Symantec Endpoint Security vs VIPRE Endpoint Security comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 9, 2024

Symantec Endpoint Security and VIPRE Endpoint Security are both reputable endpoint protection solutions. Symantec Endpoint Security seems to have the upper hand with its advanced threat protection and performance track record, while users highlight VIPRE for its user-friendly management and efficient resource usage.

Features: Symantec Endpoint Security is known for its comprehensive threat protection, robust antivirus mechanisms, and intrusion prevention systems. VIPRE Endpoint Security impresses with its straightforward setup, effective malware detection, and lightweight design without compromising security levels.

Room for Improvement: Users of Symantec Endpoint Security often mention the need for enhancements in its update mechanism and overall system resource optimization. VIPRE Endpoint Security reviews frequently suggest improvements in its reporting capabilities and integration with other security tools.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Symantec Endpoint Security is described as having a steeper learning curve for deployment but offers robust customer support. VIPRE Endpoint Security is noted for its quick deployment process and highly responsive customer service.

Pricing and ROI: Symantec Endpoint Security is seen as a premium product with higher setup costs but delivers satisfactory ROI due to its extensive feature set. VIPRE Endpoint Security offers competitive pricing and is perceived as providing good ROI, thanks to lower initial costs and efficient performance.

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Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category, the mindshare of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is 3.8%, up from 3.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Symantec Endpoint Security is 4.0%, up from 3.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VIPRE Endpoint Security is 0.8%, up from 0.4% 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	3.8%
Symantec Endpoint Security	4.0%
VIPRE Endpoint Security	0.8%
Other	91.4%

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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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Abhimanyu Das

Senior Cybersecurity Engineer at Kyndryl

Behavioral protection has blocked ransomware and now saves extensive recovery and audit time

The best feature of Symantec Endpoint Security is its effectiveness in malware protection. Its malware protection capabilities stand out due to their ease of management. Although multiple tools assist in this process, managing them all can sometimes be challenging. In terms of malware protection, Symantec Endpoint Security performs well, and its mechanisms, tactics, and techniques are effective. Symantec Endpoint Security offers robust features such as advanced reporting capabilities with a customizable dashboard that integrates EDR timelines, threat maps, and compliance metrics into a single view. Additionally, reports can be exported to PDF or CSV formats, making reporting one of its strong points. It also provides comprehensive device control features, which block unauthorized USB devices and support whitelisting. This helps prevent data exfiltration and phishing scenarios without disrupting user workflows.

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Shawn S

IT Security Analyst at a healthcare company with 11-50 employees

Easy to upgrade and manage but needs better reporting

There just was a lot about it that I didn't like. For blocking certain items, such as USBs, we felt like it was slowing down the network too much. Therefore we utilized a GPO for blocking things like that instead. Our environment was big and I didn't feel like the console did a good enough job. We outgrew the product. I've been asking for a change for a couple of years now, and it finally got approved. In terms of the console, I had over 2000 endpoints in there and there wasn't even a search feature for me to look through them. If I had to find where a policy was I had to sort in alphabetical order to find an endpoint that I wanted. They need to offer a search function within the console - maybe something that shows a "last connected" notice. That way, it's easier to manage obsolete machines that you don't need anymore. They had a very vague setting, like after so many days, when do you want us to remove these, you'd see them. I just wish the console was a little more responsive when I would do commands. The reports could have been better. The product would show a lot of endpoints as not communicating. That was another pain point. We constantly had to run an SQL query to clean up the database as I would know immediately when I was in the console, that it just wasn't being responsive. I could tell I was being given bad data and that we had to clean up the database. As soon as I would clean up that database, it was like a purging of the SQL database and it would become a lot more responsive. The problem was that our environment was too big. We're going through a growth spurt right now. In the end, the solution is small and much better suited for a small business. We would get a lot of false positives and instead of them fixing the false positive, they would just want us to put in an exception, which I didn't care for. The product is based on an older model of signature files. It doesn't use any artificial intelligence or anything. It was slow to refresh the policies and computer scans. The larger we got, the more it became an issue. If a company stayed small, I'm not sure if they would have noticed.

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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

"Being a cloud solution it is very flexible in serving internal and external connections and a broad range of devices."

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

"The level of security I get for my endpoints and servers is extremely valuable."

