We performed a comparison between ESET Endpoint Security and Trellix Endpoint Security based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: ESET Endpoint Security is highly regarded for its encryption capabilities, effortless automatic updates, and intuitive interface. Trellix Endpoint Security is highly valued for its easy administration options and reliability. ESET Endpoint Security has room for improvement in terms of faster threat alerts, automation, and ransomware protection. Reviews suggest that Trellix could reduce resource consumption and improve user-friendliness.
Service and Support: ESET's customer service is praised for its helpfulness and quick response. Some users have found the support for Trellix Endpoint Security helpful and reliable, while others have encountered ineffective assistance and communication problems.
Ease of Deployment: The setup process for ESET Endpoint Security is generally regarded as effortless. The setup process for Trellix Endpoint Security varies in difficulty, depending on the user's experience with McAfee and general technical expertise.
Pricing: ESET Endpoint Security is considered to be reasonably priced with various licensing options. Some find Trellix’s price reasonable and competitive, while others believe it could be lowered.
ROI: Some reported a high ROI from ESET Endpoint Security due to cost savings, while others find it difficult to measure its effectiveness. Trellix Endpoint Security provides significant time savings.
"NGAV and EDR features are outstanding."
"It is very easy to set up. I would rate my experience with the initial setup a ten out of ten, with ten being very easy to set up."
"The setup is pretty simple."
"This is stable and scalable."
"he solution is an anti-malware product that integrates well with other vendor products such as firewalls, SIEM, etc. It captures threat intelligence and gives you better visibility. The product also has sandboxing features."
"The price is low and quite competitive with others."
"Having all monitoring, response, tracking, and mitigation tools in one dashboard provides our analysts and SOC team with a comprehensive view at a glance."
"The stability is very good."
"The features seem to be alright."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The solution provides good accessibility and is not heavy on resources when there are updates or when it is in operation."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the protection itself, which works well for us."
"The pricing is good."
"This is a product at the top of its game. That is the reason we choose to support and sell it."
"ESET Endpoint Security is stable. When comparing the solution to competitors it is more stable."
"If it detects ransomware or something, it can isolate that computer."
"The DLP and user interface are the most valuable feature."
"Dynamic Application Containment."
"The installation is pretty straightforward."
"The endpoint protection and disk encryption features are the most valuable."
"The initial setup of Trellix Endpoint Security was straightforward."
"It also allows multifunctionality within a single platform."
"The package of protection that it provides is useful. It has antivirus, malware protection, VPN, and a whole bunch of other features."
"Technical support is always available and very helpful."
"I haven't seen the use of AI in the solution."
"Making the portal mobile friendly would be helpful when I am out of office."
"The SIEM could be improved."
"ZTNA can improve latency."
"The solution should address emerging threats like SQL injection."
"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."
"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 takes about two business days for initial support, which is too slow in urgent situations."
"I'm not aware of any areas that need improvement."
"I don't know if it's possible but I'm always looking for better protection."
"It's not a huge thing, because it doesn't happen very often, but I'll notice sometimes, when there's a startup scan, the computer does bog down a little bit. However, this happens rarely."
"The scalability could be better."
"When users renew licenses, they should offer a discount."
"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."
"The solution’s console management and scalability should be improved."
"The solution can improve the modules, and it is lacking centralized management and visibility of the endpoints."
"An area of improvement for this solution is to make it easier to manage."
"The security of this solution needs improvement."
"Currently, Trellix Endpoint Security can't find the running mutexes, while other open-source products can do it."
"We would like to see all the features available on cloud."
"We have a lot of problems with the user experience and it's difficult to implement. MacAfee's better than the ancient anti-virus solutions but it's a little slow to resolve. Many files with malware were destroyed through the network, and MacAfee doesn't detect anything."
"It can be quite complicated to learn McAfee Endpoint Security and to feel comfortable with the environment."
"It would be helpful if the controlling of connections coming to the PC could be done from McAfee's side so that we can block those connections."
"An area in need of improvement involves the overview, which usually does not enable one to get the value in reports."
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ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is ranked 11th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 97 reviews while Trellix Endpoint Security is ranked 10th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 95 reviews. ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is rated 8.2, while Trellix Endpoint Security is rated 8.0. 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 Trellix Endpoint Security writes "Good user behavioral analysis and helpful patching but needs better support services". 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 Trellix Endpoint Security is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Trellix Endpoint Security (ENS), CrowdStrike Falcon, Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks and SentinelOne Singularity Complete. See our ESET Endpoint Protection Platform vs. Trellix Endpoint Security report.
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