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We performed a comparison between CrowdStrike Falcon and Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed CrowdStrike Falcon vs. Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response Report (Updated: September 2023).
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Pros
"The features that I have found most valuable are the ability to customize it and to reduce its size. It lets you run in a very small window in terms of memory and resources on legacy cash registers.""The price is low and quite competitive with others.""he solution is an anti-malware product that integrates well with other vendor products such as firewalls, SIEM, etc. It captures threat intelligence and gives you better visibility. The product also has sandboxing features.""Fortinet is very user-friendly for customers.""The most valuable feature is the analysis, because of the beta structure.""The stability is very good.""Fortinet has helped free up around 20 percent of our staff's time to help us out.""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."

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"I value the overall behavior analysis of CrowdStrike. The engine of this product is what drew us to this solution.""Since we deployed CrowdStrike, the network has become much calmer, and we now understand the sources of infections, which helps us prevent them from spreading.""The most valuable features are the complete IPS and IDS.""The most valuable feature of CrowdStrike Falcon is its accuracy.""The most valuable features in CrowdStrike Falcon are the full EDR with antivirus, hunting, reporting, and RTR remote control.""The detection is very effective.""It provides very good protection and the ability to crosscheck environments.""The solution offers great stability."

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"The solution is scalable.""It is very simple to use.""The most valuable features of Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response are its immediate response and investigation.""The solution is stable.""It is mostly used for malware detection and antivirus purposes.""The pricing is good.""I've mainly found the antivirus and antispyware features valuable. The documentation is okay as well.""I like Symantec EDR's device control and USB security features."

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Cons
"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 support needs improvement.""The solution should address emerging threats like SQL injection.""We've encountered challenges during API deployment, occasionally resulting in unstable environments.""Cannot be used on mobile devices with a secure connection.""Once, we had an event that was locked and blocked, but information about it came to us two or three days later.""ZTNA can improve latency.""The solution's installation from a central installation server could be improved because the engineers had a little bit of trouble getting it installed from a central location."

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"CS Falcon sensing capabilities for non-domain machines should be enhanced since the agent doesn't detect the neighbor's IP Address and/or any anomaly which was identified in the network for the non-domain machine.""The overall cost of CrowdStrike Falcon could be reduced.""The product could be more accurate in terms of performance.""This solution could be improved with greater scope for admins to make changes to the solution.""CrowdStrike costs a little more than its competitors.""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.""CrowdStrike Falcon could improve the EDR functionality. Once the functionality of the solution improves, it will be even better in the market and able to compete with Carbon Black.""I would also like to see the endpoint firewall component produce some level of logging and feedback."

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"I think we have experienced some technical issues because the company focuses mainly on bigger clients. Also, sometimes the solution fails to detect zero-day attacks, so that feature needs some enhancement because it is lacking compared to other solutions.""Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response could improve the reporting. It is very difficult to create reports from the user interface.""It would be good if it can anticipate zero-day attacks. I don't know how it can be done and if it is even a feature of this product.""The solution can always be more stable and more secure.""They need to improve their cloud presence.""While they are quite dynamic, they need to ensure they are detecting threats faster in the future to keep people safer.""One potential area for improvement in Symantec EDR is the reporting engine.""In the future, it would be nice to have playbooks in the tool, to allow for some of the common activities to be automated. For example, some of the scannings of the malware can be too manual for a specific device. Additionally, a vulnerability manager would be beneficial."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The price is comprable to other endpoint security solutions."
  • "The pricing is typical for enterprises and fairly priced."
  • "I'm not familiar with pricing, but it looks a bit costly compared to other vendors I think."
  • "The pricing is good."
  • "I would rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."
  • "The hardware costs about €100,000 and about €20,000 annually for access."
  • "Fortinet FortiEDR has a yearly subscription."
  • "It's not cheap, but it's not expensive either."
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  • "The cost of CrowdStrike Falcon could be reduced. It is quite expensive if you compare it to other solutions, such as Blue Coat, Symantec, McAfee, or Kaspersky."
  • "There is an annual license required to use this solution."
  • "We are on an annual subscription for the solution. There are not any additional costs."
  • "Annual licensing."
  • "The price of CrowdStrike Falcon is reasonable."
  • "The licensing model is straightforward. We choose the features we want and we then can download the package we want."
  • "There is no license required to use this solution."
  • "This solution offers annual subscriptions. The pricing for this solution could be reduced."
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  • "It's a yearly subscription."
  • "Of late, because of the Broadcom purchase, its price has been increasing."
  • "The more devices we have the more expensive it becomes, which is where the challenge is."
  • "The price is reasonable."
  • "It is an expensive solution."
  • "We pay around $100,000 for 5000 licenses every year."
  • "Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response is expensive."
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    Top Answer:The GUI could be better. It has reports for every part of the product, but it doesn't have reports for better usage.
    Comparisons
    Also Known As
    enSilo, FortiEDR
    CrowdStrike Falcon, CrowdStrike Falcon XDR
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    Overview

    Fortinet FortiEDR is a real-time endpoint protection, detection, and automated response solution. Its primary purpose is to detect advanced threats to stop breaches and ransomware damage. It is designed to do so in real time, even on an already compromised device, allowing you to respond and remediate incidents automatically so your data can remain protected.

