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Based on 198 reviews.

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Based on 135 reviews.

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Buyer's Guide

Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention vs. McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention

April 2025

McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention vs. Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention

Updated: April 2025

Buyer's Guide

Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention vs. McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention

April 2025

Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention vs. McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention

Updated: April 2025

Sample Customers

Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway

Adventist Health, Alphawest, Amadori, Anoka County, Compartamos Banco, Davies Turner, EverBank, iGATE, Karlstad Municipality, Lake Michigan Credit Union, Scavolini, Smurfit Kappa, Toyota

Forcepoint ONE

UNC-Charlotte

Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention

Alphawest, Betsson, Cellcom Israel Ltd., Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, Confartigianato Vicenza, EverBank, Finansbank, iGATE, Landa Digital Printing, Northern California Bank, Reliance Capital, Remosa, Toyota, Scavolini, Zim Integrated Shipping Services

Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR)

McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention

Kleberg Bank

Popular Solutions

Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention

14 reviews

Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway

13 reviews

Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall

12 reviews

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator

8 reviews

McAfee Complete Data Protection

7 reviews

McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention

6 reviews

Top Industries

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

13%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Quotes From Member Reviews

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

Most Helpful Reviews

Anonymous User
Senior Security Engineer at a healthcare company
It's our CASB, our cloud access service broker. It also does our SaaS-based based DLP, our data loss prevention, for...
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Pablo-Verdina
Sales Manager at Mega tech S.A
We mostly work with finance, specifically with banks most of the time. We use Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall for...
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Shaikh Mubashshir
Cyber Security Technical Engineer at a consultancy
Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention is used for endpoint email security and data loss prevention for web.
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NikunjGodawat
Works
I have used Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway ( /products/forcepoint-secure-web-gateway-reviews ) primarily for DLP (...
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Tharaka Athukorala
Solution Specialist at South Asian Technologies
Our primary use case for Forcepoint Risk Adaptive Protection for DLP (...
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VivekGupta7
DGM at a financial services firm
McAfee Web Protection is for our entire system, regardless of the brand. It is implemented in all systems through an...
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DavidJones7
Head of Content at Pharmaflow
At our organization, we use McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator to automate security alerts and mitigate threats. Our company...
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VivekGupta7
DGM at a financial services firm
In the bank, there is a lot of confidential data. It is stored in various desktops and servers and over email also....
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Wahidur Rahman
Senior Executive Officer at United Commercial Bank Limited
Our primary use case for this solution is activity, authentication, and scans for audit purposes and priority...
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Abel Abenemi
IT Lead\Network Security Analyst at Oiltest Services Limited
Our company uses the solution to provide clients with network protection. We use EPO 5.10 and endpoint 10.7 for...
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Customer Service

