We performed a comparison between Sophos EPP Suite and Symantec Endpoint Security 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."This is stable and scalable."
"It is stable and scalable."
"NGAV and EDR features are outstanding."
"Fortinet is very user-friendly for customers."
"The solution was relatively easy to deploy."
"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."
"Impressive detection capabilities"
"The ease of deployment and configuration is valuable. It's very easy compared to other vendors like Sophos. Sophos' configuration is complex. Fortinet is a lot easier to understand. You don't need a lot of admin knowledge to do the configuration."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to centrally manage the total security environment, including the firewall."
"The most valuable feature is endpoint detection and response."
"The product’s selling point is its ability to protect against zero-day threats and its integration with the firewall."
"It is a stable solution. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."
"Sophos EPP Suite's most valuable feature is ease of use."
"It's very light on the endpoints."
"The solution's setup is straightforward and doesn't take much time to complete."
"So easy to deploy and use that you really don't even need their technical support."
"The product has valuable features for insights."
"It's customizable, we're able to tune it to work with our products."
"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."
"I like the intrusion prevention and Sonar features."
"The application and device control are valuable features, and the live update is another one. We have a schedule to check every four hours for the live update."
"The most useful features are the antivirus, anti-spyware, and the firewall feature. It also provides application control and Host Integrity, which is a very unique feature."
"The firewall, malware, and anti-virus protection have earned its keep in times past by catching the unexpected."
"When they started they found it very easy; not easy to implement but easy to use. We started with the headquarters here and later we also implemented it for all the subsidiaries in the region, in other countries. They have a centralized solution, so they can help other countries in management."
"ZTNA can improve latency."
"Once, we had an event that was locked and blocked, but information about it came to us two or three days later."
"I would like the solution to extend beyond endpoint protection and include other attack surfaces such as other network components."
"Everything with Fortinet having to do with their cloud services. They need to invest more in their internal infrastructure that they are running in the cloud. One of the things I find with their cloud environment compared to others' is that they go cheap on the equipment. So it causes some performance degradation."
"Integration with Azure and SaaS provisioning tools could improve Fortinet FortiEDR."
"The dashboard isn't easy to access and manage."
"There's room for improvement in the quick response time and technical support for integration issues, especially when dealing with multiple vendors."
"To improve Fortinet, we need to see more features and technology areas at the endpoint level introduced."
"The solution isn't quite accurate enough. It provides a lot of false positives."
"In terms of improvement, the main challenge is setting up VPN connections."
"The user interface is not responsive."
"The encryption features are not as good as McAfee's."
"I would like to have more logging features to help more deeply analyze traffic."
"In my country, having an on-premises deployment model is preferred. In this part of the world, on-premises is still the way many companies want to go. Therefore, they should supply some sort of option that allows for that reality."
"Sophos EPP Suite's support services need improvement."
"There has been an increase of about 7-10% in recent months. That's why we face issues with customers who have been using it since 2017."
"We are not satisfied with this solution. It needs a lot of improvements. It doesn't detect the most recent malware and unknown threats. With most of the users working from home these days, there is also a need for some extra security layer. That's why we are thinking of going for a better solution that will take care of all of our endpoints and work from home situation. Symantec also has to work on EDI technology. Vendors like Palo Alto and Cisco are coming with their own intelligence and cloud infrastructure in which unknown threats are regularly watched and monitored, and they are reported to the admin."
"We had trouble with the advanced features, such as the firewall builder and all the network protection modules. We were having a lot of issues because it would sometimes block users or the printing, or it would create issues with the network access resources."
"It could use more feature parity between what is offered with their on-prem console as well as their hosted console."
"The whitelisting feature does not work as expected."
"Symantec's application security module needs some improvement. You need to create a lot of fingerprints for application security. For instance, let's say I have different brands of ATMs in my environment, like Wincor and NCR. I use GRG to deploy an application control to whitelist some applications. I have to get the exact image of the different models of ATMs. When I tested in the past, some machines would not connect to the server without that."
"The support needs to be better. When we upgrade, we can run into issues, and it's hard to get the help we require."
"Since the acquisition by Broadcom, we are no longer receiving the proper support."
"The management of the server is a bit complex."
Sophos EPP Suite is ranked 27th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 55 reviews while Symantec Endpoint Security is ranked 5th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 140 reviews. Sophos EPP Suite is rated 8.0, while Symantec Endpoint Security is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Sophos EPP Suite writes "The solution provides endpoint detection and response with a nice-looking dashboard". 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". Sophos EPP Suite is most compared with Seqrite Endpoint Security, Trend Micro Deep Security, Trellix Endpoint Security, Coro and WithSecure Elements Endpoint Protection, whereas Symantec Endpoint Security is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Trend Micro Deep Security and Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks. See our Sophos EPP Suite vs. Symantec Endpoint Security report.
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