Small business=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
0%from 0% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 11 pointsRank 59 → 70 of 73
Symantec · 2 categories · Named, not rankedSymantec Endpoint Security
25Judge labels
0First choices
15Negative labels
10 / 14Models named it
2Categories
October 2026 Edition. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table v2026-10.8, every buyer segment counted.
Standing
8 labels, too few to rank
A product needs 10 labels in a category before a share or quadrant is stated. Symantec Endpoint Security was named 8 times in Endpoint protection and 1 other category, where Microsoft Defender for Endpoint led with 22%. The labels and the evidence are below, counted exactly.
By buyer segmentRead the same way at every buyer size.
Small business74 of 78
0%3 labels
under the label threshold
Mid-market80 of 86
0%6 labels
under the label threshold
Enterprise45 of 48
0%5 labels
under the label threshold
In endpoint protection · each standing computed within its segment · bars are 0 to 100 · the accent bar is the product's own best reading
Standing by category
Every category where a model named Symantec Endpoint Security for a mid-market B2B company. Share is first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts; rank is within every product named in that category.
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant | Since September 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Endpoint protection | IT operations and endpoint | 0% | 80 of 86 | 50% | 6 | under 10 labels · led by Microsoft Defender for Endpoint at 22% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Endpoint detection and response | Security operations | 0% | 37 of 55 | 50% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by Microsoft Defender for Endpoint at 30% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
Movement
Since September 2026, Symantec Endpoint Security held within the floor in all two categories: no change cleared 11 points.
Best category · Endpoint protection · by segment
Mid-market=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
0%from 0% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 11 pointsRank 44 → 78 of 83
Enterprise=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
0%from 0% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 11 pointsRank 60 → 42 of 48
All categories · Mid-market
| Category | September 2026 | Now | Change | Reading | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Endpoint protection | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 44 → 80 of 86 |
| EDR | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 46 → 37 of 55 |
Shares here are read over the models both editions asked, so they can differ by a point or two from the standing above, which counts every model in this edition.
The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured · The editions
By model
How each model treated Symantec Endpoint Security across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.ShowHide
By model
How each model treated Symantec Endpoint Security across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.
ShowHide| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
By framing
Which of the six questions produced the naming. By model says how often; this says asked what. The first-choice count on the right carries the marks of the models that produced it.
FramingLabels by classFirst choices
Direct0 labelsNone
Paraphrase0 labelsNone
Comparative10 labelsNone
Budget-constrained0 labelsNone
Scale-constrained0 labelsNone
Negative15 labelsNone
First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative25 labels in all, every segment counted; 0 of the 0 first choices count toward share, since the comparative and negative framings do not. The bar is one segment per label class, to scale within the framing.
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“Choose Broadcom Symantec if you have complex hybrid environments and need granular policy control” Kimi K2 · Endpoint protection · comparative prompt · alternative
“Best for Enterprise Complexity: Palo Alto Cortex XDR, Broadcom Symantec” Mistral Small · Endpoint protection · comparative prompt · alternative
And against it
Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.
“the platforms with the most consistently reported red flags across user reviews are Symantec (post-Broadcom) and Guardio” DeepSeek V4 Flash · Endpoint protection · negative prompt · hard negative
“Why to avoid: Licensing has become frustratingly complex and expensive, and customer support has plummeted.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · Endpoint protection · negative prompt · hard negative
“Lowest EPP spending intent (-26% net score in ETR); high replacement rates (13%); dated perceptions post-acquisition.” Grok 4.20 · Endpoint protection · negative prompt · soft negative
“While not universally bad, users express concern about: Broadcom's market responsiveness” GLM 4.7 FlashX · EDR · negative prompt · soft negative
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as Symantec Endpoint Security, over the 25 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Symantec Endpoint Security was named but was not.ShowHide
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as Symantec Endpoint Security, over the 25 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Symantec Endpoint Security was named but was not.
ShowHideProductSame answerTook the first choice insteadHead to head
A head-to-head page exists where both products are among a category's top eight. The other rows are the same fact without a page behind them, so they link to the product instead.
What carried it into the answer
The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Symantec Endpoint Security. A fact about retrieval, not a lever on the model.
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, five of the fourteen in this edition, so these counts come from 25 of the 25 answers that named Symantec Endpoint Security and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
huntress.com11
cynet.com9
docs.broadcom.comYour site9
paloaltonetworks.com9
cybersecuritynews.com8
g2.com8
senseon.io8
deel.com7
gartner.com7
guideflow.com7
Seventy-four of the eighty-three domain citations in answers naming Symantec Endpoint Security came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Search and answers
broadcom.com ranks 6 on Google for the category's searches. In the answers, Symantec Endpoint Security takes 0% of first choices and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint takes 22%.ShowHide
Search and answers
broadcom.com ranks 6 on Google for the category's searches. In the answers, Symantec Endpoint Security takes 0% of first choices and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint takes 22%.
ShowHideIn search
Google, US estimatesPosition for “endpoint protection platform”
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not in the top ten
Position for “endpoint protection platforms”
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not in the top ten
- Searches for its name, Google
- 140 a month (“symantec endpoint security”)
- AI search demand for its name, est.
- 14 a month
- Its company's site
- broadcom.com shared with Symantec's other products; the figures are the site's
- Organic visits to its site
- about 604,076 a month
- Searches its site ranks for
- 74,533 · 7,642 in the top three
- Sites linking to it
- 54,260
- Paid Google search
- No ads found in the estimate; that does not mean it runs none
In answers
This editionShare of first choices
0%
rank 80 of 86 in endpoint protection
Segment leader
22%
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- First choices
- 0 across its categories
- Named in
- 25 answers
- Its own site cited
- in 25 of the answers that named it
Search figures are US estimates from DataForSEO, read September 28, 2026; AI search demand is its modeled, directional estimate, not a count of queries to any assistant. The answers are this edition's. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
Names read as Symantec Endpoint Security
What the judge wrote, as written, with how often. The vendor table decides that these count as Symantec Endpoint Security; a claim can dispute any of them.
Symantec Endpoint Security (Broadcom) 3Broadcom Symantec 2Broadcom Symantec Endpoint Security Complete 2Symantec Endpoint Protection 1
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The company
Symantec is the company behind Symantec Endpoint Security.ShowHide
The company
Symantec is the company behind Symantec Endpoint Security.
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Company recordsIn its own words
Stated by the vendor, not checked- Not stated on the pages read
- Positioning, price, starting price, free plan or trial, integrations, certifications, hosting, customers
What Symantec Endpoint Security's own pages state, read October 5, 2026: community.broadcom.com/discussion/symantec-endpoint-protection-14, community.broadcom.com/discussion/symantec-endpoint-virtual-appliance, community.broadcom.com/discussion/symantec-endpoint-protection-143-ru6, community.broadcom.com/discussion/symantec-endpoint-encryption-inquiry, community.broadcom.com/discussion/symantec-endpoint-protection-training. A claimed page can correct any of them.
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- where Symantec Endpoint Security is named, by buyer and by framing, and which cells hold its first choices;
- the claims the models make when they name it, ranked, with the strongest and the weakest quoted;
- its vocabulary against the segment leader's, and the pages the models cited;
- who was chosen in the answers that did not name Symantec Endpoint Security, and every reason the record gives;
- a battlecard for each top rival: the head-to-head split, why they win, and the reservation quoted against them;
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