Rupesh Kolhapurkar
Manager at Reliance Industries Ltd
The technical support was bad before. It has improved now. Often, the support team is not available. We need to call...
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Anwar Sleem
Regional Director at Ceitcon
I would give their technical support a rating of seven or eight out of ten.
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Nataraj KS
CISO at V Guard Industries Ltd
We had a lot of discussions during the implementation phase, but those issues have been clarified. The customer...
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Nikolay Dimitrov
Cyber Security Engineer at Paysafe / IBM
Forcepoint technical support was not very good. It was some of the worst support I ever have dealt with. Basically,...
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Shamirhan Sulaiman
Director Market Growth and Development at a tech services company
Being the distributor for Forcepoint, we have our own engineers to cover from day zero to day two in terms of...
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AlexOgbalu
Director at LiveFromSpace Limited
I rate Forcepoint support six out of 10. It depends on if you get support from the Indian or European side. Overall,...
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Atul-Vats
Consultant at a tech vendor
The customer support is outstanding.
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AjitMatthew
Principal. - Head - IT, Information Security and Admin at a consultancy
I would rate customer service at 8.5 out of 10. When we have problems with the system, they respond and they...
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Ashish Choudhary
Co-founder | Product Manager | CEO @ ReDi at TRIAD Technologies
Technical support is okay.
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Anonymous User
Technical Lead at a tech vendor
I think support is good but requires a lot of chasing. They don't actively monitor governance, so support is average....
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Anonymous User
Consultant at a tech services company
The solution's technical support was bad as they have no skills at all. We are not able to get replies from the...
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Arvind KR
Director at Foresight Software Solutions Pvt Ltd
I'd say that customer service is above average.
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Anonymous User
Systems Engineer at a tech services company
Their technical support is not bad, but it is also not good at the same time. It should be faster, especially for the...
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NikunjGodawat
Works
Customer service and support are generally satisfactory. However, there are instances where both the response time...
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VIPINKUMAR
Senior Consultant at a construction company
I would rate their support a four out of 10. When we raise a ticket with Forcepoint, they take around 48 hours and...
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Owen Nunez
Security Engineer at Protego Trust Bank
Customer support simply directs us to links to read up on our own. When we contact support, we need one on one help,...
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Badrul Hisyam Jamil
IT Manager at a financial services firm
The tool's support does not provide urgent solutions when we face issues.
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Anonymous User
Infrastructure Support Officer at a government
I have interacted with them. Nine out of ten times, their support is really good. There are different packages you...
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Tharaka Athukorala
Solution Specialist at South Asian Technologies
In terms of presale support, I receive proper support from Forcepoint. The after-sale support needs improvement.
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Anonymous User
Chief Information Officer at a computer software company
I have been in contact with technical support several times, and I am not happy with them.
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MarkEdward
Technical Support Engineer at MCS
Technical support can be better. The support themselves are skilled but when you call for support you have to wait...
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Manjit Singh
Senior Information Security Engineer at Herbalife
Technical support is good but lacking in troubleshooting skills when it comes to Forcepoint.
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DragosBasmaluta
Co-Founder at Avant Consulting
We have had the opportunity to use their technical support. They were very prompt and very good about getting us what...
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Muhammad Bahgat
Senior IT Security at ALEXBANK
Technical support is very responsive. They are helpful and knowledgeable.
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Anonymous User
CTO at a financial services firm
Their tech support is good. They're a 10 out of 10 in responsiveness and they're an eight out of 10 in getting the...
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Yasir Zubair
Senior Manager - ICT Technical at CNS Engineering
We have been very satisfied with the customer service.
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David Levine
Vice President, Corporate Information Security & Chief Security Officer at Ricoh Americas
The support and company engagement from day one have been great about being open and available. Over time, I have...
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Javier Ramirez
Network Security Specialist at SEFISA
Their technical support is great. The technicians are very experienced. We don't have any trouble with them.
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Nayef Hamzeh
IT Manager at cmc
We obtain support from the local partner, rather than from Forcepoint directly.
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AJEETKUMAR
Senior Lead- Technical at a computer software company
Technical support is always good with providing a solution and understanding the issues. They are able to resolve the...
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Wahidur Rahman
Senior Executive Officer at United Commercial Bank Limited
I would rate the technical support of this solution a seven, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and...
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Shreyansh Sharma
Instrument and Control Engineer at Reliance Industries Ltd
We have found the technical support to be very helpful. They are responsive and available when we need them to help...
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DavidJones7
Head of Content at Pharmaflow
Whenever an issue is raised by our company, the support team responds well and on time. The support team of McAfee...
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Erika Valiente
Product Manager at Ran Security
The support from McAfee Web Protection could improve. The quality of support depends on who you end up getting on the...
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Shrikant Pillay
Service Management Consultant at Tata Consultancy
I've never had an issue with McAfee. I've never had to reach out to technical support.
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VivekGupta7
DGM at a financial services firm
While they are knowledgeable, they are not very easily accessible. We need to book a call. Often, we'll first get...
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Muco Aga
Cloud Security Solutions Consultant at CloudCan
We did not directly reach out to McAfee, the corporation, in terms of support. We can get help from their partners....
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Harish G
IT Analyst at SISA Information Security
We do get support from our reseller. We don't get support directly from McAfee.
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MuhammadKhan1
Associate Manager IT at Hi-Tech Foods
My experience is very good with customer support. When I had an issue with the initial charges related to the setup,...
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Mohammed Badowi
IT system manager at NBO
McAfee Complete Data Protection has a good technical support team.
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Victor Akidiva
CEO at Semper Systemis Ltd
There are instances where McAfee interferes with business applications. So, in those cases, we require an...
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Alain Orlanes
Manager at WSI
My clients and suppliers are usually working with technical support.
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Amman Khan Mohammed
Senior System Engineer at a tech services company
I have opened a few cases with technical support and their support is good. It depends on what type of contract you...
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RahulRaju
Security Specialist at Perth Airport
While there are bugs and a few functionality issues, it is just a matter of raising them with the support team....
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RajuBhatt
retired
I've never had to reach out to the support.
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Sanjit Achary
Senior Manager at a tech services company
We've been in touch with technical support in the past. They've been quite good. We've been satisfied with their...
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Anonymous User
Business Analyst at a consultancy
Another person is responsible for dealing with technical support, so I do not have experience with them.
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Altaf Siddiqui
Network Engineer at IBoss Tech Solutions Pvt. Ltd
The solution's customer support team's response time is good. We raise the ticket on a support portal and communicate...
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JonathanChawatama
IT Security Consultant at ZOL Zimbabwe
McAfee technical support is ok, but we do not contact them very often. Every year, they impose certifications on us,...
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Anonymous User
Chief Information Security Officer at a venture capital & private equity firm
Their technical support is average.
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AjitKumar
Technical Security Engineer at Hitachi Systems, Ltd.
I am satisfied with the customer service/technical
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Anonymous User
cybersecurity specialist at a mining and metals company
That's a question I can't answer because I haven't had to deal with them, personally. In general, when we're having...
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Stephen Odongo
Technical Support Engineer at Professional Technologies Kenya
The technical support is very good and they respond quite quickly.
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Yash Rana
Manager IT at OTE
The technical support of McAfee is good and that is why we use McAfee products. The support and protection is very...
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Anonymous User
Network Architect at a tech services company
I've never dealt with technical support in the past. I can't speak to how knowledgeable or responsive they are. I've...
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Amer-Alkhawaldeh
Presales Manager at a computer software company
Essentially, as a service delivery partner, we are also technical support to some level.
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Sabina C
Sr. IT Business Analyst at Citigroup
I didn't need to contact technical support for McAfee Total Protection.
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Jean-Luc Des Groseilliers
Owner at JLDG
I never had to use their support. For the last five years or so, I've not had any issues.
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Anonymous User
Sr. Product Management Specialist at a comms service provider
The technical support is good, but it could be better.
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Anonymous User
System Engineer at Inbox Business Technologies
Their support is really good. I would rate it a nine out of ten. I have never any issues with their support. They...
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