Avast Business Hub vs VIPRE Endpoint Security comparison

Avast Software and VIPRE Security are both solutions in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category. Avast Software is ranked #48, while VIPRE Security is ranked #53. Avast Software holds a 0.9% mindshare in EPP, compared to VIPRE Security’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Avast Software users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 50% of VIPRE Security users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 9, 2024

Avast Business Hub and VIPRE Endpoint Security are two contenders in the endpoint security market, each with its strengths and weaknesses. Based on user reviews, Avast Business Hub is preferred for its ease of use, but VIPRE Endpoint Security stands out in terms of advanced features and overall functionality.

Features: Avast Business Hub users value the easy installation process, real-time monitoring capabilities, and user-friendly interface. VIPRE Endpoint Security is renowned for its comprehensive threat intelligence, robust malware protection, and advanced security technologies.

Room for Improvement: Avast Business Hub users recommend better reporting tools, enhanced customization options, and improved integration capabilities. VIPRE Endpoint Security could benefit from better integration with third-party tools, more responsive customer support, and enhanced user documentation. Both products have distinct areas needing improvement, yet VIPRE's issues seem to affect user satisfaction more directly.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Avast Business Hub is recognized for its straightforward deployment process and approachable customer service. VIPRE Endpoint Security users experience a steeper learning curve during deployment but are generally pleased with the support provided. Avast edges out VIPRE in deployment ease, though VIPRE's customer service is seen as reliable.

Pricing and ROI: Avast Business Hub offers competitive pricing and a good return on investment according to users. VIPRE Endpoint Security is perceived as more expensive, but its extensive feature set is considered to justify the cost. Users of VIPRE feel the higher price is worth the enhanced security it provides.

To learn more, read our detailed Avast Business Hub vs. VIPRE Endpoint Security Report (Updated: March 2026).

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Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category, the mindshare of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is 3.5%, down from 4.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Avast Business Hub is 0.9%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VIPRE Endpoint Security is 0.5%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks	3.5%
Avast Business Hub	0.9%
VIPRE Endpoint Security	0.5%
Other	95.1%

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Featured Reviews

ABHISHEK_SINGH

Senior Process Expert at A.P. Moller - Maersk

Gained full visibility and streamlined threat detection through behavior-based insights and AI integration

Initially, we got to have a lot of false positives when we onboarded, but nowadays it's quite smooth. We have fine-tuned our security policies and allowed different levels of policies to get rid of those false positives. Currently, we are getting a fairly good amount of incidents that are not false positives or benign, but actionable items. The process is streamlined. In the initial days, the operations used to get involved in a lot of benign and other activities, but now the process is streamlined. We are leveraging the auto-detection and remediation plans. The operations teams are now more involved in other business roles as well, not just looking into the logs and fetching out what's happening there. They have fixed a lot of things. Initially, they didn't have IAC code drift detection, cloud posture management, or security posture management, but they have those now. They purchased different vendors and did a merger with that. They have now Prisma Cloud that gets integrated and now they are working with Cortex Cloud. Everything that was negative has now been addressed, and the product altogether looks to be in a very better and mature shape now. Currently, it's more or less detecting the workloads with AI-based best practices. Since most organizations are consuming AI agents and other things, we are looking forward to seeing what other feature enhancements Palo Alto can support in that.

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Crewmem67

IT Consultant at College Notre Dame de Nazareth

Has a free version, is secure and reliable

I'm a consultant. I recommend free Avast, then ESET. If they want to be more secure, you can go to ESET, the bigger license. If you want to have a cheap license, Avast is good. I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. I do prefer ESET, however. Yet I would recommend either product as they are both pretty good.

