We performed a comparison between Symantec Endpoint Security and Webroot Business Endpoint Protection based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Fortinet FortiEDR's firewalling, rule creation, monitoring, and inspection profiles are great."
"The product's initial setup phase is very easy."
"he solution is an anti-malware product that integrates well with other vendor products such as firewalls, SIEM, etc. It captures threat intelligence and gives you better visibility. The product also has sandboxing features."
"The stability is very good."
"It is a scalable solution...The initial setup of Fortinet FortiEDR was straightforward."
"Fortinet has helped free up around 20 percent of our staff's time to help us out."
"I like FortiClient EMS. FortiEDR has a lot of great features like lockdown mode, remote wipes, and encryption. I can set malware outbreak policies and controls for detecting abnormalities. You can also simulate phishing attacks."
"Additionally, when it comes to EDR, there are more tools available to assist with client work."
"This solution helps in that I can control quite a few computers from our central location, with ease."
"The most valuable features of this solution are that it is really easy to use, and it is secure."
"The valuable features are device control, SONOR, and anti-virus."
"It's good for large organizations. It's able to handle a lot of users."
"The technical support is very good. They have an Indian support team, so there are no delays in receiving support."
"Its ease of use in deploying it and regular updates are most valuable."
"The best thing about Symantec is its ability to control our endpoints from a single point. You can manage the antivirus definitions, upgrades, remote scanning, etc., from one console."
"Protection from viruses, malware, Trojans, and malicious files is most valuable. It is also good in terms of application control. I can control the type of external media that can be connected with endpoint devices and protect them from malicious files and devices such as USB."
"The feature we found most valuable is the AI functionality for maintaining endpoint security. This is very powerful."
"It is excellent endpoint protection for mobiles that does everything it says it will."
"The traffic security monitoring, traffic application access feature called the agent, the main feature which is the endpoint security feature are the ones I found valuable. And it also had the in branch security in kind of SD WAN, good three hundred and sixty protection. It is specific and there is ease of deployment also present."
"Its ease of installation is valuable. It has been a low-resource tool and the continuous updates in the past have made it attractive from the standpoint of the trust level on the protection."
"Their policy management, their cloud-based dashboard and user interface are very easy to navigate."
"The ease of use of the centralized admin console is its best asset."
"It is very light. It is the only solution that can be installed on a machine that already has an antivirus. It is a pretty complete solution."
"The initial setup was straightforward. It took five minutes. I installed the solution myself."
"The SIEM could be improved."
"The solution is not user-friendly."
"The solution should address emerging threats like SQL injection."
"ZTNA can improve latency."
"The solution is not stable."
"To improve Fortinet, we need to see more features and technology areas at the endpoint level introduced."
"I haven't seen the use of AI in the solution."
"The only minor concern is occasional interference with desired programs."
"The monitoring capabilities could be further developed."
"It seems that its not working very well with VMWare."
"Difficult to set up on older systems."
"They're just starting to get into this now, but I think they can do better - they're just starting out with I think is called the SEP Cloud Console. It has more limited functionality. It will be good once we can run SEP from the cloud. That would be good."
"The platform itself can be improved as there's no way to track how infections get into the organization."
"Symantec has not properly promoted Symantec Endpoint Security in the market. In my opinion, the product should be properly promoted."
"The solution could improve by having a better graphical interface."
"The Symantec Endpoint Manager is very difficult to use and extremely old."
"It would be nice if it had a feature for automatically generating reports on the client end for device status, security status and backup information."
"They should provide more information on the type of cyber attacks."
"We need to know more details about how the virus interacted with the computer."
"Their customer support should be better. We started having some issues with it, and we didn't get the required support."
"Webroot Business Endpoint Protection needs to focus on how they can widen their area of scope by not just being an antivirus tool anymore. The shortcoming in the customization area of the tool needs improvement."
"There should be a Webroot Business Endpoint Protection mobile app."
"We need more control over when upgrades to the app are rolled out."
"The only complaint I have with Webroot is its inability to prevent UoD phishing and its inability to check against bots or block anti-attacks. Plus the URL server is in zero-definition."
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Symantec Endpoint Security is ranked 5th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 140 reviews while Webroot Business Endpoint Protection is ranked 34th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 30 reviews. Symantec Endpoint Security is rated 7.6, while Webroot Business Endpoint Protection is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Symantec Endpoint Security writes "The solution has given us visibility into compliance within our whole system and helped us ensure everything is updated". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Webroot Business Endpoint Protection writes "Lightweight and not hard to set up however, does not offer good reporting". Symantec Endpoint Security is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Trend Micro Deep Security and Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks, whereas Webroot Business Endpoint Protection is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Huntress, HP Wolf Security and Cynet. See our Symantec Endpoint Security vs. Webroot Business Endpoint Protection report.
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