We performed a comparison between Forescout Platform and SentinelOne Singularity Complete based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Forescout Platform stands out for its agentless visibility and advanced features like device fingerprinting. SentinelOne Singularity Complete is praised for its dependable threat prevention and ability to reverse ransomware file encryption. Forescout users say the product could be better at resolving connectivity and license issues. Users also want more compatibility with different devices and operating systems, along with better logging and troubleshooting capabilities. SentinelOne could improve its automation, machine learning, and AI capabilities while improving reporting and integration.
Service and Support: Some users reported positive experiences with Forescout support, but others requested better responsiveness and training. Customers have been pleased with SentinelOne’s customer service. Reviews highlighted the support team’s responsiveness and efficiency.
Ease of Deployment: Some users found Forescout’s setup to be simple and adaptable, while others perceived it as more complex and time-intensive. Users find the initial setup for SentinelOne Singularity Complete to be quick and painless, with helpful support from the vendor team.
Pricing: The total cost of Forescout Platform can be high depending on the level of customization and integration required. Some reviewers thought SentinelOne Singularity Complete is reasonably priced and competitive, while others say it’s costlier than many alternatives.
ROI: Forescout Platform yields a solid ROI by improving network access control and overall security. SentinelOne Singularity Complete yields an ROI by saving money and protecting against ransomware attacks. Other users noted its valuable dashboard data and low CapEx requirements.
Comparison Results: Users prefer Forescout Platform over SentinelOne Singularity Complete. Forescout Platform offers agentless visibility, comprehensive device fingerprinting, and granular configuration. It also provides excellent customer service, affordability, and integration with multiple vendors. SentinelOne Singularity Complete has room for improvement in automation, reporting functionality, and user-friendliness.
"I like that it's stable. It's been stable for a long time, and Microsoft Defender has done a good job there."
"A crucial aspect for our team is the inclusion of identity and access management tools from the vendor."
"It has been great for us. Previously, we didn't have a solution to protect us, especially from malware, whereas now, we are getting protection up front, especially from the malware attacks coming through emails or endpoints."
"The attack simulation is excellent; initially, this feature wasn't very robust, but Microsoft improved what we could achieve with it. We can now customize our practice phishing emails and include our company logo, for example. Attack simulation also helps integrate with third-party solutions where applicable and provides an overview of our security architecture through testing. The summary includes areas for improvement in our protection and what steps we need to take to get there."
"I like the easy integration and advanced possibilities. We can implement it at customer sites in a few clicks, but we can also dive deep and drill down to extended features. There's a very good starting point to get into this product and all the features from Defender."
"The integration with other Microsoft solutions is the most valuable feature."
"I like 365 Defender's advanced threat hunting. The dashboard is user-friendly with templates for site policies, etc. The most important use case is evaluating the risk links and applications."
"The most valuable feature is the DLP because that's where we can have an added data protection layer and extend it not just to emails but to the documents that users are working on. We can make sure that sensitive data is tagged and flagged if unauthorized parties are using it."
"It allows for good detection of all the vendor products we have on-site."
"This is clearly the best product for the NAC use cases in this field for Forescout."
"The product is very easy to work with and easy to deploy."
"This solution can be used to organize guest portals, integrate switches, and create policies. Some of its standard use cases also include completing key process upgrades and anti-virus of Windows OS."
"You can quickly filter your view of devices and zero in on the ones you want using a variety of tools, such as what subnet it is on or what it has been classified as."
"Vulnerability remediation is valuable. We can narrow down a system and its properties. We can go granular on the properties of each endpoint, such as which operating system you're using."
"The 802.1X compliance authentication feature of this solution is very good."
"The most valuable features of the Forescout Platform are ease of management and outstanding visibility. The visibility is simple to obtain."
"In terms of the engines that SentinelOne uses, it has stopped various scripts from running and it's highlighted lateral movement that we weren't expecting."
"The best thing is it has a secure shell command that you can use to get into any endpoint and do some jobs."
"Singularity's rollback feature is one of the primary reasons we bought the product. If there's an attack on the machine, the system can automatically roll back the data and the hard drive of the machine that was attacked."
"The most valuable features are asset tracking, patching, endpoint tagging, and policy updates."
"The best thing SentinelOne has done for us is that it gives us insight into the endpoints. We never had insight into lateral movement threats before. Once a threat known as Qbot gets on the network, it actually spreads throughout sub-networks quickly. SentinelOne has detected that and saved our bacon. We were able to get in there and stop the threat, lock it down, and prevent it from actually spreading through. It would have been 50 or 60 computers. It had spread through in a few minutes. We have a lot of HIPAA data and FERPA data that we need to keep protected."
