Information Security Officer at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Real User
Light on resources, helpful support, and reliable
Pros and Cons
  • "CrowdStrike Falcon is a very light solution. It does not use too much processor or RAM."
  • "In the future release of CrowdStrike Falcon, they should add a sandbox feature."

What is our primary use case?

CrowdStrike Falcon is working on our production servers.

What is most valuable?

CrowdStrike Falcon is a very light solution. It does not use too much processor or RAM.

What needs improvement?

In the future release of CrowdStrike Falcon, they should add a sandbox feature.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used CrowdStrike Falcon within the past 12 months.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

CrowdStrike Falcon is scalable. We have approximately 400 servers using this solution.

We have plans to increase the usage of this solution in one or two years.

How are customer service and support?

We used technical support for the implementation of the solution and it was a good experience. They know the products well and they were able to give us all the answers to the questions that we had.

How was the initial setup?

The setup is really easy. The full deployment took two months.

What about the implementation team?

For the deployment of the solution, we used a three-person team and for the maintenance, we use the whole infrastructure team of four people.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price of CrowdStrike Falcon could be better. It is very expensive, we pay approximately $900 per month for the licenses. There are not any additional fees.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Before choosing CrowdStrike Falcon we evaluated Sophos and Microsoft solutions.

What other advice do I have?

The product is really good, but there is a lot of additional features that you need to have for it to be a complete solution. Be sure that your budget is enough to acquire the complete solution that you need.

I rate CrowdStrike Falcon a ten out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud
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Director Of Information Technology at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees
Real User
Top 10
Offers a cloud-based option and has good stability
Pros and Cons
  • "The stability is good; we haven't experienced any glitches or bugs."
  • "The biggest issue with Falcon as a standalone product is it doesn't have very much reporting."

What is most valuable?

I like that it's cloud-based instead of on-premise.

What needs improvement?

I miss a feature for the USB control that they have as an add-on. I haven't gotten to the point where I want to pay for it, but the features that I miss are available.

The biggest issue with Falcon as a standalone product is it doesn't have very much reporting.
Out of the box, the only weakness is the level of reporting.

All the analytics and the telemetry are there, it's just a matter of getting to it. Other vendors offer some of that stuff right out of the box.

CrowdStrike Falcon has been very low maintenance. There are features on it that I haven't touched yet. I've got a SIEM that I haven't really had time to explore fully. I have a patch management system that does what it does. I have a firewall and IDS that do what they do, and I have an endpoint security system that does what it does.

MSPs keep asking how one person can keep up to the different solutions and alerting, if you don't have any problems, then it's pretty easy to keep up. Everything does what it does.  I don't experience any of the issues that apparently a lot of people have on their network. How can I tell you what to improve if it's doing what it's supposed to do? 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using CrowdStrike Falcon since June of 2019. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is good; we haven't experienced any glitches or bugs.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We're a small company so the scalability is fine for us.

How are customer service and technical support?

I don't have to talk to their technical support often. When I need help, I contact them by email.  Sometimes it takes a little while to get through to them, but otherwise, when they respond the issue is resolved. Not a real concern. 

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We had Vipre business on-premise, the product was being discontinued and I wanted to move away from an on-premise solution.  At the time Vipre did not seem to be quite as mature as other options.  I understand that they have improved quite a bit since I looked at them last.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was straightforward. Initial agent deployment took roughly 15 minutes.  SIEM integration required some coordination between vendors, but was relatively uneventful when support teams were involved.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Licensing cost is negotiable. There are no additional costs.

On a scale from one to ten, I would give this solution a rating of nine. I'm sure there's always something that can be improved.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We evaluated Vipre, Carbon Black, and a few others.

What other advice do I have?

There are half a dozen players out there that are the best of the breed. Pick one.

When it came to CrowdStrike versus Carbon Black, configuration and setup were deciding, driving factors. CrowdStrike was much easier to configure, but overall, is it better or worse? I can't make that judgment call.

All I know is what I've been told by other vendors that are trying to get my business. They tell me about issues that I've never encountered with the products that I have. In summary, take what a vendor says about another vendor's product with a grain of salt.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Specialist, Lead Desktop Support at a energy/utilities company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Exelland support, highly scalable, and hassle free
Pros and Cons
  • "CrowdStrike Falcon's most valuable feature is the fact that it's not getting in the way of our workforce and their workflow."
  • "The overall cost of CrowdStrike Falcon could be reduced."

What is our primary use case?

We use CrowdStrike Falcon for endpoint protection.

How has it helped my organization?

CrowdStrike Falcon has helped our organization because it is transparent to the user base.

What is most valuable?

CrowdStrike Falcon's most valuable feature is the fact that it's not getting in the way of our workforce and their workflow.

