Forescout Platform vs SentinelOne Singularity Complete comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 7, 2023

We performed a comparison between Forescout Platform and SentinelOne Singularity Complete based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.

Features: Forescout Platform stands out for its agentless visibility and advanced features like device fingerprinting. SentinelOne Singularity Complete is praised for its dependable threat prevention and ability to reverse ransomware file encryption. Forescout users say the product could be better at resolving connectivity and license issues. Users also want more compatibility with different devices and operating systems, along with better logging and troubleshooting capabilities. SentinelOne could improve its automation, machine learning, and AI capabilities while improving reporting and integration.
Service and Support: Some users reported positive experiences with Forescout support, but others requested better responsiveness and training. Customers have been pleased with SentinelOne’s customer service. Reviews highlighted the support team’s responsiveness and efficiency.
Ease of Deployment: Some users found Forescout’s setup to be simple and adaptable, while others perceived it as more complex and time-intensive. Users find the initial setup for SentinelOne Singularity Complete to be quick and painless, with helpful support from the vendor team.
Pricing: The total cost of Forescout Platform can be high depending on the level of customization and integration required. Some reviewers thought SentinelOne Singularity Complete is reasonably priced and competitive, while others say it’s costlier than many alternatives.
ROI: Forescout Platform yields a solid ROI by improving network access control and overall security. SentinelOne Singularity Complete yields an ROI by saving money and protecting against ransomware attacks. Other users noted its valuable dashboard data and low CapEx requirements.

Comparison Results: Users prefer Forescout Platform over SentinelOne Singularity Complete. Forescout Platform offers agentless visibility, comprehensive device fingerprinting, and granular configuration. It also provides excellent customer service, affordability, and integration with multiple vendors. SentinelOne Singularity Complete has room for improvement in automation, reporting functionality, and user-friendliness.

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Forescout Platform vs. SentinelOne Singularity Complete

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Categories and Ranking

Forescout Platform

Ranking in Extended Detection and Response (XDR)

14th

Average Rating

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Network Access Control (NAC) (3rd), IoT Security (1st), Endpoint Compliance (4th)

SentinelOne Singularity Com...

Ranking in Extended Detection and Response (XDR)

2nd

Average Rating

8.8

Number of Reviews

181

Ranking in other categories

Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (2nd), Anti-Malware Tools (2nd), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2024, in the Extended Detection and Response (XDR) category, the mindshare of Forescout Platform is 0.8%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SentinelOne Singularity Complete is 6.1%, down from 15.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Extended Detection and Response (XDR)

Unique Categories:

Network Access Control (NAC)

13.7%

IoT Security

17.8%

Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)

4.7%

Anti-Malware Tools

8.0%

Featured Reviews

reviewer2012112

Enterprise Level Policy Manager at a government with 10,001+ employees

Nov 9, 2022

We can go granular on each endpoint, quarantine non-compliant machines, and target vulnerabilities through scripting

Logging would be one area for improvement. When we're troubleshooting, there are not a lot of clear things on Google that we can look up for ourselves. When we have an issue with it, we have to call the company to get the vendors involved. The logging of Forescout is horrible compared to other things that we've used. We don't use ISE, but based on what we heard from the users we've reached out to who do use ISE, the logging capabilities of ISE are better, and troubleshooting is so much easier with ISE than it is with Forescout. It doesn't have a lot of end-user support after the purchase of the license. There is no training either for Forescout. That's something that it's lacking. We need refresher training. The vendors came out and trained us whenever we first set up Forescout, but we have people coming and going all the time. There are some things that we wish that it would do. We use ACAS, which is a reporting tool that scans our network and then lets us know what kind of vulnerabilities are on the network. It would be nice if there was a way to connect Forescout. I know ISE connects with our configuration management tools to push patches and things like that out to a large array of machines. With Forescout, we can push some patches out, but it can't handle anything on a large scale. So, we wish that Forescout would be able to handle more and connect to some of the other tools that we use. We have 15 different tools that do pretty much the same thing but in a different way to get a good picture of our network. It would be nice if we can condense that down or have something that is a central hub-type tool that can reach out to some of our other tools, compile the data better, and have that data in one place.

