We performed a comparison between CrowdStrike Falcon Complete and Field Effect Covalence based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Managed Detection and Response (MDR) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."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 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."
"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."
"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."
"Binary Defense has a human service department that provides live monitoring for our systems."
"With Binary Defense, we don't just get an alert, but also a detailed rundown of why they're alerting us on it. They tell us what was executed, or the username, script, or IP. That way, we're not wasting time investigating."
"The best part about Binary Defense MDR is that it runs on everything, and they keep an eye on things 24/7."
"The case interface is Binary Defense MDR's most valuable feature."
"The response service is the most valuable as it frees up our IT staff to focus on other tasks."
"The solution is user-friendly."
"I like Falcon's AI functionality and vulnerability management. That has been so helpful. Falcon Complete can manage vulnerabilities, quarantine threats, and do all kinds of forensic incident analysis. It's a lightweight solution that only uses 1% of the CPU, which is a game changer. Other EDRs have had high CPU usage."
"Crowdstrike has better support than Carbon Black."
"The threat response from this solution is very comprehensive. It not only allows us to detect the threat, but also to isolate it and check the recovery capability of the compromised system."
"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."
"It is a very good solution. It can provide detection and response in an extensive way, and for an endpoint, it can integrate the information that comes from the servers."
"There's less workload on the endpoint."
"It is easy to manage surveillance."
"It's running in the background and does a packet-level analysis of everything that comes in. It also has an auto-response feature, so if something gets through and is clicked on, or somehow gets through the network, it gets isolated and quarantined, and we get notified."
"Covalence's cloud protection element has been excellent. A lot of organizations are using 365. It's hard to find a secure solution for protecting accounts. We've gone down the path of trying to utilize other security solutions for that particular area. We've been disappointed and always come back to trying to implement Covalence when we can so we know people are safe."
"I get alerts if there's malicious activity or restrictions, should they any suspicious activity emerge."
"It is very user-friendly. We have regular reports to see what is going on."
"What I like the most about Field Effect Covalence is the ease of deployment, the fact that it's cost-effective to roll out, and it is reasonable."
"I like how comprehensive Field Effect Covalence is."
"The ARO alerts are helpful to use almost daily to get a sense of what actions we need to take to expedite security measures."
"I would like to see more frequent check-ins with our security status."
"The only area I see for improvement with Binary Defense is their service portal. It could benefit from some enhancements."
"We should be able to isolate devices faster. They should shorten the time between clicking on a device to contain it and carrying out the action. That would be a welcome improvement."
"We found a couple of bugs in the user interface."
"I don't find any downside to them, but if I have to put one, it would be consistent manpower or staffing. The only area where the solution can be improved is going to be with people. As they grow, they are struggling with the same thing that every other company is, which is getting talent and getting that talent to stay, but they've just revised their tiering system to go from a flat analyst and manager to a three-tier solution where it goes through two or three before it gets elevated. That seems to have worked out well, so if one level misses it, the next one picks it up, and it works out fine."
"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 current reporting system could benefit from improvement."
"I would like to get more reports from Binary Defense about what they're blocking."
"The logging features aren't robust and the information isn't kept long enough."
"CrowdStrike Falcon Complete could improve by having advanced features, such as SOC, and HDR. There would have been a lot of processes involved."
"I want better integration with other security solutions; integrating with third-party apps wasn't as seamless as I expected."
"The performance slows down by between 10% and 40%, depending on what type of work the machine is doing."
"CrowdStrike Falcon Complete MDR offers an optional module that might not be cost-effective for all organizations."
"In a future release, it would be ideal if they could add reporting and action histories to their suite of features."
"Falcon could use more SIEM capabilities, like a central place to monitor all our clients."
"All of our customers complain about the reporting and say that it is very poor."
"Field Effect Covalence could benefit from enhancing its packing slip process."
"I'd love the price to be a little bit less."
"The cost of the solution has room for improvement."
"I have had a couple of challenges around updates to the agents where it seems it doesn't automatically replace older versions."
"Covalence's SEAS feature wasn't very user-friendly."
"The tagging of ARO closure has room for improvement."
"Covalence should provide a live view of the endpoint because the endpoint view in the portal is 5 to 15 minutes behind the actual status of the endpoint and its vulnerabilities. When it doesn't update with the actual status, it makes managing those things harder because sometimes something gets updated, and one of those vulnerabilities has gone away, but that doesn't appear in the ARO."
"Because this is a security solution, I would recommend that they extend their support hours, and perhaps for emergencies, even to 24/7 or 24/5."
CrowdStrike Falcon Complete is ranked 1st in Managed Detection and Response (MDR) with 74 reviews while Field Effect Covalence is ranked 5th in Managed Detection and Response (MDR) with 21 reviews. CrowdStrike Falcon Complete is rated 8.6, while Field Effect Covalence is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of CrowdStrike Falcon Complete writes "Great next-generation antivirus with breach warranty and good intrusion protection". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Field Effect Covalence writes "Helps to manage cybersecurity vulnerabilities, and improve our security team's efficiency and security posture ". CrowdStrike Falcon Complete is most compared with Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response, Blackpoint Cyber MDR, Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR, Sophos MDR and Adlumin Security Operations Platform, whereas Field Effect Covalence is most compared with SentinelOne Vigilance, Huntress, Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response, Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting and Blackpoint Cyber MDR. See our CrowdStrike Falcon Complete vs. Field Effect Covalence report.
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