We performed a comparison between CrowdStrike Falcon and NetWitness XDR based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: CrowdStrike Falcon stands out for its minimal impact on system performance, optimal resource utilization, and precise detection of threats. CrowdStrike Falcon could benefit from adding a sandbox feature and more detailed firewall management options. NetWitness XDR is commended for its prompt threat response, seamless integration capabilities, and user behavior analytics. Users say NetWitness XDR could improve its threat intelligence and investigation. Some suggested updates to its reporting engine.
Service and Support: CrowdStrike Falcon's customer service is considered prompt and helpful. NetWitness XDR provides effective 24/7 technical support. While some were satisfied with the response times, others experienced delays of up to 48 hours.
Ease of Deployment: CrowdStrike Falcon's setup is considered to be simple and efficient, with deployment times ranging from a few days to a month. While there may be some challenges during installation, they are generally manageable. Some users found the initial setup of NetWitness uncomplicated, but others faced challenges.
Pricing: Some users find CrowdStrike Falcon costly and think the price should be lowered to make it more competitive. The total cost of NetWitness XDR depends on the environment and the number of endpoints. Larger users can receive discounts, but users say the solution might be too pricey for smaller companies. NetWitness XDR provides various licenses, including some that feature premium support.
ROI: CrowdStrike Falcon offers cost savings by decreasing the required number of engineers and eliminating the need for onsite servers. NetWitness XDR has demonstrated positive outcomes by improving threat detection capabilities and facilitating digital forensics.
Comparison Results: CrowdStrike Falcon is favored over NetWitness XDR. Users like Falcon's lightweight design, machine learning capabilities, UBA features, and reliable cyberattack detection. The solution also earned praise for its integration with other systems and accurate threat detection. NetWitness XDR users mentioned difficulties with the initial setup and slow performance. CrowdStrike Falcon is considered reasonably priced, while NetWitness XDR is seen as expensive.
"The most valuable features are spam filtering, attachment filtering, and antivirus protection."
"We can use Defender to block and monitor for security purposes without needing multiple other products to do different tasks."
"The summarization of emails is a valuable feature."
"I like that it's stable. It's been stable for a long time, and Microsoft Defender has done a good job there."
"The integration with other Microsoft solutions is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature is the DLP because that's where we can have an added data protection layer and extend it not just to emails but to the documents that users are working on. We can make sure that sensitive data is tagged and flagged if unauthorized parties are using it."
"Microsoft 365 Defender is simple to upgrade."
"The ability to hunt that IM data set or the identity data set at the same time is valuable. As incident response professionals, we are very used to EDRs and having device process registry telemetry, but a lot of times, we do not have that identity data right there with us, so we have to go search for it in some other silo. Being able to cross-correlate via both datasets at the same time is something that we can only do in Def"
"The most valuable feature of CrowdStrike Falcon is crowdsourcing intelligence."
"CrowdStrike displays a threat score when it detects an infection. This is helpful because not all detections are the same. It will classify them as ransomware, malware, phishing, etc. This feature helps us prioritize and cross-check with other EDR tools."
"The most valuable feature is the machine learning that they use to check certain patterns in the endpoint devices. It checks the whole ecosystem or entire environment."
"Regarding features, I appreciate its integration capabilities with identity providers...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"CrowdStrike Falcon is a very light solution. It does not use too much processor or RAM."
"The most valuable feature of CrowdStrike Falcon for me is its unified sensor, applicable across all models."
"There are two things which customers really like about CrowdStrike. If they buy managed services from CrowdStrike, it offers them detection of security issues in one minute. If you buy their professional services, they offer insurance where you can claim up to $5 million if there's a breach. This is a huge upsell for customers."
"The scalability is good."
"They have recently updated the features and the most valuable ones are the instant threat response, ease of use, web interface, integration, and easy access. RSA NetWitness Endpoint is very compatible with other solutions and technologies. However, they do not rely on third-party solutions and have most features built-in."
"RSA NetWitness does market analysis in a more granular form. It gives you full visibility."
"It helps our security team respond more accurately when there are threats, then we get less false positives or negatives."
"The interface of this solution is very flexible and easy to use."
"We've contacted technical support several times. They've been very good. They have been able to help us resolve our issues."
"This solution allows us to locate the malware in real-time."
"The most valuable feature is the way it captures the traffic, and it contains every detail of the communication."
"The stability of the RSA NetWitness Endpoint is very good."
"The advanced threat-hunting capabilities are phenomenal, and the security copilot enhances that, but some data elements could be better or have more context inside of the advanced tables themselves. The schemas feel a little limited to what they're building into the product. It's probably just a maturity thing. I imagine we'll see the features I want in the next year."
"The capability to not only thwart attacks but also to adapt to evolving threats is crucial."
"Automated playbooks and automated dashboards would be preferable to the way the data is currently being presented."
"The solution could improve by having better machine learning and AI. Additionally, the interface, documentation, and integration could be better."
"The dashboard should be easier to use. There is also improvement needed in the reporting when it comes to exporting or scheduling reports."
"Microsoft 365 Defender does not have a unique package with emerging endpoint security technologies, such as EDR and XDR."
"Generally, antivirus products provide a central control to manage every device in terms of who is installing it or who is trying to disable it, but Microsoft doesn't have such a control center for the antivirus product it provides."
"There are still some components, such as vulnerability management within the vendor product, where improved integration would be beneficial."
"There are some areas where some customers would prefer a different service."
"We encounter occasional issues, such as when disabling network access for a host that uses CrowdStrike."
"This solution could be improved with greater scope for admins to make changes to the solution."
"CrowdStrike needs to quit making up stuff about its features and functionality to bash its competition."
"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."
"We would like to be able to perform on-demand scanning, rather than relying on the scheduler."
"We sometimes get false positives."
"I've found that CrowdStrike's technical support could benefit from increased technical expertise."
"The integration of the solution needs to be improved. The dashboard needs lots of updates as well. In the next release, we would like to see advanced fraud detection features."
"The deployment process is complex. I don't know why, but this solution will suddenly stop working. Logs stop coming. Often, one thing or another stops working. Most of the time, one of my team members is working with troubleshooting and working with technical support. Log passing is also one of the biggest challenge."
"The contamination feature could be improved."
"We would like to see the hunting and investigation features of this solution improved, in order to provide better visibility of issues."
"NetWitness Endpoint's blocking feature does not work properly - if there's a malicious process, it's not possible to kill it via a custom rule unless and until it's flagged as malicious."
"I would like to see Security Orchestration and Response Automation (SOAR) integration."
"The threat intelligence could improve in RSA NetWitness Endpoint."
"This solution needs an upgrade in reporting. I have heard from RSA that they are working on this, but as of yet it is not available."
CrowdStrike Falcon is ranked 3rd in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 106 reviews while NetWitness XDR is ranked 41st in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 15 reviews. CrowdStrike Falcon is rated 8.8, while NetWitness XDR is rated 8.0. 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 NetWitness XDR writes "Beneficial single unified dashboard, good native application integration, and high availability". CrowdStrike Falcon is most compared with Darktrace, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Trend Micro Deep Security, Trend Vision One and SentinelOne Singularity Complete, whereas NetWitness XDR is most compared with Darktrace, ExtraHop Reveal(x), SentinelOne Singularity Complete, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Vectra AI. See our CrowdStrike Falcon vs. NetWitness XDR report.
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