We performed a comparison between CrowdStrike Falcon and Check Point Harmony Endpoint based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: CrowdStrike Falcon stands out for its machine-learning capabilities, optimal resource utilization, and precise threat detection. Check Point Harmony Endpoint provides a sophisticated defense against ransomware and phishing attacks. CrowdStrike Falcon could benefit from adding a sandbox feature and more detailed firewall management options. The solution is praised for its forensic analysis and VPN connectivity. Users say Check Point could improve its endpoint vulnerability management and threat-hunting features.
Service and Support: CrowdStrike Falcon's customer service is considered prompt and helpful. While several users lauded Check Point support for its problem-solving skills, others said there is room for improvement.
Ease of Deployment: CrowdStrike Falcon's setup is considered to be simple and efficient, with deployment times ranging from a few days to a month. While there may be some challenges during installation, they are generally manageable. Setting up Check Point Harmony Endpoint is uncomplicated, and one admin is usually enough for the job. It may take time to configure the solution due to the wide range of available blades.
Pricing: Some users find CrowdStrike Falcon costly and think the price should be lowered to make it more competitive. Users generally find the price of Check Point Harmony Endpoint to be reasonable and competitive. They perceive it as more cost-effective than other solutions, though some said it could be lower.
ROI: CrowdStrike Falcon offers cost savings by decreasing the required number of engineers and eliminating the need for onsite servers. Check Point Harmony Endpoint provides a comprehensive and economical solution, and customers say the product has helped them grow.
Comparison Results: Our users prefer Check Point Harmony Endpoint over CrowdStrike Falcon. Check Point Harmony Endpoint provides a robust defense against ransomware and phishing attacks. While CrowdStrike Falcon receives praise for its lightweight design, user reviews indicate that Check Point Harmony Endpoint offers a more comprehensive and effective solution for endpoint security.
"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 main thing is that I feel safe. Because the processes that have been used to get a handle on the attackers are much better than other competitors"
"Fortinet is very user-friendly for customers."
"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."
"Additionally, when it comes to EDR, there are more tools available to assist with client work."
"It is stable and scalable."
"The solution was relatively easy to deploy."
"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."
"Resource overheads have been reduced and we are overall more secure as a business."
"It's pretty complete for preventing threats to endpoints. Its capabilities are great."
"This software incorporates security AI features and effectively manages bandwidth with its DRS capabilities."
"We had a ransomware attack and the SandBlast agent automatically picked up the ransomware."
"The SandBlast agent is the most valuable feature for Check Point Endpoint Security. We've found that the Check Point SandBlast agent is mature."
"Forensic Analysis provides a complete analysis of threats via detailed reports."
"Harmony's endpoint sandboxing is really good."
"It has a great ability to detect threats and keep us safe."
"I have found the connection to search the hosts for detections very useful in CrowdStrike Falcon."
"Regarding features, I appreciate its integration capabilities with identity providers...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The CrowdStrike Falcon agent is very lightweight. Users never complain about their PCs getting stuck and things like that."
"It has an extremely low footprint, so it has got minimum impact on the user end points in terms of CPU and memory usage."
"The most valuable aspects of CrowdStrike Falcon for me are its device observability, identification, and software and OS recognition."
"Cyberattack detection is very good. We use it for detecting different vulnerabilities, such as ransomware, virus, and malware. It is a good product today when compared to Symantec that we used previously."
"I like the feature called RTC, the remote time connector."
"CrowdStrike enables the infrastructure managers to visualize all the events and get information about the network."
"FortiEDR can be improved by providing more detailed reporting."
"To improve Fortinet, we need to see more features and technology areas at the endpoint level introduced."
"The SIEM could be improved."
"Making the portal mobile friendly would be helpful when I am out of office."
"Integration with Azure and SaaS provisioning tools could improve Fortinet FortiEDR."
"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 solution should address emerging threats like SQL injection."
"The solution is not stable."
"As of now, product-wise, we haven't found any major concern that needs to improve, although it does not support full MDM and this is something that should be there."
"Endpoint vulnerability management is one of the modules I believe is missing and it is something that is required."
"They should also add new functions such as threat hunting."
"From an improvement perspective, the major challenge we've faced with Harmony is the support."
"The product updates are a manual process for my administrator and can take several hours out of his day."
"Check Point Harmony Endpoint could improve mobile device management (MDM)."
"I'd also love to see them add full MDM support, but I appreciate that that's not the product market. If it did come in, I'd be more than happy to look at additional modules. It was probably one of the easiest products I've ever had to deploy it, but if it's not capable of doing MD, then that's going to impact its usefulness to us."
"It gives you an alert for malicious sites, which, after searching on the Google database, don't come out to be the same."
"They don't really have anything when it comes to scanning attachments."
"The dashboard area must be improved. We have integration with Splunk, and we are creating a dashboard there. Their dashboard area must be up to date. It should have more details and more options to create the reports and things like that."
"I would rate it an eight out of ten. It does what it needs to do but there's always room for improvement."
"Basically, they don't cover legacy OS or applications. That's the only issue we're concerned about"
"CrowdStrike Falcon could improve by adding manual scanning or serverless scanning. It is not available at this time."
"They should provide us with good visibility for everything."
"In the future release of CrowdStrike Falcon, they should add a sandbox feature."
"There are some areas where some customers would prefer a different service."
Check Point Harmony Endpoint is ranked 8th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 101 reviews while CrowdStrike Falcon is ranked 3rd in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 104 reviews. Check Point Harmony Endpoint is rated 8.8, while CrowdStrike Falcon is rated 8.6. 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 CrowdStrike Falcon writes "Easy to set up with good behavior-based analysis but needs a single-click recovery option". Check Point Harmony Endpoint is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, SentinelOne Singularity Complete and Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks, whereas CrowdStrike Falcon is most compared with Microsoft Defender XDR, Darktrace, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Trend Micro Deep Security and Intercept X Endpoint. See our Check Point Harmony Endpoint vs. CrowdStrike Falcon report.
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