We performed a comparison between CrowdStrike Falcon and ESET Endpoint Security based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: CrowdStrike Falcon wins out in this comparison. It is a complete EDR tool with robust reporting, hunting, and antivirus capabilities. The real-time capabilities of protecting and connecting to endpoints make it a leader in the endpoint security marketplace.
"Fortinet FortiEDR made our clients feel secure and more at ease, knowing that they had an EDR solution that would close the gap in their security posture."
"Additionally, when it comes to EDR, there are more tools available to assist with client work."
"It is very easy to set up. I would rate my experience with the initial setup a ten out of ten, with ten being very easy to set up."
"I like FortiClient EMS. FortiEDR has a lot of great features like lockdown mode, remote wipes, and encryption. I can set malware outbreak policies and controls for detecting abnormalities. You can also simulate phishing attacks."
"NGAV and EDR features are outstanding."
"It is stable and scalable."
"The console is easy to read. I also like the scanning part and the ability to move assets from one to the other."
"This is stable and scalable."
"I like the dashboard nature of it. Everything is clickable, linkable, and information is easy to obtain and find. How it presents that information is probably the biggest win as far as the information correlation aspect. The presentation of it is very good."
"Regarding features, I appreciate its integration capabilities with identity providers...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Because it is security product and acts like an AIML smart product, not merely based on daily/weekly updates and signatures."
"The feature that I find to be the most valuable, is being able to look at the system analysis and being able to baseline what is installed on the system."
"The CrowdStrike Falcon dashboard is good, and we haven't had any problems with it."
"We haven't had any infections or down time."
"The CS falcon agent is a lightweight agent compared with other agents of EDR products."
"It's very easy to set up."
"Advanced level endpoint firewall, which helps to block unwanted and malicious traffic."
"In terms of the current global landscape, it is a great solution."
"The solution has very useful MDM features."
"The overall security capability of the product is pretty reliable."
"The features seem to be alright."
"We use ESET, which is pretty much perfect for us. It is also absolutely simple and automatic once setup."
"It has been working fine. It lets you know when it finds things. We didn't have any incident where the place had to shut down or was taken over by anything. We haven't had any issues that we know of."
"The administration is its most valuable feature as I can see all versions in one place."
"We'd like to see more one-to-one product presentations for the distribution channels."
"Making the portal mobile friendly would be helpful when I am out of office."
"Once, we had an event that was locked and blocked, but information about it came to us two or three days later."
"I would like the solution to extend beyond endpoint protection and include other attack surfaces such as other network components."
"The solution is not stable."
"FortiEDR could add a separate scanning dashboard. In incident management, we prefer to remove the endpoint system from the environment and scan the system. We typically use Symantec for that, but if we want to use FortiEDR for that, then we need a scanning tab to clarify things."
"The SIEM could be improved."
"FortiEDR can be improved by providing more detailed reporting."
"An improvement would be to extend support to legacy and unsupported servers."
"This solution is relatively expensive."
"CrowdStrike Falcon needs to improve their host management system."
"The management of the solution could improve."
"CrowdStrike Suites and the way that it bundles things can be a bit challenging. It should be easier to integrate with the other stuff that they sell or be included with what they sell. We have one piece, then they are talking about another piece on vulnerability management all of the sudden, and we don't own that piece. We can see it in the console, but nothing shows up. It simply appears within the tool as an option, but we can't use it without purchasing it."
"The dashboard area must be improved. We have integration with Splunk, and we are creating a dashboard there. Their dashboard area must be up to date. It should have more details and more options to create the reports and things like that."
"We can't do scanning audits or device blocking or application control."
"The management reporting functionality needs to be improved."
"The new versions only support no operative systems in Mac and do not support operative systems."
"They could improve the solution by adding better ransomware features."
"They should focus more on the offline market as well. Everybody is connected nowadays, and they want to do everything via cloud or fast internet connections, however, that's still not possible in many situations."
"It would be useful if they could automate the deployment more."
"The product could have better integration with third-party products that would help extend functionality."
"The scalability could be better."
"It seems to have some issues with updates. When you do updates, it sometimes requests for a reboot, and even when you do the reboot, it still says that you need to reboot. Currently, on my computer, it says that a new ESET Endpoint Antivirus has been installed, and I need to restart the computer for the changes to take effect, but I've already done that, and the same message is still there, which is a little annoying. It should have a feature similar to the Intercept X feature in Sophos."
"It's not scalable in that you cannot use a license for multiple devices."
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CrowdStrike Falcon is ranked 3rd in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 105 reviews while ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is ranked 9th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 96 reviews. CrowdStrike Falcon is rated 8.8, while ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of CrowdStrike Falcon writes "Easy to set up with good behavior-based analysis but needs a single-click recovery option". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ESET Endpoint Protection Platform writes "Easy to set up with good security and rapidly improving capabilities". CrowdStrike Falcon is most compared with Microsoft Defender XDR, Darktrace, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Trend Micro Deep Security and VMware Carbon Black Endpoint, whereas ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, SentinelOne Singularity Complete, Check Point Harmony Endpoint and Fortinet FortiClient. See our CrowdStrike Falcon vs. ESET Endpoint Protection Platform report.
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