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Ronel Silawan

Network and Systems Team Lead at Utilibill Pty Ltd

Mar 15, 2024

The solution performs well and is less resource-intensive than other products

Singularity has added some features to our security setup. It adds layers of protection to our security servers and workstations. One advantage of Singularity over other traditional antivirus products I use is that it doesn't use as many resources as other products. If you resolve them permanently, the solution can reduce the number of alerts. Some applications keep triggering alerts, and you need to remove them, or they will continue to do so. We need physical signatures to prevent them from alerting again in the future. We can reduce the alerts by about 80 to 90 percent annually. Our old antivirus wouldn't flag some applications as malicious, but SentinelOne detected them, so we removed those applications, and it reduced our alerts. Singularity has reduced our organizational risk by about 80 to 90 percent. We were able to address those alerts and remove a lot of malicious files that our previous solution didn't recognize. We saw a significant advantage in the first year. We've experienced a massive improvement in our mean time to detect. We have a large user base, but Singularity Complete performs better than our previous solution.

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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

"Automated policy enforcement is particularly valuable as it significantly reduces the need for manual intervention, thus enhancing efficiency and security."

"Within three or four days, we have complete visibility of your infrastructure on the network. Compared to other solutions, the deployment of the solution is easier and we can close the project quickly."

"Forescout Platform's most valuable aspect is its excellent device profiling for devices without agents, which is crucial for our work due to challenges with agent-based devices. Its isolation and blocking actions are particularly effective for network security. The device compliance feature helps us ensure device compliance through immediate actions like updating antivirus software. We have already integrated Forescout with antivirus and vulnerability assessment tools, allowing it to monitor vulnerability scores and automatically isolate devices if critical vulnerabilities are detected."

"It allows for good detection of all the vendor products we have on-site."

"Ease of deployment There's a great support team that becomes actively engaged whenever we encounter issues. Their technical support is amazing. Good documentation is available. The product is stable. The solution is highly scalable. I recommend using the solution because it gives verified control over the environment. It has a great visibility feature."

"Provides a good overview of all devices on a network."

"Forescout Platform has granular features and one of the most impressive features is the agentless feature."

"The Forescout Platform's most valuable features include its agentless configuration, which allows for easy integration with switches, and its broad customizability of rules and conditions for policy configuration. By leveraging its Network Access Control capabilities, the tool controls network access, allowing administrators to enforce policies tailored to the organization's needs."

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"Deep Visibility is a valuable feature."

"Sentinel One has improved our organization by protecting the environment we are working in."

"The most valuable feature varies from client to client but having absolute clarity of what happened and the autonomous actions of SentinelOne are what most people find the most assuring."

"They provide a map, a process tree, and that is pretty good for analysis."

"The most valuable feature is the ability to drill down into individual sequences of processes."

"It has good visibility features and it's straightforward."

"The best feature of SentinelOne Singularity Complete is that you don't need to configure a lot with it because it provides an unmatched layer of protection out of the box."

"The AI solution makes it easy for customers to detect and manage policies, as well as documents that help customers manage their platform."

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Cons

"The solution's customer support is bad and should be improved."

"When adding what is in scope to a policy, it would be nice if you could select multiple policies instead of one policy at a time to add what is in the scope for network segmentation. I have found that during the install and configuration of the policies that if you want to modify multiple policies or enable multiple policies that you need to define what is in the scope (IP range or segments) one rule at a time. This caused some slow downs when implementing policies."

"Forescout Platform could improve the vulnerability management as well as the control on the endpoint, which needs to be connected to my network."

"Other solutions have TACACS+, but Forescout does not. In the next release, I would like to see Forescout have accounting."

"I should be able to integrate my Forescout with any other third party security technology, to build that connected security strategy."

"This solution is not that easy to scale but this depends on a company's needs."

"Better integration with third-party vendors is needed because as it is now, the list of third-party solutions that we can integrate and automate is quite limited."

"When we automate an email to send to a user, sometimes it gets blocked, but that has nothing to do with Forescout. It depends on the mail gateway that we use or integrate with."

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"The solution needs better reporting on new threats and malware. The reporting is present, but I can't find the information easily."

"SentinelOne could improve by creating an autopilot or automated way to roll out the solution more efficiently which would be helpful."

"The most difficult part of using Singularity Complete is logging in, as they often update the management console."

"This solution would be more attractive to customers if the price were lower."

"It is difficult to manage users in SentinelOne."

