We performed a comparison between CrowdStrike Falcon and Check Point Harmony Endpoint based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: CrowdStrike Falcon stands out for its machine-learning capabilities, optimal resource utilization, and precise threat detection. Check Point Harmony Endpoint provides a sophisticated defense against ransomware and phishing attacks. CrowdStrike Falcon could benefit from adding a sandbox feature and more detailed firewall management options. The solution is praised for its forensic analysis and VPN connectivity. Users say Check Point could improve its endpoint vulnerability management and threat-hunting features.
Service and Support: CrowdStrike Falcon's customer service is considered prompt and helpful. While several users lauded Check Point support for its problem-solving skills, others said there is room for improvement.
Ease of Deployment: CrowdStrike Falcon's setup is considered to be simple and efficient, with deployment times ranging from a few days to a month. While there may be some challenges during installation, they are generally manageable. Setting up Check Point Harmony Endpoint is uncomplicated, and one admin is usually enough for the job. It may take time to configure the solution due to the wide range of available blades.
Pricing: Some users find CrowdStrike Falcon costly and think the price should be lowered to make it more competitive. Users generally find the price of Check Point Harmony Endpoint to be reasonable and competitive. They perceive it as more cost-effective than other solutions, though some said it could be lower.
ROI: CrowdStrike Falcon offers cost savings by decreasing the required number of engineers and eliminating the need for onsite servers. Check Point Harmony Endpoint provides a comprehensive and economical solution, and customers say the product has helped them grow.
Comparison Results: Our users prefer Check Point Harmony Endpoint over CrowdStrike Falcon. Check Point Harmony Endpoint provides a robust defense against ransomware and phishing attacks. While CrowdStrike Falcon receives praise for its lightweight design, user reviews indicate that Check Point Harmony Endpoint offers a more comprehensive and effective solution for endpoint security.
"The setup is pretty simple."
"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."
"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."
"The price is low and quite competitive with others."
"The main thing is that I feel safe. Because the processes that have been used to get a handle on the attackers are much better than other competitors"
"The product detects and blocks threats and is more proactive than firewalls."
"It is a scalable solution...The initial setup of Fortinet FortiEDR was straightforward."
"We have FortiEDR installed on all our systems. This protects them from any threats."
"The technical support is good."
"The forensics allows us to search retrospectively for an URL or file opened by users, for example, when you need to quickly check who else has clicked on a phishing link."
"Compared to its competitors, Check Point Harmony Endpoint has advantages in areas like EDR and behavioral detection."
"The end-user facilities for managing the tool are good."
"It's easy to scale as needed."
"The most valuable feature of Check Point Harmony Endpoint is centralized management."
"The license plans are also very nice and distributed - allowing for a separation between types of users with more basic or more advanced options."
"The graphical interface is very easy to use and intuitive, which greatly facilitates the work and greatly facilitates the work and the location of threats on the users' computers."
"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."
"CrowdStrike Falcon is a very light solution. It does not use too much processor or RAM."
"The most valuable feature of CrowdStrike Falcon is crowdsourcing intelligence."
"At this point what is most valuable is the interface, which is easy to navigate."
"The feature I like the most is the solution's detection."
"The OverWatch is the most valuable feature to me. It's a 24x7 monitoring service, and when they see anything suspicious in my environment, they will investigate."
"The most valuable feature is the activity dashboard because it gives you a holistic view of your environment from a security standpoint."
"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."
"Cannot be used on mobile devices with a secure connection."
"The solution should address emerging threats like SQL injection."
"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."
"There's room for improvement in the quick response time and technical support for integration issues, especially when dealing with multiple vendors."
"We find the solution to be a bit expensive."
"We've encountered challenges during API deployment, occasionally resulting in unstable environments."
"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."
"Check Point Harmony Endpoint could improve by allowing it to work on older systems by reducing the system requirements. Since our systems are dated we can only use the antivirus module features."
"Unfortunately, the web (cloud) management system and log search performance are quite bad."
"The solution needs better reports and centralized logs."
"Infinity Portal sometimes requires more performance."
"Off the top of my head, I can't think of a way it has improved my organization."
"Technical support can be a bit slow at times."
"I have a few issues when attempting to install Harmony on some of the machines."
"They could be focused on the analysis of USB devices."
"It does take more time to scan than other solutions."
"We'd like to see more integration capabilities."
"There are some areas where some customers would prefer a different service."
"I would like to see equal support across all versions. Aside from that, I would say most of the features are there."
"The ability to receive text alerts natively in the console would be kind of cool."
"For CrowdStrike to work, all the machines need to have an internet connection. This makes it challenging to assist customers without an internet connection. We would like to have a mechanism or relay to make this possible."
"Tighter integration around XDR could be included."
"We have had to open a case with the technical support to get some issues and bugs resolved."
Check Point Harmony Endpoint is ranked 8th in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) with 103 reviews while CrowdStrike Falcon is ranked 3rd in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) with 107 reviews. Check Point Harmony Endpoint is rated 8.8, while CrowdStrike Falcon is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Check Point Harmony Endpoint writes "Excellent anti-ransomware protection, zero-day phishing protection, and web browsing filtering". On the other hand, the top reviewer of CrowdStrike Falcon writes "Easy to set up with good behavior-based analysis but needs a single-click recovery option". Check Point Harmony Endpoint is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, SentinelOne Singularity Complete and Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks, whereas CrowdStrike Falcon is most compared with Microsoft Defender XDR, Darktrace, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Trend Micro Deep Security and Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business. See our Check Point Harmony Endpoint vs. CrowdStrike Falcon report.
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