We compared Symantec Endpoint Security and McAfee MOVE AntiVirus across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results: Symantec Endpoint Security has a more intricate initial setup and longer deployment time, whereas McAfee MOVE AntiVirus offers a straightforward and simple setup. Symantec Endpoint Security provides advanced features like patch management, security, user-friendliness, and comprehensive protection for various devices. Conversely, McAfee MOVE AntiVirus is commended for its ease of use, stability, and minimal impact on system performance. However, Symantec Endpoint Security could improve in areas such as the patching process, EDR functionality, and support services. Similarly, McAfee MOVE AntiVirus needs enhancements in performance, security, cost, stability, and user experience.
"The features that I have found most valuable are its ability to detect and delete known malware and the DLP in particular."
"The protection on offer is very fast."
"The stability is very good."
"The most valuable feature is the security, which is very effective compared to other products."
"The technical support is good. They are fast to respond and they have weekend support."
"I like real-time mobile protection. It's quite easy to use and efficient."
"The solution is good at protecting my laptop from online threats such as malware."
"It's valuable for protection and internet safety."
"It's a single-agent installation with many features including wireless protection."
"It is very easy to use and keeps us secure."
"Symantec ATP provides quite a good overview of how threats have spread within the company."
"I like the intrusion prevention and Sonar features."
"Symantec's detection capabilities are strong. It involves run protection and behavioral analysis."
"All Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) features, such as anti-malware, zero-day attack protection, and IPS features, are valuable."
"The single-pane management is the solution's most valuable feature. It makes administrative control very easy."
"The solution's application control feature is very, very powerful."
"McAfee MOVE AntiVirus does not support integration with other devices, making it an area where improvements are required."
"Sometimes, the updates don't happen successfully. The updates start, but they are not completed. Let's say there is a process that runs on the server-side every night, and it pushes the updates. Sometimes, these updates fail. I'm not sure whether it is a McAfee's problem or an internal problem with our systems. If this is really an issue with McAfee MOVE AntiVirus, McAfee can work on it and improve it in the next release. If it is an internal issue, I need to figure out why it is happening within the organization. We may need to take some technical support from McAfee to see what the problem is and then we need to get it fixed. At this point in time, all I know is that it happens sometimes."
"The solution uses up a lot of memory, which is a major issue."
"The solution could improve by making the dashboards better."
"The performance is not very good."
"The most valuable features of this product are the updated database, the low consumption of resources, and that you can leave it working in the background and it doesn't need any attention."
"It would be ideal if the initial setup was a bit easier."
"The solution needs to be more secure."
"We must have complete dissolution with advance care protection but we are finding out that we need more Symantec technical specialists. We have identified a need to hire at least one more technical specialist familiar with Symantec to improve our solutions capabilities."
"There are limitations because everyone these days has hybrid working; however, the endpoint does not work for us unless we are connected to a VPN, which is a major limitation."
"Since the division of the company, we have experienced a lack of support."
"Sometimes, when we are creating a new policy, some of the clients are not being updated with the latest policy."
"The Sandboxing and ATP functionality does not integrate very well, improving this would be helpful."
"If there is a suspicious file, it is put into a sandbox where Symantec does an analysis. After the analysis, Symantec marks the file as a risk, but it doesn't blacklist or block the file. If a file is already known to be harmful, I would like them to automatically block or blacklist it to reduce the damage."
"After selling this product, what we have observed is that the system gets slower, which is a major issue."
"The solution already has support for Windows, Mac, and Linux but it could improve by having better support for Linux. We have run into some problems when there are upgrades. If they can improve this point, Symantec would be good for endpoint protection as well as for a critical server."
McAfee MOVE AntiVirus is ranked 13th in Anti-Malware Tools with 79 reviews while Symantec Endpoint Security is ranked 5th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 140 reviews. McAfee MOVE AntiVirus is rated 8.0, while Symantec Endpoint Security is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of McAfee MOVE AntiVirus writes "Centralized system, less stress on the network and runs smoothly". On the other hand, 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". McAfee MOVE AntiVirus is most compared with Quick Heal Total Security, CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Trend Micro Deep Security and Total Defense Anti-Virus, whereas Symantec Endpoint Security is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Trend Micro Deep Security, Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks and Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business.
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