CrowdStrike Falcon vs Dell Data Protection - Endpoint Security Suite [EOL] comparison

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CrowdStrike and Dell Technologies are both solutions in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category. Additionally, 98% of CrowdStrike users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 85% of Dell Technologies users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 13, 2026

Dell Data Protection - Endpoint Security Suite [EOL] and CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR are solutions competing in the endpoint security category. CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR seems to have the upper hand with advanced threat intelligence features, making it a preferred choice based on functionality.

Features: Dell Data Protection - Endpoint Security Suite [EOL] offers robust encryption, extensive data loss prevention, and effective security management that enhance data security and compliance. CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR delivers comprehensive threat detection, advanced threat response capabilities, and seamless cloud integration, offering a proactive approach to security.

Room for Improvement: Dell's solution can enhance its cloud functionality, real-time threat analysis, and integration with advanced AI features. CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR may improve by providing more flexible pricing models, expanding its suite of native tools, and streamlining its user interface for broader accessibility.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Dell's suite enables traditional on-premises deployment with substantial customer support during setup. In contrast, CrowdStrike's cloud-native architecture simplifies deployment, requiring less infrastructure while offering a swift installation process backed by reliable cloud-based services. Although Dell provides attentive support, CrowdStrike's streamlined platform reduces complexity and vastly improves the user experience.

Pricing and ROI: Dell Data Protection - Endpoint Security Suite [EOL] offers lower initial pricing and delivers steady ROI with effective cost management. CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR presents a higher initial cost but justifies the investment through improved operational efficiency and enhanced threat protection, which contributes to long-term ROI advantages.

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Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Net...

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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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Jacob White

Senior Security Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Centralized endpoint protection has strengthened compliance and accelerated incident response

There are a number of areas that I only touch a handful of times, but when I get in there, I realize why I don't do that. The main area would be within the support area. The support bot is not really as smart as you would expect it, especially in this day and age of LLM and other capabilities that I know CrowdStrike Falcon is already capable of doing. Additionally, I would appreciate a little bit more easy to read insights of some of the dashboards or maybe manipulation of the dashboards. It is still a little cumbersome to build custom dashboards and it's not as intuitive as you would think. Documentation is abysmal and needs to be improved dramatically. I know that there's a big effort to do this, however, even the new effort is honestly worse than it was before. Those are definitely major areas of improvement, just more in the usability of the features.

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Mohammad Shahabuddin Anwar

Health Care Integration Engineer at RamSoft

Confident backups have enabled reliable rollbacks and supported multi-cloud growth

Central management is one of the main use cases of Dell Data Protection - Endpoint Security Suite [EOL]. Comprehensive workload coverage in Dell Data Protection - Endpoint Security Suite [EOL] helps us back up our data. Dell Data Protection - Endpoint Security Suite [EOL] has positively impacted our organization because we were able to test and implement changes confidently, knowing that if something goes wrong, we can roll back the changes. This confidence in our recovery capabilities helped us grow and conduct more research and development. Dell Data Protection - Endpoint Security Suite [EOL] offers very fast recovery time capabilities.

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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

"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is specifically designed to prevent zero-day attacks and is part of an ecosystem of Palo Alto, providing customers with a long-term vision to modify and redesign how security is applied in their company."

"Palo Alto is one of the tech vendors that always provides top-of-the-line products."

"It'll not slow down your system when compared to others."

"Cortex XDR is stable, offering high quality and reliable performance."

"Implementing Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks has had a significant impact on my security analyst workload because it becomes much easier."

"The protection offered by this product is good, as is the endpoint reporting."

"It is easy to use."

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

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"Overall, what I found most valuable in CrowdStrike Falcon is its good mechanism. It also has a good reporting feature. CrowdStrike Falcon is an invaluable tool because, through it, you can take quick action, for example, when an OS is missing specific patches."

"CrowdStrike Falcon has been very low maintenance."

"It does everything that it claims, making our life significantly easier."

"CrowdStrike Falcon has had a positive impact on my company by allowing us to raise our IT security infrastructure to the next level and improve our protection by 100%."

"I have found the connection to search the hosts for detections very useful in CrowdStrike Falcon."

"CrowdStrike Falcon's most valuable feature is the fact that it's not getting in the way of our workforce and their workflow."

"CrowdStrike Falcon's scalability is good. We have thousands of students using this solution."

"Using CrowdStrike Falcon has changed the way my security team detects, investigates, and responds to threats because it is much easier to use than any tool I have used before."

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"Dell Data Protection has a decent service and integrates well with users' active directories."

"It is a stable solution. Our company faces no problems with the backup system…The initial setup wasn't complex."

"The security engine is effective at catching potential threats."

"It is a stable solution."

"There's a really they have a really nice way to test it first. Before you adopt it. And so I would suggest trying to they they create a test site for you, and they give you a link to it, and you can basically try out all the features on your own for I think we did it for a month."

"Technical support is excellent."

"Dell Data Protection - Endpoint Security Suite [EOL] has positively impacted our organization because we were able to test and implement changes confidently, knowing that if something goes wrong, we can roll back the changes."

"The most valuable features of the solution are its speed, backup speed, and restore speed."

Cons

"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is not only pricey; it is extremely expensive."

"There's an overall lack of features."

"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks could improve by adding a sandbox feature to better compete with their competitors which have it."

"The solution can never really be an on-premises solution based simply on the way it is set up. It needs metadata to run and improve. Having an on-premises solution would cut it off from making improvements."

