G2 Vendor Directory

Symantec Data Loss Prevention vs. Mimecast Aware

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

MetricSymantec Data Loss Prevention

by Broadcom

Mimecast Aware

by Mimecast

Overall rating4.43.8
Review count14916
Ease of use8.78.3
Ease of setup8.08.1
Quality of support8.88.2
Meets requirements8.98.8
NPS58.9285710
Small Business17.1%50.0%
Mid-Market41.1%31.3%
Enterprise41.8%18.8%
Total page views31299
Total LLM citations1,4442

Symantec Data Loss Prevention

Symantec’s Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solution discovers, monitors, and protects sensitive data wherever it goes – across cloud apps, endpoints, networks and data centers. With DLP, businesses are able to keep their data safe from accidental, negligent and malicious data loss by company insiders.

Pros

  • Data Protection
  • Policy Management
  • Setup Ease
  • Ease of Use
  • Protection
  • Performance Speed

Mimecast Aware

Aware is Mimecast's governance and compliance solution for collaboration platforms like Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom. It gives IT, security, legal, and compliance teams full visibility into collaboration data in one place, plus custom detection rules that catch sensitive data sharing and policy violations as they happen. When something gets flagged, Aware surfaces the full context, surrounding messages, files, and edits, so teams understand intent fast, with AI-powered summaries to speed up investigations.

Pros