Kaspersky Next EDR Optimum vs Seqrite Endpoint Security comparison

Kaspersky and Seqrite are both solutions in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category. Kaspersky is ranked #23 with an average rating of 8.8, while Seqrite is ranked #33 with an average rating of 8.0. Kaspersky holds a 0.9% mindshare in EPP, compared to Seqrite’s 1.0% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Kaspersky users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 82% of Seqrite users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 9, 2026

Seqrite Endpoint Security and Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Optimum compete in the endpoint security category. While Seqrite is valued for affordability, Kaspersky takes the upper hand for advanced detection and threat analysis.

Features: Seqrite Endpoint Security excels in asset management, quick scanning, and offers features like DLP, USB blocking, and web filtering. Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Optimum is recognized for advanced detection capabilities, behavior analysis, and effective automated threat responses.

Room for Improvement: Seqrite struggles with ransomware detection, stability, and support responsiveness, especially on Apple devices, and needs better integration and user management. Kaspersky requires improvements in central management, integration capabilities, and can be optimized to reduce system weight, with interface and support response time also needing enhancements.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Both Seqrite and Kaspersky offer flexible deployment options, including on-premises and cloud solutions. Seqrite's customer service is mixed, with local call center support, whereas Kaspersky provides a robust online platform with generally competent support.

Pricing and ROI: Seqrite is generally more affordable and attractive to small and medium enterprises, providing significant savings. Kaspersky, while more expensive, offers good value with its advanced features and threat intelligence, and is justified for larger deployments seeking comprehensive protection.

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Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category, the mindshare of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is 3.6%, down from 3.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Kaspersky Next EDR Optimum is 0.9%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Seqrite Endpoint Security is 1.0%, down from 1.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks	3.6%
Kaspersky Next EDR Optimum	0.9%
Seqrite Endpoint Security	1.0%
Other	94.5%

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Featured Reviews

ABHISHEK_SINGH

Senior Process Expert at A.P. Moller - Maersk

Gained full visibility and streamlined threat detection through behavior-based insights and AI integration

Initially, we got to have a lot of false positives when we onboarded, but nowadays it's quite smooth. We have fine-tuned our security policies and allowed different levels of policies to get rid of those false positives. Currently, we are getting a fairly good amount of incidents that are not false positives or benign, but actionable items. The process is streamlined. In the initial days, the operations used to get involved in a lot of benign and other activities, but now the process is streamlined. We are leveraging the auto-detection and remediation plans. The operations teams are now more involved in other business roles as well, not just looking into the logs and fetching out what's happening there. They have fixed a lot of things. Initially, they didn't have IAC code drift detection, cloud posture management, or security posture management, but they have those now. They purchased different vendors and did a merger with that. They have now Prisma Cloud that gets integrated and now they are working with Cortex Cloud. Everything that was negative has now been addressed, and the product altogether looks to be in a very better and mature shape now. Currently, it's more or less detecting the workloads with AI-based best practices. Since most organizations are consuming AI agents and other things, we are looking forward to seeing what other feature enhancements Palo Alto can support in that.

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Nadeem Syed

CEO at Haniya Technologies

Continuous protection has improved automated threat response and reporting for our endpoints

We did work with one of our clients who required mobile security solutions. In my opinion, Trend Micro, when we went through the POCs and other components, we did not find it very strong as far as mobile security is concerned. I think Kaspersky is much better than Trend Micro when it comes to mobile security solutions. From an outside perspective, Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Optimum looks pretty strong and comprehensive. The main improvement would be if they could decrease the cost, as it would be great for clients since it is quite expensive now compared to when it used to be cheaper. The key competitor for Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Optimum is Trend Micro. Trend Micro is the only competitor in the market right now. I would say both Trend Micro Endpoint Detection and Response and Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Optimum are quite similar; I cannot say that one is better than the other. The difference is mainly in cost; Trend Micro has mostly moved all their products to the cloud, offering no on-premises products now, whereas Kaspersky is still in a transition phase providing both on-premises and cloud solutions. Many clients prefer on-premises as it is less expensive compared to cloud.

