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We performed a comparison between CrowdStrike Falcon and MetaDefender based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"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 most valuable feature is the analysis, because of the beta structure.""The solution was relatively easy to deploy.""Having all monitoring, response, tracking, and mitigation tools in one dashboard provides our analysts and SOC team with a comprehensive view at a glance.""Fortinet FortiEDR's scalability is quite good, and you can add licenses to the solution.""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.""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.""Impressive detection capabilities"

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"It has definitely minimized resources. When everything was on-prem, there was a lot more work maintaining it. One of the big value tickets: I don't have lists of hundreds of exceptions for certain applications that I have to maintain, add, delete, and move. The very nature of the product has lessened my workload considerably.""The feature that I find to be the most valuable, is being able to look at the system analysis and being able to baseline what is installed on the system.""Enables us to understand what processes are running on the system, what registry keys have been enabled.""The CS falcon agent is a lightweight agent compared with other agents of EDR products.""CrowdStrike Falcon's most valuable feature is the fact that it's not getting in the way of our workforce and their workflow.""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.""The detection is very reliable. Also, OverWatch is a great feature.""We have a small IT Team, and this allows us to get sleep at night, knowing that someone else is taking care of any incidents that occur."

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"I like the simplicity, the way it works out of the box. It's pretty easy to run and configure. The integration of the network devices with the ICAP server was easily done."

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Cons
"The amount of usage, the number of details we get, or the number of options that can be tweaked is limited in comparison to that with other EDR solutions""I would like the solution to extend beyond endpoint protection and include other attack surfaces such as other network components.""They can include the automation for the realtime updates. We have a network infrastructure with remote sites. Whenever they send updates, they are not automated. We have to go into the console and push those updates. I wish it was more automated. The update file is currently around 31 MB. It could be smaller.""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.""It takes about two business days for initial support, which is too slow in urgent situations.""The only minor concern is occasional interference with desired programs.""Making the portal mobile friendly would be helpful when I am out of office.""We've encountered challenges during API deployment, occasionally resulting in unstable environments."

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"The technical support could improve because I am in India and the support I receive is from the UK or Australia. It is difficult to manage the time difference. The service could be faster. However, when we do have the support they are knowledgeable.""The console is not user-friendly or visually appealing and has room for improvement.""The biggest issue with Falcon as a standalone product is it doesn't have very much reporting.""They offered a white glove service that was extremely costly. When we got into it, we saw it was relatively easy. If I was being nitpicky, I'd say that I don't like being sold something that's unnecessary. That's the only downside I've seen to the solution.""The dashboard does not have the facility to export the reports in a PDF format, which I can quickly share with internal stakeholders.""Tighter integration around XDR could be included.""It can be expensive depending on the features you select.""CrowdStrike Falcon could improve by having an easier way to search and use the interface for extracting queries from the data. The interface could improve."

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"The documentation is not well written, and I often need to talk with support."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "I know it is tough to get big budget additions up front, but I highly recommend deploying environment wide and adding the forensic service."
  • "There are no issues with the pricing."
  • "The price is comprable to other endpoint security solutions."
  • "The pricing is typical for enterprises and fairly priced."
  • "I'm not familiar with pricing, but it looks a bit costly compared to other vendors I think."
  • "The pricing is good."
  • "I would rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."
  • "The hardware costs about €100,000 and about €20,000 annually for access."
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  • "The pricing will depend upon your volume of usage."
  • "I would like them to further reduce the price, because it is quite pricey at the moment."
  • "Purchasing the product through the AWS Marketplace is just a click away. Since we were using the on-premise version of the product, we continued on the cloud by purchasing it through the AWS Marketplace."
  • "I do not have experience with the cost or licensing of the product."
  • "The other administrator and I can log in to check the exact details of what happened, what was running, and what caused the detection. We know exactly what was happening on the end users PC and we can tell if it's something that we actually need or something that's malicious."
  • "We are at about $60,000 per year."
  • "This solution has a very competitive price."
  • "Our company pays approximately US$ 65,000 annually for 900 machines."
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  • "We bought a three-year license, and that was pretty expensive. We agreed that it was really worth buying. It could be cheaper, but we understand that quality comes at a price."
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    Top Answer:The CrowdStrike solution delivers a lot of information about incidents. It has a very light sensor that will never push… more »
    Top Answer:I like the simplicity, the way it works out of the box. It's pretty easy to run and configure. The integration of the… more »
    Top Answer:We bought a three-year license, and that was pretty expensive. We agreed that it was really worth buying. It could be… more »
    Top Answer:The documentation is not well written, and I often need to talk with support.
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    Also Known As
    enSilo, FortiEDR
    CrowdStrike Falcon, CrowdStrike Falcon XDR
    OPSWAT MetaDefender
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    Overview

    Fortinet FortiEDR is a real-time endpoint protection, detection, and automated response solution. Its primary purpose is to detect advanced threats to stop breaches and ransomware damage. It is designed to do so in real time, even on an already compromised device, allowing you to respond and remediate incidents automatically so your data can remain protected.

