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Forcepoint

Based on 196 reviews.

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Based on 135 reviews.

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Buyer's Guide

Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention vs. McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention

March 2025

McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention vs. Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention

Updated: March 2025

Buyer's Guide

Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention vs. McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention

March 2025

Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention vs. McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention

Updated: March 2025

Sample Customers

Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway

Adventist Health, Alphawest, Amadori, Anoka County, Compartamos Banco, Davies Turner, EverBank, iGATE, Karlstad Municipality, Lake Michigan Credit Union, Scavolini, Smurfit Kappa, Toyota

Forcepoint ONE

UNC-Charlotte

Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention

Alphawest, Betsson, Cellcom Israel Ltd., Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, Confartigianato Vicenza, EverBank, Finansbank, iGATE, Landa Digital Printing, Northern California Bank, Reliance Capital, Remosa, Toyota, Scavolini, Zim Integrated Shipping Services

Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR)

McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention

Kleberg Bank

Popular Solutions

Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention

16 reviews

Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway

13 reviews

Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall

11 reviews

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator

10 reviews

McAfee Complete Data Protection

7 reviews

McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention

6 reviews

Top Industries

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Educational Organization

14%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

11%

Government

Quotes From Member Reviews

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

Most Helpful Reviews

Nataraj KS
CISO at V Guard Industries Ltd
We use it exclusively for data loss prevention.
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Anonymous User
Senior Security Engineer at a healthcare company
It's our CASB, our cloud access service broker. It also does our SaaS-based based DLP, our data loss prevention, for...
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Pablo-Verdina
Sales Manager at Mega tech S.A
We mostly work with finance, specifically with banks most of the time. We use Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall for...
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Shaikh Mubashshir
Cyber Security Technical Engineer at a consultancy
Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention is used for endpoint email security and data loss prevention for web.
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NikunjGodawat
Works
I have used Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway ( /products/forcepoint-secure-web-gateway-reviews ) primarily for DLP (...
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VivekGupta7
DGM at a financial services firm
McAfee Web Protection is for our entire system, regardless of the brand. It is implemented in all systems through an...
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DavidJones7
Head of Content at Pharmaflow
At our organization, we use McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator to automate security alerts and mitigate threats. Our company...
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VivekGupta7
DGM at a financial services firm
In the bank, there is a lot of confidential data. It is stored in various desktops and servers and over email also....
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Wahidur Rahman
Senior Executive Officer at United Commercial Bank Limited
Our primary use case for this solution is activity, authentication, and scans for audit purposes and priority...
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Abel Abenemi
IT Lead\Network Security Analyst at Oiltest Services Limited
Our company uses the solution to provide clients with network protection. We use EPO 5.10 and endpoint 10.7 for...
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Customer Service

