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Symantec WebFilter / Intelligence Services vs. Symantec Web Security Service

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

MetricSymantec WebFilter / Intelligence Services

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Symantec Web Security Service

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Overall rating4.24.4
Review count25120
Ease of use8.89.1
Ease of setup8.99.0
Quality of support9.08.6
Meets requirements9.08.9
NPS4859.633028
Small Business32.0%28.3%
Mid-Market36.0%24.2%
Enterprise32.0%47.5%
Total page views120187
Total LLM citations20367

Symantec WebFilter / Intelligence Services

Control access to web content and block web threats with advanced threat defense and real-time global threat intelligence

Pros

    Symantec Web Security Service

    Symantec Web Security Service (WSS) provides the same proactive web protection capabilities delivered by the market’s leading on-premises Secure Web Gateway, Symantec ProxySG, but delivered as a resilient and performant cloud security service. Sitting between employees, wherever they are located, and the Internet, the service protects the enterprise from cyber threats, controls and protects corporate use of cloud applications and the web, prevents data leaks, and ensures compliance with all company information and web/cloud access policies.

    Pros

    • Security Protection
    • Ease of Use
    • Simple
    • Easy Access
    • Implementation Ease
    • Affordable