Malwarebytes vs. Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Malwarebytes
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Malwarebytes is a antimalware application for home and small businesses, which blocks viruses, malware, hackers, viruses, and malicious websites.
$119.99
per year 3 devices
Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile
Score 2.0 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile (formerly Skycure) is a mobile security option developed by Skycure and acquired by Symantec in the summer of 2017.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
Teams - Sole proprietor
$119.99
per year 3 devices
Teams - Boutique business
$399.99
per year 10 devices
Teams - Small office
$799.99
per year 20 devices
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
MalwarebytesSymantec Endpoint Protection Mobile
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsAll plans include a 60-day money back guarantee. 1st year discount available for the Small office plan.
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Small Businesses
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Score 8.0 out of 10

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Medium-sized Companies
BlackBerry Protect (CylancePROTECT)
BlackBerry Protect (CylancePROTECT)
Score 9.1 out of 10
Sophos Mobile
Sophos Mobile
Score 8.3 out of 10
Enterprises
BlackBerry Protect (CylancePROTECT)
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Score 9.1 out of 10

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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.1
(54 ratings)
9.9
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.1
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.9
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Malwarebytes
Now, I gave it that rating because it's a handy tool for diagnosing issues. Quarantining them, and most of the time, it does fix the problem. Though with rootkits, it's been hit or miss, and sometimes perfectly valid software gets flagged erroneously. However, once you've run it, it tends to run continuously, consuming far too many resources and being a real pain to uninstall, sometimes even causing issues.
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Broadcom
Although
it is extremely rare, performance issues can arise when we protect data because
of the rising volume of traffic on our system. The constant version updates
annoy me a lot. It's difficult to upgrade the clients frequently if you have a
larger number of clients.
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Pros
Malwarebytes
  • Low system resources, it does not slow down the whole computer when scanning or when real-time protection is enabled
  • Quick and frequent updates, usually people hate updating, but for malware/viruses, you want to be updated as possible. It takes less than 15 seconds and usually does it automatically. They usually send a few updates a day as they find more.
  • Protection features actually work when visiting known bad websites. The page will be blocked and nothing will be downloaded. It may not be what the user wants, but it's what the user needs (as the user can't know every bad website)
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Broadcom
  • Mobile malware protection
  • content filtering
  • Root/Jailbreak detection
  • device secure configuration enforcement
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Cons
Malwarebytes
  • One of the main things that malwarebytes is missing as a company, is phone support for its clients. All support questions has to go thru email only. This is not acceptable for issues that needs to be resolved quickly.
  • There is an issue when installing the client on a machine, it has a set amount of time where the software can register with the management server. The issue with this is, with machines that are over a wide area network, slow connection speeds can cause the software not to register. When that happens, it never re attempts to register in the future.
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Broadcom
  • better reporting
  • reduce false positive
  • support can be better
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Likelihood to Renew
Malwarebytes
The last time we renewed Malwarebytes, we renewed for a 3 year renewal. That should describe the confidence we have in the product. Plus the cost savings impact year after year.
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Broadcom
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Usability
Malwarebytes
Usability-wise, it's pretty good, and it gets the job done. But once that's finished, the nags, the pop-ups, and the fact that it slows older systems down recklessly really cost it rating points. It becomes a clutter, and one of the first things we check when we receive reports that a PC is slow is whether it's running malware. Once we uninstall it, the PC is usually easily 40-50% faster. That's too much in the way of resources for something that wants to always run in the background.
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Broadcom
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Support Rating
Malwarebytes
The Malwarebytes customer support team is awesome! They really go above and beyond to help you with whatever issue you may experience. It is not that we need to contact their support team often, but the few times we did, we would speak to someone who knew what they were talking about and able to solve our problem. It is a comfort knowing that aside from a great product, you are getting a reliable support structure.
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Broadcom
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Alternatives Considered
Malwarebytes
Avast and Norton's products were part of the testing for us but the cost was very high for them and the products were not light on the machine. They took up a lot of memory and slowed the computers down. Malwarebytes although may lack some feature, is a very light software.
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Broadcom
Even programmers who build complex code do not experience any
negative effects from this lightweight agent, which cannot be readily destroyed
or removed so that devices are always being watched. Additionally, it offers
deception technologies that other suppliers frequently do not in comparable
solutions. It has the capacity to proactively quarantine potentially infected
devices.
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Return on Investment
Malwarebytes
  • Positive Impact: Have not had to remediate malware/virus infections since installed.
  • Positive impact: As far as browsing goes, we can boldly go where no man has gone before. No, really, I am confident when I am clicking on search engine results that if something get past my trained eye, Malwarebytes will pick of the slack.
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Broadcom
  • positive: all companies mobile device are secured and no need to reset device frequently
  • positive: connect to a SIEM for suspicious events correlation
  • positive: provide employees BYOD protection
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Screenshot of The Skycure app is lightweight and non-intrusive, yet provides detailed information about compliance and mitigation of threats.