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Comodo Antivirus vs Symantec Endpoint Security

Comodo Antivirus
2 Ratings
Symantec Endpoint Security
Top Rated
132 Ratings

Comodo Antivirus

2 Ratings
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Score 8.6 out of 100

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Symantec Endpoint Security

Top Rated
132 Ratings
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Score 7.9 out of 100

Based on 132 reviews and ratings

Likelihood to Recommend

Comodo Antivirus

Comodo Antivirus seems to be very cost-effective and capable, but if someone was particular about certain things, I think they could be disappointed. You could pay a lot more for a bigger brand and get a little better customization options. It works for us who don't have any internal custom apps anymore. When we did, one that used command-line functions that called other programs and resources on the network, everything about it was rightly being flagged. Since we got away from having a program that could resemble one a hacker uses, we have had very limited issues. We had to just turn containment off because it was too much of a hassle to figure out how to get all of the different parts white-listed.

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Justin Bongard | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Symantec Endpoint Security

Because it can be installed/updated via a group policy/patch management software, I think that Symantec Endpoint Protection is best suited for very large environments that need an added layer of protection from malicious attacks. It's probably not well suited for smaller environments that may be using older machines as it seems to take up a lot of resources to scan and run.

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Feature Rating Comparison

Endpoint Security

Comodo Antivirus
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Symantec Endpoint Security
8.6
Anti-Exploit Technology
Comodo Antivirus
—
Symantec Endpoint Security
8.2
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
Comodo Antivirus
—
Symantec Endpoint Security
8.9
Centralized Management
Comodo Antivirus
—
Symantec Endpoint Security
9.0
Hybrid Deployment Support
Comodo Antivirus
—
Symantec Endpoint Security
8.8
Infection Remediation
Comodo Antivirus
—
Symantec Endpoint Security
8.5
Vulnerability Management
Comodo Antivirus
—
Symantec Endpoint Security
8.6
Malware Detection
Comodo Antivirus
—
Symantec Endpoint Security
8.2

Pros

Comodo Antivirus

  • Automatic containment of suspicious programs
  • Centrally managed whitelist options

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Justin Bongard | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Symantec Endpoint Security

  • The virus and spyware protection has worked well for us, catching several things and quarantining the items or cleaning them.
  • The virus definitions very rarely fail to update for the users, so I feel confident that my client machines are kept up to date.
  • I like the report I get daily telling me about threats found and action taken without having to login to the console to look it up myself.

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Debbie Johnson | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Cons

Comodo Antivirus

  • Whitelisting could be more customizable.
  • We were getting a lot of false positives for Windows updates and other widely used applications, but, then, they seemed to fix that problem.

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Justin Bongard | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Symantec Endpoint Security

  • Removing dead clients from the console. This is nearly impossible to do, and makes keeping the console clean a very difficult task.
  • Poorly tested versions are sometimes released that cause serious issues for users. This ranges from browsers malfunctioning to BSOD errors.
  • Malware detection is good but not great. We are not confident in SEP by itself to neutralize malware threats. It's detection rate just isn't high enough for next generation and zero day threats.

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Kurt Ferguson | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Likelihood to Renew

Comodo Antivirus

Comodo Antivirus 10.0
Based on 1 answer
We just renewed for our second year without even shopping around. We are very happy with it.

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Justin Bongard | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Symantec Endpoint Security

Symantec Endpoint Security 9.1
Based on 4 answers
Best of Breed. Symantec Endpoint Protection beats all other end point products I have used, tested and seen in presentation at this point in time.

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Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Usability

Comodo Antivirus

No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic

Symantec Endpoint Security

Symantec Endpoint Security 9.1
Based on 5 answers
Symantec Endpoint Protection centralized management console provides easy to follow, clean, and modern HTML5 based interface. All functionality required to manage Symantec Endpoint Protection is available and presented through this management interface. The Symantec Endpoint Protection provides many roles out of the box and presents relevant information based on the user role. Symantec Endpoint Protection can benefit from further scripting/automation interface development.

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Reliability and Availability

Comodo Antivirus

No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic

Symantec Endpoint Security

Symantec Endpoint Security 9.0
Based on 4 answers
We've used it for years and the software is easy to use. The dashboard is easy to read, and you can easily figure out where to go to troubleshoot or deploy software. Symantec is there for emergencies like backup restoration or file retrieval. It's pretty low maintenance. Symantec is there when your IT infrastructure needs it

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Support Rating

Comodo Antivirus

Comodo Antivirus 9.0
Based on 1 answer
I have interacted with them several times, and I'm not giving them a 10 because they never blew my mind how good they were, but they certainly met my high expectations and helped us resolve all issues we had. We paid for support to help us set it up, and I think that was a good choice. There's a very steep learning curve at first with the initial configuration. We feel confident in being able to change everything now that we have been using it, but initially it was all a very new thing to us since we never had used a centrally managed Antivirus and Firewall program before.

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Justin Bongard | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Symantec Endpoint Security

Symantec Endpoint Security 7.4
Based on 22 answers
I've called a few times and the support is great. They help me walk through the issues that I was having and even remotely connected to my server and show me how the fix the issue. I hope the support doesn't change since they were bought by Broadcom.

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Implementation Rating

Comodo Antivirus

No score
No answers yet
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Symantec Endpoint Security

Symantec Endpoint Security 6.4
Based on 2 answers
Use a third party deployment tool and not the deployment option within the SEP Manager itself.

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Alternatives Considered

Comodo Antivirus

Especially considering the containment feature it had, we felt it was very well worth the price. All of the features are very hard to compare, and you have to eventually take a leap of faith. We were fine with where that took us with this program choice. Support has always been pretty good and friendly.

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Justin Bongard | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Symantec Endpoint Security

Symantec Endpoint Protection stacks up to the competition very nicely. It does have all the features of the competition except the licensing model is a lot cheaper than the other products. For our large scale environment, it allowed us to effectively manage a high volume of machines for a decent cost. It also receives timely updates and the company has a solid reputation for customer service and satisfaction.

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Sam Figueroa | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Return on Investment

Comodo Antivirus

  • Overall a very positive impact. We like how it can be told to remove itself the next time a computer comes online. Web root never worked well at doing that.
  • It was cheaper than alternatives, and we were really impressed with how safe computers can be with containment as long as it doesn't slow you down if you use custom-built apps.

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Justin Bongard | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Symantec Endpoint Security

  • The objective of Symantec Endpoint Protection is to provide protection from viruses and Symantec has done just that.
  • It is definitely a positive ROI. Since implementation, we have had zero infected machines. Symantec is worth every dollar spent.
  • It is very hard to find an Antivirus software that can protect a machine while using very little resources and having very little impact on the end users. Symantec does all of these very good.

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Ramesh Ramrattan | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Pricing Details

Comodo Antivirus

General

Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
—
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—
Entry-level set up fee?
No

Symantec Endpoint Security

General

Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
—
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—
Entry-level set up fee?
No

Rating Summary

Likelihood to Recommend

Comodo Antivirus
8.0
Symantec Endpoint Security
8.5

Likelihood to Renew

Comodo Antivirus
10.0
Symantec Endpoint Security
9.1

Usability

Comodo Antivirus
—
Symantec Endpoint Security
9.1

Reliability and Availability

Comodo Antivirus
—
Symantec Endpoint Security
9.0

Support Rating

Comodo Antivirus
9.0
Symantec Endpoint Security
7.4

Implementation Rating

Comodo Antivirus
—
Symantec Endpoint Security
6.4

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