We performed a comparison between Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks and ESET Endpoint Security based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Although both solutions received high marks from users, Cortex XDR reviewers feel that it is an expensive product. ESET Endpoint Security is the winner in this comparison since its reviewers feel that it is a cost-effective solution.
"Fortinet FortiEDR's scalability is quite good, and you can add licenses to the solution."
"Fortinet has helped free up around 20 percent of our staff's time to help us out."
"The stability is very good."
"The price is low and quite competitive with others."
"It is a scalable solution...The initial setup of Fortinet FortiEDR was straightforward."
"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"
"The solution was relatively easy to deploy."
"Fortinet is very user-friendly for customers."
"The most valuable feature is that you can select remote access of any machine for sandboxing."
"The solution doesn't need a high level of technical training."
"One of the main benefits of the solution is its intelligence to correlate the events into an incident."
"From a single pane of glass, you can easily manage all of your endpoints."
"Has great threat detection capabilities."
"The tool's use cases are relevant to security."
"Palo Alto is constantly adding new features."
"The solution allows us to make investigations. Other XDR solutions also provide similar capabilities but for investigation, Cortex XDR is better."
"It effectively catches unwanted stuff. It has saved our bacon over many years."
"It is pretty easy to deploy. Its update definition file is small, so it can dispatch very quickly within the enterprise. The product itself is very lightweight, so it won't delay your endpoint. You also don't have to do any difficult configuration because it comes with a very good default setting. So, you just install it and forget it."
"I have found the ESET Management Console very good. It gives me many features, such as managing users and installing a new version."
"They do a program where you can renew for three years. It's very reasonable, as far as the cost per year, because you can renew for three years. They will also do multiple computers, so I actually protect all my family computers, as well as my work computers, all under one license. This means I only have to deal with re-upping my license once every three years. That's the big thing for me."
"The stability is great."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the protection itself, which works well for us."
"If it detects ransomware or something, it can isolate that computer."
"The most valuable feature is the antispam module, which comes in the bundle."
"The support needs improvement."
"The only minor concern is occasional interference with desired programs."
"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."
"The solution should address emerging threats like SQL injection."
"There's room for improvement in the quick response time and technical support for integration issues, especially when dealing with multiple vendors."
"Detections could be improved."
"We find the solution to be a bit expensive."
"I would like the solution to extend beyond endpoint protection and include other attack surfaces such as other network components."
"In general, the price could be more competitive."
"It's very time-consuming to log support issues and the people that answer the tickets aren't very knowledgeable."
"Currently, we are monitoring all USB drives and ports but we would like to improve our device control capabilities."
"Cortex XDR could be improved with more GUI features."
"In the next release, I would like to see more UI improvements. Their UI is a bit basic. When we are speaking about Palo Alto Networks they are the big company, so they can improve the UI a little bit. The UI, the reports, the log system can all be improved."
"There's an overall lack of features."
"Cortex XDR is trickier to configure than other Palo Alto products. This is one area where we are not so satisfied."
"The installation should be easier and the Palo Alto pre-sales and sales teams should have more information on the product because they don't know what they are selling."
"The feature is somewhat lacking in security protection."
"There are other features you can add on to help make the security stronger, however, they should offer better security even on a basic level."
"The solution’s console management and scalability should be improved."
"The new versions only support no operative systems in Mac and do not support operative systems."
"In terms of what is lacking in ESET, it really would need more features for the users when they are working outside of the corporate network."
"I would like them to use AI features to do preventative virus protection."
"We have experienced some problems with the actualization of some endpoints. We then have to manually reinstall the version on these endpoints."
"The product could have better integration with third-party products that would help extend functionality."
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Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is ranked 4th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 80 reviews while ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is ranked 11th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 98 reviews. Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is rated 8.4, while ESET Endpoint Protection Platform 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 ESET Endpoint Protection Platform writes "Easy to set up with good security and rapidly improving capabilities". Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Darktrace, Symantec Endpoint Security and Cybereason Endpoint Detection & Response, whereas ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity Complete and Symantec Endpoint Security. See our Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks vs. ESET Endpoint Protection Platform report.
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