What needs improvement?

The overall cost of CrowdStrike Falcon could be reduced.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used CrowdStrike Falcon within the last 12 months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

CrowdStrike Falcon is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability of CrowdStrike Falcon is very high. It is scaled across all of our systems without any problem.

We have approximately 1,000 people using this solution across the USA. We have plans to continue our user base and any additional endpoints will have CrowdStrike Falcon on them.

How are customer service and support?

I rate the technical support from CrowdStrike Falcon a five out of five.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We previously used another solution and we switched to CrowdStrike Falcon because it was superior.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup of CrowdStrike Falcon is straightforward.

What was our ROI?

I have not seen a return on investment from using CrowdStrike Falcon, but others in my company have. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price of CrowdStrike Falcon is expensive.

What other advice do I have?

My advice to others is that CrowdStrike Falcon is certainly a workable solution. It does what it needs to do. Whenever I say that our company is using CrowdStrike Falcon people's impressions is that it is an expensive solution."

I rate CrowdStrike Falcon a ten out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud
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Director of Cloud Architecture at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
We are happy with its ease of use and touch notification
Pros and Cons
  • "We have seen a reduction to the performance hit to our operating systems."
  • "We are happy with CloudStrike's ease of use and touch notification."
  • "We have had to open a case with the technical support to get some issues and bugs resolved."

What is our primary use case?

We use it for threat management.

How has it helped my organization?

We are now able to pick up more alerts than we were with McAfee. A lot of things were being missed by our security team using McAfee. 

We are happier with CloudStrike's ease of use and touch notification than McAfee's.

What is most valuable?

I noticed that the performance hits on our operating systems are a more minimal than they were on McAfee.

What needs improvement?

We have had to open a case with the technical support to get some issues and bugs resolved, but they were resolved relatively quickly.

For how long have I used the solution?

Less than one year.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability has been good so far. We have been using it on-premise and on the cloud. We can move it to a different cloud platform, because it is cloud agnostic.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We just moved over from McAfee to CrowdStrike, which detected a lot of things that McAfee did not. We detected a malicious code on our on-premise system, even though we are migrating our application to the cloud. It was able to detect it right away to send us what the code had tried change and execute. 

Our company decided to make the switch between the two products, and I have seen the value-add since then.

How was the initial setup?

It was pretty easy to set up. We baked it into our subscripts during the start-up process.

Its integration has been pretty seamless.

What other advice do I have?

I would anyone to look at this product based on our company's experience so far.

We have both the on-premise and AWS versions of the product.

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SOC Analyst at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Sophisticated, robust, feature-rich, and includes the ability to do analyses
Pros and Cons
  • "The ability to execute real-time response, or, that you can connect to the agent and see exactly what processes are operating, is the most important feature of this solution."
  • "It can be expensive depending on the features you select."

What is our primary use case?

We use CrowdStrike Falcon XDR for endpoint protection.

It is more sophisticated than a legacy antivirus. 

When compared to the legacy antivirus, it offers more features, including the ability to do analyses, halt execution, and more. It also gives you real-time notifications.

In comparison to the earlier legacy era, it is better.

What is most valuable?

The ability to execute real-time response, or, that you can connect to the agent and see exactly what processes are operating, is the most important feature of this solution.

It gives you that capability.

I am satisfied with the features that I currently use.

The interface is good, I have no complaints.

What needs improvement?

I believe that most of the features are perfect for my needs, anything else is only icing on the cake.

It can be expensive depending on the features you select.

The technical support could be improved.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with CrowdStrike Falcon XDR for more than one year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

CrowdStrike Falcon XDR is a very stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

CrowdStrike Falcon XDR is simply scalable.

In my opinion, it all comes down to what is your pocket saying., and the number, of users. 

From my perspective, it's a very scalable product.

All of your endpoints are using this solution.

In our company, we have approximately 372 users.

How are customer service and support?

We have contacted technical support multiple times.

I would rate the technical support a three and a half out of five. They are good but could improve.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was very easy. 

It took less than three days.

What about the implementation team?

We completed the setup with some assistance from the Falcon team.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I am not aware of the price, but I believe that it is among the most expensive XDRs out there. 

Of course, this is dependent on the features you choose. Depending on the features, the price might increase.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

This is our sixth year of transitioning from a legacy antivirus. So, I believe we saw the issues that we have with legacy antivirus. That's why we went for Falcon XDR.

What other advice do I have?

First, they should understand their needs, then depending on those requirements, I would be able to advise because each person has a unique use case.

I would strongly suggest this solution to anyone who is considering using it. It's a go-to for endpoint protection.

