Stormshield Endpoint Security vs Symantec Endpoint Security Complete comparison

Stormshield and Broadcom are both solutions in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category. Stormshield is ranked #57, while Broadcom is ranked #28 with an average rating of 8.6. Stormshield holds a 0.4% mindshare in EPP, compared to Broadcom’s 0.7% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Stormshield users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 87% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Download the report

Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 9, 2024

Stormshield Endpoint Security and Symantec Endpoint Security Complete are leading products in endpoint security. Symantec is considered superior overall due to its advanced feature set, while users favor Stormshield for pricing and support.

Features: Stormshield Endpoint Security is praised for strong threat prevention, user-friendly nature, and effective monitoring. Symantec Endpoint Security Complete offers comprehensive threat detection, response capabilities, and extensive security tools.

Room for Improvement: Users suggest Stormshield needs enhanced reporting tools, more frequent updates, and better scalability. Symantec could improve system performance optimization, tool integration, and user interface updates.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Stormshield Endpoint Security is straightforward to deploy with effective customer service. Symantec Endpoint Security Complete is also easy to deploy and known for robust customer support, often highlighted as a key differentiator.

Pricing and ROI: Stormshield Endpoint Security offers cost-effective solutions with good return on investment. Symantec Endpoint Security Complete, though more expensive, delivers high ROI due to its advanced feature set.

To learn more, read our detailed Stormshield Endpoint Security vs. Symantec Endpoint Security Complete Report (Updated: March 2026).

Buyer's Guide

Stormshield Endpoint Security vs. Symantec Endpoint Security Complete

March 2026

Download the complete report

Helped 884,122 peers since 2012

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

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Net...

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 Stormshield Endpoint Security is 0.4%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Symantec Endpoint Security Complete is 0.7%, up from 0.4% 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 Complete	0.7%
Stormshield Endpoint Security	0.4%
Other	95.4%

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.

Read full review

it_user745593

Senior Project Manager, PMP at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

Protects the global station and has good stability

The feature I find most valuable is that it protects the global station The solution's integration with the Windows environment could be better. The solution needs better integration with products, if it did, it would have the assumption of better security. I've been using the solution since…

Read full review

PetriRajama

Lead of IT at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

Has provided strong security foundations but struggles with integration and ongoing compatibility issues

It had its problems. They were rebuilding it while having the old functionality and new functionality layered on top of each other. They were migrating the functionalities to the new solution, which caused significant problems. The mobile device management was not unified with the other endpoint management, creating structural issues.

Read full review

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Provides behavior-based detection which offers many benefits over signature-based detection."

"If the user leaves our premises or network, Palo Alto Traps will still be on that endpoint and will still apply our policies."

"It is an easy-to-use tool."

"It blocks malicious files. It prevents attacks. It doesn't require many updates, it's a very light application."

"The most valuable for us is the correlation feature."

"Stability is one of the features we like the most."

"This software helps us understand any issues that may arise when someone is not at work."

"Palo Alto is constantly adding new features."

More Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks pros

"The feature I find most valuable is that it protects the global station."

"In reference to zero-day attacks, we immediately get signatures from the Symantec site. That is good."

"The most valuable features of Symantec Endpoint Security Complete for me are sandboxing and its threat-hunting capabilities."

"The feature I like the most is the Adaptive Protection... And it does not negatively affect users' activities because we can adapt it and allow binaries that are executed regularly, while forbidding those that are not executed within the company."

"The SONAR feature is valuable as it offers real-time protection and threat rejection."

"Security Complete comes with antivirus plus EDR, which is a convergence of antivirus and EDR."

"It protects emails and messages shared between users."

"Setting up Symantec is straightforward. Our DevOps team handled the installation, so I wasn't involved, but it wasn't that complicated. They are competent people with certifications in anti-virus management. They didn't need any training or help from the vendor."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the advanced rate firewall protection, the URL filtering."

More Symantec Endpoint Security Complete pros

Cons

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

"While using Cortex, I noticed some aspects that could be improved, such as increasing the synchronization speed between XDR and Xnor."

"It automatically detects security issues. It should be able to protect our network devices while operating autonomously."

"The product's pricing could be better."

"Cortex XDR should have a lightweight agent, and the agent size should not be heavy."

"Initially, we got to have a lot of false positives when we onboarded, but nowadays it's quite smooth."

"If you compare it to SentinelOne, which has more functionalities and detection capabilities on an open platform, the pricing on SentinelOne is far more reasonable and cheaper than Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks."

"The installation should be easier and the Palo Alto pre-sales and sales teams should have more information on the product because they don't know what they are selling."

More Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks cons

"The solution's integration with the Windows environment could be better."

"The solution's support is not available over the weekends. We also need to have the DLP, endpoint security, and encryption integrated into one agent."

"The solution should include automatic updates."

"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 deployment of Symantec components could be improved."

"An area for improvement in Symantec Endpoint Security Complete is that it needs to be developed more because competitors have started providing EDR and XDR functionalities, but in the product, those are still missing. Another area for improvement in Symantec Endpoint Security Complete is that it needs to be lightweight. Currently, the product is very heavy when compared to other vendors. It takes up too much space on the hard drive and the memory."

"Installation and packaging for Symantec Endpoint Security Complete should be improved. Its console is also confusing, so that's another area for improvement."

"Enhancements in malware analysis and behavior detection would be beneficial."

"Any traffic coming through should be recognized whether it is a legitimate URL or not."

More Symantec Endpoint Security Complete cons

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is an expensive solution."

"I feel it is fairly priced."

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

"Cortex XDR’s pricing is very reasonable."

"The tool's price is moderate."

