We performed a comparison between CrowdStrike Falcon and ESET Endpoint Security based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: CrowdStrike Falcon wins out in this comparison. It is a complete EDR tool with robust reporting, hunting, and antivirus capabilities. The real-time capabilities of protecting and connecting to endpoints make it a leader in the endpoint security marketplace.
"The solution was relatively easy to deploy."
"Fortinet is very user-friendly for customers."
"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."
"This is stable and scalable."
"Fortinet has helped free up around 20 percent of our staff's time to help us out."
"It is a scalable solution...The initial setup of Fortinet FortiEDR was straightforward."
"Fortinet FortiEDR's firewalling, rule creation, monitoring, and inspection profiles are great."
"The detection and response console is the most valuable feature."
"I value the overall behavior analysis of CrowdStrike. The engine of this product is what drew us to this solution."
"The most valuable features are the complete IPS and IDS."
"The managed services are distinguished, responsive, dynamic, flexible, and assertive when taking action."
"It is an easy product to deploy."
"The most useful feature is that we do not need to install or keep signature files. Regular scanning that consumes a lot of computer resources is not needed."
"As long as the machine is connected to the Internet, and CrowdStrike is running, then it will be on and we will have visibility; no VPNing in or making some type of network connection. CrowdStrike always there and running in the background; for us, that is big. We wanted something that could give us data as long as the machines connected to the Internet and be almost invisible to the employees."
"The anomaly detection is the most valuable feature."
"The pricing, if compared to other products, is cheap."
"The stability is good."
"In terms of the current global landscape, it is a great solution."
"The tool protects everything."
"The potential threat protection feature is the most valuable. In the event that one of my computers is not on the network and gets a virus, ESET Endpoint Security quickly detects the malware, and in most cases, it removes the virus. It also has the ability to remotely shut down the computer. I like the remote control part the most."
"It effectively catches unwanted stuff. It has saved our bacon over many years."
"The most valuable feature of ESET Endpoint Security is the antivirus for the endpoints."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"ZTNA can improve latency."
"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."
"Once, we had an event that was locked and blocked, but information about it came to us two or three days later."
"Cannot be used on mobile devices with a secure connection."
"Making the portal mobile friendly would be helpful when I am out of office."
"The dashboard isn't easy to access and manage."
"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"
"The solution should address emerging threats like SQL injection."
"CrowdStrike Falcon needs to improve their host management system."
"We can't do scanning audits or device blocking or application control."
"The console is a little cluttered and at times, finding what you're looking for is not intuitive."
"The malware analysis could be improved, as that's what we use the solution for the most and that change would make it a better EDR tool."
"It can be expensive depending on the features you select."
"The management of log aggregation is in need of improvement."
"Whenever there is a feature release (upgrade) where we push to all the endpoints, it causes something to be blocked without us knowing."
"CrowdStrike should provide better visibility in its reporting. There should be more forensic details about detected threats."
"In the future, a cloud version of the solution would be great."
"Dual management for the customer, who needs to access the local on-premise console from a remote cloud-based console."
"When users renew licenses, they should offer a discount."
"The user interface of ESET Endpoint Security could be more user-friendly and more features could be added."
"The proactive feature is excellent, but I do not believe ESET will make any changes to this feature in the future."
"ESET Endpoint Antivirus can improve by having better EDR intelligence and automation. The EDR still needs lots of human interpretation. It can be better if add more intelligence to the EDR part of the endpoint protection."
"I'm unsure as to if they could actually support a large enterprise."
"It would be useful if they could automate the deployment more."
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CrowdStrike Falcon is ranked 3rd in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 106 reviews while ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is ranked 11th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 96 reviews. CrowdStrike Falcon is rated 8.8, while ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is rated 8.2. 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 ESET Endpoint Protection Platform writes "Easy to set up with good security and rapidly improving capabilities". CrowdStrike Falcon is most compared with Microsoft Defender XDR, Darktrace, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Trend Micro Deep Security and VMware Carbon Black Endpoint, whereas ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, SentinelOne Singularity Complete, Check Point Harmony Endpoint and Fortinet FortiClient. See our CrowdStrike Falcon vs. ESET Endpoint Protection Platform report.
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