Stormshield Endpoint Security vs Symantec Endpoint Security comparison

Stormshield and Broadcom are both solutions in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category. Stormshield is ranked #57, while Broadcom is ranked #16 with an average rating of 7.1. Stormshield holds a 0.4% mindshare in EPP, compared to Broadcom’s 3.3% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Stormshield users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 80% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 9, 2024

Stormshield Endpoint Security and Symantec Endpoint Security are two prominent endpoint protection solutions. Symantec Endpoint Security generally appears superior in terms of comprehensive features, although Stormshield Endpoint Security is often highlighted for better pricing and support according to user reviews.

Features: Stormshield Endpoint Security is praised for its strong firewall protection and advanced threat detection capabilities. Symantec Endpoint Security is noted for its extensive malware protection and robust ransomware defense. Users give Symantec an edge in the variety and effectiveness of its security features compared to Stormshield.

Room for Improvement: Users suggest that Stormshield Endpoint Security could benefit from more intuitive management tools and enhanced reporting capabilities. Symantec Endpoint Security reviews indicate a need for performance optimization to reduce system impact. Symantec's performance issues are seen as more critical compared to Stormshield's interface improvements.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Stormshield Endpoint Security is reported to have a straightforward deployment process with helpful customer support. Symantec Endpoint Security, while also easy to deploy, has mixed reviews on customer service responsiveness. Stormshield's ease of deployment combined with superior customer service gives it a slight advantage here.

Pricing and ROI: Users find Stormshield Endpoint Security to be more cost-effective with faster ROI. Symantec Endpoint Security, although deemed expensive, is justified by its extensive feature set and reliable performance, suggesting a worthwhile investment despite higher costs. Stormshield’s financial benefits are more clearly recognized in user reviews.

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Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Net...

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category, the mindshare of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is 3.5%, down from 4.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Stormshield Endpoint Security is 0.4%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Symantec Endpoint Security is 3.3%, down from 4.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks	3.5%
Symantec Endpoint Security	3.3%
Stormshield Endpoint Security	0.4%
Other	92.8%

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Featured Reviews

ABHISHEK_SINGH

Senior Process Expert at A.P. Moller - Maersk

Gained full visibility and streamlined threat detection through behavior-based insights and AI integration

Initially, we got to have a lot of false positives when we onboarded, but nowadays it's quite smooth. We have fine-tuned our security policies and allowed different levels of policies to get rid of those false positives. Currently, we are getting a fairly good amount of incidents that are not false positives or benign, but actionable items. The process is streamlined. In the initial days, the operations used to get involved in a lot of benign and other activities, but now the process is streamlined. We are leveraging the auto-detection and remediation plans. The operations teams are now more involved in other business roles as well, not just looking into the logs and fetching out what's happening there. They have fixed a lot of things. Initially, they didn't have IAC code drift detection, cloud posture management, or security posture management, but they have those now. They purchased different vendors and did a merger with that. They have now Prisma Cloud that gets integrated and now they are working with Cortex Cloud. Everything that was negative has now been addressed, and the product altogether looks to be in a very better and mature shape now. Currently, it's more or less detecting the workloads with AI-based best practices. Since most organizations are consuming AI agents and other things, we are looking forward to seeing what other feature enhancements Palo Alto can support in that.

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it_user745593

Senior Project Manager, PMP at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

Protects the global station and has good stability

The feature I find most valuable is that it protects the global station The solution's integration with the Windows environment could be better. The solution needs better integration with products, if it did, it would have the assumption of better security. I've been using the solution since…

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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 solution's stability is generally good."

"They did what they said. This solution could apply to any scenario."

"The anti-exploit is impenetrable. We chose Traps because it is the only product that we were not able to get anything past."

"After installing this solution, it identified, blocked, and provided the complete attack chain, which was very helpful."

"Their XDR agent and their behavioral indicators of compromise (BIOC) are pretty nice. Their managed threat hunting is also pretty nice. They also have WildFire, which is a service for actively looking for malware. It's quite useful."

"I generally believe that Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is probably the best in the market right now."

"The solution is a new generation XDR that has a lot of artificial intelligence modules."

"If the user leaves our premises or network, Palo Alto Traps will still be on that endpoint and will still apply our policies."

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"The feature I find most valuable is that it protects the global station."

"Their threat protection is very good. We are managing a good number of users thanks to the solution and we are pretty satisfied with it."

"The solutions' main features are patch management and security."

"The application and device control functionality is good. We are able to see which applications are installed using the product management dashboard."

"Symantec End-User Endpoint Security is easy to use."