"I don't have any issues with the pricing. We are satisfied with the price."

"It's the most expensive solution, but features-wise, it's quite strong. It's very good for protection, so the results are very good in the case of protection. I would rate it a two out of ten in terms of pricing."

More Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks pricing and cost advice

Information not available

"I'm recommending going with three-year licensing, rather than the yearly licensing option for this product."

"It's cost-effective and well-suited for smaller to midrange companies."

"In terms of costs, Symantec Endpoint Security Complete has become costlier compared to how much it was in the past. The cost of the product is very high now. The customer needs to pay extra for additional features, but not for technical support. For example, if you need an email gateway or if you are looking for URL filtering, you have to pay extra, and that's where the costs for Symantec Endpoint Security Complete become higher."

"The product's pricing is dependent on partnership levels. The solution's price is competitive compared to other solutions."

"License renewal is not a straightforward process. I have a three-year subscription. It takes a long time to renew the license after three years. It is not proactive on that. The solution is expensive for the coverage that it does. I have to include other products to complement the protection that Symantec Endpoint Security Complete does not cover. We have to pay 18 euros. There are no additional support or maintenance costs."

"The pricing is good. It's good value for the money."

"Symantec Endpoint Security Complete is not expensive."

See which vendors are best for you

Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) solutions are best for your needs.

See recommendations

884,122 professionals have used our research since 2012.

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

No data available

Manufacturing Company

14%

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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

No data available

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	6

Questions from the Community

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto vs. Sentinel One

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto vs. SentinelOne SentinelOne offers very detailed specifics with regard to risks or attacks. ...

See all answers

Comparing CrowdStrike Falcon to Cortex XDR (Palo Alto)

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto vs. CrowdStrike Falcon Both Cortex XDR and Crowd Strike Falcon offer cloud-based solutions th...

See all answers

How is Cortex XDR compared with Microsoft Defender?

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a cloud-delivered endpoint security solution. The tool reduces the attack surface,...

See all answers

Ask a question

Earn 20 points

What do you like most about Symantec Endpoint Security Complete?

The solution prevents any damage from viruses and provides risk mitigation for virus threats.

See all answers

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Symantec Endpoint Security Complete?

Symantec Endpoint Security Full/Complete license is not expensive and advise using the full feature.

See all answers

What needs improvement with Symantec Endpoint Security Complete?

It had its problems. They were rebuilding it while having the old functionality and new functionality layered on top ...

See all answers

Comparisons

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint vs Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks

Compared 9% of the time

SentinelOne Singularity Complete vs Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks

Compared 6% of the time

CrowdStrike Falcon vs Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks

Compared 4% of the time

Cortex XSIAM vs Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks

Compared 4% of the time

Symantec Endpoint Security vs Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks

Compared 3% of the time

More Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks Competitors

Trellix Endpoint Security Platform vs Stormshield Endpoint Security

Compared 20% of the time

Sophos Endpoint vs Stormshield Endpoint Security

Compared 14% of the time

Symantec Endpoint Security vs Stormshield Endpoint Security

Compared 13% of the time

Fortinet FortiClient vs Stormshield Endpoint Security

Compared 13% of the time

WithSecure Elements Endpoint Protection vs Stormshield Endpoint Security

Compared 13% of the time

More Stormshield Endpoint Security Competitors

Symantec Endpoint Security Enterprise vs Symantec Endpoint Security Complete

Compared 21% of the time

Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Optimum vs Symantec Endpoint Security Complete

Compared 10% of the time

Symantec Enterprise Cloud vs Symantec Endpoint Security Complete

Compared 8% of the time

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint vs Symantec Endpoint Security Complete

Compared 8% of the time

SentinelOne Singularity Complete vs Symantec Endpoint Security Complete

Compared 8% of the time

More Symantec Endpoint Security Complete Competitors

Product Reports

Buyer's Guide

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks

March 2026

Download Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks product report

Buyer's Guide

Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)

February 2026

Download Stormshield Endpoint Security product report

Buyer's Guide

Symantec Endpoint Security Complete

February 2026

Symantec Endpoint Security Complete report

Download Symantec Endpoint Security Complete product report

Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps

SkyRecon Systems StormShield Security Suite

No data available

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

Stormshield offers innovative end-to-end security solutions worldwide to protect networks (Stormshield Network Security), workstations (Stormshield Endpoint Security) and data (Stormshield Data Security). These next-generation trusted solutions ensure the protection of strategic information and are deployed through a partner network of distributors, integrators and operators in businesses of all sizes, government institutions and defense organizations worldwide.

Stormshield

Symantec Endpoint Security (SES) Complete delivers comprehensive protection for all your traditional and mobile devices across the entire attack chain. Symantec endpoint innovations include behavioral isolation, Active Directory security, and Threat Hunter technologies to protect your endpoints against sophisticated threats and targeted attacks. For higher return-on-investment and lower total cost of ownership, this single-agent solution supports on-premises, hybrid, and cloud-based deployments.

Broadcom

Sample Customers

CBI Health Group, University Honda, VakifBank

Arkoon, Netasq

Information Not Available

Buyer's Guide

Stormshield Endpoint Security vs. Symantec Endpoint Security Complete

March 2026

Free Report: Stormshield Endpoint Security vs. Symantec Endpoint Security Complete

Find out what your peers are saying about Stormshield Endpoint Security vs. Symantec Endpoint Security Complete and other solutions. Updated: March 2026.

DOWNLOAD NOW

884,122 professionals have used our research since 2012.

See our Stormshield Endpoint Security vs. Symantec Endpoint Security Complete report.

See our list of best Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) vendors.

We monitor all Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.