G2 Vendor Directory

MetaDefender vs. Symantec End-user Endpoint Security

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricMetaDefender

by OPSWAT

Symantec End-user Endpoint Security

by Broadcom

Overall rating4.34.4
Review count15551
Ease of use9.19.1
Ease of setup9.08.7
Quality of support9.08.9
Meets requirements9.29.2
NPS53.33333364.785992
Small Business40.0%26.2%
Mid-Market33.3%30.6%
Enterprise26.7%43.2%
Total page views422347
Total LLM citations3,4181,437

MetaDefender

MetaDefender Platform is an advanced threat prevention solution that lets organizations embed multi-layer file security into existing applications and security architectures, especially to protect common attack vectors like malicious file uploads, untrusted file transfers, and file-based supply chain risk. It’s designed for environments that need stronger protection against highly evasive malware, zero-day attacks, and APTs, including IT and OT/critical infrastructure use cases.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Security
  • Scanning Efficiency
  • Protection
  • Scanning
  • Efficiency

Symantec End-user Endpoint Security

Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) is designed to protect against malware attacks including targeted attacks, advanced persistent threats, and zero-day threats with a layered approach to security at the endpoint. Superior protection that fuses essential and next-gen technologies in a multi-layered fashion. High-performance, lightweight single client, single management console across both physical and virtual protection and orchestrated response delivered at scale

Pros

  • Security
  • Threat Detection
  • Ease of Use
  • Features
  • Reliability
  • Visibility