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CrowdStrike Falcon vs Deepwatch comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 11, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Net...
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Ranking in AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
109
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (5th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (7th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (6th), Ransomware Protection (2nd)
CrowdStrike Falcon
Ranking in AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
138
Ranking in other categories
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (6th), Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (1st), Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP) (1st), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (1st), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (1st), Attack Surface Management (ASM) (1st), Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) (1st)
Deepwatch
Ranking in AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms
19th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.2
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Managed Detection and Response (MDR) (45th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms category, the mindshare of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is 9.9%, down from 10.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of CrowdStrike Falcon is 17.1%, down from 23.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Deepwatch is 0.4%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
CrowdStrike Falcon17.1%
Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks9.9%
Deepwatch0.4%
Other72.6%
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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.
Waleed Omar - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Specialist at Arab Open University
Provides effective real-time threat detection with potential for cost optimization
Some features such as device control, firewall management, and file analysis are standalone products that we need to purchase separately. If these features came out of the box within the product, it would be much more beneficial for us. Other providers such as SentinelOne include these features in their base product. We attended a CrowdStrike Falcon event where they discussed some shallow AI features, but we cannot see these in our panel yet. We work with different solutions such as Darktrace and SocRadar, where AI features are automatically displayed in our dashboards after release. However, for CrowdStrike Falcon, we cannot see these features.
Shivam Dhang - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Infrastructure & Cloud Manager at Softcell Technologies Limited
Continuous monitoring has improved threat detection and reduces incident response time
Deepwatch could improve with more granular customization of detection rules and alert tuning to better fit specific cloud workloads and use cases. Additionally, it can be improved by enhancing the dashboarding. It should also support deeper cloud-native integrations such as AWS, Azure, and GCP, which would further improve operational efficiency and control. Regarding the support, I would say that the support team should be more responsive because ideally, the response time of the support is quite long, which is sometimes frustrating. However, I do agree that for easy issues, they respond within the expected time, but for complex issues, they do take time to respond.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The integrations are out-of-the-box, as are the playbooks."
"The protection offered by this product is good, as is the endpoint reporting."
"Cortex XDR alerts us on the dashboard when there's a threat, which allows us to restrict that user and helps secure our infrastructure."
"I like that the product has behavior-based detection which offers many benefits over signature-based detection."
"The information the dashboard provides is very clear."
"One thing that I like about Cortex XDR is its ability to detect all the suspicious or malicious binaries, and it can integrate with Palo Alto Firewall."
"The tool is designed to scale for large enterprises and handle large volumes of data."
"It collects and caches and the knowledge of machine learning from different customers to take to the cloud. It makes it better to use for everybody. It allows for quick learning and updates and can, therefore, offer zero-day malware security. This sharing of metadata helps make the solution very safe."
"The detection and response have been excellent overall."
"So far, in the past three years, they've been absolutely great."
"CrowdStrike was more innovative and it seemed to be a better long-term product."
"It has good features for threat detection."
"The most valuable features of Crowdstrike Falcon XDR are Spotlight and Discovery, they are helpful. Additionally, the console is user-friendly, with fewer false positives than other solutions."
"The pay-as-you-go model enabled me to deploy quickly from the AWS Marketplace management account, scaled protection for workloads without upfront commitments, and reduced the initial operational overhead."
"The solution's reporting console is phenomenal, and I can get a lot of data out of it."
"The solution has improved my organization by automating the detection and reporting of unwanted applications so we're aware of them and can respond appropriately."
"With Deepwatch, I have seen a 40 to 50% reduction in MTTR due to faster detection and guided response playbooks, and false positives have also dropped significantly by 40 to 50% through better correlation and risk scoring, which significantly reduced SOC workload and improved analyst efficiency."
 

Cons

"Dashboards do not allow everyone to see what's happening."
"The solution could improve by providing better integration with their own products and others."
"They are charging for Network Traffic Analyzer (NTA) services, so 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."
"I would like to see them include NDR (Network Detection Response). Then it would work well with SIEM Response."
"Impact on system performance is horrible, adding a lot of delays for users."
"Managing the product should be easier."
"They have the worst support, as a company, that I have ever worked with, as they are difficult to get a hold of and keep on the phone. They don't know what they are talking about when you get them on the phone. They don't like to respond to messages when you send them to them. They like to "research problems" for weeks on end, then pass you off to somebody else."
"Cortex XDR is trickier to configure than other Palo Alto products. This is one area where we are not so satisfied."
"CrowdStrike needs to quit making up stuff about its features and functionality to bash its competition."
"Setting up and installing CrowdStrike Falcon is not easy, so an area for improvement is for that process to be simplified."
"CrowdStrike Falcon could improve the logs by making them free to the API."
"They need to strengthen the forensic capabilities of this product, for e-discovery."
"We can do a threat analysis of any machine at any time, but that threat analysis is very limited."
"CrowdStrike costs a little more than its competitors."
"It would be nice if they did have some sort of Active Directory tie-in, whether that be Azure or on-prem. Sometimes, it is difficult for us to determine if we are missing any endpoints or servers in CrowdStrike. We honestly don't have a great inventory, but it would be nice if CrowdStrike had a way to say this is everything in your environment, Active Directory-wise, and this is what doesn't have sensors. They try to do that now with a function that they have built-in, but I have been unsuccessful in having it help us identify what needs a sensor. So, better visibility of what doesn't have a sensor in our environment would be helpful."
"I would rate it an eight out of ten. It does what it needs to do but there's always room for improvement."
"Regarding the support, I would say that the support team should be more responsive because ideally, the response time of the support is quite long, which is sometimes frustrating."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution has one subscription for endpoint protection and one subscription for detection and response. The two licenses combined give you the BRO version."
"The price of the solution is high for the license and in general."
"It's the most expensive solution, but features-wise, it's quite strong. It's very good for protection, so the results are very good in the case of protection. I would rate it a two out of ten in terms of pricing."
"It has a yearly renewal."
"It is present, but when compared to other competitive products, I would say it is not less expensive; however, when all of the other added values are considered, the price is reasonable."
"The cost depends on your chosen license type, like Pro or other licenses."
"If one wishes to work with another team or large number of users at a future point, he must purchase a license for them."
"This is an expensive solution."
"The pricing is definitely high but you get what you pay for, and it's not so high that it prices itself out of the market."
"The pricing and licensing are reasonable. I don't think we are getting charged more than what it is worth. It is fair, but I do not like how it is a la carte. I realize they do that so other organizations can buy and get the agent, getting it cheaper than you could otherwise. However, if you want the main core package, which has all the main features with the exception of maybe the multi-cloud protections, that can get pricier for an organization. So, you have to pick and choose what you want. I do not care for a la carte pricing."
"Our licensing fees were between $50,000 and $60,000 per year, which was pretty expensive for a small business."
"The price of CrowdStrike Falcon could be better. It is very expensive, we pay approximately $900 per month for the licenses. There are not any additional fees."
"The pricing could be reduced. If it was more reasonable that would be great."
"The cost of CrowdStrike Falcon in Latin America seems high relative to the economic conditions in the region."
"The solution's pricing is great for us."
"The price of CrowdStrike Falcon is expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
6%
Construction Company
29%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Healthcare Company
8%
Media Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business44
Midsize Enterprise20
Large Enterprise48
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business50
Midsize Enterprise33
Large Enterprise62
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Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps
CrowdStrike Falcon XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Threat Intelligence, CrowdStrike Identity Protection, CrowdStrike Falcon Surface, CrowdStrike Falcon Platform
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Sample Customers

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