Likelihood to Recommend If a company is in need of an anti-virus that would help them in saving their data against all kinds of virus attacks then Avast is just a witty option. The utilization of cyberspace is inevitable and it is necessary to make it secure and Avast is a good option. There can be multiple powerful antivirus tools but the price of it is highly suitable and is the cheapest among its competitors.
Read full review In large deployments, I have found Microsoft Forefront to be very effective at combating the majority of threats faced by our users. It provides the base platform for catching threats that would otherwise threaten our users and their data. If you have an environment that is under constant malware threat, then a secondary program may be needed as required.
Read full review Pros Avast Business Antivirus does particularly well detecting any threads in real time in order to it's live scanner that's constantly detecting any changes in your system. Avast Business Antivirus is very good with your system resources saving you time when you are on demanding tasks that can make your system slow. Avast Business Antivirus is amazing keeping constantly updated with latest virus and threads definitions that can harm your system keeping it secure all the time. Read full review SCEP is a light weight client which is minimally impactful on the user end. Forefront's management console provides excellent monitoring and reporting. Setup and configuration is very easy. Read full review Cons Alerts - these are handy for sure, but some alerts, when turned on, can flood your Inbox. I'd like to see a more granular approach that sets limits on how many times an alert will be delivered. Fingerprint access on the mobile app would be awesome. Aside from that, some of the menu paths are not straightforward. Like the install client creation can only be done from the dashboard (to my knowledge) when it should be done from the policy and/or device pages. Make the interface a little more intuitive. Read full review Malware detection is not quite 100%. We have to use a secondary program occasionally. On low ram and weak CPU systems scanning can freeze the machine. The same reporting tools that are on the console version, aren't on the client. Read full review Support Rating I gave this rating because after using this fantastic product. Everything is under my control and also all my databases are secure enough and also quite convenient to be managed. Thus, it’s a really good application in each and every regard that totally supports me in the best way.
Read full review Alternatives Considered We once had an experience of using the
AVG AntiVirus Business Edition for eight months and we experienced something surprising that it was not effective and active much as the prices were also too low as compared to Avast Business Antivirus. In short, to explain, Avast Business Antivirus is just [an] amazing antivirus and is working well enough with our organization to protect our systems. From our side, Avast is the best antivirus platform to experience by any organization.
Read full review The biggest advantage that MSF and SCEP provide over Norton is: One: Far less client overhead required. Both Norton and
McAfee are highly intensive client side when in use. Two: We've had far better luck using the Microsoft system with its detection capabilities, versus the others. Three: It is tied right into the Microsoft updating system, which provides central updating capabilities of av/mal/windows updates.
Read full review Return on Investment With Avast Business Antivirus, we can focus on other things and not worry about virus and malware attacks The cost of deploying Avast Business Antivirus is low compared to what we can spend in the event of a malware or virus attack While it is not the cheapest option, it is worth the cost considering the level of protection and all the features that it offers. Read full review Less turnaround on virus based issues. Helps reduce malware issues over time. Can breed overconfidence in the system, so people don't always try a second tool. Read full review ScreenShots Avast Small Business Solutions Screenshots