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ManishKumar14

DGM IT at Seth Anandram Jaipuria Group of Educational Institutions

Centrally managed, easy to configure, and easy to use

Seqrite Endpoint Security protects individual machines, servers, and emails against malware, viruses, and spam attacks The solution is centrally managed, easy to configure, and easy to use. It allows you to patch your required reports. The solution provides central deployment, remote deployment,…

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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

"The solution helps find bugs, and it is safe to use to prevent attacks by hackers."

"If you are looking to deploy a security solution as a whole, this is a good option."

"What I like about Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is that it is a comprehensive solution that contains everything the organization may need when using endpoints."

"We can use Cortex XDR to get the entire graph of the incidents from source to destination, and we can take remedial action."

"The positive impacts I see from Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks include a complete 360-degree view of our security posture altogether, being a uniform platform where we are ingesting logs from multiple resources."

"Cortex is the best tool for endpoint detection, and I have used it to verify hashes or domains to identify malicious activity, trigger playbooks that automate and gather endpoint logs, block malicious processes, and update incident tickets, showcasing end-to-end processes with automation in investigation and reducing the analysis workflow."

"Has great threat detection capabilities."

"They have a new GUI which is just fantastic."

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"Kaspersky EDR is constantly updated and can respond to any threat nearly in real-time. They work hard to produce all the updates on time."

"The solution's most valuable features are the advanced detection and anti-theft features."

"It fulfills security and protection requirements against newly discovered malware, especially ransomware attacks."

"Overall, I would rate Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Optimum an eight out of ten."

"The product is lightweight and does not slow down the PC. The malware and virus detection rate is also very good."

"The product's most valuable feature is the flexibility of installation with the console and a simple administration strategy."

"EDR Optimum's best features are its dashboard, control of external media, and user-friendliness."

"The encryption feature that allows you complete control of your device is what I found most valuable in Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Optimum."

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"The overall performance of the server and the dashboard are the most interesting aspects of the solution."

"In case it works, we are looking to use features like USB blocking, file upload alerts, and other antivirus features as well, but this software has to work first."

"The most valuable features of the solution are DLP, XDR, and EDR functionalities."

"The two valuable features are anti-ransomware and data loss protection."

"The most valuable features are the file activity monitors, DLP solutions, and application controls."

"Seqrite Endpoint Security is a good solution."

"The product's initial setup phase is easy."

"We were excited about the cloud-based management features of Seqrite and were looking to use the same."

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Cons

"There's an overall lack of features."

"The downsides of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks are that in many incidents, when I enter the causality chain, there are numerous logs."

"Managing the product should be easier."

"The dashboard could use some significant improvement, just making it more useful with more information. It has a limited amount of information right now. It is customizable, but I'd love to see a better out-of-box dashboard."

"Every 30 or 40 days, there's a new version and we need to go and make sure our customer's laptops are upgraded."

"When it comes to core analysis and security analysis, Cortex needs to provide more information."

"The GUI could be improved. It's a little bit cumbersome. It could be more user-friendly."

"Initially, we got to have a lot of false positives when we onboarded, but nowadays it's quite smooth."

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"EDR Optimum's scalability could be improved."

"The initial setup is a bit difficult."

"We would like more data to be available from this solution, in order for it to be usable in strategic decision making."

"Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Optimum is still improving over time and quality-wise, there are still things that need to be changed in the product, so that's why I rated it nine out of ten."

"In terms of the Pakistani market and talking from a salesperson's perspective, I'd suggest that Kaspersky introduce a bundle of Kaspersky EDR-Optimum or Kaspersky EDR-Expert along with its Business Select/Advance suite."

"Security features could be improved."

"We have had some issues updating Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Optimum."

"The product could be improved by resolving the problem with uninstalling devices. The uninstallation needs better handling, specifically with automatic license deletions."

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"It should be able to detect and report any ransomware attack but currently, it doesn't detect and it doesn't report any."

"We are using Apple devices, and the advanced device control service doesn't work for M1 chips devices, like Apple MacBooks."