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Shawn S

IT Security Analyst at a healthcare company with 11-50 employees

Easy to upgrade and manage but needs better reporting

There just was a lot about it that I didn't like. For blocking certain items, such as USBs, we felt like it was slowing down the network too much. Therefore we utilized a GPO for blocking things like that instead. Our environment was big and I didn't feel like the console did a good enough job. We outgrew the product. I've been asking for a change for a couple of years now, and it finally got approved. In terms of the console, I had over 2000 endpoints in there and there wasn't even a search feature for me to look through them. If I had to find where a policy was I had to sort in alphabetical order to find an endpoint that I wanted. They need to offer a search function within the console - maybe something that shows a "last connected" notice. That way, it's easier to manage obsolete machines that you don't need anymore. They had a very vague setting, like after so many days, when do you want us to remove these, you'd see them. I just wish the console was a little more responsive when I would do commands. The reports could have been better. The product would show a lot of endpoints as not communicating. That was another pain point. We constantly had to run an SQL query to clean up the database as I would know immediately when I was in the console, that it just wasn't being responsive. I could tell I was being given bad data and that we had to clean up the database. As soon as I would clean up that database, it was like a purging of the SQL database and it would become a lot more responsive. The problem was that our environment was too big. We're going through a growth spurt right now. In the end, the solution is small and much better suited for a small business. We would get a lot of false positives and instead of them fixing the false positive, they would just want us to put in an exception, which I didn't care for. The product is based on an older model of signature files. It doesn't use any artificial intelligence or anything. It was slow to refresh the policies and computer scans. The larger we got, the more it became an issue. If a company stayed small, I'm not sure if they would have noticed.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The tool is easy to use."

"The product has an intuitive dashboard."

"We can use Cortex XDR to get the entire graph of the incidents from source to destination, and we can take remedial action."

"The interface is easy to use and it is more up to date than our previous solution."

"Their XDR agent and their behavioral indicators of compromise (BIOC) are pretty nice. Their managed threat hunting is also pretty nice. They also have WildFire, which is a service for actively looking for malware. It's quite useful."

"Palo Alto is constantly adding new features."

"It has pretty much everything we need and works well within the Palo Alto ecosystem."

"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks saves time in various ways, although the user interface is fairly standard."

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"It has increased productivity. IT threats are kept at a minimum because of this product."

"The solution is quite stable and straightforward."

"The protection is very good."

"The installation was simple, and it did not take very long."

"The performance is good compared to other products that slow down the laptop, post-installation."

"It warns you if there is a threat and it's perfect because it runs in the background and doesn't interfere with anything."

"Our time to response to malware is now at the lowest percentage possible."

"Our favorite feature is the PC Patch Management."

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"It has improved the way our organization functions, made things run faster in our company, and has done a fantastic job of keeping our networks free of virus."

"It has low overhead as far as machine resources are concerned. Everything runs faster with VIPRE installed versus some of the competitors. It has also been pretty easy to use. It just runs and gives us reports. It also sends us alerts when there is something that we need to look at. It does its job, and you just look at the reports. In other ways, you just forget that it is there."

"In general, it was pretty easy to manage."

"Technical support was always very helpful and responsive."

Cons

"For Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks, if I had to point out improvements, I would say the UI is still somewhat difficult for beginners."

"The encryption is not up to the mark."

"There's an overall lack of features."

"The complexity and confusion regarding product variants, such as XDR, Forexiant, and Forexon, must be addressed."

"They've been having some issues with updating their endpoint agents, and it has been quite frustrating."

"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is a very good product, but financially, it is very expensive, so the company should look into that area."

"If Palo Alto reduces the pricing slightly for their products, it would make them more scalable in markets such as India and globally for cybersecurity."

"It should support more mobile operating systems. That is one of the cons of their infrastructure right now."

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"The accuracy of the scanner could be improved. Sometimes, it can turn a good file into a suspicious file."

"The solution could improve by providing more security."

"Avast Business Endpoint Protection would be improved with more frequent updates."

"It should have proper and timely updates to deal with new viruses as they come onto the market."

"Where I have faced a challenge is on the reporting. I would like to see something that provides information regarding the next month or quarter, in terms of reporting."

"The solution needs to be more secure and work to protect us better from people trying to mess with our systems."

