Symantec Data Center Security vs Symantec Endpoint Security comparison

The compared Symantec Data Center Security and Symantec Endpoint Security solutions aren't in the same category. Symantec Data Center Security is ranked #11 in CDCS , with an average rating of 8.0, and holds a 1.8% mindshare in the category. Symantec Endpoint Security is ranked #14 in EPP , with an average rating of 7.3, and holds a 3.6% mindshare. Additionally, 81% of Symantec Data Center Security users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 80% of Symantec Endpoint Security users who would recommend it.

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81% willing to recommend

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80% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Symantec Data Center Security

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

5.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud and Data Center Security (11th)

Symantec Endpoint Security

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

145

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Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (14th)

Mindshare comparison

Symantec Data Center Security and Symantec Endpoint Security aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Symantec Data Center Security is designed for Cloud and Data Center Security and holds a mindshare of 1.8%, down 2.3% compared to last year.
Symantec Endpoint Security, on the other hand, focuses on Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP), holds 3.6% mindshare, down 4.4% since last year.

Cloud and Data Center Security Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Symantec Data Center Security	1.8%
Illumio	22.8%
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation	21.5%
Other	53.9%

Cloud and Data Center Security

Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Symantec Endpoint Security	3.6%
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint	9.9%
CrowdStrike Falcon	7.9%
Other	78.6%

Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)

Featured Reviews

Shahram Dehghani

Security Technical Manager at Modaberan Fanavari Pasargad

A robust solution that provides comprehensive protection for data centers, offering agentless security, powerful intrusion prevention, and a wide range of security features

The primary focus of data center security often revolves around serving customers who offer services to other clients within the data center. For example, if I operate a data center and provide security services, third-party customers might purchase virtual machine products within my data center. These products are automatically deployed, and we safeguard these virtual machines using intrusion prevention system features. This aspect is considered the most valuable part because when we set up these security policies, it's as if we're fortifying the entire infrastructure. It's not just about having good technical support; it's about having a robust IPS and comprehensive DOS prevention system on those operating systems. The advantage of Data Center Security is its ease of use and that it serves as a single unified platform, where I can apply all my security policies to protect that server.

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Kumbesh Rajagopal

Senior Security Delivery Analyst at Accenture

Management becomes easier with minimal complications, but improvement in support tools needed

Regarding areas of improvement for Symantec Endpoint Security, there are many changes, and the support portal tool is complicated compared to other tools. When trying to get service from Symantec, the process is complex. I'm not sure whether it's because of my project or something else. Though it is easy to manage, easy to get, easy to install, and works efficiently for managing policies, we faced a significant disadvantage. We wanted to add multiple hashes because of numerous new alerts coming, but we could only add them one by one, which is a considerable disadvantage in Symantec.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The real strength lies in its straightforward approach, offering just two key policies: prevention and detection."

"The monitoring in the management console allows us to find out what is going wrong, and it gets reports even before the user reports it."

"The most valuable feature is the centralized console, which can handle different products that we have."

"The console and tools are very user-friendly."

"We use the product to prevent unauthorized access to data, systems, and servers. It provides essential features for data center security."

"The most valuable feature is the endpoint protection system."

"The tool will then detect any anomalies, such as an intruder who has breached the network, which can trigger the system lockdown feature if it's enabled and meets the defined threshold."

"The ability to finely control permissions and restrictions on servers or assets through a customizable rule set is a key strength."

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"Great security and very user friendly."

"The centralized console is great for us. It gives us one centralized console to manage all of the endpoints."

"Endpoint Protection is the next generation. It covers antivirus, spamware, ransomware..."

"Stability-wise, it is very good and we have had no trouble."

"What I like most about Symantec is the intrusion detection module. If you are scanning the environment, it will flag a possible intruder and tell you the IP and where the attack is coming from. Traditional antivirus solutions will never flag that. If you have a traditional SIEM, you might be able to pick that up. Symantec is a holistic endpoint security solution, so when you scan an endpoint, Symantec will let you know that something is happening to it."

"The features are very nice. We are getting updates continuously from the Symantec side regarding any attacks, such as zero-day attacks. Symantec helps us in mitigating any attacks or threats early."

"Its ease of use in deploying it and regular updates are most valuable."

