We performed a comparison between CrowdStrike Falcon and ESET Endpoint Security based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: CrowdStrike Falcon wins out in this comparison. It is a complete EDR tool with robust reporting, hunting, and antivirus capabilities. The real-time capabilities of protecting and connecting to endpoints make it a leader in the endpoint security marketplace.
"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"
"Ability to get forensics details and also memory exfiltration."
"The product detects and blocks threats and is more proactive than firewalls."
"I like FortiClient EMS. FortiEDR has a lot of great features like lockdown mode, remote wipes, and encryption. I can set malware outbreak policies and controls for detecting abnormalities. You can also simulate phishing attacks."
"The setup is pretty simple."
"NGAV and EDR features are outstanding."
"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 most valuable feature is the analysis, because of the beta structure."
"CrowdStrike Falcon is a very light solution. It does not use too much processor or RAM."
"The most valuable feature of CrowdStrike Falcon for me is its unified sensor, applicable across all models."
"Regarding features, I appreciate its integration capabilities with identity providers...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"CrowdStrike Falcon's most valuable features are the lightweight agent which has absolutely zero performance issues. There is no performance deterioration on the laptop on the network. It is a signature-less antivirus and anti-malware solution, it doesn't depend on signatures which better protects the systems."
"Easy to use, intelligent, and stable threat detection software."
"We like Falcon's network visibility. We can see how threats are evolving on PCS or in the company network. The solution's real-time incident response is very fast."
"We haven't had any infections or down time."
"The threat intelligence is the most valuable feature."
"What is great about ESET is the ERA Web Console through which we can pull various reports, monitor and administer all clients and servers, and the console is easy to use."
"The most valuable feature in ESET Endpoint Security is the game mode to restrict notifications."
"It's scalable."
"This solution has a traditional antivirus, I believe that signature-based detection is most valuable."
"The product is quite affordable."
"This is a product at the top of its game. That is the reason we choose to support and sell it."
"It has a clean and clear interface."
"The performance of the solution is very good it does not impact my hardware and is user-friendly."
"The support needs improvement."
"The solution should address emerging threats like SQL injection."
"The EDR console should have more extensive reporting. You shouldn't need to purchase FortiAnalyzer. It should be included in the EDR part. The security adviser cloud platform could be improved with more options for exclusive or intensive rules for devices."
"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."
"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."
"ZTNA can improve latency."
"The dashboard isn't easy to access and manage."
"There's room for improvement in the quick response time and technical support for integration issues, especially when dealing with multiple vendors."
"The pricing is a bit too high."
"Any kind of integration that you want to do, such as using the API to connect to a SIEM, is complex and it will be expensive to do."
"An improvement would be to extend support to legacy and unsupported servers."
"I would like to see the machine learning feature enhanced."
"I have experience with a product called SentinelOne, which has a feature that allows for the customization of query languages. I would like to see such a feature for CloudStrike."
"They need to strengthen the forensic capabilities of this product, for e-discovery."
"We'd like to see more integration capabilities."
"The technical support team often just replies to an issue with a link to an article rather than actually calling back and talking to someone and making sure the problem is solved. To me, that's kind of weak."
"Dual management for the customer, who needs to access the local on-premise console from a remote cloud-based console."
"ESET's updates are mostly manual. That's my biggest concern. I'd like it to be more automatic. I've had to download the new version and run it manually to install it. I've got several workstations like that right now."
"It can be hard to set up if you need to customize it."
"I'm unsure as to if they could actually support a large enterprise."
"Everything has some kind of room for improvement."
"They could improve the solution by adding better ransomware features."
"We have experienced some problems with the actualization of some endpoints. We then have to manually reinstall the version on these endpoints."
"The solution can improve the modules, and it is lacking centralized management and visibility of the endpoints."
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CrowdStrike Falcon is ranked 3rd in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 105 reviews while ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is ranked 9th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 96 reviews. CrowdStrike Falcon is rated 8.8, while ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of CrowdStrike Falcon writes "Easy to set up with good behavior-based analysis but needs a single-click recovery option". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ESET Endpoint Protection Platform writes "Easy to set up with good security and rapidly improving capabilities". CrowdStrike Falcon is most compared with Microsoft Defender XDR, Darktrace, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Trend Micro Deep Security and VMware Carbon Black Endpoint, whereas ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, SentinelOne Singularity Complete, Check Point Harmony Endpoint and Fortinet FortiClient. See our CrowdStrike Falcon vs. ESET Endpoint Protection Platform report.
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