    Fortinet FortiEDR Features

    Fortinet FortiEDR has many valuable key features, including:

    • Easily customizable
    • Real-time proactive risk mitigation & IoT security
    • Pre-infection protection
    • Post-infection protection
    • Track applications and ratings
    • Reduce the attack surface with risk-based proactive policies
    • Achieve analysis of entire log history
    • Optional managed detection and response (MDR) service

    Fortinet FortiEDR Benefits

    Some of the key benefits of using Fortinet FortiEDR include:

    • Protection: Fortinet FortiEDR provides proactive, real-time, automated endpoint protection with the orchestrated incident response across platforms. It stops the breach with real-time postinfection blocking to protect data from exfiltration and ransomware encryption.

    • Single unified console: Fortinet FortiEDR has a single unified console with an intuitive interface, which makes management easier. The solution automates mundane endpoint security tasks so your employees don’t need to do it.

    • Cost savings: With Fortinet FortiEDR you can eliminate post-breach operational expenses and breach damage costs.

    • Flexibility: Fortinet FortiEDR can be deployed on premises or on a secure cloud instance. With Fortinet FortiEDR, endpoints are protected both on- and off-line.

    • Scalability: Because Fortinet can be deployed quickly and has a small footprint, it is easy to scale up to protect hundreds of thousand endpoints.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Below are some reviews and helpful feedback written by Fortinet FortiEDR users.

    An Owner at a security firm says, "The features that I have found most valuable are the ability to customize it and to reduce its size. It lets you run in a very small window in terms of memory and resources on legacy cash registers. The customer has literally about 800 cash registers. That was the use case for Fortinet FortiEDR - to get that down into a tiny space. The only way to do that was to use this product because it had that ability to unbundle services that were a surplus.”

    Chandan M., Chief Technical Officer at Provision Technologies LLP, mentions, “The ease of deployment and configuration is valuable. It's very easy compared to other vendors like Sophos. Sophos' configuration is complex. Fortinet is a lot easier to understand. You don't need a lot of admin knowledge to do the configuration.” He also adds, “The security is also very good and the firewall response is good.”

    Harpreet S., Information Technology Support Specialist at Chemtrade Logistics, explains, "It notifies us if there's any suspicious file on any PC. If any execution or similar kind of thing is happening, it just alerts us. It doesn't only alert. It also blocks the execution until we allow it. We check whether the execution is legitimate or not, and then approve it or keep it blocked. This gives us a little bit of control over this mechanism. Fortinet FortiEDR is also very straightforward and easy to maintain."

    DeAndre V., Senior Network Administrator at a financial services firm, states, “The dashboard is easy to follow and use. The deployment and uninstalling were easy. I like the detailed information about the path of a file that might be suspicious. Being able to check that out was easy to follow. Exceptions are easy to create and the interface is easy to follow with a nice appearance.

    CrowdStrike is the leader in cloud-delivered next-generation endpoint protection. CrowdStrike has revolutionized endpoint protection by being the first and only company to unify next-generation antivirus (AV), endpoint detection and response (EDR), and a 24/7 managed hunting service — all delivered via a single lightweight agent. 

    Many of the world’s largest organizations already put their trust in CrowdStrike, including three of the 10 largest global companies by revenue, five of the 10 largest financial institutions, three of the top 10 health care providers, and three of the top 10 energy companies.

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    Quickly discover and resolve threats with deep endpoint visibility and superior detection analytics, reducing mean time to remediation.
    Overcome cyber security skills shortages and streamline SOC operations with extensive automation and built-in integrations for sandboxing, SIEM, and orchestration.
    Fortify security teams with the unmatched expertise and global scale of Symantec Managed Endpoint Detection and Response services.
    Roll out Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) across Windows, macOS, and Linux devices using Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP)-integrated EDR or a dissolvable agent.

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    Financial Services Firm22%
    Comms Service Provider11%
    Pharma/Biotech Company6%
    Educational Organization6%
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    Computer Software Company16%
    Government8%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Financial Services Firm7%
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    Computer Software Company20%
    Financial Services Firm18%
    Comms Service Provider8%
    Insurance Company6%
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    Financial Services Firm10%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Government7%
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    Financial Services Firm20%
    Healthcare Company13%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Comms Service Provider7%
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    Computer Software Company15%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Retailer10%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Company Size
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    Small Business39%
    Midsize Enterprise21%
    Large Enterprise39%
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    Small Business31%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise50%
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    Small Business33%
    Midsize Enterprise23%
    Large Enterprise43%
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    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise57%
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    Small Business50%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise35%
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    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise58%
    Buyer's Guide
    CrowdStrike Falcon vs. Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response
    September 2023
    Find out what your peers are saying about CrowdStrike Falcon vs. Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response and other solutions. Updated: September 2023.
    744,865 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    CrowdStrike Falcon is ranked 3rd in EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response) with 49 reviews while Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response is ranked 22nd in EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response) with 19 reviews. CrowdStrike Falcon is rated 8.6, while Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of CrowdStrike Falcon writes "Robust threat hunting and great ability to do on-keyboard remote response and quarantining of devices". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response writes "Has the ability to work with a consistent and defined set of virtual machines". CrowdStrike Falcon is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Defender XDR, Trend Micro Deep Security, Darktrace and Trend Vision One, whereas Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Trellix Endpoint Security (ENS), Trend Vision One, Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Expert and WatchGuard Threat Detection and Response. See our CrowdStrike Falcon vs. Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response report.

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