We performed a comparison between Check Point Harmony Endpoint and Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Because Check Point Harmony can require more resources to run, making Cortex XDR the ultimate winner in this comparison.
"The console is easy to read. I also like the scanning part and the ability to move assets from one to the other."
"The stability is very good."
"Fortinet FortiEDR's scalability is quite good, and you can add licenses to the solution."
"The product detects and blocks threats and is more proactive than firewalls."
"I like FortiClient EMS. FortiEDR has a lot of great features like lockdown mode, remote wipes, and encryption. I can set malware outbreak policies and controls for detecting abnormalities. You can also simulate phishing attacks."
"The product's initial setup phase is very easy."
"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 solution was relatively easy to deploy."
"It's pretty complete for preventing threats to endpoints. Its capabilities are great."
"Harmony's endpoint sandboxing is really good."
"Forensic Analysis provides a complete analysis of threats via detailed reports."
"One of the most valuable features is the Threat Emulation and Threat Extraction. These features are able to scan email attachments before the user is able to access the file and then provide a safe copy of the attachment. Malicious files never get to the users machine. This is a very valuable feature of this solution."
"The zero-day threat prevention is excellent."
"It has extended OS support to ensure your legacy endpoints also have zero-day protection."
"It's a scalable product as it is a cloud offering."
"The dashboard is user-friendly and easy to understand."
"The solution allows control over the user and his machine through Cortex XDR security policies."
"The tool's use cases are relevant to security."
"It's very stable. I've never experienced downtime for the ASM console or ASM core."
"The interface is easy to use and it is more up to date than our previous solution."
"Their XDR agent and their behavioral indicators of compromise (BIOC) are pretty nice. Their managed threat hunting is also pretty nice. They also have WildFire, which is a service for actively looking for malware. It's quite useful."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"Best solution for avoiding security breaches, malware attacks, and other kinds of security issues."
"Provides behavior-based detection which offers many benefits over signature-based detection."
"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."
"Once, we had an event that was locked and blocked, but information about it came to us two or three days later."
"We've had a lot of false positives; things incorrectly flagged that require manual configuration to allow. Even worse, after we allow a legitimate program, it sometimes gets flagged again after an update. This has caused a lot of extra work for my team."
"The amount of usage, the number of details we get, or the number of options that can be tweaked is limited in comparison to that with other EDR solutions"
"It takes about two business days for initial support, which is too slow in urgent situations."
"The security should be strong for the cloud. Some applications are on-prem and some are on the cloud. Fortinet should also have strong security for the cloud. There should be more security for the cloud."
"The only minor concern is occasional interference with desired programs."
"There's room for improvement in the quick response time and technical support for integration issues, especially when dealing with multiple vendors."
"Off the top of my head, I can't think of a way it has improved my organization."
"The solution could improve VPN functionality and the VPN user-interface."
"A little change in the product's user interface is required since it is one of the areas where the product has certain shortcomings."
"The solution has limitations if it's hosted on-prem or as a SaaS."
"The software requires considerable resources and can strain less powerful computers."
"Legacy VPNs and digital footprints should be minimized."
"It needs to include built-in deployment. This will make the job easier rather than having to go and dig up an Active Directory deployment along with policy objects."
"The solutions agent could have better performance, it is a little slow sometimes."
"We have found that there are times Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks does not detect some of the viruses, we have to use another protection solution called Kaspersky."
"It is not a suitable solution if you are looking for a single product with multiple features such as DLP, encryption, rollback, etc."
"The solution needs better reports. I think they should let the customer go in and customize the reports."
"Every 30 or 40 days, there's a new version and we need to go and make sure our customer's laptops are upgraded."
"Although I would say this product is highly-rated, it could probably do more because nothing does everything that you want."
"It'll help if customization was easier."
"The product's pricing could be better."
"The server sometimes stops continuously to check things so it would be helpful to receive access updates or technical reasons."
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Check Point Harmony Endpoint is ranked 8th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 101 reviews while Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is ranked 4th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 80 reviews. Check Point Harmony Endpoint is rated 8.8, while Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Check Point Harmony Endpoint writes "Excellent anti-ransomware protection, zero-day phishing protection, and web browsing filtering". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks writes "It provides a whole new level of visibility and integrates with most other vendors". Check Point Harmony Endpoint is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business and SentinelOne Singularity Complete, whereas Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Darktrace, Symantec Endpoint Security and SentinelOne Singularity Complete. See our Check Point Harmony Endpoint vs. Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks report.
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