. Having an on-premises solution would cut it off from making improvements."

"The main issue I could point out is the offline agents and the way that it is missing."

"The downsides of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks are that in many incidents, when I enter the causality chain, there are numerous logs."

"If he is using a smaller company, he can depend on some other tools because Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is a bit expensive."

"Currently, we are monitoring all USB drives and ports but we would like to improve our device control capabilities."

"I have seen lagging with Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks. There was one time when we faced a threat actor trying to gain access to our system. When our team utilized the tool, we were all on the same dashboard and we faced a lag issue at that time of around five minutes, which was quite significant."

"I feel that it should not be a licensed activity because a feature should allow us to see applications running on end devices."

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"The main feature that is missing is to have the same solution on servers. Currently it's only protecting the client side, not the server. If they would add the server in the same solution, that would be great."

"The main feature that is missing is to have the same solution on servers."

"The solution should be available on Linux and other platforms, including mobile platforms such as Android and iOS."

"It would be nice to be able to manage the endpoints a bit further. A valuable attribute would be the management of software inventory, software deployment, and third-party software deployment. I would like to see the ability to deploy and delete unlicensed software. Many users try to install what they shouldn't, so that would be really useful."

"The monitoring capabilities could be further developed."

"The reporting function needs to be more user friendly in general."

"Using the management console is a bit complex. There are many features that we cannot use and we could use some help. We need some assistance to make them work better. They need to add features to make it simpler."

"Setting up and managing profiles was overly complex."

"Sometimes, when we are creating a new policy, some of the clients are not being updated with the latest policy."

"The on-prem console doesn't do the product justice — it's a bit cumbersome."

"I would like to see improvements in the scanning part of the solution, specifically to enhance the CPU and hard disk usage during scanning and updates to prevent disruption during work hours."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I did PoCs on products called Cylance and CrowdStrike. Although, I consider these products and they were also good, when it come to cost and budgetary factors, Traps has been proven to be better than the other two products. It is quite cost-effective and delivers all the entire solution which we require."

"It has reasonable pricing for the use cases it provides to the company."

"Compared to CrowdStrike, Cortex XDR is an expensive solution."

"This is an expensive solution."

"The pricing is a little bit on the expensive side."

"Traps pays for itself within the first 16 months of a three-year subscription. This is attributed to OPEX savings, as security teams spent less time trying to identify and isolate malware for analysis as a result of a reduction in malware incidents, false positives, and breach avoidance."

"Our customers have expressed that the price is high."

"The cost of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is $55 to $90 USD per endpoint per month."

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"When comparing this solution to others in the current market it is expensive."

"The prices fluctuate, but this year I think it was maybe around $12,000."

"When it comes to pricing, Sophos is preferrable to Symantec."

"The EDR options are costlier than other products."

"I thought the pricing was reasonable."

"This is not the cheapest product and I know others that are most cost-effective, although it is difficult to compare because it depends on the features."

"The pricing is a little bit more expensive than other competitors, if you compare it to Kaspersky, for example, or McAfee."

"The pricing is as per the environment. If all the features are there, there will be a cost for them. There were no additional costs for me. Support and other things were included in the pricing."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Construction Company

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

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Comms Service Provider

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

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Computer Software Company

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

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Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	44
Midsize Enterprise	20
Large Enterprise	47

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Small Business	69
Midsize Enterprise	32
Large Enterprise	63

Questions from the Community

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How is Cortex XDR compared with Microsoft Defender?

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What do you like most about Nyotron PARANOID?

Nyotron protects your users and does not acquire any threat intelligence.

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What needs improvement with Nyotron PARANOID?

There was an initial problem, we had to run the system in detection mode rather than prevention mode. The solution sh...

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What is your primary use case for Nyotron PARANOID?

We use Nyotron PARANOID to protect endpoints. It serves as a second and last line of protection. It often detects thr...

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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...

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We use Symantec because we do not use MS Enterprise products, but in my opinion, Microsoft Defender is a superior sol...

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What do you like most about Symantec End-User Endpoint Security?

Symantec have everything – documentation, videos, data sheets.

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Comparisons

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Compared 4% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

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Compared 3% of the time

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Compared 23% of the time

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Compared 17% of the time

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Compared 14% of the time

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Compared 14% of the time

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Compared 16% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

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Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps

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Symantec EPP, Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP)

Overview

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks provides advanced threat detection with AI-driven endpoint protection and seamless integration, ensuring multi-layered security and automatic threat response.

Cortex XDR is designed to safeguard endpoints against malware and suspicious activities. It offers advanced threat detection and response capabilities using behavioral analysis, AI, and machine learning. It seamlessly integrates with security infrastructures, providing endpoint security, firewall integration, and enhanced visibility in both cloud-based and on-premises environments.

What are the key features of Cortex XDR?

Advanced Threat Detection: Uses AI and machine learning for proactive threat identification.
Multi-layered Security: Combines various security measures for comprehensive protection.
Endpoint Protection: Safeguards against malware and exploits.
Behavioral Analysis: Monitors suspicious activity for early detection.
Automatic Threat Response: Automates responses to neutralize threats.

What benefits should users expect?

Ease of Use: Simplifies security management with intuitive design.
Resource Efficiency: Minimizes impact on system resources.
Integration Capabilities: Works well with existing security setups.
Reduced Analyst Workload: Automates processes to decrease manual intervention.

Organizations in diverse sectors deploy Cortex XDR to protect against malware, leveraging its advanced threat detection capabilities. Its integration with existing security infrastructures appeals to those seeking comprehensive protection in both cloud and on-premises environments, providing enhanced visibility and threat intelligence.

Palo Alto Networks

PARANOID is a game-changing endpoint protection solution that works seamlessly with your existing endpoint security solutions to create an almost impenetrable defense against even the most sophisticated attacks. Acting as the last line of defense – after threats bypass all perimeter and endpoint security layers – PARANOID protects your data from deletion, exfiltration, encryption, sabotage and more.

Delivering the first-ever OS-Centric Positive Security, PARANOID distinguishes between legitimate activities carried out by a program or user and threatening activities carried out by attacks.

Nyotron

Symantec Endpoint Security is a robust and reliable product that provides complete protection against viruses, malware, Trojans, and malicious files. It offers application and device control, ease of use in deploying and updating, a central control console, stability, scalability, auto-discovery capabilities, patch management, endpoint detection and response capabilities, intrusion detection module.

The Symantec Global Intelligence Network (GIN) provides threat intelligence and detection across endpoints, email, and web traffic. It has helped organizations reduce downtime, increase productivity, and improve security posture. Symantec Endpoint Security is easy to use, has a flexible administration, and offers more value than expected.

Broadcom

Sample Customers

CBI Health Group, University Honda, VakifBank

El Al Airlines

Audio Visual Dynamics, Red Deer Advocate, Asia Pacific Telecom Co. Ltd., Kibbutz Ein Gedi, and AMETEK, Inc.

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