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BigFix vs Comodo Advanced Endpoint Protection comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 9, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
4.5
Cortex XDR reduces malware incidents, lowers costs, enhances compliance, and improves operations, offering significant financial and operational benefits.
Sentiment score
4.1
BigFix quickly delivers ROI in security compliance, streamlines patch management, reduces errors, and cuts costs with efficiency.
Sentiment score
7.2
Comodo Advanced Endpoint Protection offers high ROI by saving time and costs, enhancing compliance, and preventing ransomware disruptions.
They appreciate the rich telemetry data from the solution, as it provides in-depth threat identification.
Cyber Security Manager at Welab bank
Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks helps to reduce my total cost of ownership significantly.
Detection and Response Consultant at Inovasys
In Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks, most of the remediation is automated and the accuracy is quite good.
Network Security Engineer at Cyberwell Solution
Without this type of solution, work becomes hampered and files become inaccessible.
Director at IP Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.9
Cortex XDR support is generally praised for its speed and knowledge, despite regional and support tool limitations.
Sentiment score
7.5
BigFix support is knowledgeable but varies; improved under HCL with valued community resources and direct engineer access.
Sentiment score
4.1
Comodo Advanced Endpoint Protection's customer service is praised for fast, effective support, albeit with occasional delays.
The technical support from Palo Alto deserves a mark of ten because they reach out within an hour whenever assistance is needed.
Head of data centers at a non-profit with 10,001+ employees
There is no back and forth, and they know what we are asking for and come up with the best resolution for a solution.
Senior Process Expert at A.P. Moller - Maersk
If any of these services are missed, it becomes a problem in terms of support tickets, follow-up, or special configuration that needs to be done in the system.
Chief of IT Architecture at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
On a scale from one to ten, with ten being the highest quality, enterprise support provides timely responses, typically within four to eight hours.
Technical Director at SYSTEX
Technical support from HCL is satisfactory unless there are customization requirements.
Founder Director at Techsa Services
Whenever we need any kind of support, the BigFix team is present and available.
Solution Sales Specialist at TD SYNNEX
Customer support is generally satisfactory but could be improved, especially in terms of response time.
Director at IP Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
Cortex XDR offers seamless scalability for enterprises, supporting thousands of endpoints and flexible deployment across various roles.
Sentiment score
5.5
BigFix efficiently manages large-scale endpoints with minimal issues, praised for scalability, flexibility, and ease of setup.
Sentiment score
8.2
Comodo Advanced Endpoint Protection efficiently scales from small to large enterprises, though larger entities may face some implementation challenges.
You can onboard 10,000 endpoints in just hours, which demonstrates the excellent scalability of this product.
Assistant Security Architect at Cloudnomics
Activating the newly purchased licenses is instantaneous, allowing installations without adjustments since it's cloud-based.
Junior Security Analyst at ITSEC Asia
Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks can be expanded anytime by purchasing another license without any issues related to scalability.
Head of data centers at a non-profit with 10,001+ employees
It supports approximately two to three hundred thousand endpoints, demonstrating significant scalability capabilities.
Administrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
BigFix requires some minimum configuration requirements.
RPA Developer at Hexaware Technologies Limited
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.0
Cortex XDR is praised for its stability and reliability, with regular upgrades and minor, infrequent technical issues.
Sentiment score
6.9
BigFix is highly reliable and stable, effectively handling tasks with minimal issues, praised for its robustness in endpoint management.
Sentiment score
6.8
Comodo Advanced Endpoint Protection is praised for stability, with 95-97% reliability, though older devices may perform slower.
Cortex remains fast and responsive, even with increasing data and alerts.
Final Year Student at Gitam University
The thresholds we've seen on our firewall boxes at some instances reached 80% to 85%, but even at that level of utilization, we don't observe any latency or any issues reported with respect to accessing the application.
Senior Process Expert at A.P. Moller - Maersk
Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks can be trusted completely.
Soc Analyst at Softcell Technologies Limited
When deploying on old PCs, servers, or laptops, optimal performance cannot be expected.
Director at IP Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
The stability of Comodo Advanced Endpoint Protection is rated at ninety-five to ninety-seven percent.
Director at IP Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
 

Room For Improvement

Cortex XDR should improve UI, automation, integration, licensing, pricing, endpoint management, and add IoT and on-premises features.
BigFix requires improvements in speed, ease of use, automation, integration, pricing, and network efficiency for optimal user satisfaction.
Comodo Advanced Endpoint Protection requires enhanced communication, better support, lower costs, and improvements in infrastructure, documentation, and market presence.
Improving reporting and dashboard customization, along with the addition of real-time and exportable reports, would help SOC teams greatly.
Final Year Student at Gitam University
The inclusion of this feature would allow the application of DLP policies alongside antivirus policies via a single agent and console, making it more competitive as other OEMs often offer DLP solutions as part of their antivirus products.
Pre Sales Architect at network techlab
If the per GB data could be provided at a certain level free of cost or at the same cost which the customer is taking for the entire bundle, that would be better.
Cyber Security Information Security Specialist at MHM Holding GmbH
Building a management console is quick and simple, taking only one to two hours for setup.
Technical Director at SYSTEX
The problem was related to the hardware configuration and hardware specifications.
RPA Developer at Hexaware Technologies Limited
In addition to reporting improvements, there should be a feature for application control to allow or disallow certain applications from being executed on endpoints.
Founder Director at Techsa Services
Comodo Advanced Endpoint Protection could improve by extending its auto containment feature to Mac and Linux systems since it currently only supports Windows.
Director at IP Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
The main areas for improvement are support responsiveness and the additional enhancement with the DLP integration.
Director at IP Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
 