"Cortex XDR is a simple platform that's easy for administrators and users. You have a lot of flexibility to change or customize the features."

"The most valuable feature of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is its machine-learning capabilities. Additionally, there is full integration with other solutions."

"Cortex XDR is a very capable solution for protecting large networks and a lot of endpoints. It's very useful because the automation is very high, and if you combine it with the features on Palo Alto firewalls, it provides very strong protection."

"Traps pays for itself within the first 16 months of a three-year subscription."

"Traps has drastically reduced our endpoint attack surface via advanced detection capabilities, sandboxing of never before seen programs, and by drastically limiting where executables can launch in the first place."

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"On each desktop, we have Symantic End-User Endpoint Security installed to control the use of any unauthorized software, any unauthorized files being downloaded to the workstations, and so on."

"Basic features, as in every AV solutions, the virus and spyware protection are very good compare to other AV solutions in market."

"SONAR/Auto-Protect feature and Generic Exploit Mitigation can detect and prevent attacks that are exploring common software vulnerabilities."

"Simply put, it is the one product that's an integrated holistic solution for the whole security suite for an endpoint."

"The most valuable feature is that I don't feel that it is there. It works in the background and doesn't interfere with my daily work. All the scans are done in the background. This is the biggest advantage of this product. It works because I have never been infected since I have been using this solution. Its interface is also very good."

"The best thing about Symantec is its ability to control our endpoints from a single point. You can manage the antivirus definitions, upgrades, remote scanning, etc., from one console."

"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."

"Granular security lets lower level techs triage issues as they come in."

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"It has low overhead as far as machine resources are concerned. Everything runs faster with VIPRE installed versus some of the competitors. It has also been pretty easy to use. It just runs and gives us reports. It also sends us alerts when there is something that we need to look at. It does its job, and you just look at the reports. In other ways, you just forget that it is there."

"It has improved the way our organization functions, made things run faster in our company, and has done a fantastic job of keeping our networks free of virus."

"In general, it was pretty easy to manage."

"Technical support was always very helpful and responsive."

Cons

"Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR does not detect malicious activity like in other anti-virus solutions like Trend Micro and Windows with Cisco."

"Traps doesn't work with McAfee. You need to remove McAfee to install Traps. This is very common, and its nothing that should be an issue. Some antivirus engines recognize Traps as an threat component, so maybe they need to shake hands somewhere."

"The tool needs to be improved in terms of integration and interface."

"The solution should offer more dashboards and they should be better customized."

"If they had pulse rate detection, it would be better."

"Basically, they don't provide customer support tools just to investigate the logs."

"Although I would say this product is highly-rated, it could probably do more because nothing does everything that you want."

"For Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks, if I had to point out improvements, I would say the UI is still somewhat difficult for beginners."

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"The Symantec Endpoint Manager is very difficult to use and extremely old."

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

"The reporting function needs to be more user friendly in general."

"Overall, the price could be reduced."

"I think the CPU dependence should be enhanced."

"If Symantec wants to improve, they should have a single event for all their products."

"The virus definitions could be updated more frequently."

"The detection and response can always be improved."

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"Their management interface is a little buggy. It requires a few system resources on the management interface. Its reporting can also be better. Overall, the reports are pretty good. They patch some third-party software, but if they can expand what they do for reporting and patch enterprise software, it would be handy."

"We would get a lot of false positives and instead of them fixing the false positive, they would just want us to put in an exception, which I didn't care for."

"Their management interface is a little buggy as it will hang up and crash from time to time."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I don't have any issues with the pricing. We are satisfied with the price."

"Our customers have expressed that the price is high."

"The pricing is a little bit on the expensive side."

"It's the most expensive solution, but features-wise, it's quite strong. It's very good for protection, so the results are very good in the case of protection. I would rate it a two out of ten in terms of pricing."

"The pricing seems fair, and I do like the licensing model. You use wherever they are, and it is elastic."

"The solution is expensive. It's pricing is on a yearly-basis."

"When we first bought it, it was a bit expensive, but it was worth it. The licensing was straightforward."

"Compared to CrowdStrike, Cortex XDR is an expensive solution."

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"They're on the reasonable side. They are at mid-level. They're not too expensive as compared to their competitors. They're also not too cheap. In terms of price structure, hopefully, they could do a subscription."

