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Trellix Email Security vs. Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange

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

MetricTrellix Email Security

by Trellix

Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange

by Broadcom

Overall rating3.94.3
Review count3313
Ease of use8.09.3
Ease of setup8.19.3
Quality of support8.59.4
Meets requirements8.39.5
NPS16.66666746.153846
Small Business36.4%7.7%
Mid-Market27.3%53.8%
Enterprise36.4%38.5%
Total page views137126
Total LLM citations11931

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

    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