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Microsoft Forefront (Discontinued Product) vs. Norton Small Business

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/AForefront is Microsoft's antivirus offering.N/A

    Norton Small Business

    Score6.1 out of 10
    N/ACybercriminals 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

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    Microsoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)Norton Small Business
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    5 Devices
    $99.99
    per year
    10 Devices
    $149.99
    per year
    20 Devices
    $249.99
    per year
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    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)Norton Small Business
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Microsoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)Norton Small Business
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    Chose Microsoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)
    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 …
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)Norton Small Business
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
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    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    Microsoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)Norton Small Business
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    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.
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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
    Discontinued Products
    • 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.
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    Gen (NortonLifeLock, Avast, Avira, AVG)
    • Effective Outcomes
    • Transparent & Customised Pricing
    • Ease of Use
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    Cons
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    • 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.
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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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    Usability
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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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    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.
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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
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    • 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.
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    Gen (NortonLifeLock, Avast, Avira, AVG)
    • Money saved on cybersecurity products
    • Time saved: ease of use
    • Reliable
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