We performed a comparison between CrowdStrike Falcon and WatchGuard Threat Detection and Response based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."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."
"It is stable and scalable."
"Fortinet FortiEDR's firewalling, rule creation, monitoring, and inspection profiles are great."
"The setup is pretty simple."
"Having all monitoring, response, tracking, and mitigation tools in one dashboard provides our analysts and SOC team with a comprehensive view at a glance."
"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"
"The most valuable feature is the analysis, because of the beta structure."
"NGAV and EDR features are outstanding."
"The automatic alert feature is the most important feature of the solution."
"CrowdStrike Falcon is a very light solution. It does not use too much processor or RAM."
"Enables us to understand what processes are running on the system, what registry keys have been enabled."
"Their endpoint is pretty flawless. There is no lag on the machines at all. Even though I have a good overview of all the machines, that's pretty much the most valuable feature of CrowdStrike Falcon."
"Falcon's best feature is its detection and blocking of threats."
"The Protect functionality on the laptops provides great visibility into what's occurring, and the cloud management of the platform is what we needed."
"I like the dashboard nature of it. Everything is clickable, linkable, and information is easy to obtain and find. How it presents that information is probably the biggest win as far as the information correlation aspect. The presentation of it is very good."
"I have found the connection to search the hosts for detections very useful in CrowdStrike Falcon."
"WatchGuard is very user-friendly. It provides us with all of the security services we need."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"WatchGuard Threat Detection and Response is a reliable solution."
"When you download the executable file from the internet, it automatically sandboxes to make sure it's not doing anything incorrectly."
"The protection that it provides from ransomware is valuable. The awareness that it has is also valuable. It didn't have a central console earlier, but now it has a central console, which is pretty good."
"The tool provides automated responses."
"The most valuable feature, in my opinion, is the dimension logging platform and the network traffic filtering."
"The analytics are important because if there is an abnormality then it provides that information to us."
"I would like the solution to extend beyond endpoint protection and include other attack surfaces such as other network components."
"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."
"Cannot be used on mobile devices with a secure connection."
"The solution should address emerging threats like SQL injection."
"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."
"It takes about two business days for initial support, which is too slow in urgent situations."
"Forensic controls have room for improvement."
"They don't really have anything when it comes to scanning attachments."
"Unfortunately, native applications are not supported."
"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."
"We have had to open a case with the technical support to get some issues and bugs resolved."
"CrowdStrike Falcon could be enhanced by extending its security capabilities to include NDR and XDR."
"It does take more time to scan than other solutions."
"This solution is relatively expensive."
"The interface is not the best."
"The solution is a bit confusing and there are unusual complications with setup."
"WatchGuard should offer more visibility into user activity. For example, we should have more details when WatchGuard denies a user access to a port."
"The website must provide more information on the product."
"The ease of detecting where an issue is should be improved."
"It can have a couple of false positives, but after you add them to your allow list, it works fine. It could have better Mac support. I am pretty sure it doesn't have much support for Mac. It can be installed on a Mac, but it is not that good."
"The reporting isn't so good. If they worked to improve this aspect of the solution, it would be much stronger."
"This product needs to be fully integrated with the firewall. Currently, it only sends logs to the cloud and asks the firewall to correlate them."
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CrowdStrike Falcon is ranked 3rd in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) with 105 reviews while WatchGuard Threat Detection and Response is ranked 27th in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) with 12 reviews. CrowdStrike Falcon is rated 8.8, while WatchGuard Threat Detection and Response 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 WatchGuard Threat Detection and Response writes "Offers deployment simplicity, especially for firewalls and firewall configuration and good documentation available ". CrowdStrike Falcon is most compared with Microsoft Defender XDR, Darktrace, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Trend Micro Deep Security and VMware Carbon Black Endpoint, whereas WatchGuard Threat Detection and Response is most compared with SentinelOne Singularity Complete, Darktrace, Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, Intercept X Endpoint and Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks. See our CrowdStrike Falcon vs. WatchGuard Threat Detection and Response report.
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