Microsoft Defender for Endpoint vs. Symantec Endpoint Security

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Symantec Endpoint Security

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 Endpoint Security	Score6.2 out of 10	N/A	Symantec Endpoint Protection is the company's flagship antivirus / endpoint security product.	$29.99 per year 100-249 devices

Pricing

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Symantec Endpoint Security

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

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

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

No setup fee

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Key User Insights
	Microsoft Defender for Endpoint	Symantec Endpoint Security
Considered Both Products	Microsoft RUSHABH KADCHHUD Associate Director - Practice Lead, Network and Systems Engineering in Engineering at Arcadis (Computer & Network Security, 10,001+ employees) Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Enterprise Endpoint Protection: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is well suited for large organizations with numerous endpoints, such as desktops, laptops, and servers, as it provides centralized management and monitoring of security across the entire network. Microsoft … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Mostly it runs smoothly on host without impacting performance as other AVs like Symantec's impacts performance issue of host. Also because it's still a good product overall price range. Can upgrade to EDR solution with not much difficulty & onboarding on tool is not that … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint We used to use Symantec's Endpoint Detection and Response Solution, and so that's actually what we replaced with Defender for Endpoint. So it's just lightyears ahead of that one. So personally, I've also used Webroot in the past for an antivirus solution and Kaspersky and … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint As we are using 90% of Windows devices and laptops in our organisation we figured out that Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a better solution for us as compared to above solutions mentioned. It is very easy and convenient to use this solution with Windows devices. The … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint As compared to some of the other products we have used in our organization over the years, Windows Defender has been a lot better at not using a lot of system resources when running on the clients. A lot of other commercial threat protection products on the market today, tend … Incentivized Helpful?	Broadcom Verified User 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 Helpful? Muhammad Mulla Systems Administrator, Core Infrastructure & Microsoft Systems in Information Technology at Cancer Research UK (Non-Profit Organization Management, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Symantec Endpoint Security Symantec Endpoint Protection really shines against its competitors when it comes to centralized management. It falls a little short when it comes to cloud deployments. Incentivized Helpful?
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Features

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Symantec Endpoint Security

Comparison of Endpoint Security features of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Symantec Endpoint Security
Feature	Microsoft Defender for Endpoint 8.3 56 Ratings	Symantec Endpoint Security 9.2 36 Ratings
Anti-Exploit Technology	7.753 Ratings	8.930 Ratings
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)	9.155 Ratings	9.933 Ratings
Centralized Management	8.955 Ratings	8.934 Ratings
Hybrid Deployment Support	7.110 Ratings	8.825 Ratings
Infection Remediation	9.454 Ratings	7.934 Ratings
Vulnerability Management	7.352 Ratings	9.831 Ratings
Malware Detection	8.855 Ratings	9.934 Ratings

User Ratings
	Microsoft Defender for Endpoint	Symantec Endpoint Security
Likelihood to Recommend	8.4 (99 ratings)	9.7 (63 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.4 (8 ratings)	9.1 (4 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (4 ratings)
Availability	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (2 ratings)
Support Rating	9.0 (5 ratings)	1.0 (11 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	6.4 (1 ratings)

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint vs. Symantec Endpoint Security

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

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