We performed a comparison between Cynet and Elastic Security 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."Among the most valuable features are the alert timeline, the alert story, which is pretty detailed. It gives us complete insight into what exactly happened on the endpoint. It doesn't just say, "Malware detected." It tells us what caused that malware to be detected and how it was detected. It gives us a complete timeline from beginning to end."
"Microsoft Defender XDR is scalable."
"The 'Incidents and Alerts' tab is a valuable feature where we can find triggered alerts."
"The best feature is threat hunting. There are a lot of other features I like, such as the alert mechanism. The chain alert mechanism has a huge impact. It combines all the alerts into one incident and automatically correlates them with AI."
"The integration, visibility, vulnerability management, and device identification are valuable."
"I have found the ability to delete unwanted threats beneficial."
"We are connected to Microsoft and have every laptop enrolled. This acts as an endpoint. The tool helps me check security and compliance. I can also check what a device is doing."
"The attack simulation is excellent; initially, this feature wasn't very robust, but Microsoft improved what we could achieve with it. We can now customize our practice phishing emails and include our company logo, for example. Attack simulation also helps integrate with third-party solutions where applicable and provides an overview of our security architecture through testing. The summary includes areas for improvement in our protection and what steps we need to take to get there."
"It's transparent, so it's not something where every user has to press a button to download or do the thing. It is centralized, in fact. Personally, I use Malwarebytes and other tools, which are fine for home use. Cynet is also relatively silent in terms of operation, except when it's required to act."
"It can be deployed in autonomous mode, and then it automatically blocks malware threats."
"A good feature is how the solution packages varied information into a single dashboard that's readable and meets our needs."
"Cynet is light and transparent when downloaded. The product's data aggregation is also valuable since you can see everything you need on a page."
"The initial setup is simple and user-friendly."
"It is a very stable solution...It is a very scalable solution...The initial setup of Cynet was easy."
"In terms of incident response, Cynet can contain attacks, offer a trial period to customers, and uninstall if not continued. The most valuable aspect is its integration capabilities, covering endpoints and network data for a comprehensive view of threats."
"The dashboard is beautiful, overall easy of use, and the UBA and NBA features are valued."
"The most valuable feature for me is Discover."
"It's not very complicated to install Elastic."
"It is very quick to react. I can set it to check anomalies or suspicious behavior every 30 seconds. It is very fast."
"I like the indexing of the logs."
"It's very customizable, which is quite helpful."
"The stability of the solution is good."
"The most valuable thing is that this solution is widely used for work management and research. It's easy to jump into the security use case with the same technology."
"I like that it's a SIEM platform. I like that I can sell Elastic Security quickly. Elastic Security has a large community that can support users."
"The onboarding and offboarding need improvement. I work with other vendors as well, and they have an option to add a device or remove a device from the portal, whereas with Microsoft 365 Defender, we need to do that manually. However, once you do that, everything can be controlled through the portal, but getting the device onboarded and offboarded is currently manual. If we have an option to simply remove a device from the portal or get a device added from the portal, it would be more convenient. The rest of the features are similar. This is the only area where I found it different from others. I would also like to be able to simply filter with a few of the queries that are already there."
"At times, there may be delays in the execution of certain actions and their effects."
"The management features could be improved, particularly in terms of better integration with Intune, Microsoft's cloud-based management solution."
"Intrusion detection and prevention would be great to have with 365 Defender."
"Microsoft tends to provide too many features, which makes the solution prone to bugs."
"The support could be more knowledgable to improve their offering."
"Because of the training model, Defender XDR's automatic response sometimes blocks legitimate users and activities. Also, the UI sometimes responds slowly."
"At times, when we have an incident email and we click on the link for that incident, it opens a pop-up, but there is nothing. It has happened a couple of times."
"A support center in Asia is needed."
"SIEM - Although with their Centralised Log Management Cynet has created the basis for SIEM functionality, this is to be expanded in the near future."
"There is room for improvement in terms of support. The support should be faster to respond."
"In terms of what could be improved, I would say the usability of this product for new threats. Meaning, not everything which is new is properly seen by the product and not all the required actions are taken."
"It is an endpoint agent, but they don't have a probe for checking the network traffic. They could improve from this point of view."
"In future releases, I would like to see cloud security aspects included."
"Could have better integration with other security applications."
"Cynet fails to deploy the same technology in mobile devices."
"It could use maybe a little more on the Linux side."
"The setup process is complex. You need a solid working knowledge of networking, operating systems, and a little programming."
"The problem with ELK is it's difficult to administer. When you have a problem, it can be very, very difficult to rebuild indexes."
"There is an area of improvement in the Logs list. The load list may need to be paginated as there are limits."
"It would be better if Elastic Security had less storage for data. My customers do not like this. Other vendors have local support in different countries, but Elastic Security doesn't. I would like to have Operational Technology (OT) security in the next release."
"With Elastic, you have to build the use cases for the specific requirement. Other products have a simple integration and more use cases to integrate out-of-the-box solutions for SIEM."
"The solution does not have a UI and this is one of the reasons we are looking for another solution."
"This solution is very hard to implement."
Cynet is ranked 14th in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) with 35 reviews while Elastic Security is ranked 16th in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) with 58 reviews. Cynet is rated 8.8, while Elastic Security is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Cynet writes "Provides memory protection, device control, and vulnerability management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Elastic Security writes "A stable and scalable tool that provides visibility along with the consolidation of logs to its users". Cynet is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity Complete, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, ESET Endpoint Protection Platform and Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks, whereas Elastic Security is most compared with Wazuh, Splunk Enterprise Security, Microsoft Sentinel, IBM Security QRadar and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. See our Cynet vs. Elastic Security report.
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