Bitdefender GravityZone vs. Norton Small Business

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Bitdefender GravityZone
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Bitdefender GravityZone combines multiple security services into a single platform to reduce the cost of building a trusted environment for endpoints.N/A
Norton Small Business
Score 6.9 out of 10
N/A
Cybercriminals increasingly target small businesses because they expect it to be easy. Norton Small Business is an antivirus service available as a subscription for protecting a multitude of endpoints, from NortonLifeLock (formerly Symantec).
$99.99
per year
Pricing
Bitdefender GravityZoneNorton Small Business
Editions & Modules
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5 Devices
$99.99
per year
10 Devices
$149.99
per year
20 Devices
$249.99
per year
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Bitdefender GravityZoneNorton Small Business
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Bitdefender GravityZoneNorton Small Business
Considered Both Products
Bitdefender GravityZone
Chose Bitdefender GravityZone
Bitdefender offered the largest number of tools with the smallest footprint of any providers we have tested and used. The cloud platform is very well thought out and will give us all the information we need very quickly. Resources required have been greatly reduced, both on …
Chose Bitdefender GravityZone
Norton and Symantec seemed to attract every hacker and spammer in our opinion. Kaspersky was difficult to manage thru the cloud access. All 3 of these products used a large portion of the computer resources and had many of our users locked up during scans. We always seemed to …
Chose Bitdefender GravityZone
Hands down, Bitdefender wins. Once Norton Corporate was uninstalled, we installed out new Bitdefender Gravityzone purchase. Upon the first scans, Bitdefender found a few malware objects and a few trojans th at had been there - who knows how long - ! Nothing else will do for …
Norton Small Business

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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Bitdefender GravityZoneNorton Small Business
Endpoint Security
Comparison of Endpoint Security features of Product A and Product B
Bitdefender GravityZone
9.4
60 Ratings
10% above category average
Norton Small Business
-
Ratings
Anti-Exploit Technology9.456 Ratings00 Ratings
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)10.056 Ratings00 Ratings
Centralized Management8.860 Ratings00 Ratings
Hybrid Deployment Support9.239 Ratings00 Ratings
Infection Remediation9.655 Ratings00 Ratings
Vulnerability Management9.454 Ratings00 Ratings
Malware Detection9.660 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Bitdefender GravityZoneNorton Small Business
Likelihood to Recommend
9.4
(69 ratings)
7.1
(3 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(4 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
5.6
(54 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Bitdefender GravityZoneNorton Small Business
Likelihood to Recommend
Bitdefender
Bitdefender had been a great replacement for our previous product - it was painless to make the switch with very few issues. We tested in a VM lab a few different offerings, but Bitdefender was the one that covered everything we required at the time and allowed us to be able to expand the offering simply.
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Gen (NortonLifeLock, Avast, Avira, AVG)
We are a small company; Norton Small Business gives us the freedom for our remote employees to work securely using their personal laptop /smartphone. Less appropriate: Someone with a few separate locations that require separate cybersecurity environment but would still benefit from centralized management.
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Pros
Bitdefender
  • Once installed, Bitdefender [GravityZone] runs silently in the background with little to no need for user interaction.
  • The cloud-based console provides for easy computer management and deployment.
  • Bitdefender [GravityZone] is extremely flexible, with a policy-based system wherein different profiles can be created (i.e. a policy to deactivate the firewall, a policy to allow for admin control on a machine, etc.) and pushed out to individual computers.
  • Computers can be grouped into different categories, with different policies automatically deployed to each category.
  • Bitdefender [GravityZone] is relatively resource-light and runs well even on lower-end computers.
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Gen (NortonLifeLock, Avast, Avira, AVG)
  • Effective Outcomes
  • Transparent & Customised Pricing
  • Ease of Use
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Cons
Bitdefender
  • Who do I ask? This is my chief complaint is once the initial licenses were purchased through Bit Defender, there was no one to contact that could help navigate some of the initial questions I had with regard to specific policies to implement for our file server. The parent web site is, well, hard to navigate when one is trying to "learn" the system.
  • The second issue is in increasing the licenses. It took several days for the parent company (by contact and phone) to inform me that they could not increase the licenses and I would have to go through a private vendor. There was no intent to connect me to a vendor or provide a vendor list until I asked specifically. YET I continue to get email from the parent company reminding me to pay an annual fee for the licenses purchase through the private vendor. The parent company can see the number of licenses yet did not sell them to me.
  • Gravity Zone Dashboard, while excellent for those who have experience, is not particularly intuitive for those who have never used it. There does not seem to be a lot of documentation for those responsible for implementation.
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Gen (NortonLifeLock, Avast, Avira, AVG)
  • perfectly works for us, nothing as of now
  • works as expected, found reasonable for us
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Likelihood to Renew
Bitdefender
It works. I rely heavily on my vendors to provide a product that works, is easy to implement, and that they support. As well as be a decent value for the money
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Gen (NortonLifeLock, Avast, Avira, AVG)
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Usability
Bitdefender
On the whole I find the product very easy to use but some features need me to do some digging about in the console menus to find everything. I think if the interface used a bit less jargon and more clear plain language, it would be easier to find how to do things within the console.
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Gen (NortonLifeLock, Avast, Avira, AVG)
It's good for a small business that needs cybersecurity without needing to spend a lot of money. Besides being affordable it seems to be extremely, reliable, and easy to use.
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Support Rating
Bitdefender
Support is an area Bitdefender has always struggled with. While their products work great, the GravityZone dashboard is very technical in nature. If you aren't IT inclined, it could be difficult to setup. While most times support is helpful, we tend to work with them over email because of their very thick accent, they are hard to understand over the phone.
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Gen (NortonLifeLock, Avast, Avira, AVG)
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Alternatives Considered
Bitdefender
We were a Kaspersky shop for years. Kaspersky was a resource hog and it didn't even block half of what was thrown at it. We had more outbreaks and more end-user complaints in a year of Kaspersky then we have had in almost three years of Bitdefender.
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Gen (NortonLifeLock, Avast, Avira, AVG)
We did not actively consider any other software. Overall we did do a basic understanding of a pricing & features and found that the offerings from Symantec were better than others even prima facie. At the current time for an organisation such as ours we do not believe that there is any other option worth active consideration
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Return on Investment
Bitdefender
  • The ROI for Bitdefender is hard to quantify except that it requires very little maintenance time from our staff.
  • We've spent no time troubleshooting user complaints or issues from users, so it has been a big time-saver over our previously used anti-malware software.
  • Bitdefender's customer service is usually pretty good and also very responsive, so I don't have to wait by the phone or to keep checking email to resolve a problem--although our issues have been mostly informational and not a problem with functionality.
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Gen (NortonLifeLock, Avast, Avira, AVG)
  • Money saved on cybersecurity products
  • Time saved: ease of use
  • Reliable
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