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Norton Small Business vs. VMware Cloud Foundation

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    VMware Cloud Foundation

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/AVMware Cloud Foundation is a hybrid cloud platform for managing VMs and orchestrating containers, built on full-stack hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) technology. With a single architecture that is desribed by the vendor as easy to deploy, VMware Cloud Foundation aims to enable consistent, secure infrastructure and operations across private and public cloud.N/A
    Pricing
    Norton Small BusinessVMware Cloud Foundation
    Editions & Modules
    5 Devices
    $99.99
    per year
    10 Devices
    $149.99
    per year
    20 Devices
    $249.99
    per year
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Norton Small BusinessVMware Cloud Foundation
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Norton Small BusinessVMware Cloud Foundation
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Norton Small BusinessVMware Cloud Foundation
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    VMware by Broadcom
    It is best suited for an on-premise cloud solution where customer can shift their entire production environment. Also, the customer has a preference for a Homogenous Infrastructure Environment where budget is not a challenge. It is not at all suited for a Heterogenous Environment, e.g., a Public cloud where integration becomes a huge issue, also in SMB sections where budget is challenging.
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    Pros
    Gen (NortonLifeLock, Avast, Avira, AVG)
    • Effective Outcomes
    • Transparent & Customised Pricing
    • Ease of Use
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    VMware by Broadcom
    • Cloud enabled Solution.
    • Support Container based Apps.
    • Cost efficient.
    • Supports both Public and Private Environments.
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    Cons
    Gen (NortonLifeLock, Avast, Avira, AVG)
    • perfectly works for us, nothing as of now
    • works as expected, found reasonable for us
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    VMware by Broadcom
    • The Deployment is complex.
    • Recommended Number of Physical Nodes is three or more; with less than 3 Nodes, it becomes difficult to install V-SAN.
    • Need for better integration. If we go on the public cloud, it is a huge challenge while integrate with an open source platform.
    • Cost can be marginally reduced. SMB segments still prefer a separate license instead of VCF, or they postpone their purchase plans.
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    Usability
    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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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    VMware by Broadcom
    Although the public Cloud Model follows Opex Costing Model, it actually leads to very high costs also, the infra model in my organization is not suited for a Public Cloud Model. Hence We decided on an On-Premise Model, and the best suited was VMware Cloud Foundation, which is a complete Software-Defined Scale-Out Architecture. I also prefer a Homogenous environment; i.e, support and services from a Single OEM, so that I Can get faster resolutions to my tickets raised.
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    Return on Investment
    Gen (NortonLifeLock, Avast, Avira, AVG)
    • Money saved on cybersecurity products
    • Time saved: ease of use
    • Reliable
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    VMware by Broadcom
    • My organization has a size of 1300+ employees, using multiple applications and an exchange mail server that is hosted on On-Premise Cloud, hence scalability has not been a challenge.
    • Having hosted my Production environment and Mail exchange Server on VCF, there has been optimum resource utilization with very little scope downtime. Hence have been able to save a lot of funds on Hardware resources.
    • Due to the size of my organization and due the data load, I have been able to save on Resource Utilization and Organization Funds
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