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Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange vs. Trellix Email Security

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

MetricSymantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange

by Broadcom

Trellix Email Security

by Trellix

Overall rating4.33.9
Review count1333
Ease of use9.38.0
Ease of setup9.38.1
Quality of support9.48.5
Meets requirements9.58.3
NPS46.15384616.666667
Small Business7.7%36.4%
Mid-Market53.8%27.3%
Enterprise38.5%36.4%
Total page views126137
Total LLM citations31119

Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange

Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange (SMSMSE) combines Symantec anti-malware technology with advanced heuristics and file reputation to provide real-time protection for email against viruses, spyware, phishing, and other malicious attacks. For additional protection, SMSMSE offers Symantec Premium AntiSpam (additional license), powered by Brightmail technology. Together, these protections help to stop 99 percent of incoming spam with less than one false positive per million.

Pros

    Trellix Email Security

    Trellix Email Security secures your primary attack surface without forcing a compromise between protection and productivity. By continuously analyzing inbound and outbound traffic, it blocks malicious attachments, URLs, and QR codes before they compromise the inbox. Because modern risk extends beyond email, this cost-effective solution extends its robust defense architecture to your wider cloud collaboration platforms, ensuring teams can share files and messages securely across the extended enterprise.

    Pros