TrustRadius: an HG Insights company

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint vs. Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile

Save this comparison

Save this comparison

Add Product

Recommended Comparisons

    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft 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 Protection Mobile

    Score2 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
    Microsoft Defender for EndpointSymantec Endpoint Protection Mobile
    Editions & Modules
    Academic
    $2.50
    per user/per month
    Standalone
    $5.20
    per user/per month
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft Defender for EndpointSymantec Endpoint Protection Mobile
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details——
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Microsoft Defender for EndpointSymantec Endpoint Protection Mobile
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Broadcom
    Chose Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile
    Most of them are doing pretty much the same. Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile has an intuitive dashboard and policy configuration use.
    the app itself has low-Performance effects and does not use a lot of battery.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
    157 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    146 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    155 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    130 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    140 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Microsoft Defender for EndpointSymantec Endpoint Protection Mobile
    Endpoint Security
    Comparison of Endpoint Security features of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile
    Feature
    Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    8.7
    80 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile
    -
    Ratings
    Anti-Exploit Technology9.176 Ratings00 Ratings
    Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)9.280 Ratings00 Ratings
    Centralized Management8.780 Ratings00 Ratings
    Hybrid Deployment Support7.110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Infection Remediation9.078 Ratings00 Ratings
    Vulnerability Management8.875 Ratings00 Ratings
    Malware Detection9.379 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Microsoft Defender for EndpointSymantec Endpoint Protection Mobile
    Small Businesses
    SentinelOne Singularity
    Score9 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    BlackBerry Protect (CylancePROTECT)
    Score9.1 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    ESET PROTECT
    Score8.7 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    Microsoft Defender for EndpointSymantec Endpoint Protection Mobile
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (170 ratings)
    9.9
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.4
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (41 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft Defender for EndpointSymantec Endpoint Protection Mobile
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    I think for your average user's experience, it's perfectly fine. I think when you're dealing with more advanced people within the cybersecurity space, where they may deal with applications or tooling, other situations like that, or malicious-type files, that might be problematic for them to use.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    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.
    Read full review
    Pros
    Microsoft
    • The big thing for us is on endpoint, it kind of integrates with everything else that we already have because we use Microsoft completely. And so that helps us with being able to integrate, and send things over to Azure Sentinel as we need to as well.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Broadcom
    • Mobile malware protection
    • content filtering
    • Root/Jailbreak detection
    • device secure configuration enforcement
    Read full review
    Cons
    Microsoft
    • I'd say building out summaries and log reviews for analysts reviewing incidents. So, pivoting from the alerts themselves to actually getting the detail underneath. Trying to understand what caused an alert, where they went from there, et cetera, et cetera. And then trying to get into deeper log review to take that investigation further can be a pain point.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Broadcom
    • better reporting
    • reduce false positive
    • support can be better
    Read full review
    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    Cost add-ons for Security features is nickel and diming the process to keep pace with cybercrime. Limited Education budgets require us to be more pro-active in finding cost-effective measures to protect our devices, staff and students. Defender is a strong, well-featured product that is pricing itself out of the education market
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Microsoft
    It just works. It's easy. I mean, even if you didn't have much background in it, you could figure out what you need to do to get the information that you need. The dashboards are comprehensive. The information that it aggregates on the screen, your first initial screen, is very comprehensive and telling. So, usability.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Defender for Endpoint chugs along just fine no matter what we throw at it and what systems it's running on. It doesn't take up a lot of resources either, so that's welcomed.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is easy on memory and resources on clients.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    The first time I tried to onboard my macOS endpoints to MDE I struggled for quite a bit. I had to reach out to Microsoft's MDE support team. The tech was very helpful in walking me through the steps during a screen share session
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    Deployment was handled by our team here and everything went pretty smoothly. We did have a few hiccups in our test group, but that only took a bit to get ironed out.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    Falcon. I will say this: Falcon was way easier to deploy. We deployed 36,000 endpoints in about 40 hours. It took us two years to get Microsoft Defender for Endpoint deployed. So deployment was a pain. Falcon, what else we've got? Trellix or McAfee Endpoint. And that's about it.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    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.
    Read full review
    Scalability
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is easily scaled from small orgs to giant enterprises.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • I think the positive impact overall is that we do a lot of sitting in front of assessors- federal assessors, government assessors. And it really comes down to when the assessor has to think about another product that you're bringing in that's not Microsoft, it creates a lot of confusion, more paperwork, more explanation. But the positive impact is that they know it, everybody kind of knows Microsoft. And so when you tell them you have this endpoint for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, they're like, okay. The questions go away, and it makes the overhead a lot less during an assessment.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    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
    Read full review
    ScreenShots

    Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Screenshots

    Screenshot of blocked activitiesScreenshot of Detects & respondsScreenshot of discovers vulnerabilityScreenshot of Eliminates blind spotsScreenshot of Risk management

    Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile Screenshots

    Screenshot of The Skycure app is lightweight and non-intrusive, yet provides detailed information about compliance and mitigation of threats.