We performed a comparison between Cynet and ESET Endpoint Security based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Cynet offers strong ransomware protection and an intuitive interface. ESET Endpoint Security is highly regarded for its encryption capabilities, effortless automatic updates, and intuitive interface. Cynet needs to expand device support and add customization options. Users suggest improving network monitoring and strengthening integration with other tools. ESET Endpoint Security has room for improvement in terms of faster threat alerts, automation, and ransomware protection.
Service and Support: Cynet's customer service is consistently lauded for its excellence. They have a dedicated support team that is available round the clock, and they also have a contingency plan for urgent incidents. ESET's customer service is praised for its helpfulness and quick response.
Ease of Deployment: Cynet’s setup is highly efficient, with the ability to configure thousands of devices quickly. The setup process for ESET Endpoint Security is generally regarded as effortless.
Pricing: Customers generally think Cynet is affordable and a good value for its features. ESET Endpoint Security is considered to be reasonably priced with various licensing options.
ROI: Cynet yields an excellent ROI by preventing cyberattacks and safeguarding sensitive data. Some reported a high ROI from ESET Endpoint Security due to cost savings, while others find it difficult to measure its effectiveness.
"Fortinet FortiEDR's scalability is quite good, and you can add licenses to the solution."
"The console is easy to read. I also like the scanning part and the ability to move assets from one to the other."
"Fortinet has helped free up around 20 percent of our staff's time to help us out."
"The product's initial setup phase is very easy."
"Exceptions are easy to create and the interface is easy to follow with a nice appearance."
"Forensics is a valuable feature of Fortinet FortiEDR."
"The most valuable feature is the analysis, because of the beta structure."
"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."
"We are using almost all of the features and we find it quite good overall."
"We are very satisfied with the level of performance we get."
"This solution requires less management and is very easy to use."
"I like that you can implement it in the managed service portfolio."
"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 visibility it gives is excellent."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is that the configuration and the usage of the product are not so complicated. For people responsible for using this infrastructure for the first line of workstation monitoring, it's quite easy to use."
"The feature I find most valuable, is the reality graphical user interface."
"It rarely gets in the way, and we don't even notice it scanning."
"The most valuable feature of ESET Endpoint Security is the antivirus for the endpoints."
"The solution has a very good endpoint feature."
"The ability to push policies and also to restrict an installation or to restrict any form of threat within the policy has been quite useful."
"Technical support has been very good. They're quick to respond to any problems."
"It effectively catches unwanted stuff. It has saved our bacon over many years."
"I feel the solution to be beneficial in respect of features that I cannot find with SSTM's."
"It's a very user-friendly product."
"The support needs improvement."
"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."
"I haven't seen the use of AI in the solution."
"The amount of usage, the number of details we get, or the number of options that can be tweaked is limited in comparison to that with other EDR solutions"
"Detections could be improved."
"We've had a lot of false positives; things incorrectly flagged that require manual configuration to allow. Even worse, after we allow a legitimate program, it sometimes gets flagged again after an update. This has caused a lot of extra work for my team."
"The SIEM could be improved."
"The solution should address emerging threats like SQL injection."
"Linux servers are not supported."
"The solution lacks URL filtering."
"Management of the console could be simplified and made more user-friendly because right now it's not very easy to use."
"The reporting functionality in Cynet may not be as comprehensive or flexible as desired."
"SIEM - Although with their Centralised Log Management Cynet has created the basis for SIEM functionality, this is to be expanded in the near future."
"I'd like to see more data loss prevention within the product."
"I think the technical support could be better."
"Cynet fails to deploy the same technology in mobile devices."
"ESET Endpoint Antivirus can improve by having better EDR intelligence and automation. The EDR still needs lots of human interpretation. It can be better if add more intelligence to the EDR part of the endpoint protection."
"While the pricing is good, they could always lower it a bit."
"We would like to see more options in the help menu for users."
"The interface is good. However, it could always be better. It could be more user-friendly."
"They should have better support for different languages and auto-upgrading."
"The proactive feature is excellent, but I do not believe ESET will make any changes to this feature in the future."
"The update process can be improved, and there could be an automatic update process when a new version comes out. For system updates or program updates, there could be more automation."
"The product should provide a one-click option to renew the licenses."
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Cynet is ranked 15th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 35 reviews while ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is ranked 9th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 96 reviews. Cynet is rated 8.8, while ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cynet writes "Provides memory protection, device control, and vulnerability management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ESET Endpoint Protection Platform writes "Easy to set up with good security and rapidly improving capabilities". Cynet is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity Complete, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks and Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Expert, whereas ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity Complete and ESET PROTECT Enterprise. See our Cynet vs. ESET Endpoint Protection Platform report.
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