"One of the areas which would benefit from being improved is the policies. There are still software programs where we need to manually program in the policies to tell the system, "This program is legitimate." Some level of AI-based automation in creating those policies would go a long way in improving the amount of time it takes to deploy the system."

"I would like to see a better mobile app so that I could look through my phone at the alerts and not have to go to the website. They should make it a little more mobile-accessible."

"The training for SentinelOne Singularity should be free. The solution has a lot of features but we do not know how to use them all. The moment someone purchases the solution they should contact them and provide them with a feature session on how to use the features."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The Forescout Platform's pricing is in the middle range, not too cheap or expensive."

"Forescout is more expensive than Cisco because Cisco gives high discounts."

"Time savings in finding rogue devices as well as identifying potentially unwanted devices on the network has saved the organization time and money."

"We went with the virtual appliance option. The biggest cost to running these types of appliances would be to either have multiple virtual appliances at every data center or running Remote SPAN hardware to provide you the real-time network visibility."

"Devices with multiple IP's count multiple times against your license count."

"We might have paid in the ballpark of $20,000 yearly for our licenses. I do not recall there being other fees over and above the standard licensing fee."

"Forescout Platform is too expensive, so the price should be reduced."

"The price of Forescout is reasonable when compared to Cisco ISE."

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"I rate Singularity Complete a seven out of ten for affordability. It's more expensive than our previous solution, but it does its job well. At the same time, there is some room for improvement. Cheaper is always better."

"The cost of endpoint protection is fairly reasonable."

"The cost of utilizing all the features of SentinelOne Singularity Complete is high."

"The pricing and licensing make sense."

"It is very affordable and easy to license, and it allows us to onboard new analysts quickly, with a turnaround time of one day at most."

"Nothing good is cheap, and SentinelOne is no exception."

"Its pricing is competitive."

"My understanding is that we did a pretty good deal on SentinelOne. A part of that is because we were their customers very early on, and we also use their products a lot. We are interested in the new products that come out. We go to their demos, and we go to their events. We do save a lot of money. It is not cheap, but it is worth it. We spend a lot of money on a lot of things, and most of them do not do as much as SentinelOne."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

30%

Computer Software Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

Government

Computer Software Company

18%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What advice do you have for others considering Forescout Platform?

Forescout is a very powerful NAC product that does not rely on port level configuration. It can detect and block unauthorized devices very quickly. But it has a lot of capabilities and really would...

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What advice do you have for others considering Forescout Platform?

I would rate the Forescout Device and Visibility Control Platform at a six out of ten.

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What advice do you have for others considering Forescout Platform?

I recommend doing a compression demo. If people use it, they will buy it. So they have to see the product in place. That's the main recommendation is to do a proof of concept. If they do, they will...

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What do you like most about SentinelOne?

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Also Known As

Forescout Platform, CounterACT for Endpoint Compliance, ForeScout CounterACT

Sentinel Labs, SentinelOne Singularity

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Forescout

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Overview

Forescout Platform provides today’s busy enterprise organizations with policy and protocol management, workflow coordination, streamlining, and complete device and infrastructure visibility to improve overall network security. The solution also provides concise real-time intelligence of all devices and users on the network. Policy and protocols are delineated using gathered intelligence to facilitate the appropriate levels of remediation, compliance, network access, and all service operations. Forescout Platform is very flexible, integrates well with most of today’s leading network security products, and is a very cost-effective solution.

Forescout Platform Features

Real-time complete visibility: With Forescout eyeSight, each and every device is classified when any attempt to access your network has been made. This includes - but is not limited to - desktops, laptops, android devices, virtual machines, switches, VoIP phones, USB memory sticks, webcams, IoT devices, and more.
Policy-based and manual controls: In today’s busy robust environment, networks are continually changing; there are different types and amounts of devices connected, various software applications, network compliance requirements, and the constant potential for risk make managing an IT network a very daunting challenge. The Forescout Console is used to simplify the administration and management of important alerts, remediation, and access controls to keep the network secure.
Intuitive real-time dashboards: Forescout Dashboards, a component of Forescout WebClient, is a comprehensive web-based intelligence center that gives full visibility and real-time insight of the complete network using both out-of-the-box and user-created widgets. The dashboards are very intuitive and deliver robust, easy-to-understand information about device visibility, compliance, health monitoring, and more.
Advanced reporting capabilities: The Forescout Reports Plugin will generate numerous valuable reports indicating real-time and overall status information about endpoint compliance, device details, networks guests, protocols, and more. The reports help to ensure IT administrators, executives, security teams, and other important shareholders stay well-informed about all network activity at all times.
Comprehensive third-party overview: Forescout eyeExtend facilitates seamless information sharing with third-party vendors, networks, and IT management solutions supporting improved automated workflows, productivity, cost-effectiveness, and overall security.

