We performed a comparison between CrowdStrike Falcon and Fortinet FortiClient based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."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 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."
"Fortinet is very user-friendly for customers."
"Forensics is a valuable feature of Fortinet FortiEDR."
"It notifies us if there's any suspicious file on any PC. If any execution or similar kind of thing is happening, it just alerts us. It doesn't only alert. It also blocks the execution until we allow it. We check whether the execution is legitimate or not, and then approve it or keep it blocked. This gives us a little bit of control over this mechanism. Fortinet FortiEDR is also very straightforward and easy to maintain."
"The solution was relatively easy to deploy."
"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"
"Fortinet FortiEDR's scalability is quite good, and you can add licenses to the solution."
"The 10 hours a week that we are freeing up from having to manage and monitor our AV solution has really allowed us to focus on other areas of the business. This has been a huge return on investment."
"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."
"The EDR is amazing and ease of integration with Splunk is a big plus. Integration with BigQuery is also a plus for me and workflow creation is easy. Overall, CrowdStrike Falcon is a great product."
"Because it is security product and acts like an AIML smart product, not merely based on daily/weekly updates and signatures."
"Its integration capability is valuable. It integrates easily with any OS."
"We are now able to find the root cause analysis on any threat. We can figure out where the issue came in versus just dealing with where it is at the moment."
"The features we showcase to potential customers are prevention, malware protection, zero-day protection, and application scripting. Vulnerability assessment is another valuable feature."
"One of the most valuable features of CrowdStrike Falcon is when there are upgrades there are no additional fees."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its integration capabilities. The processing is fast and the reporting is also very good."
"Overall Fortinet FortiClient has good functionality."
"It supports securely connections for VPN users from outside our environment during the lockdown."
"There is a lot of documentation available online."
"The solution is very scalable. It just depends on the number of licenses an organization has. The enterprise management console is related to the number of clients, and the client interface itself is free to download."
"Fortinet FortiClient offers a vulnerability test feature, allowing us to monitor end-user devices. This includes ensuring necessary updates, such as Windows updates, are not overlooked."
"The configuration is the most valuable feature."
"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."
"Once, we had an event that was locked and blocked, but information about it came to us two or three days later."
"FortiEDR could add a separate scanning dashboard. In incident management, we prefer to remove the endpoint system from the environment and scan the system. We typically use Symantec for that, but if we want to use FortiEDR for that, then we need a scanning tab to clarify things."
"The dashboard isn't easy to access and manage."
"The solution is not stable."
"We've encountered challenges during API deployment, occasionally resulting in unstable environments."
"It takes about two business days for initial support, which is too slow in urgent situations."
"FortiEDR can be improved by providing more detailed reporting."
"There is room for improvement in managing multiple customer IDs."
"I would like to see equal support across all versions. Aside from that, I would say most of the features are there."
"We can't do scanning audits or device blocking or application control."
"We can do a threat analysis of any machine at any time, but that threat analysis is very limited."
"The overall cost of CrowdStrike Falcon could be reduced."
"I would rate it an eight out of ten. It does what it needs to do but there's always room for improvement."
"We'd like to see more integration capabilities."
"I would like CrowdStrike to provide some correlation in the threat analysis, so we can visualize things better."
"Technical support needs to determine priority level based on the cases rather than the support package bundle."
"The product's performance and pricing could be better."
"We've got one client where it was blocking the smartphones, and there's a way to set it up on Fortigate that's supposed to do that. However, it didn't work with them since they had a 2FA multi-factor."
"The filtering process could be improved."
"The reports could be easier to set up."
"I would like to see endpoint detection and response included."
"Fortinet needs to cover more areas where threats can come from."
"When we change our endpoint, we have to connect again, which means having to enter our credentials and permissions."
CrowdStrike Falcon is ranked 3rd in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 105 reviews while Fortinet FortiClient is ranked 15th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 85 reviews. CrowdStrike Falcon is rated 8.8, while Fortinet FortiClient is rated 8.0. 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 Fortinet FortiClient writes "Easy to set up and user-friendly with good support ". CrowdStrike Falcon is most compared with Microsoft Defender XDR, Darktrace, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Trend Micro Deep Security and VMware Carbon Black Endpoint, whereas Fortinet FortiClient is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business and Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks. See our CrowdStrike Falcon vs. Fortinet FortiClient report.
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