"The solution is easy to use"

"Can detect and prevent attacks that are exploring common software vulnerabilities."

"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

"It's very time-consuming to log support issues and the people that answer the tickets aren't very knowledgeable."

"I feel that it should not be a licensed activity because a feature should allow us to see applications running on end devices."

"When it comes to core analysis, and security analysis, Cortex needs to provide more information."

"The product's pricing could be better."

"The encryption is not up to the mark."

"I would like to see improvement in the tool's user interface, particularly in the area of managing alerts and providing more reporting capabilities."

"I think sometimes Cortex XDR agent automatically stops event capturing from the device, and then even the dashboard does not get any notifications from the agent."

"Previously, the endpoint would leave the environment, not being on our VPN, essentially unable to interact with the server to upload files. It was unable to retrieve new file verdicts. It was using a thing called "local analysis" to determine if something was a malicious file or not. There was no dynamic analysis."

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"The solution's integration with the Windows environment could be better."

"Multi-domain policy options for exceptions and global blocks."

"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."

"There is a lack of reporting and alerts."

"I would like to see improvements in the anti-virus and the device control features."

"Must push to EXE files to the endpoints."

"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."

"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 technical support could be a bit better."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Licensing for Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR can be costly, especially when it comes to a hundred users. A license is required for each user, and the subscription must be renewed on a yearly basis."

"Traps pays for itself within the first 16 months of a three-year subscription. This is attributed to OPEX savings, as security teams spent less time trying to identify and isolate malware for analysis as a result of a reduction in malware incidents, false positives, and breach avoidance."

"I don't recall what the cost was, but it wasn't really that expensive."

"Very costly product."

"I did PoCs on products called Cylance and CrowdStrike. Although, I consider these products and they were also good, when it come to cost and budgetary factors, Traps has been proven to be better than the other two products. It is quite cost-effective and delivers all the entire solution which we require."

"The price of the solution could be reduced. I have customers that have voiced that the solution is good for the value but if I want to sell more of the solution the price reduction would help."

"It is "expensive" and flexible."

"I don't like that they have different types of licenses."

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"It is the better product, even if it is a little on the higher side."

"The licensing costs are huge compared to what is normally included in the licensing with other products such as the Microsoft products that we're using. We're paying between $300 and $400 per seat."

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

"The pricing was one of the factors that led us to choose this product."

"The price of the solution could be less expensive."

"Licensing is per user. Therefore, it makes it easy to do licensing."

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

"The pricing is a little bit more expensive than other competitors, if you compare it to Kaspersky, for example, or McAfee."

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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

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Comms Service Provider

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Small Business	44
Midsize Enterprise	20
Large Enterprise	47

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Small Business	69
Midsize Enterprise	32
Large Enterprise	63

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Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps

SkyRecon Systems StormShield Security Suite

Symantec EPP, Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP)

Overview

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks provides advanced threat detection with AI-driven endpoint protection and seamless integration, ensuring multi-layered security and automatic threat response.

Cortex XDR is designed to safeguard endpoints against malware and suspicious activities. It offers advanced threat detection and response capabilities using behavioral analysis, AI, and machine learning. It seamlessly integrates with security infrastructures, providing endpoint security, firewall integration, and enhanced visibility in both cloud-based and on-premises environments.

What are the key features of Cortex XDR?

Advanced Threat Detection: Uses AI and machine learning for proactive threat identification.
Multi-layered Security: Combines various security measures for comprehensive protection.
Endpoint Protection: Safeguards against malware and exploits.
Behavioral Analysis: Monitors suspicious activity for early detection.
Automatic Threat Response: Automates responses to neutralize threats.

What benefits should users expect?

Ease of Use: Simplifies security management with intuitive design.
Resource Efficiency: Minimizes impact on system resources.
Integration Capabilities: Works well with existing security setups.
Reduced Analyst Workload: Automates processes to decrease manual intervention.

Organizations in diverse sectors deploy Cortex XDR to protect against malware, leveraging its advanced threat detection capabilities. Its integration with existing security infrastructures appeals to those seeking comprehensive protection in both cloud and on-premises environments, providing enhanced visibility and threat intelligence.

Palo Alto Networks

Stormshield offers innovative end-to-end security solutions worldwide to protect networks (Stormshield Network Security), workstations (Stormshield Endpoint Security) and data (Stormshield Data Security). These next-generation trusted solutions ensure the protection of strategic information and are deployed through a partner network of distributors, integrators and operators in businesses of all sizes, government institutions and defense organizations worldwide.

Stormshield

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.

Broadcom

Sample Customers

CBI Health Group, University Honda, VakifBank

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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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