Microsoft Defender for Endpoint vs. Symantec Advanced Threat Protection

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

222 Reviews and Ratings

Symantec Advanced Threat Protection

66 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint	Score8.7 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (formerly Microsoft Defender ATP) is a holistic, cloud delivered endpoint security solution that includes risk-based vulnerability management and assessment, attack surface reduction, behavioral based and cloud-powered next generation protection, endpoint detection and response (EDR), automatic investigation and remediation, managed hunting services, rich APIs, and unified security management.	$2.50 per user/per month
Symantec Advanced Threat Protection	Score9.3 out of 10	N/A	Symantec Advanced Threat Protection is a single unified solution that uncovers, prioritizes, and remediates advanced attacks. The product fuses intelligence from endpoint, network, and email control points, as well as Symantec’s massive global sensor network, to stop threats that evade individual security products. It leverages existing Symantec Endpoint Protection and Symantec Email Security.cloud investments, so it does not require the deployment of any new agents. It includes functionality…	N/A

Pricing

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Symantec Advanced Threat Protection

Academic: $2.50
per user/per month
Standalone: $5.20
per user/per month

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Pricing Offerings
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint	Symantec Advanced Threat Protection
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Microsoft Defender for Endpoint	Symantec Advanced Threat Protection
Considered Both Products	Microsoft Ali Marandi Senior Manager-Cyber Security in Information Technology at Brookfield Renewable (Environmental Services, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Defender works better for my org. This may depend on your ecosystem, however for me, Defender is a clear winner. I like Defender's ability to utilize multiple sensors and data points to detect possible breaches. I like the built-in EDR functionality. I do not need to purchase a … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint MS ATP is lower on system resources and enables us to stretch out our endpoint hardware for an additional year. Also, MS ATP being an MS product fits in very nicely into MS remote management software and MS operating system. We have had little to no issues when hotfixes and … Incentivized Helpful?	Broadcom Verified User Chose Symantec Advanced Threat Protection The Microsoft product is much better for smaller companies as the setup and maintenance are very much in line with the MS 365 eco-system. With that said the Symantec product is much more mature and with the ability to have local pieces to the infrastructure, you are not … Incentivized Helpful? Luciano Rios Accounting analyst in Finance and Accounting at Alcoa (Mining & Metals, 10,001+ employees) Chose Symantec Advanced Threat Protection The software is much better than the Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection and the others in the market because it is faster, more efficient, and does not affect the final user. This program executes in the background when we are using other software and programs (at the … Incentivized Helpful?
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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

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Symantec Advanced Threat Protection

Comparison of Endpoint Security features of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Symantec Advanced Threat Protection
Feature	Microsoft Defender for Endpoint 8.3 56 Ratings	Symantec Advanced Threat Protection - Ratings
Anti-Exploit Technology	7.753 Ratings	00 Ratings
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)	9.155 Ratings	00 Ratings
Centralized Management	8.955 Ratings	00 Ratings
Hybrid Deployment Support	7.110 Ratings	00 Ratings
Infection Remediation	9.454 Ratings	00 Ratings
Vulnerability Management	7.352 Ratings	00 Ratings
Malware Detection	8.855 Ratings	00 Ratings

User Ratings
	Microsoft Defender for Endpoint	Symantec Advanced Threat Protection
Likelihood to Recommend	8.4 (99 ratings)	6.7 (14 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.4 (8 ratings)	7.0 (2 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	7.0 (2 ratings)
Support Rating	9.0 (5 ratings)	8.0 (2 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	8.0 (1 ratings)