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Symantec Advanced Threat Protection vs Trend Micro Deep Discovery [EOL] comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Symantec Advanced Threat Pr...
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
16
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Trend Micro Deep Discovery ...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
29
Ranking in other categories
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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.
RJ
Director at Business Automation Indore Private Limited
Long-term threat visibility has reduced customer incidents and supports steady recurring revenue
The real-time visibility on network traffic provided by Trend Micro Deep Discovery is good, and my customer is satisfied. My customers have indeed utilized the Threat Intelligence Sharing feature of Trend Micro Deep Discovery. The impact of the Threat Intelligence Sharing feature on overall defense and security is positive. The benefit that Deep Discovery brings to our organization is that we get fewer calls from customers, allowing me to focus on other businesses, and we receive year-on-year revenue for renewals.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The Application Control code and the easy integration are valuable features."
"Real-time threat analysis is quick and takes action on threats immediately."
"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."
"All of the solution's features are quite valuable for us, and we especially like the threat protection it provides."
"The most valuable feature is NetFlow threat protection."
"Endpoint to network is a good feature, it can protect the line."
"The product integrates well with our systems, and we have not encountered any problems."
"They manage to solve detection quite nicely, with rather elaborate detection compared to other providers, and Symantec also provides a useful set of information linked to each of the attacked computers."
"Deep Discovery is scalable and compatible with other products. It's crucial to have that compatibility because it's an integral part of our security solution. It integrates smoothly. The interface is user-friendly, so administration is simple."
"Generally speaking, it just gives us a broad understanding of exactly what kind of threats occur. The submission point, analyzing point, and virtualization are within the environment that it supports. It helped us to improve our security levels and protect our internal network from any threats outside."
"Trend Micro is a good solution and our clients are happy with it."
"The most valuable feature of Trend Micro Deep Discovery is its complete end-to-end visibility of threats."
"The reporting is very good, providing detailed analysis in a short amount of time."
"Sandboxing gives us a chance to identify malicious behavior, especially for unknown vulnerabilities, although it's rarely needed as a last resort after all other security measures have failed."
"There is no downtime or server vulnerability with this solution."
"I like the sales operations testing. and support."
 

Cons

"The security features need to be improved."
"The endpoint protection looks old."
"It should be able to collect information if the agent is disabled."
"Scalability could be better."
"Symantec appliances need improvement. The whole appliance environment is a robust system and it needs a massive amount of storage space. If you have to increase or speed up the background storage it's a pretty complicated process. The scalability and sizing is critical, and if you do it wrong you run into issues pretty quickly."
"They could enhance the solution to work across all devices, including Android, iOS, and Mac, and make it more user-friendly."
"The support has dropped down to a five out of ten."
"It also needs network-based threat protection for shared folders and files."
"Some of the end users may not be technically proficient, so they occasionally face problems due to a lack of knowledge."
"There are certain aspects of flexibility in the policies that should be added to Deep Discovery."
"I am not aware if Trend Micro Deep Discovery provides any return on investment or cost reductions; it may not be beneficial in terms of finance."
"Trend Micro can improve the pricing in general. There is nothing else they can add or improve in the solution."
"The product's security features need enhancement."
"I would like to see integration with third-party tools to improve the visibility of the dashboards."
"All issues we faced related to false positives regarding many hashes and URLs specifically for mail gateway and sandboxing, which led us to open a threat ticket with Trend Micro support for validation."
"The solution could be more secure."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price is quite expensive."
"Symantec Advanced Threat Protection's pricing is comparable."
"The pricing of this solution is inexpensive and affordable."
"Pricing is good. It is nice to have a great product at a fair price."
"Symantec Endpoint Protection has an average price."
"The tool’s licensing costs depend on the customers."
"Overall, the price is good."
"Trend Micro Deep Discovery is quite expensive compared to other endpoint security products."
"The licensing cost is a bit pricey. We pay a yearly subscription."
"Overall, Trend Micro Deep Discovery has proven to be a reliable solution that enhances our security posture while minimizing operational disruptions."
"Its price is fine, but Trend Micro can improve the pricing in general. It is a hardware solution. It is based on the number of nodes, and according to the number of nodes, clients decide which box they should acquire. They have to renew their license every year. It is subscription-based."
"Compared to its competitors, Trend Micro Deep Discovery is a little expensive."
"The pricing is okay for some, and sometimes, some people find it expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

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Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise13
By reviewers
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Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise11
 

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What needs improvement with Trend Micro Deep Discovery?
Server Protect is not commonly used. When considering the Sandbox feature, it only inspects small files, and not all types of files are supported. The solution is very expensive. The solution is no...
What is your primary use case for Trend Micro Deep Discovery?
I am working with Microsoft solutions, specializing in cyber security. I work with XDR, Apex One, Apex Central, Deep Security, Deep Discovery Inspector, and Deep Discovery Analyzer for monitoring t...
 

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