I would rate CrowdStrike Falcon XDR  an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Other
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Junior Security Engineer at Altron
Real User
User-friendly solution that decreases the load on analysts
Pros and Cons
  • "Falcon's best feature is its detection and blocking of threats."
  • "Falcon could be improved with more function on the mobile end of things and better optimization with mobile devices."

What is our primary use case?

I mainly use Falcon for endpoint protection.

How has it helped my organization?

Falcon has decreased the load on our analyst team because they don't have to manually contact the system owners to stop that particular event from happening as Falcon detects threats and quarantines the machines itself.

What is most valuable?

Falcon's best feature is its detection and blocking of threats.

What needs improvement?

Falcon could be improved with more function on the mobile end of things and better optimization with mobile devices. In the next release, CrowdStrike should include the ability to send logs to SIM tools.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using CrowdStrike Falcon for three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Falcon hasn't missed any attacks - it's very stable and reliable.

How are customer service and support?

I'm very happy with CrowdStrike's technical support.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was straightforward because the vendor helped us throughout, and there was training while it was being deployed. The deployment took between one and two weeks to complete.

What about the implementation team?

We used an in-house team.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend anybody looking at Falcon to go for it because it's an easy-to-understand solution that's really worth having. I would give Falcon a rating of nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Chief Information Security Officer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Good detection rates, nice dashboards, easy to manage, and the technical support is responsive
Pros and Cons
  • "I like the detection rates of mobile threats."
  • "The management reporting functionality needs to be improved."

What is our primary use case?

Our primary use for CrowdStrike is as an EDR system. We are protecting more then 9.000 devices.

How has it helped my organization?

What is most valuable?

I like the detection rates of mobile threats.

The policies allow us to define the level of protection.

The dashboards are good, as well as user management.

What needs improvement?

The management reporting functionality needs to be improved.

We would like to see more features for vulnerability management included.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using CrowdStrike Falcon since one year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

This is a stable product.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We haven't had any problems with scalability and it expands with the company's needs.

We have 20,000 users and about 20 of them are administrators.

How are customer service and technical support?

We have been in touch with technical support for a few issues. They are quite good and the response is fast.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We were using Cylance prior to CrowdStrike, and these two products overlapped for a time. We also use an on-premises solution called F-Secure.

CrowdStrike has a much lower rate of false positives than Cylance and the dashboard makes it easier to use.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is very simple. It took two months to deploy for 20,000 clients.

What about the implementation team?

Our in-house team handled the implementation and deployment. No maintenance is required.

What was our ROI?

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing is good and there are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees. It is similar to that of Cylance and our on-premises solution.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

What other advice do I have?

This is a product that I absolutely recommend.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

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Senior System Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Good threat intelligence with fair pricing and good stability
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution can scale easily."
  • "Support, particularly related to after-sales and after deployment, could be improved a bit. If you need to connect to support, it takes at least a day to reach the support team and get a proper reply."

What is our primary use case?

We primarily use the solution for threat intelligence.

What is most valuable?

The threat intelligence on offer is the solution's most valuable aspect.

The solution is very stable.

The solution can scale easily.

The pricing is very competitive.

What needs improvement?

The solution overall is a good product, and we don't see too much room for improvement.

Support, particularly related to after-sales and after deployment, could be improved a bit. If you need to connect to support, it takes at least a day to reach the support team and get a proper reply.

The solution could use better device control.

For how long have I used the solution?

I believe I've been using the solution for the past three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is very stable. We don't find there are any bugs or glitches. We haven't had it crash or freeze on us. It's quite reliable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability of the solution is good. If a company needs to expand out, they can do so easily with this solution.

In our organization, we have about 2,500 people using the solution. We already use the solution at 100% capacity, meaning everyone in the company uses it. If new employees are onboarded, they also use the solution. Chances are, we will increase usage int he future.

How are customer service and technical support?

Technical support could move a bit faster. We find that it takes time - at least a day - to reach support and then get a response. Therefore, we're not completely satisfied with the level of service provided to us. It's an area that could be improved upon for sure.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We used to use Carbon Black. We switched due to the fact that this solution offered us better partnership offers.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is not complex. It's very, very easy.

You can set up and deploy the product in 30 to 40 minutes. It's straightforward.

You only need a few people to handle deployment and maintenance.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price is very reasonable and quite competitive in the market.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Before choosing this solution, and switching from Carbon Black, we looked at Endgame and Kaspersky.

What other advice do I have?

We are working with all the versions for the most part, due to the fact that we are partners of CrowdStrike and we position CrowdStrike to our customers. We also use the solution for our company.

I'd recommend the solution to others, however, I would advise that they try it first as a POC so that they can first see the value of the product.

Overall, I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. If technical support could be faster and there was more device control, I would rate the solution higher.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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