We performed a comparison between Trend Micro Apex One and CrowdStrike Falcon based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: 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. 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. CrowdStrike Falcon stands out for its machine-learning capabilities, optimal resource utilization, and precise threat detection. CrowdStrike Falcon could benefit from adding a sandbox feature and more detailed firewall management options.
Service and Support: Trend Micro support generally earned positive reviews, but some said that support could be more proactive and respond faster. CrowdStrike Falcon's customer service is considered prompt and helpful.
Ease of Deployment: Most users thought Trend Micro Apex One was easy to set up, but a few said that it’s more complex than competing solutions. 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.
Pricing: Some considered the price of Trend Micro Apex One to be fair, while others found it expensive. Reviews of CrowdStrike's pricing were similarly mixed. Some find it costly and think the price should be lowered to make it more competitive.
ROI: Trend Micro Apex One provides extra cost-effective advantages and safeguards vital information. CrowdStrike Falcon offers cost savings by decreasing the required number of engineers and eliminating the need for onsite servers.
Comparison Results: Our users prefer Trend Micro Apex One over CrowdStrike Falcon. Apex One also stands out for its centralized reporting and threat intelligence network. User reviews indicate that Apex One is favored due to its easy setup, responsive support, and comprehensive feature set.
"Ability to get forensics details and also memory exfiltration."
"The setup is pretty simple."
"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."
"Fortinet has helped free up around 20 percent of our staff's time to help us out."
"Fortinet is very user-friendly for customers."
"Exceptions are easy to create and the interface is easy to follow with a nice appearance."
"The product detects and blocks threats and is more proactive than firewalls."
"The solution was relatively easy to deploy."
"I like the overall reports of this solution. They are crisp, and to the point."
"CrowdStrike Falcon is a very light solution. It does not use too much processor or RAM."
"The most valuable feature of CrowdStrike Falcon for me is its unified sensor, applicable across all models."
"We are now able to find the root cause analysis on any threat. We can figure out where the issue came in versus just dealing with where it is at the moment."
"The automatic alert feature is the most important feature of the solution."
"CrowdStrike enables the infrastructure managers to visualize all the events and get information about the network."
"As an EDR tool, we can integrate log management and event management. The solution deals with threats automatically, that's the advantage."
"It is an easy product to deploy."
"It has the ability to share, which is not available in other products."
"The features I found most valuable in this solution are the micro apps. I also value the dashboard that offers better visibility and helps protect machines from attacks."
"We've been able to integrate the solution with other security products."
"It is updated automatically without much intervention from our side. We can also get some reports easily."
"This is a very stable product and we plan to continue using it."
"I like Apex One's DLP capabilities. You can scan and control data leakage on the user system level. Our previous solution would look at things from the user desktop level, and you had to have an agent deployed to collect that. The solution offers different levels of protection that you can invest in."
"I am impressed with the product's antivirus and malware application control."
"The most valuable feature is the antivirus."
"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 dashboard isn't easy to access and manage."
"The EDR console should have more extensive reporting. You shouldn't need to purchase FortiAnalyzer. It should be included in the EDR part. The security adviser cloud platform could be improved with more options for exclusive or intensive rules for devices."
"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."
"I haven't seen the use of AI in the solution."
"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."
"The solution is not stable."
"Unfortunately, native applications are not supported."
"I would like to see equal support across all versions. Aside from that, I would say most of the features are there."
"I would like to see the machine learning feature enhanced."
"For CrowdStrike to work, all the machines need to have an internet connection. This makes it challenging to assist customers without an internet connection. We would like to have a mechanism or relay to make this possible."
"If CrowdStrike can further expand its support for XDR compatibility, that would give it an edge over all the other competing new products."
"It can be expensive depending on the features you select."
"An improvement would be to extend support to legacy and unsupported servers."
"CrowdStrike Falcon could improve the EDR functionality. Once the functionality of the solution improves, it will be even better in the market and able to compete with Carbon Black."
"The solution could be improved by providing better training to the vendors."
"The menus can be more user-friendly or easier. For example, if we want to enable access to the USB ports, it should be more user-friendly. It is not easy. We need to navigate through several menus to be able to give access."
"We have found that this product is a bit heavy on the endpoints."
"The integration capabilities of the solution could be improved."
"Occasionally, the system may be a bit slow."
"The security features need improvement."
"The performance could always be improved."
"The alert, or warning function, needs to be improved."
CrowdStrike Falcon is ranked 3rd in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 105 reviews while Trend Micro Apex One is ranked 6th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 124 reviews. CrowdStrike Falcon is rated 8.8, while Trend Micro Apex One is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of CrowdStrike Falcon writes "Easy to set up with good behavior-based analysis but needs a single-click recovery option". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Trend Micro Apex One writes "Good monitoring and server protection with helpful machine learning". CrowdStrike Falcon is most compared with Microsoft Defender XDR, Darktrace, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Trend Micro Deep Security and VMware Carbon Black Endpoint, whereas Trend Micro Apex One is most compared with Trend Micro Deep Security, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks, Trend Micro Smart Protection and Trellix Endpoint Security. See our CrowdStrike Falcon vs. Trend Micro Apex One report.
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