"Deployment of Seqrite Endpoint Security is generally straightforward. The only complexity we encounter is that, since it is cloud-based, there can be delays in updating the endpoint's status."

"I don't feel that the scalability part of Seqrite Endpoint Security is better than the other products in the market."

"The support offered by the tool is an area of concern where improvements are required."

"Endpoint Security would be improved by adding DLP."

"The solution needs to improve stability."

"The solution could improve by providing better security and a cloud base version."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's about $55 per license on a yearly basis."

"I did PoCs on products called Cylance and CrowdStrike. Although, I consider these products and they were also good, when it come to cost and budgetary factors, Traps has been proven to be better than the other two products. It is quite cost-effective and delivers all the entire solution which we require."

"The return on investment is from the user side because we have seen the performance of it increase the delivery time of the product if we are using too many web-based and on-premise applications. In indirect ways, we saw the return of investment in terms of performance and user satisfaction increase."

"The solution is expensive. It's pricing is on a yearly-basis."

"It is cost-effective compared to similar solutions. It fits for the small businesses through to the big businesses."

"I feel it is fairly priced."

"I don't like that they have different types of licenses."

"In terms of the cost Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is very expensive because we are a Mexican company and when you translate dollars to pesos the cost is very high. The solution is very expensive for Mexican companies. I understand that they have international prices, but I do not think it offsets the price enough for many companies in countries, such as Mexico. The amount it is reduced is not a massive percentage."

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"The price of the solution is reasonable. It cost approximately €10,000 annually."

"Kaspersky gives a consolidated price with a good solution. If we choose something else, we need to add other options on our own."

"The pricing is totally reasonable."

"Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Optimum is more affordable than the endpoint security product of Fortinet. Whether it's worth the money depends on your security strategy."

"The tool’s pricing is yearly. The solution’s pricing is expensive."

"I would rate the product's pricing a nine out of ten. You need to pay about 80,000 rupees yearly for the tool. There are no additional costs associated with the product."

"The price is good, not too high."

"The solution could be made a bit cheaper."

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"I give the cost of the solution a seven out of ten."

"The license isn't expensive."

"The licensing fee is 200 Bangladeshi Taka per client per year."

"Endpoint Security is cheaper than Trend Micro."

"Licensing fees are on a yearly basis. Compared to other solutions, this solution is cheaper."

"The solution has reasonable pricing. There is one pricing without any hidden charges. They have to pay once a year or three years."

"As per the suggestions from one of the experts we know, it is advisable to make a proper comparison with the local vendors instead of solely relying on online prices, which are often higher and quite expensive."

"The pricing is reasonable."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Construction Company

12%

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

16%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Manufacturing Company

Outsourcing Company

Computer Software Company

11%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

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Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	46
Midsize Enterprise	20
Large Enterprise	49

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Small Business	15
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	5

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Small Business	10
Midsize Enterprise	12
Large Enterprise	1

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Optimum?

Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Optimum is reasonably priced for the market. I do not know the exact cost o...

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What needs improvement with Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Optimum?

We did work with one of our clients who required mobile security solutions. In my opinion, Trend Micro, when we went ...

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What is your primary use case for Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Optimum?

When it comes to endpoint security requirements, we work with Trend Micro most of the time; currently, my focus is mo...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Seqrite Endpoint Security?

The solution's pricing is good for us, where it is neither cheap nor expensive.

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What needs improvement with Seqrite Endpoint Security?

The solution's integration capabilities are moderate and could be improved.

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What is your primary use case for Seqrite Endpoint Security?

Seqrite Endpoint Security protects individual machines, servers, and emails against malware, viruses, and spam attacks.

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Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps

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Overview

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks provides advanced threat detection with AI-driven endpoint protection and seamless integration, ensuring multi-layered security and automatic threat response.

Cortex XDR is designed to safeguard endpoints against malware and suspicious activities. It offers advanced threat detection and response capabilities using behavioral analysis, AI, and machine learning. It seamlessly integrates with security infrastructures, providing endpoint security, firewall integration, and enhanced visibility in both cloud-based and on-premises environments.