AjitMatthew
Principal. - Head - IT, Information Security and Admin at a consultancy
I would rate customer service at 8.5 out of 10. When we have problems with the system, they respond and they...
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Nikunj Godawat
Deputy Manager at a energy/utilities company
Forcepoint's technical support is good, but in the future, I'd like them to provide more tutorial documentation.
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Mostafa-Mourad
Cyber Security Head at Turnkey Integrated Technologies TK-IT
We contacted support three times, opened three cases for the same issue, and didn't find out what the issue was for...
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Mitesh D Patel
Senior Technical Consultant- Cyber Security at Ivalue Infosolution
The technical support for the solution is very good.
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Mahendra Bedre
Lead at Infrastructure Solutions ALM
The technical support is very good.
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Shamirhan Sulaiman
Director Market Growth and Development at a tech services company
Technical support can be improved. It is currently provided from two locations, India and the US. Depending on the...
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SteffyJoy
Cyber Security Consultant at Mechsoft
Customers that have voiced technical support could improve.
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Edwin Eze Osiago
Regional Solutions Manager (Sub-Sahara Africa) at Infodata
We've been pleased with the technical support.
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Anonymous User
Shared Information Security Officer at a university
The sales staff promised more than they can deliver, but the technical staff is excellent.
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Anonymous User
IT Infra Head at a consumer goods company
We are satisfied with the support.
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Anonymous User
Co-Founder, CTO at a tech services company
Support by vendor is low-medium. You need to rely on yourself or your integrator.
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Anonymous User
Desktop and Application Security Manager at a tech company
Customer Service: There is room for improvement. Technical Support: Their lead technical engineers are excellent.
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Anjani Kumar
System Engineer at NetScout Systems
Resolving issues has sometimes taken longer than expected. While the initial response time has been problematic,...
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Anonymous User
Senior Security Consultant at a integrator
Customer Service: 2 out of 10 Technical Support: 6 out of 10
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Anonymous User
Head of Infrastructure & Cloud Section at a computer software company
I might have contacted them for some questions related to managing instances. We sometimes had problems with...
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NikunjGodawat
Works
Customer service and support are generally satisfactory. However, there are instances where both the response time...
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Jay Stelmach
Adjunct Professor at Southern New Hampshire University
Customer Service: Great. They made sure that we were choosing the right version and helped us understand the...
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Anonymous User
Director, Cloud & Data Security at a financial services firm
Initially, we had some challenges that Bitglass resolved quickly. The challenges were around communication. There...
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SurendarJ
Deputy Manager of IT at FP LAB
Technical support is fine. I didn't face many challenges yet. However, I have made requests for some of the features...
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Mairajuddin Ahmed
Division Manager, Information Technology at Lonestar
Although they offer a premium technical support option, which is costly, we have yet to opt for it during our years...
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JeffSimpson
Head of IT at a energy/utilities company
I never needed to call technical support, so I experienced no issues with customer service.
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Anonymous User
Senior Network Engineer at a tech services company
They should have a local vendor who can provide support. Most of the support is overseas, so the time zones can be a...
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Anonymous User
Sr. Network Engineer at a university
I'd rate technical support at eight out of ten, but they're response times are suddenly a bit longer because most of...
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Anonymous User
Systems Engineer at a tech services company
Their technical support is not bad, but it is also not good at the same time. It should be faster, especially for the...
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Pablo-Verdina
Sales Manager at Mega tech S.A
It is really hard to work with their customer support. For example, unlike Fortinet where you can escalate an issue...
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Anonymous User
Regional Solutions Manager at a tech services company
I have been in contact with technical support and they are great. Every time I call for assistance, they always help....
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DragosBasmaluta
Co-Founder at Avant Consulting
We have had the opportunity to use their technical support. They were very prompt and very good about getting us what...
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Anonymous User
Systems Engineer at a tech services company
The technical support is very good. Here, in Saudi Arabia, service engineers are very cooperative and the Forcepoint...
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Muhammad Bahgat
Senior IT Security at ALEXBANK
Technical support is very responsive. They are helpful and knowledgeable.
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Anonymous User
Enterprise Sales at a tech vendor
The customer support team take a long time to resolve issues.
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Syed M Sarfaraz Hussain
System Administrator at CyberGen
We do not have experience with customer service and support.
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JohnBlack
Founder and CEO at Offset3, LLC
The technical support is good, but it isn't always specific. That's a problem in my industry; it's a highly...
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ObaseunAwoyinfa
Security Consultant at Trinexia
For data protection, I have never really had to leverage support. I’ve not had to deal with support on any of the...
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Vivek Sathaye
Director at Benelec
The support from McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention could improve.
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Vincent Watti
Owner at Network Technics & Systems Ltd
The support is good. We've interacted with them directly a few times.
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Wahidur Rahman
Senior Executive Officer at United Commercial Bank Limited
I would rate the technical support of this solution a seven, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and...
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MuhammadKhan1
Associate Manager IT at Hi-Tech Foods
My experience is very good with customer support. When I had an issue with the initial charges related to the setup,...
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Jagdish Lomte
Founder & CEO at StreaMplify
The support from McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is good. However, if they provided 24 hours a day...
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BernardLugalia
Cyber Security Engineer at a tech services company
The tool itself is great, but the technical support is not always perfect. There have been some support issues. When...
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Lokesh Puthalapattu
Senior Marketing Specialist II at Harman International
When we raise a ticket with the support they respond based on the severity of the matter. I rate the support from...
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Anonymous User
Chief Information Security Officer at a venture capital & private equity firm
Their technical support is average.
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Anonymous User
Senior Manager of System Security
Customer Service: 8 out of 10Technical Support: 8 out of 10
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Anonymous User
Lead Cyber Security Consultant at a security firm
The most important thing is how they enable our team. They provide us with good support during the pre-sales stages.
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Anonymous User
President - Systems Engineer at a manufacturing company
Customer Service: In my experience, the level of customer service is very good. Technical Support: Technical service...
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Mohit Dhingra
Senior Vice President IT at a tech services company
The technical support's response time and turnaround time as the solution provider are excellent. They go the extra...
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Anonymous User
Business Analyst at a consultancy
Another person is responsible for dealing with technical support, so I do not have experience with them.
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Mohd Fadhil
Security Engineer at Mavisco Resources Sdn Bhd
The technical support is good.
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Anonymous User
Technical Engineer at a tech services company
I had some technical issues, which were not known by the vendor itself.
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Jean-Luc Des Groseilliers
Owner at JLDG
I never had to use their support. For the last five years or so, I've not had any issues.
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Saqer Aqra
Senior Cyber Security Consultant at Ingram Micro Inc.
We've contacted technical support in the past and in general, they are quite good.
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Anatolii Konstantynov
Project Engineer at ISSP
When contacting support, we would have to wait days before getting a response, and other times they were not able to...
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RahulRaju
Security Specialist at Perth Airport
While there are bugs and a few functionality issues, it is just a matter of raising them with the support team....
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DucDoan
Security Manager at a tech services company
For the most part, technical support has been great. When we've had technical problems, they've helped us. I've found...
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Yash Rana
Manager IT at OTE
The technical support of McAfee is good and that is why we use McAfee products. The support and protection is very...
Read full review of McAfee Complete Data Protection »
Sabina C
Sr. IT Business Analyst at Citigroup
I didn't need to contact technical support for McAfee Total Protection.
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JonathanChawatama
IT Security Consultant at ZOL Zimbabwe
I'd rate technical support seven out of ten. Every year we have to go through product certifications, so we hardly...
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Anonymous User
IT Manager at a financial services firm
Technical support is good. They are timely in responding.
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JonathanChawatama
IT Security Consultant at ZOL Zimbabwe
McAfee technical support is ok, but we do not contact them very often. Every year, they impose certifications on us,...
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Ilan Amir
Global IT Manager at a pharma/biotech company
I'm working with a security company called Intensity. After doing my own PoC, and also checking an IBM solution, I...
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Anonymous User
Application Programmer (Infrastructure and OA support) at a government
We have raised support cases to McAfee and they responded in a professional and helpful manner and completed with...
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