We performed a comparison between Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks vs Trend Micro Apex One based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Users of both solutions were satisfied with deployments, features, and technical support. However, users seem to favor Cortex XDR due to its affordable price.
"The setup is pretty simple."
"Fortinet has helped free up around 20 percent of our staff's time to help us out."
"The product detects and blocks threats and is more proactive than firewalls."
"The product's initial setup phase is very easy."
"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."
"This is stable and scalable."
"It is stable and scalable."
"The solution was relatively easy to deploy."
"Cortex covers everything I need. It's a perfect solution. Cortex provides a different level of visibility because it's an extended EDR, allowing you to grab logs from the network and firewalls. Palo Alto invented the concept of the extended EDR or XDR."
"This software helps us understand any issues that may arise when someone is not at work."
"The stability of the solution is very good. We have about 100 users on it right now, and we use it twice a week."
"We've had a significant increase in blocking with a decrease in false positives, because it's looking at how the files work, not just a list of files that it's been told to look for."
"Monitoring is most valuable."
"The initial setup isn't too bad."
"Stability is a primary factor, and then there's the ease of distribution and policy management."
"We have a complete overview of all our PCs and it's very easy to handle and to use the interface. It has a lot of benefits for us."
"Some of the valuable features of Trend Micro Apex One are DLP, encryption, and patch management."
"It is very stable. It also has good security capabilities. It is a strong security product for endpoint protection."
"The most valuable feature is Vulnerability Protection."
"The antivirus itself is also lightweight. It does not hamper the performance. It is not resource-hungry. It does not impact the overall performance of the device. It is just there, and it is easy to use."
"The most valuable features are reporting and where we have the ability to report back and provide information when an item is quarantined or not quarantined."
"The nano protection and device control are great."
"I have found Trend Micro Apex One to be secure."
"I like Apex One's USB port blocking. We implement different policies for each client. For example, a client might ask us to block certain USB devices or require us to restart a desktop on the network."
"We've encountered challenges during API deployment, occasionally resulting in unstable environments."
"To improve Fortinet, we need to see more features and technology areas at the endpoint level introduced."
"Cannot be used on mobile devices with a secure connection."
"The only minor concern is occasional interference with desired programs."
"It takes about two business days for initial support, which is too slow in urgent situations."
"The solution's installation from a central installation server could be improved because the engineers had a little bit of trouble getting it installed from a central location."
"The SIEM could be improved."
"I haven't seen the use of AI in the solution."
"We had a problem with getting our older endpoints up to date, but their newest updates have been really good. I've been pleased with it in terms of what our needs are. It's doing what we want it to do."
"The server sometimes stops continuously to check things so it would be helpful to receive access updates or technical reasons."
"It is a complex solution to implement."
"Being able to filter the events to see those that are related to the actual alert would save time spent by the engineer."
"The dashboard could use some significant improvement, just making it more useful with more information. It has a limited amount of information right now. It is customizable, but I'd love to see a better out-of-box dashboard."
"Cortex XDR should have a lightweight agent, and the agent size should not be heavy."
"There is a severe gap in functionality between Windows, Linux, and Mac versions. For example all folder restriction settings are Windows only. Traps 5.0+ does not have SAML / LDAP integration."
"Cortex does not offer an on-premises solution. However, some customers would prefer not to be on the cloud. It would be ideal if it could offer something on-prem as well."
"When I create and implement a new policy , it takes a couple of hours to apply to the devices."
"The solution can be improved to utilize fewer system resources, like memory and hard disk, during scanning."
"We have found that this product is a bit heavy on the endpoints."
"Trend Micro Apex One could improve by having better integration in the future."
"More integration with different platforms would be great, as everyone seems to want the solution to integrate with each team."
"There is room for improvement in the behavior filtering and control of Trend Micro."
"The support is slow and has room for improvement."
"No product can ever be rated a ten out of ten. They are always improving on one aspect or another."
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Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is ranked 4th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 80 reviews while Trend Vision One Endpoint Security is ranked 6th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 125 reviews. Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is rated 8.4, while Trend Vision One Endpoint Security is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks writes "Perfect correlation and XDR capabilities for network traffic plus endpoint security". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Trend Vision One Endpoint Security writes "We can get consolidated logs of suspicious objects and malware attacks in a single console". Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Darktrace, Symantec Endpoint Security and Cisco Secure Endpoint, whereas Trend Vision One Endpoint Security is most compared with Trend Micro Deep Security, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Trend Vision One and CrowdStrike Falcon. See our Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks vs. Trend Vision One Endpoint Security report.
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