Webroot Endpoint Protection

Webroot Endpoint Protection is not as feature rich as the other products, but it is a great entry level product.

We found other products to be able to detect malware and malicious URL's better than Webroot Endpoint Protection. Thus, we moved away from Webroot Endpoint Protection. Also, over the years, there were at least 2 big mistakes by Webroot, where our business applications were flagged as malicious as a false positive. Webroot did a public apology, but those mistakes were highly disruptive.

Microsoft Defender is very different from Webroot Endpoint Protection. To explain, Webroot Endpoint Protection must be installed locally for all devices. Microsoft has a local installation for Defender for Windows PCs. What is different is how Microsoft Defender runs on the Microsoft Exchange level as well. This makes it difficult to compare the two.

Less system intensive than Symantec, with a much better management setup on the backend. More robust than Microsoft Defender, though a little heavier on the resources required, but the feature comparison is night and day between the two. Defender does nicely integrate with the host OS considering they're the same company, but Webroot has very little issues in that regard.

We would consider Webroot in the top 5 when you factor in ease of use, level of protection, and cost. Probably not as comprehensive as other end-point security solutions but the proper level of functionality and support for our needs. Question what impact the acquisition by OpenText is having on future development and support. OpenText also acquire Carbonite for back-up support.

Webroot Endpoint is just Virus Protect and a good one.

Webroot Business Endpoint Protection does not hog system resources like Norton and other products do. You don't even know it's running. A look in the task manager will show it's very low on the resource list.

Both Avast and Norton have caused issues with their impact on system performance. Avast recently caused a major lag on a client-server, and Symantec slows down our systems so much that we ended up recommending more memory than was generally needed.

Webroot is very lightweight to install and does not slow up your computer.

Webroot Endpoint Protection compares well to the other products listed. Viper, GFI and Symantec are a lot more intrusive and bloated compared to Webroot. The installation is more streamlined as well. The interface is streamlined and not full of fluff as to compared with Symantec Endpoint Protect and McAfee.

Some of the other options available to us were less expensive than Webroot Endpoint Protection. Still, either required too much management on our end didn't offer multi-platform protection or didn't have all of the features we were looking for.

With Webroot, installation is quick and doesn't require a reboot, definitions are always up-to-date without lengthy definition downloads, and the footprint makes it unnoticeable to clients. This can't be said about the other products I have used. Something would inevitably happen as well to break an Agent and cause unnecessary headaches. No product can be 100% perfect, but we have not run into any of the pitfalls of other products we've used while using Webroot. Nothing has happened to make us want to shop around again for a managed antivirus solution, and we don't foresee this stance changing any time soon.

Webroot Endpoint Protection beats the competition in various aspects. Webroot provides an easy web portal management of protected devices. Installation occurs very easily on all devices. Furthermore, the price to protect a workstation vs a server is one and the same.

I can tell you that the Webroot Business Endpoint Protection is much better than the competition in three primary areas. Number one; they are the smallest footprint so as not to decrease the performance of the endpoint. Number two; Webroot Business Endpoint Protection is very effective at blocking threats and keeping clients safe. And number three; the billing model is a no brainer.

Way better, and frankly, no Russian involvement.

Webroot is extremely light on the system resources and incredibly quick to install. From what I've seen it's just as good for malware as Kaspersky and ESET.

Way too heavy of an application. Webroot is a lot lighter and easier to use. Kaspersky overloads the system and pops up at the worst possible time, while Webroot just runs in the background doing its thing.

Webroot has been a much better asset both financially and in overall general use. Compared to Avast and Kaspersky, its been a much better decision that fits into our budget, and compared to Norton, it definitely uses a lot less resources on the endpoint. Norton tended to make our computers run very slow due to how much it needed to run in the background.

I think that the AV clients are more light weight than the others which makes running on older slower computers more manageable. Also Cloud manamgenet is a huge, huge plus.

We looked at Kaspersky, Bitdefender, Norton. Webroot is usually No.1 or 2 based on ratings and user reviews/feedback. Easy to deploy and managability were also key to choosing Webroot.