We performed a comparison between ESET Endpoint Security and Trend Micro Apex One 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. Trend Micro Apex One stands out for its centralized reporting, efficient policy implementation, and a diverse array of features including DLP, encryption, and patch management. ESET Endpoint Security has room for improvement in terms of faster threat alerts, automation, and ransomware protection. Trend Micro Apex One users say the platform should improve its compatibility with different operating systems and address performance issues. Users also say the reporting, forensic analysis, and ransomware features could use some work.
Service and Support: ESET's customer service is praised for its helpfulness and quick response. Trend Micro support generally earned positive reviews, but some said that support could be more proactive and respond faster.
Ease of Deployment: The setup process for ESET Endpoint Security is generally regarded as effortless. Most users thought Trend Micro Apex One was easy to set up, but a few said that it’s more complex than competing solutions.
Pricing: ESET Endpoint Security is considered to be reasonably priced with various licensing options. Some considered the price of Trend Micro Apex One to be fair, while others found it expensive.
ROI: Some reported a high ROI from ESET Endpoint Security due to cost savings, while others find it difficult to measure its effectiveness. Trend Micro Apex One provides extra cost-effective advantages and safeguards vital information.
"The console is easy to read. I also like the scanning part and the ability to move assets from one to the other."
"We have FortiEDR installed on all our systems. This protects them from any threats."
"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 product detects and blocks threats and is more proactive than firewalls."
"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."
"Fortinet is very user-friendly for customers."
"Fortinet FortiEDR made our clients feel secure and more at ease, knowing that they had an EDR solution that would close the gap in their security posture."
"The stability is very good."
"The most valuable feature of ESET Endpoint Security is the antivirus for the endpoints."
"The ability to push policies and also to restrict an installation or to restrict any form of threat within the policy has been quite useful."
"This solution has a traditional antivirus, I believe that signature-based detection is most valuable."
"There are some great features in ESET Endpoint Antivirus when you are browsing on the internet. For example, they have a notification if within your LAN network something is suspected to be a threat. Additionally, the malware features are very good."
"Easy to use security solution, helps to secure connected devices against viruses in the digital world."
"The most valuable features of ESET Endpoint Antivirus are that it is lightweight, it will not take up too much CPU and memory of the server or workstation. The detection is good and easy to use."
"The solution is easy to install and configure."
"The pricing is good."
"The most valuable feature of Trend Micro Apex One is the virtual patching it provides."
"It's reduced administrative overhead."
"The most valuable features are reporting and where we have the ability to report back and provide information when an item is quarantined or not quarantined."
"Stability is okay."
"Its threat-hunting capabilities and the information about the known threats are the most available features. It can easily catch any threat in our environment."
"The scalability is perfect."
"The antivirus itself is also lightweight. It does not hamper the performance. It is not resource-hungry. It does not impact the overall performance of the device. It is just there, and it is easy to use."
"Device control works well, and the anti-malware updates are also pretty good. Every two or three weeks, you get updates. The frequency of the release of new definitions is quite good. We had peace of mind."
"Making the portal mobile friendly would be helpful when I am out of office."
"The solution should address emerging threats like SQL injection."
"The support needs improvement."
"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."
"We find the solution to be a bit expensive."
"To improve Fortinet, we need to see more features and technology areas at the endpoint level introduced."
"Detections could be improved."
"It takes about two business days for initial support, which is too slow in urgent situations."
"They could be more aggressive with malware."
"The solution’s console management and scalability should be improved."
"The interface is good. However, it could always be better. It could be more user-friendly."
"They recently released an EDR integration. I hope they have more AI or intelligence filtering on the EDR events. Even though it has already got AI, but it is quite a different thing. So, they still have room to improve on the EDR part. This is one small piece that they need to improve. Otherwise, it is just fine."
"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."
"It would be great to have VIP functions added to the solution in a future release."
"While the pricing is good, they could always lower it a bit."
"If I were in an environment that required a large-scale deployment then I would choose another solution over ESET."
"I want more options and flexibility when creating rules. I want to set rules that are contingent, like "If this happens, then this, this, and this will happen.""
"Lacking features, not yet fully mature."
"In the future, the solution should include the XDR feature."
"We do not have much control as we have to work with regional policies and regional support."
"I would like to see behavior analysis capabilities included."
"The integration capabilities of the solution could be improved."
"Could channel video more efficiently."
"The solution needs to have SDR in it. So, SDR is an area where the solution needs to work and improve itself."
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ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is ranked 11th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 97 reviews while Trend Vision One Endpoint Security is ranked 6th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 125 reviews. ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is rated 8.2, while Trend Vision One Endpoint Security is rated 8.2. 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 Trend Vision One Endpoint Security writes "We can get consolidated logs of suspicious objects and malware attacks in a single console". 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 Trend Vision One Endpoint Security is most compared with Trend Micro Deep Security, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks and CrowdStrike Falcon. See our ESET Endpoint Protection Platform vs. Trend Vision One Endpoint Security report.
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