--- title: Symantec Mobile Threat Defense Reviews meta\_title: 'Symantec Mobile Threat Defense Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 45 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Symantec Mobile Threat Defense works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.1 review\_count: 45 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Data Security url: https://www.g2.com/categories/data-security --- # Symantec Mobile Threat Defense Reviews & Product Details Helps predict, detect and prevent physical, malware, network and vulnerability exploits to protect businesses from mobile cyberattacks. * * * Seller [Broadcom](https://www.g2.com/sellers/broadcom-ab3091cd-4724-46a8-ac89-219d6bc8e166) Discussions [Symantec Mobile Threat Defense Community](https://www.g2.com/products/symantec-mobile-threat-defense/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/symantec-mobile-threat-defense/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect") Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect 4.5/5(73) ](https://www.g2.com/products/palo-alto-networks-globalprotect/reviews) [ ![Jamf](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Jamf") Jamf 4.7/5(2,304) ](https://www.g2.com/products/jamf/reviews) [ ![Appdome](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Appdome") Appdome 4.8/5(90) ](https://www.g2.com/products/appdome/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/symantec-mobile-threat-defense/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 45 real user reviews. Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Corina S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Corina S.") CS Corina S. Team Leader Translation Team RO Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 6/18/2020 "Satisfied" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Symantec Mobile Threat Defense? Its versatility - it is a very complete security software Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Symantec Mobile Threat Defense? No dislikes from me - I am satisfied with it for now Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Symantec Mobile Threat Defense: Keep on doing it. It is the best product of its type. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Symantec Mobile Threat Defense solving and how is that benefiting you? The most useful features for me are the firewall and the anti-malware features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite AP arun p. Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 6/7/2020 "Review of symantec" 3/5 What do you like best about Symantec Mobile Threat Defense? 1. Security is very good 2. detects malware and unwanted programs 3. strong antivirus Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Symantec Mobile Threat Defense? 1. too much updates 2. slows down processor 3. large memory space Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Symantec Mobile Threat Defense: Safe and good antivirus Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Symantec Mobile Threat Defense solving and how is that benefiting you? Problems solved: no more spam attacks, secure software Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Research](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Research") UR Verified User in Research Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 5/30/2020 "A reliable and consistent service" 5/5 What do you like best about Symantec Mobile Threat Defense? It is fast and runs quietly in the background. Installation and set up have always been smooth for me Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Symantec Mobile Threat Defense? The support team isn’t very helpful when there are technical difficulties Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Symantec Mobile Threat Defense solving and how is that benefiting you? I have been using it as a protection service for unauthorized applications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing") UE Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 5/19/2020 "Provided perfect protection on mobile" 4/5 What do you like best about Symantec Mobile Threat Defense? Able to access to necessary protection through apps Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Symantec Mobile Threat Defense? As I only use used it for quite a short time, so far there is nothing which I dislike Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Symantec Mobile Threat Defense solving and how is that benefiting you? Protect against malware and virus, personal data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness") UH Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 5/26/2020 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Great protection and monitoring for mobile." 4/5 What do you like best about Symantec Mobile Threat Defense? Great mobile protection. Great value for the price. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Symantec Mobile Threat Defense? I wish I could monitor my account and findings more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Symantec Mobile Threat Defense solving and how is that benefiting you? Keeping my mobile devices secure and protected from outside threats. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Stefon J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Stefon J.") SJ Stefon J. Team Manager Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 5/23/2019 "Powerful tool for removing cyber threats." 5/5 What do you like best about Symantec Mobile Threat Defense? Norton is well known anti-virus tool of market and has full capability to delete threats from our systems. It always runs in background of our system and gives us security all the time. Fire all features is great and keeps our Emails and online documents secure from virus. While surfing on internet many infected files and junky links try to infect our system but Norton block them instantly, it provides us clean environment for work and secure content for download. