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.
"Having all monitoring, response, tracking, and mitigation tools in one dashboard provides our analysts and SOC team with a comprehensive view at a glance."
"The product detects and blocks threats and is more proactive than firewalls."
"The product's initial setup phase is very easy."
"Fortinet FortiEDR made our clients feel secure and more at ease, knowing that they had an EDR solution that would close the gap in their security posture."
"Fortinet FortiEDR's scalability is quite good, and you can add licenses to the solution."
"This is stable and scalable."
"The price is low and quite competitive with others."
"The most valuable feature is the analysis, because of the beta structure."
"It's a scalable product as it is a cloud offering."
"The main advantage of the solution is the ability to implement complete security policies for the terminals in order to address how apps are installed on corporate devices."
"With the prevention blade, Harmony scales higher than many other solutions."
"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 product improved the overall security of our organization with the features like sandboxing and phishing prevention."
"Check Point Harmony Endpoint can be easily deployed and is cost effective and more secure."
"Its most valuable feature is being able to integrate cloud services and centralize the protection policy from a single administration dashboard."
"The technical support is good."
"The features we showcase to potential customers are prevention, malware protection, zero-day protection, and application scripting. Vulnerability assessment is another valuable feature."
"CrowdStrike Falcon's scalability is good. We have thousands of students using this solution."
"I like the overall reports of this solution. They are crisp, and to the point."
"Everything we've done with CrowdStrike is due to Arctic Wolf. We don't even need to get alerts from CrowdStrike anymore. It'll send those to Arctic Wolf, and then Arctic Wolf analyzes those and let us know if there's a major issue."
"The most valuable feature is its threat analysis."
"The threat intelligence is the most valuable feature."
"We have seen a reduction to the performance hit to our operating systems."
"It's given me a level of confidence that my network is secure."
"We've encountered challenges during API deployment, occasionally resulting in unstable environments."
"There's room for improvement in the quick response time and technical support for integration issues, especially when dealing with multiple vendors."
"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."
"Integration with Azure and SaaS provisioning tools could improve Fortinet FortiEDR."
"The dashboard isn't easy to access and manage."
"It takes about two business days for initial support, which is too slow in urgent situations."
"I think cloud security and SASE are areas of concern in the product where improvements are required. The tool's cloud version has to be improved in terms of the security it offers."
"The support needs improvement."
"I think some work needs to be done to improve the integration with other third-party products, namely SIEM solutions."
"It's not easy to investigate an incident that you find in the company. Users often face trouble when downloading files, so it is very slow in terms of how it works."
"The web filter service could be improved."
"I have a few issues when attempting to install Harmony on some of the machines."
"The software requires considerable resources and can strain less powerful computers."
"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."
"The solution needs more alerts to warn of attacks."
"Specifically, there are gaps when it comes to security."
"This solution is relatively expensive."
"There are some areas where some customers would prefer a different service."
"It does take more time to scan than other solutions."
"The solution could improve by providing more types of reports because it's in the detection span you cannot re-export anything. If it could be exported to a CSV file directly there it would help a lot. I currently need to do this by API to get what I need."
"I would also like to see the endpoint firewall component produce some level of logging and feedback."
"If CrowdStrike can further expand its support for XDR compatibility, that would give it an edge over all the other competing new products."
"The content-filtering features for children could be improved. We have young grandchildren aged 12 and 8. My daughter, their mother, wants to keep them from getting in trouble on the net. She looked at all these other solutions from Google, Microsoft, etc., and she couldn't figure out how to make any of those work. I told her that I bet CrowdStrike could handle this. Sure enough, CrowdStrike can do exactly that. It's the same solution that the Defense Department gets. It works, but it's a little complicated to implement. It could be simpler to set the policies."
"Technical support could be better than what is currently offered."
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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