We performed a comparison between ESET Endpoint Protection Platform and WatchGuard EPDR based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"This is stable and scalable."
"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 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."
"The stability is very good."
"Fortinet has helped free up around 20 percent of our staff's time to help us out."
"The setup is pretty simple."
"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 solution provides good accessibility and is not heavy on resources when there are updates or when it is in operation."
"The tools and the features available with this solution are very competitive. It is always updated to prevent upcoming attacks."
"It rarely gets in the way, and we don't even notice it scanning."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The product is quite affordable."
"ESET Endpoint Security is stable, I did not have any issues with it."
"I find the main valuable feature to be the antivirus, it is very effective with removing viruses."
"The solution has a very good endpoint feature."
"The product's most valuable features are the zero-trust application service and its capability to detect threats and attacks."
"Cannot be used on mobile devices with a secure connection."
"We find the solution to be a bit expensive."
"The dashboard isn't easy to access and manage."
"FortiEDR could add a separate scanning dashboard. In incident management, we prefer to remove the endpoint system from the environment and scan the system. We typically use Symantec for that, but if we want to use FortiEDR for that, then we need a scanning tab to clarify things."
"Once, we had an event that was locked and blocked, but information about it came to us two or three days later."
"The solution should address emerging threats like SQL injection."
"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."
"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."
"It seems to have some issues with updates. When you do updates, it sometimes requests for a reboot, and even when you do the reboot, it still says that you need to reboot. Currently, on my computer, it says that a new ESET Endpoint Antivirus has been installed, and I need to restart the computer for the changes to take effect, but I've already done that, and the same message is still there, which is a little annoying. It should have a feature similar to the Intercept X feature in Sophos."
"In terms of areas for improvement, I didn't see any from ESET Endpoint Security because what's important is that it works as an antivirus solution. I do find its pricing expensive here in Hungary, so if the price could be lower, that would be good. ESET Endpoint Security is an antivirus, so it only needs to stop the virus. If it had other features, I wouldn't need it. Every program or solution has specific functions and in this case, ESET Endpoint Security is worth it as an antivirus, though in the next release of the solution, it would be better if there's some improvement in its antivirus database."
"The solution lacks the automation I need."
"The detection could be better in ESET Endpoint Security. Sometimes it takes time to detect threats and might be because it's not holding all the memory. There are some features that have to mature. More features might be available in the higher-end product."
"The initial setup of ESET Endpoint Security can be complicated when you get involved with encryption."
"The initial setup of ESET Endpoint Security was not complex because we have five years of experience. However, it is not as easy if we did not have the experience."
"I suspect there will be some changes required to ESET because some experts I know just moved to MDR. I can imagine there might be some issues that were not fully covered by the ESET Endpoint that would be covered by MDR that we're on now."
"In terms of what is lacking in ESET, it really would need more features for the users when they are working outside of the corporate network."
"The product is available at a very high price, making it an area where improvements are required."
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ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is ranked 11th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 96 reviews while WatchGuard EPDR is ranked 40th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 1 review. ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is rated 8.2, while WatchGuard EPDR is rated 10.0. 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 WatchGuard EPDR writes "Offers URL filtering and protection against phishing". ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity Complete and Check Point Harmony Endpoint, whereas WatchGuard EPDR is most compared with Panda Adaptive Defense 360, Microsoft Defender XDR, Bitdefender GravityZone EDR and Microsoft Defender for Business.
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