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Symantec Endpoint Security

Composite Score

8.7 /10

CX Score

8.9 /10

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What is Symantec Endpoint Security?

Symantec protects all your traditional and mobile endpoint devices with innovative technologies for attack surface reduction, attack prevention, breach prevention, and detection and response. All this protection is powered by our Global Intelligence Network, one of the largest in the world. Symantec’s single-agent solution delivers flexible management/deployment options, including fully cloud-based, on-premises, and hybrid.

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Awards & Recognition

Symantec Endpoint Security won the following awards in the Endpoint Protection - Midmarket category

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2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2025

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2024

0 Top Rated Capabilities

10 Top Rated Features

2024

Symantec Endpoint Security Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

86 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

93 Plan to Renew

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Product Experience

Negotiation and Contract

Conflict Resolution

Strategy & Innovation

Service Experience

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product Experience:: 90%
Negotiation and Contract:: 89%
Conflict Resolution:: 91%
Strategy & Innovation:: 88%
Service Experience:: 90%

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+89 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Symantec Endpoint Security?

4% Negative

5% Neutral

91% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Respectful
Fair
Generous Negotitation

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Cross Platform Support

Port and Device Control

Network Connection Security

Dynamic Malware Detection

Centralized Management Portal

Mac OS support

Kernel Monitoring

Automated Remediation

System Hardening

Cross Platform Integration

Forensics

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 79

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

Symantec Endpoint Security Reviews

Mark A.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Construction
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2020

Great Product, but no more Local Reps

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Symantec Endpoint Security from other similar products?

Symantec has been an industry leader for years. Trusted product!

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ease of administration

What do you dislike most about this product?

Not 100% reliable. There are some issues where clients will stop checking in and thus requires remediation.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Great for enterprise with dedicated IT staff. Might be difficult to learn for small businesses.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Trustworthy
Respectful
Fair

Cons

Less Effective Service

Filip G.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Shipping
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2020

Absolutely great product for big corporations

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Symantec Endpoint Security from other similar products?

Lot less intrusive than other products and doesn't have as much as negative performance impact on the endpoints. Very easy to manage centrally and it simply does it jobs.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The possibility for building distributed infrastructure makes it easy to secure clients in a globally dispersed environment. The scanning on the clients is well optimized and it is hardly noticeable from performance aspect. Fast response to 0-day attacks by Symantec. The ability to configure application execution prevention that can ban installers from starting if they are not in a default container. There is minimum detection of false positives.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The size of the updates can be a bit of a downside. This goes especially when new clients are introduced in an environment with slower bandwidth. The configuration interface can use an interface update.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you have a big organizations with thousands of endpoints that need to be centrally managed then you should definitely give SEP a go. They have been very reliable with their product and support for as many years as I'm in the industry.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Trustworthy

Role: Consultant
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2020

Great feature set and capabilities

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Security Protects

Symantec Endpoint Security

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Symantec Endpoint Security Ratings

86 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

93 Plan to Renew

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

Emotional Footprint Overview

+89 Net Emotional Footprint

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Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Cross Platform Support Includes the variety of client devices and operating systems supported by the solution.

Port and Device Control Includes USB encryption and endpoint data loss prevention.

Network Connection Security Detect rogue Wi-Fi and smart VPN capabilities

Dynamic Malware Detection Heuristics are applied to files to identify similarities with known malware and block it.

Centralized Management Portal Includes multiple client management, push install capability, comprehensive policies for different groups, and active directory integration and synchronization.

Mac OS support Endpoint security support to identify and block threats on Mac workstations.

Kernel Monitoring Monitoring of processes, memory, and system files at the OS level.

Automated Remediation Automate remediation of alerts due to exceeding defined thresholds e.g. trigger scripts to address low disk space alerts.

System Hardening Automated vulnerability patching and vulnerability assessment.

Cross Platform Integration Open API and net sec appliance integration with NGFW, SIEM, IPS/IDS, Automated Network Quarantining, DLP, Data Discovery, and Threat Intelligence.

Forensics Includes the ability provide full visibility in an easy-to-understand display of what happened on an endpoint during an attack in (near) real-time.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Symantec Endpoint Security Reviews

Mark A.

Great Product, but no more Local Reps

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Filip G.

Absolutely great product for big corporations

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Great feature set and capabilities

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Cross Platform Support

Port and Device Control

Network Connection Security

Dynamic Malware Detection

Centralized Management Portal

Mac OS support

Kernel Monitoring

Automated Remediation

System Hardening

Cross Platform Integration

Forensics

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support