"For me, the most valuable feature is the Deep Visibility. It gives you the ability to search all actions that were taken on a specific machine, like writing register keys, executing software, opening, reading, and writing files. All that stuff is available from the SentinelOne console. I'm able to see which software is permanent on a machine, and how that happened, whether by registry keys or writing it to a special folder on the machine."
"The deep visibility is a valuable feature. I can use it during threats or alert signals that we get. I can also use it when we have alert signals from other security tools that we have."
"The reporting part is awesome."
"The tool gives inconsistent answers and crashes a lot."
"There are a few technical issues with Defender XDR that can be improved. Sometimes, the endpoint devices are not reporting properly to the Defender 365 portal. When you're getting all the information from the Microsoft portal, the devices are sometimes not in sync. We have hundreds of endpoint devices, some needing to be onboarded again."
"In the beginning, it's difficult to navigate the system because it is quite large. Just trying to find your way and understand how the system works can be hard. After spending quite a lot of time searching it's a lot easier, but I wish it were a bit more user-friendly when you're trying to find things."
"There could be a way to proactively monitor unusual activity ."
"Microsoft Defender XDR is not a full-fledged EDR or XDR."
"365 Defender has multiple subsets, including Defender for Cloud Apps. When integrating Defender for Cloud Apps with apps on third-party cloud platforms like AWS or GCP, there are limitations on our ability to control user activities. If Microsoft added more control over third-party products, that would be a game-changer and help us quite a lot."
"Stability could be improved by avoiding frequent changes to the interface."
"Advanced attacks could use an improvement."
"Other solutions have TACACS+, but Forescout does not. In the next release, I would like to see Forescout have accounting."
"Initially, the implementation of the Forescout Platform took some time to figure out. The reason is we are a manufacturing unit and we have certain silos that are insulated areas where certain systems will not connect to the internet or to the LAN. Since there are many parts of it, we have to have an inclusive view of all those systems. It took a while for us to initially implement, but after a few months, everything worked well."
"Forescout Platform could improve the vulnerability management as well as the control on the endpoint, which needs to be connected to my network."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"As a product, there is nothing to complain about. However, they should improve their overall support. You need that level of knowledge, that level of information is clearly not available. First and foremost, that information is not accessible. The second point to mention is that once you purchase the later support and services. That is, they will continue to charge you for every service."
"In the next release of the solution, it could benefit from being more flexible to allow for more freedom."
"For the user, the policy that they have implemented sometimes needs adjustments. Sometimes the features that the customer asks for aren't involved in the main installation, and I need to bolt an add-on in. However, I never know if this policy is the right one when I do this."
"It's scalable, but not without a big investment. It doesn't do so well at the branch. At the home office, it does okay and not so well at the branch."
"All they need to do to improve it is for it to grow further. The hackers don't sleep. If the hackers don't sleep, the solution continually needs to be updated. They need to keep ahead of the hackers."
"The speed of investigation of the MDR service team must be improved."
"SentinelOne Singularity Complete takes up a lot of memory in Google Chrome, which sometimes causes it to lag, so this is an area for improvement. The solution could be improved by increasing its efficiency within the web browser."
"Managing the alerts is a challenge. Singularity generates a lot of alerts and false positives."
"It has all the features that other leading products in the market provide. They should keep enhancing it based on the challenges in the market. I am fine with its detection capability, but they can work more on deep inspection."
"Everything is now offered as a service, so the console and the licensing model can be improved to make things easier, especially when updating new versions of the software."
"The product must provide the ability to update applications from the SentinelOne Management Console."
"Maybe they can develop some firewall aspects for it to better protect us."
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Forescout Platform is ranked 12th in Extended Detection and Response (XDR) with 69 reviews while SentinelOne Singularity Complete is ranked 2nd in Extended Detection and Response (XDR) with 177 reviews. Forescout Platform is rated 8.4, while SentinelOne Singularity Complete is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Forescout Platform writes "We can go granular on each endpoint, quarantine non-compliant machines, and target vulnerabilities through scripting". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SentinelOne Singularity Complete writes "Provides peace of mind and is good at ingesting data and correlating". Forescout Platform is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Aruba ClearPass, Fortinet FortiNAC, Nozomi Networks and Genian NAC, whereas SentinelOne Singularity Complete is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Darktrace, CrowdStrike Falcon, ThreatLocker Protect and Datto Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR). See our Forescout Platform vs. SentinelOne Singularity Complete report.
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