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Symantec Endpoint Security vs Trellix MOVE AntiVirus comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 10, 2023
 

Categories and Ranking

Symantec Endpoint Security
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
141
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (6th)
Trellix MOVE AntiVirus
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
80
Ranking in other categories
Anti-Malware Tools (12th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Endpoint Security solutions, they serve different purposes. Symantec Endpoint Security is designed for Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) and holds a mindshare of 4.6%, down 5.0% compared to last year.
Trellix MOVE AntiVirus, on the other hand, focuses on Anti-Malware Tools, holds 1.8% mindshare, down 2.4% since last year.
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
Anti-Malware Tools
 

Featured Reviews

Prateek Agarwal - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 28, 2022
Reduced our endpoints' attack surface and our time to resolve in a stable, scalable solution
We use the Symantec Global Intelligence Network (GIN), and it's an excellent feature as Symantec is a leader in security solutions. The product has all the security features we require as an organization, including intelligent features such as notification alerts and predicting future attacks. The threat intelligence and detection are excellent, and the solution provides great visuals and logs so that we can analyze any attacks on our servers. GIN is a powerful tool in terms of detection capability across endpoints, email, and web traffic, as it can scan them with its advanced threat intelligence. The product can detect threats, report them to us, and quarantine them. Comparing the threat intelligence provided by GIN versus competing solutions, Symantec ES is a robust tool that fits us well. My assessment of Symantec Endpoint Security for reducing the attack surface of traditional and mobile endpoint devices is that it performs well. It works perfectly for mobile apps, web apps, and cloud-based apps. The tool quickly and thoroughly scans all of our emails and provides excellent results; we have no issues with that.
VM
Feb 20, 2024
Provides good customer service and support and real-time threat intelligence and adaptive capabilities
With antivirus products, it depends on the features available. Does it protect the hypervisor and the Hyper-V VMs? Do we need to install agents in the VMs, or will the entire solution manage the VMs itself? Depending on that, we configure it and even help the customer accordingly. Moreover, real-time threat intelligence and adaptive capabilities benefit our organization. For example, if someone is trying to access our server with stolen credentials. So, as far as the sign-in logging is enabled and analyzed by the threat intelligence, it will identify that. It will recognize the pattern of the requests. So, it may try multiple times within a specific timeframe. It can discern the behavior of the user request and create an alert indicating there is a possibility of a credential test and generate an alert. The system can identify the pattern. It identifies a pattern of a person, the request, where it's coming from, and what location. Is it a blocked IP address if the request is coming from there? Or is it a suspected IP address range the request is coming from? The sign-in request is just one example. There can be any other kind of request. So, there may be many patterns that it will identify, assess, and decide on whether it is a critical, medium, or low critical event. Based on that, the event management by the threat intelligence is automated. The human is not involved there. The engine itself makes those decisions by assessing the data, the pattern, the behavior, the location, and all those parameters.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Some of the features that were important were a built-in firewall and device control."
"It seems to be user-friendly. Our users seem to like it for the most part."
"I have found the central control console the most valuable feature."
"This product is valuable for ransomware protection, general malware protection, and network exploitation protection."
"Symantec has cloud-based endpoint protection, so whether a user is off the network or on the network, the endpoint will be protected by the cloud."
"Threat protection has always worked well."
"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 dashboard view and reporting are valuable. It is stable and easy to integrate, and it provides custom options."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"The solution protects the PC from malware attacks."
"This is a stable product and we plan to continue using it in the future."
"The protection on offer is very fast."
"There is no problem with the stability of the product...It is a scalable solution."
"McAfee MOVE AntiVirus was both stable and scalable."
"The solution is scalable. There are approximately 30 users using it in my organization."
"The most valuable features are the integration with different modules like the DLP."
 

Cons

"There was an administrative feature, which was available in the previous version, which has been removed. We would like that feature to be added again."
"Users mostly complain that the solution slows down the system whenever something is scanned."
"It can maybe send notifications when there is an update and everything is successful."
"Reporting in this solution needs improvement."
"In a few cases, when we enable the IPS/IDS feature, there are performance-related issues on the end devices. If we run quite a few features of Symantec, especially the IPS/IDF, it consumes a lot of processing and memory capacity."
"This solution is resource-heavy."
"The one thing I don't like about Symantec Endpoint Security is the amount of resources it uses."
"Need to improved orchestration for broken clients fixes."
"Lacks virtual machines in the reporting."
"SentinelOne provides a cloud solution that McAfee MOVE AntiVirus should as well. When all other vendors come out with new features they are implemented by all the other vendors within a few months. However, this is not the case with McAfee MOVE AntiVirus. They should update their features more often to be more competitive with the market."
"The solution could be a bit less expensive."
"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."
"I would like to see integration with SharePoint."
"They should work to make the renewal process better. I'd like to see is a few weeks of notification up front that the renewal is about to expire."
"The threat protection could be improved."
"The tool's stability could be better."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing and licensing are important to us when choosing a product."
"Its price is fair."
"There are subscription costs, we typically purchase the annual subscription. There can be other expenses too, for example, we use CrowdStrike also as part of our policy."
"Symantec Endpoint Security is an expensive solution."
"The price of the product is competitive if compared to its competitors in the market."
"I rate the product's pricing a six out of ten."
"Licensing is based on a yearly subscription."
"The pricing was one of the factors that led us to choose this product."
"There is no monthly fee. You just purchase the tool."
"We have purchased an annual license to use this solution. The price of the solution could be lower."
"The price of the solution is reasonable."
"The licensing fees are billed on an annual basis."
"McAfee MOVE AntiVirus can be an expensive solution, depending on the size and quantity."
"The solution was expensive earlier, but now the rates are cheaper."
"There is a license needed to use this solution and the price is very good. However, the price could be less expensive."
"For McAfee, I think it's already paid until 2023 because it's added on with the Windows 10 license pricing from Dell. I had to pay it on the Dell website, which includes the licensing cost of Windows 10 and McAfee."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
8%
Computer Software Company
19%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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Also Known As

Symantec EPP, Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP)
McAfee MOVE AntiVirus, McAfee Management for Optimized Virtual Environments AntiVirus, McAfee Management for Optimized Virtual Environments
 

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Sample Customers

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