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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    McAfee Total Protection (discontinued)

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AMcAfee's Total Protection included antivirus and antimalware offerings for home and small businesses or home offices. This product line is not a focus for Trellix, the brand formed from the merger of McAfee and FireEye that offers business grade products. Trellix Endpoint Security is the company's product line for business endpoint security.

    $24.99

    per year (2 year subscription, 5 devices)

    Symantec Endpoint Security

    Score6.1 out of 10
    N/ASymantec Endpoint Protection is the company's flagship antivirus / endpoint security product.

    $29.99

    per year 100-249 devices

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    McAfee Total Protection (discontinued)Symantec Endpoint Security
    Editions & Modules
    Multi-Device
    $24.99
    per year (2 year subscription, 5 devices)
    Individual
    $29.99 ($79.99)
    1st year price (subsequent years)
    Family
    $29.99
    per year (2 year subscription, 10 devices)
    Endpoint Security, Initial Hybrid Subscription License With Support
    $29.99
    1 year 100-249 devices
    Symantec Endpoint Security Enterprise, Initial Hybrid Subscription License with Support
    $34.99
    1 year 1-99 devices
    Endpoint Security, Initial Hybrid Subscription License With Support
    $90.99
    3 years 100-249 devices
    Symantec Endpoint Security Enterprise, Initial Hybrid Subscription License with Support
    $99.99
    3 years 1-99 devices
    Symantec Endpoint Security Complete, Initial Hybrid Subscription License with Support
    $200
    3 years 1-99 devices
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    McAfee Total Protection (discontinued)Symantec Endpoint Security
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    McAfee Total Protection (discontinued)Symantec Endpoint Security
    Considered Both Products
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    Broadcom
    Chose Symantec Endpoint Security
    The versions of McAfee that we've tried don't really cover our small business needs like Symantec Endpoint Security does.
    Incentivized
    Chose Symantec Endpoint Security
    We have evaluated McAfee, it degrades the performance of computers and also the feature set were not properly working, it also lacked the key features that we require, the cost is also higher, on other hand we also evaluated Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection it has …
    Incentivized
    Chose Symantec Endpoint Security
    We did use a mix of Symantec and ClamWin AV and after that a mix of Symantec and AVG for our store locations. We also tested Comodo and McAfee at one point. McAfee was too expensive for our budget and Comodo I believe just didn't deploy to our store locations easily. We did …
    Incentivized
    Chose Symantec Endpoint Security
    I have past experience with McAfee AV in the past, The Device Control in McAfee is much better, but requires the additional DLP license. Management is a bit more complexed but also looks better. The EPO is also used to manage other McAfee products, whereas with SEP you can only …
    Incentivized
    Chose Symantec Endpoint Security
    We found McAfee to be very difficult to administer. There were many issues with the suite blocking legitimate applications. We also had several clients become infected, even though McAfee was running and up-to-date. Much happier with Symantec Endpoint Protection. Very few …
    Incentivized
    Chose Symantec Endpoint Security
    Don't like McAfee at all. Trend Micro Deep Security is very good for server operating systems. If I had to go with another product it would definitely be the Trend products. McAfee has never really had what I would call a good solution for security purposes. It always seems to …
    Incentivized
    Chose Symantec Endpoint Security
    In comparison with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Symantec Endpoint Security has, in my opinion, more scalable file inspection/spyware/antivirus settings. Plus it is more stable in a multi-OS user environment. But it also has numerous issues with itself and related Symantec …
    Incentivized
    Chose Symantec Endpoint Security
    Symantec Endpoint Production is hands down my least favorite endpoint projection software on the market today. It's a difficult endpoint to deploy, manage and remove. It's a heavy client so once you get it installed it consumes a large amount of resources on the endpoint. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Symantec Endpoint Security
    Symantec Endpoint Protection outperformed all other competitor front-line antivirus products with more accurate signature detections and less false positives. We ultimately chose to pair SEP with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware to provide a more comprehensive security solution that …
    Incentivized
    Chose Symantec Endpoint Security
    We choose Symantec over these other two (continue to choose in some cases) because of the better, and easier, centralized client management. I believe all the products probably have similar hit rates when it comes to stopping infections however Symantec's product is more …
    Incentivized
    Chose Symantec Endpoint Security
    We decided on Symantec based on the cloud control at the time. We have been happy with this decision.
    Incentivized
    Chose Symantec Endpoint Security
    I've used other AV products in the past but I have found SEP to be much easier to manage. I can remotely push client upgrades, easily configure exclusion policies, etc. This has helped us protect our environment, without impacting the business.
    Incentivized
    Chose Symantec Endpoint Security
    We were a McAfee shop and changed to SEP. We tried out Trend as well. SEP just worked better based on the criteria we had.
    Incentivized
    Chose Symantec Endpoint Security
    Symantec Endpoint Protection is one of the better solutions out there for anti-virus.
    Incentivized
    Chose Symantec Endpoint Security
    Symantec Endpoint Protection did more than the above products.
    Incentivized
    Chose Symantec Endpoint Security
    Less overhead on machine during scanning
    Incentivized
    Chose Symantec Endpoint Security
    Symantec Endpoint Protection provided the best overall layered protection and provided the less amount of resource impact on the endpoint.
    Incentivized
    Chose Symantec Endpoint Security
    Faster signatures and over all better performance and support.
    Incentivized
    Chose Symantec Endpoint Security
    Symantec Endpoint Protection is not very difficult to implement across an enterprise. Policy configuration is straightforward. Initial architecture of the product is simplistic and the install process is seamless. With the components it offers, keeping endpoints out of harms …
    Incentivized
    Chose Symantec Endpoint Security
    Mcafee was pretty bloated and a memory hog. NOD32, pretty disappointing... no monitoring or management interface...
    Incentivized
    Chose Symantec Endpoint Security
    I have used McAfee, AVG, Trendmicro and others. This software is by far a lot better than the products that I mentioned earlier. It is simple to use and it just works.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    McAfee Total Protection (discontinued)Symantec Endpoint Security
    Endpoint Security
    Comparison of Endpoint Security features of McAfee Total Protection (discontinued) and Symantec Endpoint Security
    Feature
    McAfee Total Protection (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Symantec Endpoint Security
    9.2
    36 Ratings
    Anti-Exploit Technology00 Ratings8.930 Ratings
    Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)00 Ratings9.933 Ratings
    Centralized Management00 Ratings8.934 Ratings
    Hybrid Deployment Support00 Ratings8.825 Ratings
    Infection Remediation00 Ratings7.934 Ratings
    Vulnerability Management00 Ratings9.831 Ratings
    Malware Detection00 Ratings9.934 Ratings
    User Ratings
    McAfee Total Protection (discontinued)Symantec Endpoint Security
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.7
    (63 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (11 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)