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Symantec Endpoint Security Complete pros and cons

Vendor: Broadcom
4.1 out of 5

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PROS

Symantec Endpoint Security Complete provides protection for Active Directory environments and file servers, with exceptional technical support.
Setting up Symantec Endpoint Security Complete is straightforward, requiring no additional vendor training for skilled IT professionals.
The firewall feature on the endpoint helps handle virus outbreaks and offers advanced firewall protection and URL filtering.
Adaptive Protection in Symantec Endpoint Security Complete allows for customization without impacting user activities, improving detection response.
Symantec Endpoint Security Complete offers antivirus plus EDR, providing threat-hunting capabilities and asset management, ensuring reliability and effective threat updates.

CONS

Installation and packaging for Symantec Endpoint Security Complete should be improved.
Symantec Endpoint Security Complete needs improvements in deployment with EDR and XDR functionalities still missing.
Symantec Endpoint Security Complete requires better support for iOS and Android mobile devices.
Symantec Endpoint Security Complete is very heavy, taking up too much space on the hard drive and memory.
Scalability must be improved for Symantec Endpoint Security Complete.
 

Symantec Endpoint Security Complete Pros review quotes

Fathi Ben Nasr - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief information security officer at a transportation company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Mar 10, 2022
Endpoint security platform that provides protection for Active Directory environments, file servers, etc., and offers excellent technical support.
Zama Ndzunga - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at SASSA
Mar 31, 2022
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.
Mahadi Ma - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineer at M.Tech
May 26, 2022
I like that Symantec can update directories.
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Jitesh Chauhan - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at Rubik Infotech Pvt. Ltd
Jun 6, 2022
One feature I found most valuable in Symantec Endpoint Security Complete is the firewall feature on the endpoint. The firewall feature helps users handle virus outbreaks.
Nikhilesh Verma - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Security Specialist at TT Systems LLC
Jun 20, 2022
The most valuable feature of this solution is the advanced rate firewall protection, the URL filtering.
SK
Endpoint Consultant at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Jul 6, 2022
The SONAR feature is valuable as it offers real-time protection and threat rejection.
reviewer1956849 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network and System Administrator at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Sep 18, 2022
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.
EM
Senior Presales Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
May 18, 2023
I am impressed with the tool's detection response.
João-Ramos - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at Iberol S.A.
Jul 12, 2023
The solution's most important feature is its reliability. It is not heavy on the workstation.
MuhammadJunaid6 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at CNS Engineering
Sep 27, 2023
It protects emails and messages shared between users.
 

Symantec Endpoint Security Complete Cons review quotes

Fathi Ben Nasr - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief information security officer at a transportation company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Mar 10, 2022
Installation and packaging for Symantec Endpoint Security Complete should be improved. Its console is also confusing, so that's another area for improvement.
Zama Ndzunga - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at SASSA
Mar 31, 2022
The deployment of Symantec components could be improved.
Mahadi Ma - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineer at M.Tech
May 26, 2022
Symantec could have better support for iOS and Android mobile devices.
Learn what your peers think about Symantec Endpoint Security Complete. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: December 2025.
879,259 professionals have used our research since 2012.
Jitesh Chauhan - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at Rubik Infotech Pvt. Ltd
Jun 6, 2022
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.
Nikhilesh Verma - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Security Specialist at TT Systems LLC
Jun 20, 2022
Any traffic coming through should be recognized whether it is a legitimate URL or not.
SK
Endpoint Consultant at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Jul 6, 2022
The overall support level for the solution could be increased.
reviewer1956849 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network and System Administrator at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Sep 18, 2022
The Threat Defense for Active Directory feature has a problem in that it is not possible to deploy it within a hybrid management architecture... we would have to migrate all the infrastructure to be managed by the cloud to deploy this feature, so we have not deployed it.
EM
Senior Presales Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
May 18, 2023
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.
João-Ramos - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at Iberol S.A.
Jul 12, 2023
Symantec Endpoint Security Complete does not cover everything on the cloud. It does not cover the workstation emails. There are risks associated with it.
MuhammadJunaid6 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at CNS Engineering
Sep 27, 2023
The product’s scalability must be improved.