We performed a comparison between ESET Endpoint Protection Platform and Fortinet FortiClient based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Fortinet FortiEDR's scalability is quite good, and you can add licenses to the solution."
"The most valuable feature is the analysis, because of the beta structure."
"It is stable and scalable."
"It is a scalable solution...The initial setup of Fortinet FortiEDR was straightforward."
"The product detects and blocks threats and is more proactive than firewalls."
"NGAV and EDR features are outstanding."
"Exceptions are easy to create and the interface is easy to follow with a nice appearance."
"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."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"ESET Endpoint Security is stable. When comparing the solution to competitors it is more stable."
"Primarily used to protect computers from viruses and ransomware."
"The product is good and has a good interface."
"The solution has a very good endpoint feature."
"It can scale as well."
"The most valuable feature of ESET Endpoint Security performance."
"The most valuable features of this solution are, of course, the IPS/IDS, Intrusion Prevention, Intrusion Detection, and Antivirus."
"It seems to be more scalable than we thought."
"Fortinet FortiClient is not disruptive, and its interface is great. It has an in-built VPN, which is very useful."
"It is very easy and useful. A normal user with basic information can easily connect to any environment."
"It's very stable."
"This solution is very stable."
"The solution offers great stability."
"What I find valuable in FortiClient is its patch management capabilities, allowing remote updates efficiently."
"The most valuable feature is that it's easy to deploy. Deployment, configuration, and troubleshooting are very easy."
"We'd like to see more one-to-one product presentations for the distribution channels."
"Once, we had an event that was locked and blocked, but information about it came to us two or three days later."
"FortiEDR can be improved by providing more detailed reporting."
"It takes about two business days for initial support, which is too slow in urgent situations."
"Making the portal mobile friendly would be helpful when I am out of office."
"The solution should address emerging threats like SQL injection."
"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."
"I haven't seen the use of AI in the solution."
"I suspect there will be some changes required to ESET because some experts I know just moved to MDR. I can imagine there might be some issues that were not fully covered by the ESET Endpoint that would be covered by MDR that we're on now."
"iOS compatibility for mobile security and parental control."
"It would be great to have VIP functions added to the solution in a future release."
"It would be useful if they could automate the deployment more."
"The solution includes only Intrusion Detection and not IPS, which is an important feature that is missing in my version."
"ESET's updates are mostly manual. That's my biggest concern. I'd like it to be more automatic. I've had to download the new version and run it manually to install it. I've got several workstations like that right now."
"The proactive feature is excellent, but I do not believe ESET will make any changes to this feature in the future."
"It's hard to get support for ESET in Hong Kong and China. There's a number to call that goes nowhere. You can upgrade to the premium service, but there are a few restrictions."
"The only thing that is lacking in this product is the support. Their support can be improved."
"We've had some problems with having to remove the current version and either reinstalling an old version or updating to the new one."
"The user interface on the central server could be improved."
"I don't think FortiClient is bad, but it's very buggy. We ran into some issues with the EMS, which amounted to more than 10 cases last year."
"They have an EDR feature for end protection detection and response, and this is actually with an add-on subscription, which is charged separately. What I would like to see is this included with the base cost."
"The user interface could be more inviting."
"The connectivity could be improved."
"More integration would be beneficial."
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ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is ranked 9th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 96 reviews while Fortinet FortiClient is ranked 16th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 85 reviews. ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is rated 8.2, while Fortinet FortiClient is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of ESET Endpoint Protection Platform writes "Easy to set up with good security and rapidly improving capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiClient writes "Easy to set up and user-friendly with good support ". ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity Complete and Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks, whereas Fortinet FortiClient is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business and Fortinet FortiNAC. See our ESET Endpoint Protection Platform vs. Fortinet FortiClient report.
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