We compared Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response and CrowdStrike Falcon Complete based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
The Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response system is praised for its comprehensive threat detection abilities, proactive approach to security, and expert guidance. On the other hand, CrowdStrike Falcon Complete is appreciated for its advanced threat detection capabilities, quick incident response times, and proactive protection against cyber threats. Key differences include Arctic Wolf's user-friendly interface and CrowdStrike's extensive visibility into network activities. CrowdStrike's efficient deployment process is highlighted, while Arctic Wolf's customer service and support receive high praise. Areas of improvement for Arctic Wolf involve better integration and customizable reporting options, while CrowdStrike users seek enhancements in system compatibility and scanning efficiency. Ultimately, both solutions provide positive returns on investment, improved security, and efficient incident response times for users.
Features: Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response is valued for its comprehensive threat detection, real-time monitoring, proactive security approach, and user-friendly interface. CrowdStrike Falcon Complete stands out for its advanced threat detection, extensive network visibility, and seamless integration with existing security tools.
Pricing and ROI: In terms of setup cost, users have provided feedback on their experience with Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response, while CrowdStrike Falcon Complete offers a fair pricing structure with reasonable setup costs. The licensing process for CrowdStrike is straightforward, ensuring ease of use for customers., Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response offers a positive ROI with successful outcomes, improved security, and reduced risks. Users value its effective and efficient service. CrowdStrike Falcon Complete also provides a highly positive ROI with significant returns and improved security. Users praise its effectiveness in preventing cyber threats and value its comprehensive monitoring and real-time alerts. Both solutions offer cost-effective ROI.
Room for Improvement: Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response users have mentioned the need for better integration with existing security tools, more customizable reporting options, and improvements in user interface and ease of use. They also expressed the desire for faster response times and proactive threat hunting capabilities. CrowdStrike Falcon Complete users have identified areas for improvement in system compatibility, response time, scanning efficiency, and visibility into threats. They highlighted the challenges with compatibility and the importance of faster response times. Users also emphasized the need for improved scanning efficiency and accuracy, as well as enhanced visibility into identified threats.
Deployment and customer support: The reviews for Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response highlight that the time required for deployment, setup, and implementation varied among users. Some reported spending three months on deployment and an additional week on setup, while others mentioned a week for both. In comparison, the reviews for CrowdStrike Falcon Complete emphasize the need to consider the context in which terms like deployment, setup, and implementation are used. For example, if a user mentioned spending three months on deployment and an additional week on setup, both timeframes should be taken into account. However, if a user mentioned needing a week for both deployment and setup, these terms likely refer to the same time period., The customer service of Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response is highly appreciated for prompt and efficient assistance, while CrowdStrike Falcon Complete's customer service is praised for being exceptionally helpful, responsive, and efficient.
The summary above is based on 56 interviews we conducted recently with Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response and CrowdStrike Falcon Complete users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"The speed at which their services are reactive is valuable. Nowadays, when a threat hits an endpoint, you've got minutes, not hours or days. Their average response time is about four minutes on an alert. For anything that needs to be sent to us, it's about fourteen minutes, which is pretty good. They're the third SOC that I've used in fifteen years. By far, they are the quickest ones to act. When you're looking at prevention, that's a key factor."
"One of the main benefits of Binary Defense MDR is the ability to easily meet with their support team to discuss any issues we encounter."
"Binary Defense has a human service department that provides live monitoring for our systems."
"Binary Defense's most valuable feature is the 24/7 monitoring and threat hunting. Their team checks the latest breaches and how they're done."
"Among the valuable features are the agent, continuous reporting, and dashboard. It has all the features we need and we haven't had to customize it, other than turning on certain features that we wanted."
"The most valuable features are the SIEM and the ticketing function; the latter is very smooth and easy to read and understand. We don't have any issues looking at the ticketing information when we're trying to identify what's going on."
"The biggest aspect for us is that they are able to conform to our environment and utilize our tools. That way, we still maintain ownership of all the data and access to the applications, and we never lose control of the ability to run the solution ourselves if we need to."
"The most valuable part of Binary Defense is its team of cybersecurity analysts. Their analysts filter out the noise and only forward the critical threats that require a response instead of false positives."
"The visibility into our endpoints is huge."
"Arctic Wolf is our eyes and ears 24/7 because we can't possibly watch all of our alerts. We may see all of these alerts, but our attention is distracted because we're working on other things."
"Having quarterly meetings with the team to review the last 90 days and determine what if any changes need to be made."
"The product provides integrations with several different SaaS applications."
"What's valuable about Arctic Wolf AWN CyberSOC is the cost savings it provides for companies that no longer have to hire a bunch of security people and pay for a SIM."
"The tool's most valuable feature is its ease of implementation."
"Whenever there is a major thing like Exchange vulnerabilities, it scans our Exchange server for indicators of compromise. It then alerts us and points exactly where we need to go to check for ourselves if it is normal or not."