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Symantec Mobile Threat Defense? As Norton always runs in background of our system so it requires much memory to install and it make my PC slower for work. Deep scan takes much time to complete and it’s a tricky process for me because it takes up to an hour for complete. Some of its features are relatively complex for me while I use this tool for first time. As my personal experience Norton antivirus is bit expensive rather than other antivirus tools of market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Symantec Mobile Threat Defense solving and how is that benefiting you? Norton is great tool and it has all the basic features which provides us complete against powerful threats. It speeds of virus detection is very fast and has ability to remove virus from our system. Custom and deep scan are one of the best feature of this tool and the capability to point out threats from roots of device. Mobile version is also available which keeps our smart devices secure from malware and viruses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Yukti M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Yukti M.") YM Yukti M. Mobile Developer L2 Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 4/26/2019 "It’s good anti-virus which used by our organization to protect against viruses and network threats. " 3.5/5 What do you like best about Symantec Mobile Threat Defense? Symantec Endpoint Protection gave us the live updates, log history and run time scanning. It also works for virtual servers. It has multiple features like anti-malware, firewall and intrusion prevention which prevents data loss. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Symantec Mobile Threat Defense? Symantec Endpoint is very good in the use of system resources, however, there is a noticeable lag of approx 1-2 minutes for the system to shut down. When scanning takes place it slows down the system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Symantec Mobile Threat Defense: My opinion to use Symantec Endpoint Protection because it provides live updates and run time scanning of viruses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Symantec Mobile Threat Defense solving and how is that benefiting you? One of my favorites and I always say that I feel great knowing that it still keeps me protected from viruses and threats. Simple network setup and easily deploy across the network. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite TS Tanvi S. Cybersecurity Assistant Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 2/10/2019 "My experience was amazing. Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile can be considered as Best Friend." 5/5 What do you like best about Symantec Mobile Threat Defense? I like how it smoothly helps predict, detect and prevent physical, malware, network and vulnerability exploits to protect businesses from mobile cyberattacks. That's wonderful. I like that it is easy to deploy, adopt, maintain and update and has zero impact on productivity, experience and privacy. In addition, as promoised by them it has real-time protection from suspicious apps and networks! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Symantec Mobile Threat Defense? To be honest, I don't like how much battery it consumes to use Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile. Also, notifications that it sends are quite a lot which is disturbing.The battery consumption for the APP is relatively small, but since the location services are 'ON' all the time, users might see some degradation in battery performance! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Symantec Mobile Threat Defense: Get a Buy-in from your business as all of your Mobile users will be affected. It offers vast protection with little annoyance and interaction. I feel the protection could be a tad better, obviously one of the best on the market but there's always a room for improvement. Symantec Endpoint protection allows business to be conducted mobile without risking exposure, it also allows the company to make sure employees are conducting safe business. So that's a plus. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Symantec Mobile Threat Defense solving and how is that benefiting you? I find it useful in all aspects of business especially trying to protect scam attacks. It has seamless deployment and users don't even realize that this product is protecting their device and Critical Apps which is nice. Also there is automated corporate asset protection when under attack and it is really nice since it contributes to SEP Mobile’s Crowdsourced Threat Intelligence database!! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Government Relations](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Government Relations") UG Verified User in Government Relations Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 5/1/2019 "The Symantec softwares are always my first choice when it comes to security and windows." 5/5 What do you like best about Symantec Mobile Threat Defense? User-friendly is my best to respond to this question. It's interface and features used terms are easy to understand and work with it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Symantec Mobile Threat Defense? The large scale of updates that require strong connectivity for its completion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Symantec Mobile Threat Defense solving and how is that benefiting you? I download all different types of files, and I do that while traveling to different parts of the world. Having the peace of mind to know Symantec is installed, gives me the confidences to continue doing what I enjoy doing where ever I am in the world. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Kartik M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Kartik M.") KM Kartik M. Co-Founder Education Management Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/24/2019 "Device security made easy" 4/5 What do you like best about Symantec Mobile Threat Defense? The best part of using Symantec protection is its ease of use for a new user. It provides thorough protection for all sort of devices and can be monitored in real time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Symantec Mobile Threat Defense? The update pattern can be a bit annoying owing to the size of the updates and also you have to reboot machines after updates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Symantec Mobile Threat Defense solving and how is that benefiting you? Used it as company wide protection for machines in our startup. The data we were working on was sensitive and hence we needed the best sort of security possible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. 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