"It's not cheap."

"Symantec Endpoint Security's pricing is okay. It is cheaper compared to other products."

"What we have paid for this product is good value for the work and the services that they are providing to us."

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

"The pricing is good, very moderate, and the licensing is also good. It gives you more room to install a lot of endpoints and it even gives you the opportunity to install it on your mobile phone without any extra cost."

"The EDR options are costlier than other products."

"When comparing this solution to others in the current market it is expensive."

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"Its price point has been phenomenal. Our previous solution from Trend Micro was triple the cost of it."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Comms Service Provider

14%

Outsourcing Company

12%

Construction Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Outsourcing Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Construction Company

Comms Service Provider

20%

Financial Services Firm

University

Wholesaler/Distributor

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	50
Midsize Enterprise	21
Large Enterprise	57

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	69
Midsize Enterprise	32
Large Enterprise	63

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Compared 14% of the time

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Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps

Symantec EPP, Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP)

VIPRE Cloud, VIPRE Endpoint Security Cloud Edition, VIPRE Endpoint Security Server Edition

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

Symantec Endpoint Security is a comprehensive protection tool designed for antimalware and antivirus defense. Providing centralized management and smooth deployment, it effectively secures environments from small businesses to extensive networks.

Symantec Endpoint Security serves organizations by offering robust protection with features like rapid deployment and centralized management, critical for securing workstations and servers. While appreciated for efficient resource utilization and stable operation, some users report issues with virus detection and cumbersome updates. Pricing is often considered high. It is a popular choice among IT consultants, academic institutions, and service providers for its ability to manage broad and varied security needs efficiently.

What are the key features of Symantec Endpoint Security?

Centralized Management: Streamlines security operations for ease of handling across networks.
Malware and Antivirus Protection: Provides real-time threat detection and EDR capabilities.
Application and Device Control: Manages access and control policies effectively.
SONAR and IPS: Enhances proactive malware scanning and intrusion prevention.
Active Directory Integration: Supports seamless integration with existing systems.

What benefits should be considered when evaluating Symantec Endpoint Security?

Reliable Support: Offers assistance which, while helpful, can vary in effectiveness.
Advanced Reporting: Enables detailed security analysis, though customization is limited.
Efficient Resource Usage: Provides stable performance across platforms with minimal impact.
Proactive Scanning: Ensures threats are detected early, enhancing security measures.

In industries like academia and IT consulting, Symantec Endpoint Security fulfills specific needs for robust endpoint protection. Its centralized management and application control make it suitable for educational institutions managing large network systems, while service providers benefit from its flexible deployment options.

Broadcom

VIPRE Endpoint Security offers advanced protection tailored for business environments focusing on threat detection, prevention, and management. It's designed to safeguard endpoints from malware and cyber threats, delivering powerful security tools for optimal defense.

With its robust technology, VIPRE Endpoint Security caters to enterprises needing comprehensive security, ensuring responsive threat mitigation and simplified management. Its scalable architecture allows efficient deployment across networks, supporting complex IT infrastructures. Enhanced threat intelligence and rapid incident response make it a trusted choice for modern security challenges.

What are the most important features of VIPRE Endpoint Security?

Advanced Threat Protection: Provides real-time monitoring to detect and neutralize threats.
Centralized Management: Streamlines security management across all endpoints from a single interface.
Automatic Updates: Ensures endpoints are always protected with the latest security patches.
Comprehensive Reporting: Offers detailed analysis and visibility into security status and incidents.

What benefits or ROI should users look for in reviews when evaluating VIPRE Endpoint Security?

Cost-Effectiveness: Provides robust security without significant financial investment.
Time Efficiency: Reduces the time spent on managing security tasks and incidents.
Scalability: Easily accommodates growth within the organization, adapting to increased demands.
Enhanced Security Posture: Strengthens defenses against emerging threats, ensuring data protection.

VIPRE Endpoint Security is valued in industries such as finance, healthcare, and manufacturing, where data protection is critical. Its proactive threat detection and compliance features meet the stringent security requirements in these sectors, providing peace of mind and regulatory adherence while optimizing operational continuity.

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Sample Customers

CBI Health Group, University Honda, VakifBank

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

College Station ISD, Mid-West Companies, Guardian Network Solutions

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