    Fortinet FortiEDR Features

    Fortinet FortiEDR has many valuable key features, including:

    • Easily customizable
    • Real-time proactive risk mitigation & IoT security
    • Pre-infection protection
    • Post-infection protection
    • Track applications and ratings
    • Reduce the attack surface with risk-based proactive policies
    • Achieve analysis of entire log history
    • Optional managed detection and response (MDR) service

    Fortinet FortiEDR Benefits

    Some of the key benefits of using Fortinet FortiEDR include:

    • Protection: Fortinet FortiEDR provides proactive, real-time, automated endpoint protection with the orchestrated incident response across platforms. It stops the breach with real-time postinfection blocking to protect data from exfiltration and ransomware encryption.

    • Single unified console: Fortinet FortiEDR has a single unified console with an intuitive interface, which makes management easier. The solution automates mundane endpoint security tasks so your employees don’t need to do it.

    • Cost savings: With Fortinet FortiEDR you can eliminate post-breach operational expenses and breach damage costs.

    • Flexibility: Fortinet FortiEDR can be deployed on premises or on a secure cloud instance. With Fortinet FortiEDR, endpoints are protected both on- and off-line.

    • Scalability: Because Fortinet can be deployed quickly and has a small footprint, it is easy to scale up to protect hundreds of thousand endpoints.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Below are some reviews and helpful feedback written by Fortinet FortiEDR users.

    An Owner at a security firm says, "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 customer has literally about 800 cash registers. That was the use case for Fortinet FortiEDR - to get that down into a tiny space. The only way to do that was to use this product because it had that ability to unbundle services that were a surplus.”

    Chandan M., Chief Technical Officer at Provision Technologies LLP, mentions, “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.” He also adds, “The security is also very good and the firewall response is good.”

    Harpreet S., Information Technology Support Specialist at Chemtrade Logistics, explains, "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."

    DeAndre V., Senior Network Administrator at a financial services firm, states, “The dashboard is easy to follow and use. The deployment and uninstalling were easy. I like the detailed information about the path of a file that might be suspicious. Being able to check that out was easy to follow. Exceptions are easy to create and the interface is easy to follow with a nice appearance.

    CrowdStrike Falcon offers advanced threat detection, real-time visibility, easy interface, and responsive customer support. It enhances workflow and efficiency, promotes collaboration, streamlines processes, and boosts productivity. With features like incident response options, customizable alerts, and proactive threat hunting, it helps protect organizations from malware and ransomware attacks.

    MetaDefender provides comprehensive file upload security to protect against malware and data breaches.​ OPSWAT designed MetaDefender to secure the world’s critical infrastructure from the most sophisticated file-based threats: advanced evasive malware, zero-day attacks, and APTs (advanced persistent threats).   

    MetaDefender easily integrates into your existing IT solutions whether it is the cloud, third-party services (SaSS, IaSS), or on-premises. We offer flexible implementation options for ICAP enabled devices, containerized applications, AWS, Azure, and REST API.   

    Overview:   

    Quickly scan files with top 30+ antivirus engines and detect over 99% of known malware.  

    Recursively sanitize 130+ file types with market leading Deep CDR (Content Disarm and Reconstruction)​ technology and remove any potential threat. 

    Block, remove, redact, or watermark sensitive data in files before it enters or leaves your network to prevent sensitive data loss. 

    Uncover vulnerabilities in installers, binaries or applications before they are installed and plug any security holes.  

    Monitor and secure all workloads in real-time via Central Management and an interactive dashboard.  

    Automated and actionable reports identify risks associated with users and services for quick remediation actions.  

    Configure workflow and analysis rules based on user, file source, and file type to meet your specific security requirements.  

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    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm21%
    Comms Service Provider11%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    Hospitality Company5%
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    Computer Software Company16%
    Government8%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Financial Services Firm8%
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    Computer Software Company20%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Comms Service Provider7%
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    Computer Software Company15%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Government7%
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    Computer Software Company13%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Government11%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business53%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise32%
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    Small Business31%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise50%
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    Small Business32%
    Midsize Enterprise22%
    Large Enterprise46%
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    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise56%
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    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise63%
    Buyer's Guide
    Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
    May 2024
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    CrowdStrike Falcon is ranked 3rd in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) with 110 reviews while MetaDefender is ranked 17th in Anti-Malware Tools with 1 review. CrowdStrike Falcon is rated 8.6, while MetaDefender is rated 9.0. 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 MetaDefender writes "Blocks malicious files , has a low false-positive rate". CrowdStrike Falcon is most compared with Microsoft Defender XDR, Darktrace, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Trend Micro Deep Security and VMware Carbon Black Endpoint, whereas MetaDefender is most compared with VirusTotal, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Symantec Content Analysis.

    We monitor all Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.