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Symantec Endpoint Security vs ESET Endpoint Security Comparison (2026)

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Overview

Viruses can destroy your business in minutes. Symantec Endpoint Security protects it just as fast. Symantec Endpoint Security is a simple, fast, and effective solution that protects against viruses and malware, and sets up in just minutes.

ESET Endpoint Security is a network monitoring solution, which helps businesses manage processes for detecting threats, blocking targeted attacks, preventing data breaches & providing protection against ransomware. It lets users monitor behavior of malicious processes and decloak memory segments.

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
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  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
view more detailsview details

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Pricing

Starting from

39

Per year

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

304

Per year

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.4

548

5

4

3

2

1

288

200

44

10

6

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
71%
would recommend this app

4.7

1.1K

5

4

3

2

1

846

256

57

9

3

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
82%
would recommend this app

Pros

“Helps protect against malware, spyware, attacks and phisiphing.”
CC

Christine C.

Administrator

“Helps to protect the organization in the endpoints against cyber security.”
CC

Christine C.

Administrator

“With this tool, we have the best computer security solution and we protect our systems from data breach thanks to data security features.”
FC

Finan C.

Sales Manager

Pros

“One needs to create policies to allow RDP via VPN.”
ZR

Zalman R.

IT

“Eset is probably a good entry level.its good for ilder pcs .it does not use much resources which helps.”
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Willem G.

Commercial manager

“They were very helpful in setting up the console and creating all of the policies that were needed.”
ZR

Zalman R.

IT

Cons

“Symantec Endpoint Security was a reliable endpoint security product, but over time became less cutting-edge and has been surpassed by other products.”
EP

Eli P.

Centralized Services Manager

“The application consumes many cpu and memory sometimes, for which the device becomes very slow”
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Oscar A.

Owner

“Missed too many obvious security hazards and required secondary software to fill the gaps in its endpoint protection.”
RC

Russell C.

IT Associate

Cons

“In a VDI instant clones environment, we've come across numerous glitches in the admin center, mainly with not all user PCs showing up.”
BG

Brennan G.

Help desk specialist

“This is not a program that can be installed and walk away.”
ZR

Zalman R.

IT

“It took me weeks to get it completely off of my laptop”
AS

Amy S.

Owner

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review8 months ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last reviewa month ago

Key features

  • Total features20
  • AI/Machine Learning
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Monitoring
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Anomaly/Malware Detection
  • Anti Spam
  • Anti Virus
  • Application Security
  • Authentication
  • Backup and Recovery
  • Behavioral Analytics
  • Bot Detection
  • Bot Mitigation
  • Cloud Application Security
  • Cloud Backup
  • Compliance Management
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Continuous Monitoring
  • Dashboard
  • Data Security
  • Device Management
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Encryption
  • Endpoint Management
  • Endpoint Protection
  • Event Analysis
  • Event Tracking
  • Filtering
  • Firewalls
  • For MSPs
  • Fraud Detection
  • IT Asset Management
  • Incident Management
  • Intrusion Detection System
  • Monitoring
  • Network Monitoring
  • Network Provisioning
  • Network Security
  • Patch Management
  • Policy Management
  • Prioritization
  • Projections
  • Ransomware Protection
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Remediation Management
  • Remote Access/Control
  • Remote Support
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Risk Assessment
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • SSL Security
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Security Auditing
  • Sensitive Data Identification
  • Server Monitoring
  • Threat Intelligence
  • Threat Protection
  • Threat Response
  • Two-Factor Authentication
  • Uptime Reporting
  • VPN
  • Virus Definition Update
  • Vulnerability Protection
  • Vulnerability Scanning
  • Web Threat Management
  • Web Traffic Monitoring
  • Web Traffic Reporting
  • Web-Application Security
  • Whitelisting/Blacklisting
  • Total features69
  • AI/Machine Learning
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Monitoring
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Anomaly/Malware Detection
  • Anti Spam
  • Anti Virus
  • Application Security
  • Authentication
  • Backup and Recovery
  • Behavioral Analytics
  • Bot Detection
  • Bot Mitigation
  • Cloud Application Security
  • Cloud Backup
  • Compliance Management
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Continuous Monitoring
  • Dashboard
  • Data Security
  • Device Management
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Encryption
  • Endpoint Management
  • Endpoint Protection
  • Event Analysis
  • Event Tracking
  • Filtering
  • Firewalls
  • For MSPs
  • Fraud Detection
  • IT Asset Management
  • Incident Management
  • Intrusion Detection System
  • Monitoring
  • Network Monitoring
  • Network Provisioning
  • Network Security
  • Patch Management
  • Policy Management
  • Prioritization
  • Projections
  • Ransomware Protection
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Remediation Management
  • Remote Access/Control
  • Remote Support
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Risk Assessment
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • SSL Security
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Security Auditing
  • Sensitive Data Identification
  • Server Monitoring
  • Threat Intelligence
  • Threat Protection
  • Threat Response
  • Two-Factor Authentication
  • Uptime Reporting
  • VPN
  • Virus Definition Update
  • Vulnerability Protection
  • Vulnerability Scanning
  • Web Threat Management
  • Web Traffic Monitoring
  • Web Traffic Reporting
  • Web-Application Security
  • Whitelisting/Blacklisting

Integrations

  • Total integrationsN/A
  • Autotask PSA
  • Axonius
  • Blumira
  • ConnectWise Automate
  • ConnectWise PSA
  • Datto Workplace
  • Liongard
  • Salesforce Sales Cloud
  • Total integrations8
  • Autotask PSA
  • Axonius
  • Blumira
  • ConnectWise Automate
  • ConnectWise PSA
  • Datto Workplace
  • Liongard
  • Salesforce Sales Cloud