"Symantec ATP provides quite a good overview of how threats have spread within the company."

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Cons

"They need to develop a more flexible product that can be scaled such that it fits well into a small business or a bigger, enterprise-level solution."

"There is room for improvement in enhancing its graphical user interface for a more user-friendly experience."

"The support is very bad. They're not fast at all. Trend Micro's support is much better."

"There is plenty of room for improvement with this product, and it could start with platform metrics."

"This solution clashes with Microsoft defender, which results in performance degradation on the machine."

"Could have better reporting capabilities and better support."

"The product blocks certain processes, even after allowlisting them."

"Agent management is a challenging task."

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"The reporting could be improved."

"The Centralized Management could be improved."

"Symantec isn't good in terms of updating customers about updates. You'd normally have to search it out. Sometimes, the update process for the administration and management console can be a bit intimidating, and it can be quite inconvenient to get the updates. That's because when you have to do the update, you have to update the management console, and then you need to update the clients. Their application that's installed on desktops and servers needs to go hand in hand with the management console. Sometimes, it's a bit unwieldy to see that process through."

"They lack the visibility you get in a heuristical, artificial, AI type of product, like a next-gen antivirus."

"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."

"I would like to see improvements in the scanning part of the solution, specifically to enhance the CPU and hard disk usage during scanning and updates to prevent disruption during work hours."

"Sometimes, when we are creating a new policy, some of the clients are not being updated with the latest policy."

"Reporting in this solution needs improvement."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is notably more expensive when compared to other solutions."

"The product is a bit costly."

"Compared to some other solutions, such as CrowdStrike, Symantec is more expensive."

"It provides a good solution at a good price."

"We pay our licensing fees on a yearly basis, and everything is included in that price."

"Licensing is based on a yearly subscription."

"It is normal. If you are an educational institute, they give you a very good discount. If you are coming from the banking side, they may or may not give you a discount. I'm working with seven companies, and normally, they get a 65% to 70% discount on everything."

"Pricing and licensing are important to us when choosing a product."

"The problem is Symantec is more expensive than other vendors."

"Each annual client license is around 1200 or 1600 INR."

"The price of Symantec End-User Endpoint Security is okay. When comparing the price of this solution is not expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Computer Software Company

Construction Company

Computer Software Company

13%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	5

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	69
Midsize Enterprise	32
Large Enterprise	62

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Symantec Data Center Security?

The granularity of applying the policies is valuable.

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What needs improvement with Symantec Data Center Security?

Agent management is a challenging task. We cannot do it from the console. We will have to use other tools.

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What is your primary use case for Symantec Data Center Security?

One key use case for data center security is protecting files within the data center. This is especially important for Linux systems, where locking down specific files is essential to prevent unaut...

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Which is better - Cortex XDR or Symantec End-User Endpoint Security?

Aqua Security is easy to use and very manageable. Its main focus is on Kubernetes and Docker. Security is a very valuable feature and their speed of integration is very good. The initial setup was ...

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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...

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What do you like most about Symantec End-User Endpoint Security?

Symantec have everything – documentation, videos, data sheets.

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Symantec EPP, Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP)

Overview

Docker containers make it easy to develop, deploy, and deliver applications where containers can be deployed and brought down in a matter of seconds. This flexibility makes it very useful for DevOps to automate deployment of containers. Symantec Data Center Security: Server Advanced provides agentless Docker container protection that allows you to achieve the performance benefits of Docker without sacrificing security. Full application control enables administrator privilege de-escalation, patch mitigation, and protection against zero day threats in today's heterogeneous data centers.

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Symantec Endpoint Security is a robust and reliable product that provides complete protection against viruses, malware, Trojans, and malicious files. It offers application and device control, ease of use in deploying and updating, a central control console, stability, scalability, auto-discovery capabilities, patch management, endpoint detection and response capabilities, intrusion detection module.

The Symantec Global Intelligence Network (GIN) provides threat intelligence and detection across endpoints, email, and web traffic. It has helped organizations reduce downtime, increase productivity, and improve security posture. Symantec Endpoint Security is easy to use, has a flexible administration, and offers more value than expected.

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Audio Visual Dynamics, Red Deer Advocate, Asia Pacific Telecom Co. Ltd., Kibbutz Ein Gedi, and AMETEK, Inc.

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