We performed a comparison between CrowdStrike Falcon and Check Point Harmony Endpoint based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: CrowdStrike Falcon stands out for its machine-learning capabilities, optimal resource utilization, and precise threat detection. Check Point Harmony Endpoint provides a sophisticated defense against ransomware and phishing attacks. CrowdStrike Falcon could benefit from adding a sandbox feature and more detailed firewall management options. The solution is praised for its forensic analysis and VPN connectivity. Users say Check Point could improve its endpoint vulnerability management and threat-hunting features.
Service and Support: CrowdStrike Falcon's customer service is considered prompt and helpful. While several users lauded Check Point support for its problem-solving skills, others said there is room for improvement.
Ease of Deployment: CrowdStrike Falcon's setup is considered to be simple and efficient, with deployment times ranging from a few days to a month. While there may be some challenges during installation, they are generally manageable. Setting up Check Point Harmony Endpoint is uncomplicated, and one admin is usually enough for the job. It may take time to configure the solution due to the wide range of available blades.
Pricing: Some users find CrowdStrike Falcon costly and think the price should be lowered to make it more competitive. Users generally find the price of Check Point Harmony Endpoint to be reasonable and competitive. They perceive it as more cost-effective than other solutions, though some said it could be lower.
ROI: CrowdStrike Falcon offers cost savings by decreasing the required number of engineers and eliminating the need for onsite servers. Check Point Harmony Endpoint provides a comprehensive and economical solution, and customers say the product has helped them grow.
Comparison Results: Our users prefer Check Point Harmony Endpoint over CrowdStrike Falcon. Check Point Harmony Endpoint provides a robust defense against ransomware and phishing attacks. While CrowdStrike Falcon receives praise for its lightweight design, user reviews indicate that Check Point Harmony Endpoint offers a more comprehensive and effective solution for endpoint security.
"The features that I have found most valuable are the ability to customize it and to reduce its size. It lets you run in a very small window in terms of memory and resources on legacy cash registers."
"The main thing is that I feel safe. Because the processes that have been used to get a handle on the attackers are much better than other competitors"
"The ease of deployment and configuration is valuable. It's very easy compared to other vendors like Sophos. Sophos' configuration is complex. Fortinet is a lot easier to understand. You don't need a lot of admin knowledge to do the configuration."
"The setup is pretty simple."
"The most valuable feature is the analysis, because of the beta structure."
"Fortinet has helped free up around 20 percent of our staff's time to help us out."
"The console is easy to read. I also like the scanning part and the ability to move assets from one to the other."
"The stability is very good."
"Before we used this solution, our mail was blacklisted. Now we are white listed by all organizations, including Google. Also the security of our institution has really improved."
"The solution has all the standard features you would expect for endpoint protection."
"The license plans are also very nice and distributed - allowing for a separation between types of users with more basic or more advanced options."
"It's pretty complete for preventing threats to endpoints. Its capabilities are great."
"It offers complete endpoint protection for all assets."
"The standout features are primarily EDR and MDR."
"It has improved the detection of malware."
"The most valuable feature of Check Point Harmony Endpoint is centralized management."
"As an EDR tool, we can integrate log management and event management. The solution deals with threats automatically, that's the advantage."
"The most valuable feature is the indicator of compromise, which show you what file was either quarantined or removed."
"The most valuable feature of CrowdStrike Falcon is its accuracy. That's very important for me. False-positive are very bad for everyone. As we are a financial institution, it's even worse. I like Falcon because it's very accurate."
"It's very easy to set up."
"The most valuable feature is the activity dashboard because it gives you a holistic view of your environment from a security standpoint."
"The most valuable feature of CrowdStrike Falcon for me is its unified sensor, applicable across all models."
"The most valuable feature of CrowdStrike Falcon is its accuracy."
"The solution has improved my organization by automating the detection and reporting of unwanted applications so we're aware of them and can respond appropriately."
"We've had a lot of false positives; things incorrectly flagged that require manual configuration to allow. Even worse, after we allow a legitimate program, it sometimes gets flagged again after an update. This has caused a lot of extra work for my team."
"Everything with Fortinet having to do with their cloud services. They need to invest more in their internal infrastructure that they are running in the cloud. One of the things I find with their cloud environment compared to others' is that they go cheap on the equipment. So it causes some performance degradation."
"They can include the automation for the realtime updates. We have a network infrastructure with remote sites. Whenever they send updates, they are not automated. We have to go into the console and push those updates. I wish it was more automated. The update file is currently around 31 MB. It could be smaller."
"The dashboard isn't easy to access and manage."
"We've encountered challenges during API deployment, occasionally resulting in unstable environments."
"The solution should address emerging threats like SQL injection."
"FortiEDR can be improved by providing more detailed reporting."
"We find the solution to be a bit expensive."
"Support's service and the response times can be improved. The triaging of the tickets takes a long time and the tickets are only resolved with escalations."
"The solutions agent could have better performance, it is a little slow sometimes."
"I have a few issues when attempting to install Harmony on some of the machines."
"The network monitoring features must be improved."
"One area of this product that has room for improvement is the disc encryption."
"This is one of the most innovative solutions due to the fact that it includes many real-time content filtering features, management, and assurance of the transactions of what went in or out of our peripherals. That said, it is important to integrate other solutions to continue innovating in the market."
"We would like to have the ability to stop and restart the service remotely, which is something that we can do easily with Symantec but have a hard time with when using Check Point."
"Specifically, there are gaps when it comes to security."
"The skillsets needed to run CrowdStrike Falcon are extensive if you want to get the most value out of the tool."
"If we have a dashboard capability to uninstall agents, I think that would be great."
"The dashboard area must be improved. We have integration with Splunk, and we are creating a dashboard there. Their dashboard area must be up to date. It should have more details and more options to create the reports and things like that."
"I would also like to see the endpoint firewall component produce some level of logging and feedback."
"It does take more time to scan than other solutions."
"We'd like to see more integration capabilities."
"The detection time has room for improvement."
"It would be nice if the dashboard had some more information upfront, and looked a little better."
Check Point Harmony Endpoint is ranked 8th in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) with 103 reviews while CrowdStrike Falcon is ranked 3rd in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) with 107 reviews. Check Point Harmony Endpoint is rated 8.8, while CrowdStrike Falcon is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Check Point Harmony Endpoint writes "Excellent anti-ransomware protection, zero-day phishing protection, and web browsing filtering". On the other hand, the top reviewer of CrowdStrike Falcon writes "Easy to set up with good behavior-based analysis but needs a single-click recovery option". Check Point Harmony Endpoint is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, SentinelOne Singularity Complete and Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks, whereas CrowdStrike Falcon is most compared with Microsoft Defender XDR, Darktrace, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Trend Micro Deep Security and Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business. See our Check Point Harmony Endpoint vs. CrowdStrike Falcon report.
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