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Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business vs Symantec Endpoint Security comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 9, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Kaspersky Endpoint Security...
Ranking in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
8th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
121
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Compliance (2nd), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (10th)
Symantec Endpoint Security
Ranking in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
12th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
142
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category, the mindshare of Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business is 3.7%, down from 3.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Symantec Endpoint Security is 4.0%, down from 5.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
 

Featured Reviews

Karim Mostafa - PeerSpot reviewer
Easy to setup, stable and good security use cases
I primarily use this solution for security.  I appreciate the good control it offers, which simplifies management. So, I feel confident using this solution. We need a more complete Mobile Device Management (MDM) system. I have been using Kaspersky for eight years. I use the latest version.  I…
Hakeem_Abdulkareem - PeerSpot reviewer
The solution has given us visibility into compliance within our whole system and helped us ensure everything is updated
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. Only the approved software on the ATM should run. Anything outside that should not even come up at all. We did this so that an outside person doesn't introduce malicious software to the ATM. That's the essence of locking down with application control. Using Symantec for application control has been hectic, so I use Carbon Black to do the lockdown. Checking that data security will work fine with Carbon Black. Carbon Black worked fine. Setting up approval in Carbon Black works differently than Symantec. In Symantec, we first need the fingerprints of the applications running underneath. Before setting up Carbon Black, you first install the agent, allowing it to learn the environment. It will analyze all the software's behavior and provide recommendations for what should be allowed. It's more straightforward, whereas configuring application control in Symantec is a bit cumbersome.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The product is fairly technologically advanced and near the top of the market right now."
"I am impressed with the tool's main dashboard, anti-malware application blocking, DDoS, etc."
"There is plenty of features that make the solution work very well."
"Ability to specify the level of protection on devices,"
"We have had no troubles installing, maintaining, or deploying the product for our clients."
"We're more familiar with Kaspersky's interface, and we find it more user-friendly. It also has more features than others, like with BitDefender and Mirco. The price is better, too."
"We have gained advanced threat protection without investing more into that area."
"The implementation and integration are easy."
"I like the firewall and the intrusion prevention features, and just the basic anti-malware and anti-virus seems to be pretty effective as well."
"It's good for large organizations. It's able to handle a lot of users."
"Symantec End-User Endpoint Security is scalable."
"The most valuable feature is the automated updating feature."
"It seems to be user-friendly. Our users seem to like it for the most part."
"We are using it on 1,600 computers. All the systems and servers are protected with the Symantec solution. Our environment has an uptime of 99.9% because we never had any attack or issue related to viruses. There is zero downtime."
"I find it is the most reliable solution on the market."
"I have found the central control console the most valuable feature."
 

Cons

"It would be beneficial to have more robust cloud management capabilities for Endpoint."
"It would be great if, as an additional feature, you could download updates without deploying updates to end users."
"There are quite a number of areas for improvement. The first area for improvement is that I find this solution to be very resource intensive when you're running a particular task, even a mere scanning task, even though it's running in the background. When you go to inspect the resources you realize it makes the machine very slow. It takes up a lot of resources even though there are no particular scanning tasks scheduled to run. That's one of the issues."
"The solution sometimes slows down the computers of our clients, the performance needs to improve."
"The support must provide quick responses."
"The product needs to incorporate training programs or webinars for users. The solution needs to improve its support as well. It also needs to detect ransomware."
"The training provided by the vendor to resellers and end users needs to be improved"
"Kaspersky needs to improve its security techniques as it has not been in Gartner records for the last two years."
"It would be nice to have customized reports integrated on the main console with no additional DB server or BI server."
"SONAR could be improved. The false/positive rate is a little high."
"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."
"We had an issue with the Broadcom migration. We had some problems with product support, and the deployment is tricky because it's an on-premises technology. Deploying any on-premises security solution is hard because you have to distribute the software."
"This solution needs better compatibility with services and applications."
"The enterprise edition does not report attacks on external devices."
"Sometimes, when we are creating a new policy, some of the clients are not being updated with the latest policy."
"There is room for improvement in the zero-day threat detection system."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is a license required for this solution and we have 1,800 licenses. The cost is a bit high and we are looking for an alternative."
"The solution requires a license and there are different license packages depending on the number of users you need."
"I prefer paying for a yearly license because it has some discounts. One of the companies I work for pays for the Business Select license, for 100 users."
"Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business is not an expensive solution."
"We pay for licensing yearly."
"Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."
"I don't remember exactly what the licenses cost, but it's not too expensive. It's affordable, especially when you are dealing with on-prem. However, I don't know about the new prices because we are in the process of buying support."
"I received a very good deal with Kaspersky."
"We pay our licensing fees on a yearly basis, and everything is included in that price."
"I’d say SEP deserves the money."
"What we have paid for this product is good value for the work and the services that they are providing to us."
"Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."
"Symantec Endpoint Security's pricing is okay. It is cheaper compared to other products."
"We have some customers on a one-year license and others on a three-year license."
"The licensing terms can range from subscription-based to perpetual, to annual, to tri-annual."
"Its price is fair."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
62%
Computer Software Company
6%
Comms Service Provider
3%
Financial Services Firm
3%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Kaspersky Endpoint Security?
I have some PCs with one gigabyte of RAM, and it's not easy to set up Kaspersky on these. Additionally, I want to improve how viruses are isolated and receive better notifications.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business?
The pricing of Kaspersky is good, and I rate it an eight out of ten. Our current licensing costs are one hundred dollars per user for three hundred users, which was established three years ago.
Which is better - Cortex XDR or Symantec End-User Endpoint Security?
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Which offers better endpoint security - Symantec or Microsoft Defender?
We use Symantec because we do not use MS Enterprise products, but in my opinion, Microsoft Defender is a superior solution. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a cloud-delivered endpoint security s...
What do you like most about Symantec End-User Endpoint Security?
Symantec have everything – documentation, videos, data sheets.
 

Also Known As

Kaspersky Work Space Security, Kaspersky Endpoint Security
Symantec EPP, Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP)
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

ACMS, Arqiva, Pakistan International Airlines, RAO UES
Audio Visual Dynamics, Red Deer Advocate, Asia Pacific Telecom Co. Ltd., Kibbutz Ein Gedi, and AMETEK, Inc.
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