We performed a comparison between ESET Endpoint Security and Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: ESET Endpoint Security is highly regarded for its encryption capabilities, effortless automatic updates, and intuitive interface. Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business is commended for its extensive cross-platform protection, user-friendly interface, and compatibility with third-party software. ESET Endpoint Security has room for improvement in terms of faster threat alerts, automation, and ransomware protection. Kaspersky users requested improvements in security and stability. They also want better documentation, faster malware scanning, enhanced encryption, and improved remote management.
Service and Support: ESET's customer service is praised for its helpfulness and quick response. Users say that Kaspersky’s support is helpful and responsive, whether it comes from resellers, partners, or the vendor.
Ease of Deployment: The setup process for ESET Endpoint Security is generally regarded as effortless. Some reported that Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business is straightforward to set up, while others find it more complex and time-consuming.
Pricing: ESET Endpoint Security is considered to be reasonably priced with various licensing options. Users gave mixed feedback on the price of Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business. Some found it reasonable while others thought it was expensive.
ROI: Some reported a high ROI from ESET Endpoint Security due to cost savings, while others find it difficult to measure its effectiveness. Our reviewers said that Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business has proven to be a solid investment.
"Fortinet has helped free up around 20 percent of our staff's time to help us out."
"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."
"We have FortiEDR installed on all our systems. This protects them from any threats."
"It is stable and scalable."
"Forensics is a valuable feature of Fortinet FortiEDR."
"The solution was relatively easy to deploy."
"The stability is very good."
"Additionally, when it comes to EDR, there are more tools available to assist with client work."
"The product is good and has a good interface."
"The most valuable features for me in ESET Endpoint Security are the antivirus feature and detection."
"The solution's features and pricing are pretty good."
"The ability to push policies and also to restrict an installation or to restrict any form of threat within the policy has been quite useful."
"ESET Endpoint Security is stable, I did not have any issues with it."
"All of our devices are integrated with the solution."
"The most valuable features of ESET Endpoint Antivirus are the search engine, easy firewall setup, and ransomware scans."
"The dashboard is useful for management, and its cost for the features is hard to beat."
"The product's most valuable features are automation and central administration."
"The centralized management is a nice features. It gives us the leeway to deal with other things as protection is being carried on in the background. We do not have to keep on watching as long as we have the right updates. It also saves us time."
"The initial setup was extremely straightforward and very easy."
"The price per endpoint is excellent."
"The product is fairly technologically advanced and near the top of the market right now."
"It is very efficient. I like its simplicity."
"The advice I would give someone implementing this solution is that the management of the solution is very easy. You don't need a lot of people to manage the solution."
"Our clients are using the advanced options, and they're quite comfortable with this solution because they didn't have any problems. It was easy to integrate it with Active Directory. It is fast and easy to use. It has all the required features."
"The security should be strong for the cloud. Some applications are on-prem and some are on the cloud. Fortinet should also have strong security for the cloud. There should be more security for the cloud."
"The solution is not stable."
"Cannot be used on mobile devices with a secure connection."
"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."
"To improve Fortinet, we need to see more features and technology areas at the endpoint level introduced."
"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."
"FortiEDR can be improved by providing more detailed reporting."
"We'd like to see more one-to-one product presentations for the distribution channels."
"It would be useful if they could automate the deployment more."
"The solution should offer more security surrounding blacklisted websites."
"The interface is good. However, it could always be better. It could be more user-friendly."
"The integration capabilities might be lacking a bit."
"We have experienced some problems with the actualization of some endpoints. We then have to manually reinstall the version on these endpoints."
"The console or GUI of ESET Endpoint Antivirus should improve. Additionally, they should provide an addon feature for HyperV and VMware."
"It's not scalable in that you cannot use a license for multiple devices."
"We'd like the solution to be a next generation antivirus with some sort of artificial intelligence or machine learning angle."
"We have had some problems with it comes to uninstalling it, so you have to make sure that you do everything right."
"The process for upgrades is very slow."
"This solution used a lot of memory and GPU; it would be nice if this could be reduced."
"We need a more complete Mobile Device Management (MDM) system."
"I rate the pricing five out of ten."
"Data loss prevention (DLP) in email security."
"The company needs to keep developing more security measures to help keep its customers safe. If they could keep adding to security features, it would be ideal."
"When we connect to the solutions' website they block out our VPN connection. This causes us some difficulties."
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ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is ranked 11th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 97 reviews while Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business is ranked 12th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 111 reviews. ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is rated 8.2, while Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of ESET Endpoint Protection Platform writes "Easy to set up with good security and rapidly improving capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business writes "Easy to setup, stable and good security use cases". ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity Complete, Check Point Harmony Endpoint and Fortinet FortiClient, whereas Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Fortinet FortiClient, CrowdStrike Falcon, Check Point Harmony Endpoint and Trend Micro Apex One. See our ESET Endpoint Protection Platform vs. Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business report.
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