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CrowdStrike Falcon vs Fortinet FortiGuard comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 15, 2025

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

CrowdStrike Falcon
Ranking in Threat Intelligence Platforms
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
135
Ranking in other categories
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (6th), Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (2nd), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (1st), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (1st), Attack Surface Management (ASM) (1st), Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) (2nd), AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms (1st)
Fortinet FortiGuard
Ranking in Threat Intelligence Platforms
24th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Threat Intelligence Platforms category, the mindshare of CrowdStrike Falcon is 8.7%, down from 12.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Fortinet FortiGuard is 0.9%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Threat Intelligence Platforms Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
CrowdStrike Falcon8.7%
Fortinet FortiGuard0.9%
Other90.4%
Threat Intelligence Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

Waleed Omar - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
Wan Amaniina Wan Yahya - PeerSpot reviewer
Offer efficiency and makes users feel secure
If I speak about the threat intelligence from Fortinet FortiGuard and its impact on your security responses, I would say that everything in the tool is based on the latest signatures, and the support team is also efficient. Most of the rules run properly with the tool. It is easy to use the tools and integration features and to implement them. The interface is quite user-friendly and easy to manage, and it is also easy to segment the rules and the actions that need to be taken. In the area of segmentation and security against vulnerabilities, based on the application, the IP address, and the source or destination is something that is enough for us. I can maintain and provide support for the product in our company. Only some specific updates need to be made to the product. We can manage the tool, and right now, it is working okay for us. I can't remember if the product provides any AI features to users. Some AI features are offered by the tool for the rules or anything that is based on the device itself. I rate the tool an eight out of ten.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The platform is very scalable."
"The most valuable feature of CrowdStrike Falcon is its accuracy."
"Among CrowdStrike Falcon's most valuable capabilities are its UEBA and SOAR functionalities, along with its seamless integration with any other SIEM solution."
"The solution is silent and sits on your system as one single agent."
"The machine learning behavior for anomaly detection is a valuable feature. It helps identify any suspicious or unusual activities within the system."
"The DLP is the most valuable feature of CrowdStrike Falcon."
"The most valuable feature is the indicator of compromise, which show you what file was either quarantined or removed."
"Everything we've done with CrowdStrike is due to Arctic Wolf. We don't even need to get alerts from CrowdStrike anymore. It'll send those to Arctic Wolf, and then Arctic Wolf analyzes those and let us know if there's a major issue."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its ease of use and efficiency."
 

Cons

"Some of Falcon's features are a bit pricey."
"CrowdStrike costs a little more than its competitors."
"The malware analysis could be improved, as that's what we use the solution for the most and that change would make it a better EDR tool."
"Support, particularly related to after-sales and after deployment, could be improved a bit. If you need to connect to support, it takes at least a day to reach the support team and get a proper reply."
"Falcon could include more integrative features."
"It is cloud-based, and this does make some weary of the data being held on the cloud. Privacy requirements must be taken into account."
"An improvement would be to extend support to legacy and unsupported servers."
"I have experience with a product called SentinelOne, which has a feature that allows for the customization of query languages. I would like to see such a feature for CloudStrike."
"If the tool can be cheaper or less expensive, it can be good for users."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Different components are additional price points. We got the components that were right for us, but other organizations may require more (or less) components to suit their needs."
"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."
"When it comes to licensing, customers can choose a bundle or select licences based on the specific features they would like access to. This solution comes with premium pricing. It is approximately 20 to 30% more expensive than competing solutions."
"All I can say about the licensing cost is that it's negotiable."
"I do not have experience with the cost or licensing of the product."
"The solution isn't very costly; it's affordable."
"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."
"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."
"If one is very cheap and ten is very expensive, I rate the tool's price as a six to seven."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
6%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business46
Midsize Enterprise34
Large Enterprise61
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Questions from the Community

Comparing CrowdStrike Falcon to Cortex XDR (Palo Alto)
Cortex XDR by Palo Alto vs. CrowdStrike Falcon Both Cortex XDR and Crowd Strike Falcon offer cloud-based solutions that are very scalable, secure, and user-friendly. Cortex XDR by Palo Alto offers ...
How does Crowdstrike Falcon compare with Darktrace?
Both of these products perform similarly and have many outstanding attributes. CrowdStrike Falcon offers an amazing user interface that makes setup easy and seamless. CrowdStrike Falcon offers a cl...
How does Microsoft Defender for Endpoint compare with Crowdstrike Falcon?
The CrowdStrike solution delivers a lot of information about incidents. It has a very light sensor that will never push your machine hardware to "test", you don't have the usual "scan now" feature ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet FortiGuard?
Price-wise, the product is not too cheap. I can say that the price is based on the product's quality. If one is very cheap and ten is very expensive, I rate the tool's price as a six to seven.
What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiGuard?
If the tool can be cheaper or less expensive, it can be good for users.
What is your primary use case for Fortinet FortiGuard?
I use the solution in my company to control SCP. I use the tool to set rules for vulnerability assessments and application rules, as well as segmentation for the DMZ.
 

Also Known As

CrowdStrike Falcon, CrowdStrike Falcon XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Threat Intelligence, CrowdStrike Identity Protection, CrowdStrike Falcon Surface
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Overview

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