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Symantec Advanced Threat Protection vs Trellix Network Detection and Response comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 1, 2024

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

Symantec Advanced Threat Pr...
Ranking in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)
26th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Trellix Network Detection a...
Ranking in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)
6th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
53
Ranking in other categories
Network Detection and Response (NDR) (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) category, the mindshare of Symantec Advanced Threat Protection is 2.0%, up from 1.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Trellix Network Detection and Response is 4.1%, up from 4.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Trellix Network Detection and Response4.1%
Symantec Advanced Threat Protection2.0%
Other93.9%
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)
 

Featured Reviews

Dennis O'Reilly - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber SecOps Principal at Dotcom Security
Provides end-to-end antivirus protection and has good stability
Symantec Endpoint Protection provides end-to-end protection. Along with antivirus protection, it has a lot of key areas, including intrusive prevention, firewall features, and application and device control. It can integrate with other Broadcom solutions, such as Symantec Messaging Gateway and Symantec DLP. If you want to send an email, it gets scanned through endpoint protection and DLP. We get all Symantec functionality in a single pane.
Twinkle Solanki - PeerSpot reviewer
Business development executive at Digitaltrack solution Pvt Ltd
Continuous network insight has improved early threat detection and streamlined investigations
Overall, we have a positive experience with Trellix Network Detection and Response, but like any enterprise security solution, there are areas where it can continue to improve. One area would be user interface and dashboard customization. While the platform provides a lot of valuable information, new users can sometimes face a learning curve when navigating and investigating and creating customized views. More intuitive dashboards would simplify workflows and help analysts access critical information even faster. Another area for improvement is reporting and analytics. The existing reporting capabilities are useful, but more flexibility and customizable reporting options would make it easier to generate executive-level summaries, compliance reports, and operational metrics for different audiences.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The technical support services are excellent."
"The most valuable feature is NetFlow threat protection."
"They have a very simple and easy implementation; they have been around for a long time, and they have been very easy to deploy, support, and manage."
"The stability is excellent."
"The great advantage in using this product is it creates multiple services."
"What I like most about Symantec Advanced Threat Protection is its notification capability."
"The incident management on the solution is very good. You get a lot of detailed information about an incident. You also get a lot of documentation in connection with the CVI or integration."
"You don't have to buy a separate email security platform. You can enable that using their endpoint, and I like that. You don't have to have two agents running on the same box."
"It's a very simple solution and a very effective product in my network."
"Trellix Network Detection and Response offers excellent diversity and support for different capabilities because it is built and composed of different services."
"Anyone who is looking for a complete network protection solution and does not have any budget issues should definitely go for it."
"Overall, security operations are approximately 30 to 40 percent more efficient, and we can save time because everything automatically analyzes, resulting in approximately 40 to 50 percent time savings."
"Trellix Network Detection and Response has positively impacted my organization by creating a better safeguard and protecting us from threats."
"Support is very helpful and responsive."
"Because of what the FireEye product does, it has significantly decreased our meantime in being able to identify and detect malicious threats."
"By every measure, the FireEye Network Threat Prevention Platform has exceeded our expectations."
 

Cons

"Not ideal for advanced threat protection."
"The cloud platform needs to have improvement in terms of the user interface and the different capabilities it has available. It needs to match the other leading next-gen EDR products that are available in the market. That's the reason why we are stepping away from Symantec. Their cloud environment is just generally lacking in comparison to others."
"The administration interface needs a lot of improvement. It should be UI-based and simple."
"It should be able to collect information if the agent is disabled."
"The administration interface needs a lot of improvement. It should be UI based, and simple. They need to improve it. It's pretty much not that friendly compared to what we were using as Bitdefender before. It's okay but is improving, actually."
"Solutions like CrowdStrike, ESET, and SentinelOne have really jumped ahead on behavioral and algorithm-based detection capabilities. Symantec is trying to catch up, but they still have some limitations of being an old-school AV protection program and adding AI and behavioral learning and detection algorithm."
"The support team that Symantec offers didn't know how to solve issues even though they referred to themselves as "engineers"."
"The support for new OSs and older OSs could be a little tighter. They need to be more upfront about what protection services they're going to provide on new OSs. I haven't seen the Windows 11 version out yet. It is either already released in Beta, or the Beta will be released soon. There could be a little bit more advanced updates on what they're doing to help protect Windows 11 environments. They can let us know in advance so that we know it is going to be protected. We can't roll out the new OS without putting end-point protection on it. So, they should tell us what is their support model for that, and what are they doing to protect Windows 11. They're not telling me, and that's a criticism. The same issue is applicable to all the other antivirus tools. It is not just Symantec; all of them have this problem."
"If you want to search the hashes in the environment, you need to put in IOCs one by one, making it a very hectic job."
"Trellix Network Detection and Response cannot be operated without customer support, especially during the first year and a half of use."
"To improve Trellix Network Detection and Response, I suggest enhancing reporting customization; the reports can be much better, and I should have the ability to customize them much more freely."
"It doesn't connect with the cloud, advanced machine learning is not there."
"It would be a good idea if we could get an option to block based upon the content of an email, or the content of a file attachment."
"Overall, we have a positive experience with Trellix Network Detection and Response, but like any enterprise security solution, there are areas where it can continue to improve."
"It would be great if we could create granular reports based on the protocols, types of attacks, regions of attack, etc. Also we would like to easily be able to add exceptions to rules in cases of false positives."
"It would be very helpful if there were better integration with other solutions from other vendors, such as Fortinet and Palo Alto."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price is quite expensive."
"The pricing of this solution is inexpensive and affordable."
"Symantec Advanced Threat Protection's pricing is comparable."
"Pricing is good. It is nice to have a great product at a fair price."
"Symantec Endpoint Protection has an average price."
"The tool is a bit pricey."
"We're partners with Cisco so we get a reasonable price. It's cheaper than Palo Alto in terms of licensing."
"When I compare this solution to its competitors in the market, I find that it is a little expensive."
"There are some additional services that I understand the vendor provides, but our approach was to package all of the features that we were looking to use into the product."
"It's an expensive solution."
"The pricing is fair, a little expensive, but fair. We've evaluated other products, and they're similarly priced."
"The user fee is not as high but the maintenance fee is expensive."
"When you purchase FireEye Network Security NX, will need to purchase a megabit per second package. You must know your needs from day one."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
11%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Marketing Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise13
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business35
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise23
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Symantec Advanced Threat Protection?
One area for improvement could be the pricing model. Future releases could further enhance integration capabilities with other platforms and simplify the licensing model to compete more with Micros...
What is your primary use case for Symantec Advanced Threat Protection?
Our primary use case for the product is to provide advanced threat protection to our clients, primarily in the banking and financial sectors.
What advice do you have for others considering Symantec Advanced Threat Protection?
Symantec ATP has proven to be a reliable and effective solution. I rate it a nine out of ten.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for FireEye Network Security?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Trellix Network Detection and Response is positive, as the setup process was straightforward, licensing was flexible, and the value deliver...
What needs improvement with FireEye Network Security?
Based on my experience with the solution, I do not see any improvements needed for Trellix Network Detection and Response at present; it might be required in the future, but there is no space to im...
What is your primary use case for FireEye Network Security?
Our main use case for Trellix Network Detection and Response is to maintain oversight of our network traffic and catch any threats or unusual activity as early as possible. Trellix Network Detectio...
 

Also Known As

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FireEye Network Security, FireEye
 

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Sample Customers

ECI
FFRDC, Finansbank, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Investis, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Bank of Thailand, City of Miramar, Citizens National Bank, D-Wave Systems
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