What are the key features of Cortex XDR?

Advanced Threat Detection: Uses AI and machine learning for proactive threat identification.
Multi-layered Security: Combines various security measures for comprehensive protection.
Endpoint Protection: Safeguards against malware and exploits.
Behavioral Analysis: Monitors suspicious activity for early detection.
Automatic Threat Response: Automates responses to neutralize threats.

What benefits should users expect?

Ease of Use: Simplifies security management with intuitive design.
Resource Efficiency: Minimizes impact on system resources.
Integration Capabilities: Works well with existing security setups.
Reduced Analyst Workload: Automates processes to decrease manual intervention.

Organizations in diverse sectors deploy Cortex XDR to protect against malware, leveraging its advanced threat detection capabilities. Its integration with existing security infrastructures appeals to those seeking comprehensive protection in both cloud and on-premises environments, providing enhanced visibility and threat intelligence.

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Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Optimum provides swift threat detection and response, enhancing device and vulnerability management via an intuitive dashboard.

With features like automated threat detection, advanced encryption, and centralized reporting, Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Optimum elevates security management. Its cloud console supports incident analysis, while behavior analysis and machine learning offer robust network insights. Despite integration challenges with firewalls and setup complexities, it ensures endpoint protection through features like malware detection and zero-day attack monitoring, proven valuable in medium to small business environments.

What are the key features?

Automated Threat Detection: Utilizes machine learning for efficient threat identification.
Advanced Dashboard: Simplifies management of devices and vulnerabilities.
Centralized Reporting: Consolidates data for enhanced visibility.
Cloud Console: Facilitates real-time incident analysis.
Zero-Day Attack Monitoring: Proactively addresses emerging threats.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Comprehensive Security Features: Ensures robust endpoint protection.
Real-Time Network Insights: Boosts situational awareness and response.
Scalable Programs: Allows growth and adaptation to increased needs.
Seamless Integration: Works well with existing tools to maximize efficiency.

Implementation of Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Optimum in industries often focuses on protecting devices like laptops and servers against threats such as malware, utilizing features like USB protection and endpoint encryption. Organizations also leverage centralized management and patch management for improved efficiency and effectiveness.

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Seqrite Endpoint Security provides comprehensive endpoint protection with features like inventory management, antivirus defense, and ransomware prevention. It ensures seamless device and application control, offering centralized management for hybrid environments across Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Seqrite Endpoint Security, known for its centralized management system, is designed to safeguard endpoints with advanced antivirus, malware detection, and ransomware prevention capabilities. It facilitates effective governance for hybrid work environments, providing robust inventory and asset management. While offering advanced device and application control across Windows, Mac, and Linux, Seqrite integrates XDR and EDR functionalities along with web protection and policy implementation.

What are the key features of Seqrite Endpoint Security?

Inventory and Asset Management: Track and manage hardware and software assets effectively.
Ransomware Backup: Provides backups to secure data against ransomware attacks.
Advanced EDR and XDR: Offers extended and endpoint detection and response.
File Monitoring: Monitors file activities to ensure data integrity.
External Device Control: Manages device usage and access.
Web Protection: Safeguards against online threats with secure browsing.
DLP Features: Monitors data access and usage to prevent data loss.

What benefits should be looked for?

Ease of Management: Streamlined management with a user-friendly interface.
Policy Implementation: Fast and effective application of security policies.
Cost-Effective Plans: Provides affordable options for varied businesses.
Centralized Management: Simplifies the management of multiple devices.

In industries like IT, healthcare, and finance, Seqrite Endpoint Security finds usage for securing endpoint devices and ensuring compliance with industry standards. Its centralized cloud-based management supports robust access control and governance, suitable for both small businesses and large enterprises in managing endpoint security challenges.

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Sample Customers

CBI Health Group, University Honda, VakifBank

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Gadre, Bharat Vikas Group, Fernandez Hospital, Fabtech Projects & Engineering, KIMS Hospital, National Steel And Agro Industries, Sardar Patel University, Sterling Wilson, Chowgule Industries

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