"There are some false positives."

"The tool needs to be improved in terms of integration and interface."

"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks can improve mobile integration to allow access to the console."

"Technology evolves every day, so it would be nice if it gets more secure. It can also have more integration with other platforms."

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"I'm concerned about the recent issue that involved a faulty update."

"CrowdStrike Falcon can probably be improved by simplifying and unifying products and modules, since there are many options on the console, and sometimes it is hard to navigate."

"The technical support could improve because I am in India and the support I receive is from the UK or Australia. It is difficult to manage the time difference. The service could be faster. However, when we do have the support they are knowledgeable."

"The console of CrowdStrike Falcon is a little bit too overwhelming for beginners, so if it could be a little bit more intuitive, that would be a great improvement."

"The new interface, the UI, seems a bit messy."

"The detection time has room for improvement."

"The performance could be better. It's a bit slow."

"On the firewall management side, there should be more granularity. There should also be more granularity for device control. Everything else is brilliant."

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"The restore feed needs improvement."

"Whenever we talk about reporting, I have a chance to look at the reporting, and in my opinion, it's not user-friendly."

"The solution’s user interface should be made more user-friendly."

"Implementation in a beta environment is necessary before rollout to the larger community."

"Deployment complexity is higher in Dell Data Protection - Endpoint Security Suite [EOL], and the user interface could be improved significantly."

"The solution could be more user-friendly."

"The backup speed and deduplication are the most valuable features."

"I consider the product pretty expensive, so from an improvement perspective, I would like the pricing to be better."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It has a yearly renewal."

"If one wishes to work with another team or large number of users at a future point, he must purchase a license for them."

"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is an expensive solution."

"The price of the product is not very economical."

"It is cost-effective compared to similar solutions. It fits for the small businesses through to the big businesses."

"The pricing is a little high. It is per user per year."

"I am using the Community edition."

"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."

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"I am not aware of the price, but I believe that it is among the most expensive XDRs out there. Of course, this is dependent on the features you choose. Depending on the features, the price might increase."

"The pricing and licensing are fairly good. It is definitely not a cheap product, but I have felt that it is worth the money that we spent. So, we have discussed it in the past, and were like, "Yes, it is probably pricier than some other solutions, but we also feel they really are the leader. We are very comfortable with their level of expertise. So, it's kind of worth the price that we pay.""

"I would like them to further reduce the price, because it is quite pricey at the moment."

"As I'm part of the technical team, not the budgeting team, I don't have information on CrowdStrike Falcon pricing."

"Crowdstrike Falcon is relatively cheap."

"Our licensing fees were between $50,000 and $60,000 per year, which was pretty expensive for a small business."

"When comparing to Microsoft, CrowdStrike Falcon is more expensive."

"The price is fixed with no room for negotiation."

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"It is an expensive solution."

"It is more expensive than one of its competitors."

"You'll need to pay more than the product's original price for the support."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Comms Service Provider

14%

Outsourcing Company

12%

Construction Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Outsourcing Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Small Business	50
Midsize Enterprise	21
Large Enterprise	57

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Small Business	62
Midsize Enterprise	54
Large Enterprise	103

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Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	2

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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

DDP, ESS

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

CrowdStrike Falcon delivers AI-powered endpoint protection, detection, and response to help organizations stop malware, ransomware, fileless attacks, and sophisticated adversaries. Built on the cloud-native Falcon platform and a single lightweight sensor, it combines prevention, EDR, threat intelligence, and automated response to protect endpoints while simplifying security operations.

What features make CrowdStrike Falcon stand out?

AI-Powered Prevention: Uses next-generation antivirus, machine learning, behavioral analysis, and exploit blocking to protect against known and unknown threats.
Endpoint Detection and Response: Provides continuous endpoint visibility and contextual detection to accelerate threat investigation and response.
Adversary Intelligence: Enriches endpoint telemetry and detections with CrowdStrike threat intelligence to help teams understand and prioritize threats.
Automated Response: Enables endpoint isolation, remediation, and automated workflows to contain and eliminate threats quickly.

What benefits can users expect?

Stronger Endpoint Protection: Helps stop malware, ransomware, and sophisticated attacks before they lead to breaches.
Faster Investigation and Response: Combines detection, context, and automation to help security teams respond more efficiently.
Reduced Complexity: Consolidates endpoint security capabilities through a unified platform, console, and lightweight sensor.
Scalable Security: Cloud-native architecture helps organizations deploy and manage protection across endpoint environments without legacy on-premises infrastructure.

Across industries, CrowdStrike Falcon helps organizations modernize endpoint security, improve security team efficiency, and stop sophisticated threats with AI-powered protection and adversary intelligence.

CrowdStrike

Dell endpoint systems management (ESM) products provide a comprehensive and easy-to-use family of solutions that fulfills your systems management needs, regardless of your organization's size. Dell ESM solutions manage, maintain and secure your entire IT infrastructure - servers, Windows PCs, Macs, Chromebooks, mobile devices and connected noncomputing devices, such as printers, IP telephony and routers, in preparation for the Internet of Things. With a flexible suite of products and services, Dell ESM prepares companies to meet emerging systems management requirements, Preconfigured appliances, robust features, simple integrations with other software, fast deployment and rapid time to value.

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Sample Customers

CBI Health Group, University Honda, VakifBank

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MEIZU, TBG West, Ackerman Charter School District, Church of the Highlands

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