Setup Cost

Cortex XDR is considered costly but valuable for enterprises, with discounts for long-term contracts, though regional pricing varies.
BigFix costs $30-$80 per endpoint annually, with prices varying by modules and additional database licenses.
Comodo Advanced Endpoint Protection offers cost-effective, flexible licensing, appealing to enterprises with competitive pricing and partner discounts.
The pricing on SentinelOne is far more reasonable and cheaper than Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks.
Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I would say it is definitely not a cheap product, considering how mature it is and how scalable all Palo Alto products are together.
Senior Process Expert at A.P. Moller - Maersk
Compared to CrowdStrike, which is very costly, and SentinelOne, which is also very costly, Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is a medium cost-efficient solution.
Soc Analyst at Softcell Technologies Limited
The pricing is pretty good and now follows a subscription model similar to SolarWinds, making it easier for customers to subscribe and unsubscribe.
Founder Director at Techsa Services
I rate the price for BigFix as medium, neither low nor high.
Administrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Pricing is competitive and considered average compared to other solutions.
Director at IP Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
 

Valuable Features

Cortex XDR offers advanced threat detection, AI analytics, seamless integration, and real-time blocking, enhancing security and reducing costs.
BigFix offers robust patch management, compliance, and integration with scanners, excelling in scalability, customizability, and multi-platform support.
Comodo Advanced Endpoint Protection excels in ransomware protection, AI threat detection, ease of use, and extensive integrations.
It incorporates AI for normal behavior detection, distinguishing unusual operations.
Cyber Security Manager at Welab bank
The product provides automation responses in case of a threat attack, severity assessments, centralized manageability, and comprehensive compliance features, resulting in reduced costs.
Pre Sales Architect at network techlab
It includes machine learning to easily analyze data and detect complex threats across endpoints, networks, or clouds.
Final Year Student at Gitam University
Patching is the most preferable feature that users choose BigFix for, making it a very important component.
Administrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The BigFix features that have proven most effective include inventory, software delivery, software distribution, software catalog, and both software and hardware management.
Technical Director at SYSTEX
I use this mainly to capture inventory for IBM products, and as BigFix was part of IBM, it gets easily integrated with IBM solutions.
RPA Developer at Hexaware Technologies Limited
It includes an auto containment feature, ensuring files and folders remain secure.
Director at IP Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
If anything happens or any suspicious activities are detected, an alert is generated, allowing for quick response.
Director at IP Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
 

Categories and Ranking

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Net...
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Ranking in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
118
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (5th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (3rd), Ransomware Protection (2nd), AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms (1st)
BigFix
Ranking in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
22nd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
100
Ranking in other categories
Configuration Management (8th), Patch Management (8th), Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) (11th), Autonomous Endpoint Management (6th)
Comodo Advanced Endpoint Pr...
Ranking in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
45th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
17
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category, the mindshare of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is 3.8%, up from 3.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of BigFix is 1.9%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Comodo Advanced Endpoint Protection is 0.9%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks3.8%
BigFix1.9%
Comodo Advanced Endpoint Protection0.9%
Other93.4%
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
 

Featured Reviews

ABHISHEK_SINGH - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
InderjeetSingh4 - PeerSpot reviewer
Administrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
End-to-end automation has simplified patching and software deployment across thousands of servers
There is one feature in BigFix called the automation patch policy that requires enhancement. When an action is initiated through the patch policy, it appears on the console but arrives in chunks. When targeting hundreds of servers from the patch policy, the actions come in chunks such as ten out of six, ten out of nine, or ten out of fifteen. This fragmented approach creates a significant challenge for the patching team to monitor the action status. I would recommend that the development team provide a single action or one to two actions instead of multiple actions requiring individual monitoring. A broad status update could be provided to the client indicating the overall progress of the patch policy implementation rather than requiring monitoring of every individual action. This would reduce the bandwidth required by the team to track multiple actions on the console.
IK
Director at IP Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
Ransomware protection has made data security reliable and efficient
There are not many disadvantages, but they need to do some work on DLP integration. Support could be improved. Sometimes it is difficult to find exact solutions, and people occasionally get stuck, resulting in delayed responses. The main areas for improvement are support responsiveness and the additional enhancement with the DLP integration.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Construction Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Construction Company
6%
Construction Company
13%
Outsourcing Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business47
Midsize Enterprise21
Large Enterprise55
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business30
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise68
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise1
 

Questions from the Community

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How is Cortex XDR compared with Microsoft Defender?
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BigFix?
I rate the price for BigFix as medium, neither low nor high.
What needs improvement with BigFix?
There is one feature in BigFix called the automation patch policy that requires enhancement. When an action is initia...
What is your primary use case for BigFix?
My current use case involves being one of the products and one of the clients implementing this tool.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Comodo Advanced Endpoint Protection?
Pricing is competitive and considered average compared to other solutions.
What needs improvement with Comodo Advanced Endpoint Protection?
There are not many disadvantages, but they need to do some work on DLP integration. Support could be improved. Someti...
What is your primary use case for Comodo Advanced Endpoint Protection?
The use case for the Comodo Advanced Endpoint Protection solution is very simple. Everyone is looking for a ransomwar...
 

Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps
Tivoli Endpoint Manager
Comodo AEP
 

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Sample Customers

CBI Health Group, University Honda, VakifBank
US Foods, Penn State, St Vincent's Health US Foods, Sabadell Bank, SunTrust, Australia Sydney, Stemac, Capgemini, WNS Global Services, Jebsen & Jessen, CenterBeam, Strauss, Christian Hospital Centre, Brit Insurance, Career Education Corporation
Christian Motorcyclists Association, City of Thousand Oaks, City of Danville, HRI Properties
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