"It could have a 10,000-feet overview of the whole infrastructure because the software is easily installable on the whole infrastructure and not just the infrastructure, but also the workstation themselves. I would love to have a 360 view of the whole network and basically see from where a test is coming, and if there is an instance in the cloud that is actually misbehaving or if there is a workstation that is infected and stuff like that. It can also have some kind of AI to detect all those things and then cut off the connection from that machine. In Cortex, you can link the logs, reports, and all that stuff. You can also see the full picture of when it happened, and you can trace it back all the way to a file or something else. I would like to see similar functionality in Avast Business Endpoint Protection."

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"Their management interface is a little buggy as it will hang up and crash from time to time."

"Their management interface is a little buggy. It requires a few system resources on the management interface. Its reporting can also be better. Overall, the reports are pretty good. They patch some third-party software, but if they can expand what they do for reporting and patch enterprise software, it would be handy."

"We would get a lot of false positives and instead of them fixing the false positive, they would just want us to put in an exception, which I didn't care for."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Licensing for Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR can be costly, especially when it comes to a hundred users. A license is required for each user, and the subscription must be renewed on a yearly basis."

"Cortex XDR's pricing is ok."

"The solution is expensive. It's pricing is on a yearly-basis."

"The pricing is okay, although direct support can be expensive."

"The price of the solution could be reduced. I have customers that have voiced that the solution is good for the value but if I want to sell more of the solution the price reduction would help."

"The tool's price is moderate."

"We pay about $50,000 USD per year for a bundle that includes Cortex XDR."

"Its pricing is kind of in line with its competitors and everybody else out there."

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"If you become a partner, you will receive the wholesale price."

"I am using the free version of Avast."

"It is $75 per license for a year. There are no additional costs."

"There are no costs other than licensing."

"We are on a monthly subscription for Avast Business Endpoint Protection."

"I am using the free version."

"Its price point has been phenomenal. Our previous solution from Trend Micro was triple the cost of it."

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Top Industries

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Construction Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

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Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Construction Company

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

12%

Computer Software Company

11%

University

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Small Business

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Small Business	44
Midsize Enterprise	20
Large Enterprise	47

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Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	1

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Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps

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VIPRE Cloud, VIPRE Endpoint Security Cloud Edition, VIPRE Endpoint Security Server Edition

Overview

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks provides advanced threat detection with AI-driven endpoint protection and seamless integration, ensuring multi-layered security and automatic threat response.

Cortex XDR is designed to safeguard endpoints against malware and suspicious activities. It offers advanced threat detection and response capabilities using behavioral analysis, AI, and machine learning. It seamlessly integrates with security infrastructures, providing endpoint security, firewall integration, and enhanced visibility in both cloud-based and on-premises environments.

What are the key features of Cortex XDR?

Advanced Threat Detection: Uses AI and machine learning for proactive threat identification.
Multi-layered Security: Combines various security measures for comprehensive protection.
Endpoint Protection: Safeguards against malware and exploits.
Behavioral Analysis: Monitors suspicious activity for early detection.
Automatic Threat Response: Automates responses to neutralize threats.

What benefits should users expect?

Ease of Use: Simplifies security management with intuitive design.
Resource Efficiency: Minimizes impact on system resources.
Integration Capabilities: Works well with existing security setups.
Reduced Analyst Workload: Automates processes to decrease manual intervention.

Organizations in diverse sectors deploy Cortex XDR to protect against malware, leveraging its advanced threat detection capabilities. Its integration with existing security infrastructures appeals to those seeking comprehensive protection in both cloud and on-premises environments, providing enhanced visibility and threat intelligence.

Palo Alto Networks

Built on the largest, most globally dispersed threat detection network in the world, Avast Business Endpoint Protection Solutions deliver superior, enterprise-grade protection that keeps small and medium businesses safe from today’s threats - and tomorrow’s.

Avast Software

VIPRE Endpoint Security provides fast, powerful and easy-to-manage endpoint protection for businesses of all sizes, with a small footprint that won't slow you down.

VIPRE Security

Sample Customers

CBI Health Group, University Honda, VakifBank

Benassi & Benassi, P. C.

College Station ISD, Mid-West Companies, Guardian Network Solutions

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