"Security protection is the best feature of this product."
"Falcon's threat intel is strong, and the solution allows our customers to automate their site intelligence. We can integrate Falcon X with the other platforms we use, like FireEye, Insight, Cybertech, and Kaspersky."
"The stability is great for CrowdStrike Falcon Complete."
"CrowdStrike side, Falcon is the Endpoint Detection, Overwatch is the service that sits behind it. From a human point of view looks at the anomalies that normal AI and machine learning couldn't catch. So it is the combination of the two that really works well."
"The most valuable feature is that it has a zero-day approach. It does not work with the signature itself. It looks into what is happening on an endpoint and protects you better against threats that are not yet known but are captured in a signature. It provides far better detection than when it is only signature-based. You get much quicker protection against any new threat. This is the most important feature of the CrowdStrike solution."
"The most valuable feature of CrowdStrike Falcon Complete is endpoint detection and response."
"It has good security features."
"What's most valuable about CrowdStrike Falcon Complete as an endpoint security solution is that it provides different features against malware outbreaks. The solution is also cloud-based so it offers flexibility in terms of managing it. It's also easy to deploy the agent and you can deploy it through CrowdStrike, your CloudStrike console, or you can take that agent out and you can use different solutions to deploy it through your group policy, your SSCM, or any asset management tool."
"The most valuable features of CrowdStrike Falcon Complete are the modern and intuitive capabilities, and because it is cloud-based it is much easier to adopt and roll out to the environment."
"Binary Defense MDR could be even better with additional features, like automatic scans and file quarantine."
"It's hard to think of anything that they need to improve on, but just to point out something, I would like to see them provide advanced XDR."
"I would like to get more reports from Binary Defense about what they're blocking."
"We found that an earlier version of the agent had high memory usage and that was a bit concerning, but we raised the concern with their support team and they immediately replied that they had noticed the same thing and had a candidate fix already available... it totally fixed the issue."
"The only area I see for improvement with Binary Defense is their service portal. It could benefit from some enhancements."
"The current reporting system could benefit from improvement."
"The most significant area for improvement is in support for non-English speakers; we're a global organization, so many of our users are not English speakers, which can make interacting with them a challenge. There's no Chinese language support, so we must rely on what we can do with the internet. We don't expect Binary Defense to build a language staff, but details can get lost in translation when we assume the whole world speaks English."
"If I were shopping for an MDR solution today, I would not only look for a company that has the ability to alert, detect, and remediate, but also the ability to integrate vulnerability management. That's a big thing that they're lacking today."
"We get a lot of false alarms, but that's because they don't know our network in detail. I think that could be alleviated if we told them more about our network so they could create rules to skip some of those things."
"It will be helpful if the dashboard is more granular."
"I can't think of any specific features that they need to add at the moment. As long as they continue to develop new solutions to support different operating systems and technologies, we are satisfied with their service. We appreciate the effort they put into adding new features and functionality to their service and believe they are doing a great job in providing us with all the necessary tools and resources to stay secure."
"More integrations with various security tools to improve data ingestion would be beneficial."
"I would like to see them build the ability to co-sell an EDR platform, manage an EDR or manage the actual response, potentially from the issues that are coming up from the security risks."
"We need an easier way to audit and act on agents."
"Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response's analysis and remediation parts could be improved. It's not bad, but it needs improvement."
"The implementation process could be a little more streamlined."
"The technical support is satisfactory, but there is room for improvement to enhance it."
"The logging features aren't robust and the information isn't kept long enough."
"There can be an application for the mobile device for the administrator of the platform to have an overview. In less than two minutes, they should be able to see what is going on and take action."
"CrowdStrike Falcon Complete MDR offers an optional module that might not be cost-effective for all organizations."
"Crowdstrike could be cheaper. It's pricier than Carbon Black."
"Falcon Complete's user interface isn't very user-friendly, especially for writing rules."
"The performance slows down by between 10% and 40%, depending on what type of work the machine is doing."
"The solution is geared more towards larger organizations, so it can be difficult for organizations with smaller budgets to utilize the solution."
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Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response is ranked 2nd in Managed Detection and Response (MDR) with 17 reviews while CrowdStrike Falcon Complete is ranked 1st in Managed Detection and Response (MDR) with 74 reviews. Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response is rated 9.2, while CrowdStrike Falcon Complete is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response writes "Very good support, excellent visibility, and useful security bulletins". On the other hand, the top reviewer of CrowdStrike Falcon Complete writes "Great next-generation antivirus with breach warranty and good intrusion protection". Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response is most compared with Red Canary MDR, Huntress, Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting, SentinelOne Vigilance and Adlumin Security Operations Platform, whereas CrowdStrike Falcon Complete is most compared with Blackpoint Cyber MDR, Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR, Sophos MDR, Red Canary MDR and SentinelOne Vigilance. See our Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response vs. CrowdStrike Falcon Complete report.
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