Real User Reviews

An important main feature of Forescout is the visibility the solution offers.

One reviewer who is a Consultant at a tech services company, says, "Within three or four days, you can have complete visibility of your infrastructure on the network. Compared to other solutions, the deployment of the solution is easier and we can close the project quickly."

Users also appreciate that the user interface is clear and easy to understand.

An Instructor at a tech services company, shares, "The most valuable feature of the Forescout Platform is the large capacity it can handle. Additionally, the interface of the platform is good."

SentinelOne is a leading comprehensive enterprise-level autonomous security solution that is very popular in today’s marketplace. SentinelOne will ensure that today’s aggressive dynamic enterprises are able to defend themselves more rapidly, at any scale, and with improved precision, by providing comprehensive, thorough security across the entire organizational threat surface.

SentinelOne makes keeping your infrastructure safe and secure easy and affordable. They offer several tiered levels of security and varied payment options. SentinelOne works well with Linux, Windows, and MacOS, and can successfully support legacy infrastructures as well as the newer popular environments, including the latest operating systems. The single pane of glass management will save time and money by reducing manpower and ensuring comprehensive security protection of all your endpoints locally and worldwide.

SentinelOne offers intensive training and support to meet every organization’s unique business needs.

SentinelOne's levels of services and support include, but are not limited to:

SentinelOne GO is a guided 90-day onboarding service to ensure successful deployment and success. It assists with the deployment planning and overview, initial user setup, and product overviews. It provides ongoing training and advisory meetings, ensuring that everything is set up correctly and that your team understands the appropriate protocols to ensure success.

SentinelOne offers multi-tiered support based on your organizational needs from small business to enterprise, using their Designed Technical Account Management (TAM). They have support for every business level: Standard, Enterprise, and Enterprise Pro. SentinelOne is always available to ensure that you and your organization work together to minimize the risk of downtime and any threat exposure.

Threat Hunting & Response Services

Support for threat hunting and response include Watch Tower, Watch Tower Pro, Vigilance Respond, and Vigilance Respond Pro. Each of these services builds on the other, progressively adding features based on your organizational needs.

Watch Tower: This is the entry-level plan and includes: Active campaign hunting and cyber crime alerts and course correction for potential threats, access to the Monthly Hunting & Intelligence Digest.

Watch Tower Pro: Includes everything in WatchTower and customized threat hunting for all current & historical threats, unlimited access to Signal Hunting Library of Pre-Built Queries, Incident-Based Triage and Hunting, continuous customer service, followup and reporting, a Security Assessment, and quarterly Cadence meetings.

Vigilance Respond: Includes all of the features of Watch Tower in addition to a security assessment and Cadence meetings, which are on-demand. Provides the features of Watch Tower Pro in addition to 24x7x365 monitoring, triage, and response.

Vigilance Respond Pro: Includes all of the features of the above options, including a security assessment and quarterly cadence meeting as well as a complete digital forensic investigation and malware analysis.

Reviews from Real Users

Jeff D. who is an Operations Manager at Proton Dealership IT, tells us that "The detection rate for Sentinel One has been excellent and we have been able to resolve many potential threats with zero client impact. The ability to deploy via our RMM allows us to quickly secure new clients and provides peace of mind."

"The most valuable feature varies from client to client but having absolute clarity of what happened and the autonomous actions of SentinelOne are what most people find the most assuring." relates Rae J., Director IR and MDR at a tech services company.

Sample Customers

NHS Sussex, SAP, SEGA, Vistaprint, Miami Children's Hospital, Pioneer Investments, New York Law School, OmnicomGroup, Meritrust

Havas, Flex, Estee Lauder, McKesson, Norfolk Southern, JetBlue, Norwegian airlines, TGI Friday, AVX, Fim Bank

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