We performed a comparison between Cynet and ESET Endpoint Security based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Cynet offers strong ransomware protection and an intuitive interface. ESET Endpoint Security is highly regarded for its encryption capabilities, effortless automatic updates, and intuitive interface. Cynet needs to expand device support and add customization options. Users suggest improving network monitoring and strengthening integration with other tools. ESET Endpoint Security has room for improvement in terms of faster threat alerts, automation, and ransomware protection.
Service and Support: Cynet's customer service is consistently lauded for its excellence. They have a dedicated support team that is available round the clock, and they also have a contingency plan for urgent incidents. ESET's customer service is praised for its helpfulness and quick response.
Ease of Deployment: Cynet’s setup is highly efficient, with the ability to configure thousands of devices quickly. The setup process for ESET Endpoint Security is generally regarded as effortless.
Pricing: Customers generally think Cynet is affordable and a good value for its features. ESET Endpoint Security is considered to be reasonably priced with various licensing options.
ROI: Cynet yields an excellent ROI by preventing cyberattacks and safeguarding sensitive data. Some reported a high ROI from ESET Endpoint Security due to cost savings, while others find it difficult to measure its effectiveness.
"Fortinet FortiEDR's scalability is quite good, and you can add licenses to the solution."
"Having all monitoring, response, tracking, and mitigation tools in one dashboard provides our analysts and SOC team with a comprehensive view at a glance."
"Forensics is a valuable feature of Fortinet FortiEDR."
"Fortinet FortiEDR's firewalling, rule creation, monitoring, and inspection profiles are great."
"It is stable and scalable."
"This is stable and scalable."
"The solution was relatively easy to deploy."
"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 have found the continued support and pretty much all the features to be valuable. They all stand out as being positive. It continues to detect unusual activity when it's supposed to, and so far we haven't had any issues."
"In terms of incident response, Cynet can contain attacks, offer a trial period to customers, and uninstall if not continued. The most valuable aspect is its integration capabilities, covering endpoints and network data for a comprehensive view of threats."
"Cynet is light and transparent when downloaded. The product's data aggregation is also valuable since you can see everything you need on a page."
"The most valuable feature is the monitored support behind it."
"This solution requires less management and is very easy to use."
"The interface is exceptionally clear and easy to understand."
"We are protecting all our workstations."
"Advanced detection and protection against ransomware paired with SOC monitoring are the most valuable features. They have 24/7 SOC monitoring and file activity. It is a very robust tool."
"It rarely gets in the way, and we don't even notice it scanning."
"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."
"It's light. I almost don't know that I am using it."
"I have found the ESET Management Console very good. It gives me many features, such as managing users and installing a new version."
"ESET Endpoint Security is stable, I did not have any issues with it."
"The solution has very useful MDM features."
"The solution offers impressive advanced protection."
"If it detects ransomware or something, it can isolate that computer."
"We find the solution to be a bit expensive."
"The solution is not stable."
"I would like the solution to extend beyond endpoint protection and include other attack surfaces such as other network components."
"The support needs improvement."
"The EDR console should have more extensive reporting. You shouldn't need to purchase FortiAnalyzer. It should be included in the EDR part. The security adviser cloud platform could be improved with more options for exclusive or intensive rules for devices."
"It takes about two business days for initial support, which is too slow in urgent situations."
"FortiEDR can be improved by providing more detailed reporting."
"We'd like to see more one-to-one product presentations for the distribution channels."
"I would like to see more emphasis on building the data lake and storing all endpoint data in the enterprise data lake so that data mining can be performed"
"Linux servers are not supported."
"A support center in Asia is needed."
"They have automated response capability, and they're moving more and more into SOAR capability. They have built-in deception technology with host-file users, phantoms, etc. We used to call them honeypots. So, they're on target. They're doing a really good job, and they should continue to improve with SOAR."
"The inability to add contact information inside the Cynet is also an issue because it makes things more complicated. I would like to have a simple feature to enter a contact name and number for the person taking care of that unit or that server."
"Automation could be improved, and orchestration could be added to the features."
"It is an endpoint agent, but they don't have a probe for checking the network traffic. They could improve from this point of view."
"There are some shortcomings in Cynet's integration capabilities that need improvement."
"While we see dangers within our security system, it would help if there were popups that could immediately alert us or the user of the endpoint that something was detected."
"The solution’s console management and scalability should be improved."
"The console or GUI of ESET Endpoint Antivirus should improve. Additionally, they should provide an addon feature for HyperV and VMware."
"The solution can improve the modules, and it is lacking centralized management and visibility of the endpoints."
"I'm unsure as to if they could actually support a large enterprise."
"Online security could still be improved in ESET Endpoint Antivirus because security is threatened by phishing."
"The solution could improve by having higher-level security and reporting."
"The product should provide a one-click option to renew the licenses."
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Cynet is ranked 15th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 35 reviews while ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is ranked 9th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 96 reviews. Cynet is rated 8.8, while ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cynet writes "Provides memory protection, device control, and vulnerability management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ESET Endpoint Protection Platform writes "Easy to set up with good security and rapidly improving capabilities". Cynet is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity Complete, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks and Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Expert, whereas ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity Complete and ESET PROTECT Enterprise. See our Cynet vs. ESET Endpoint Protection Platform report.
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