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Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks vs Heimdal Patch and Asset Management comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Net...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
90
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (4th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (7th), Ransomware Protection (2nd), AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms (4th)
Heimdal Patch and Asset Man...
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Patch Management (20th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks and Heimdal Patch and Asset Management aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is designed for Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) and holds a mindshare of 3.9%, down 5.1% compared to last year.
Heimdal Patch and Asset Management, on the other hand, focuses on Patch Management, holds 0.6% mindshare, up 0.3% since last year.
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
Patch Management
 

Featured Reviews

Mohammad Qaw - PeerSpot reviewer
Perfect correlation and XDR capabilities for network traffic plus endpoint security
The solution should force customers to integrate with network traffic to see the full benefits of XDR. If you are not integrating it or feeding in your network traffic, then you are just buying a normal antivirus which doesn't make any sense. You are paying double the price to use the antivirus feature or to say you have XDR, but in reality you are not using it. The solution should include an on-premises option because some customers want only on-premises. It would be hard, but good to do if possible. Open XDR would be beneficial in the future. Right now, the solution is Closed XDR so cannot communicate with the few new vendors in the Open XDR market.
Melvin Ong - PeerSpot reviewer
Has plug-and-play capability once configured and good reporting system
The tool's most valuable features have been its plug-and-play capability once configured and its reporting system is good. The most improved feature of asset auditing is its physical logging of all software. This allows us to understand what software and applications are installed on endpoints. We can easily check which software applications are installed in the network infrastructure during client processing or audits.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"One thing that I like about Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks, it is detecting all the suspicious or malicious binaries, and it has integration with Palo Alto Firewall."
"The behavior-based detection feature is valuable."
"The solution allows control over the user and his machine through Cortex XDR security policies."
"One of the main benefits of the solution is its intelligence to correlate the events into an incident."
"Stability is a primary factor, and then there's the ease of distribution and policy management."
"It integrates well into the environment."
"After deploying Traps, we saw the performance of the network improve by 65 to 70 percent."
"It is easy to use."
"The tool's most valuable features have been its plug-and-play capability once configured and its reporting system is good. The most improved feature of asset auditing is its physical logging of all software. This allows us to understand what software and applications are installed on endpoints. We can easily check which software applications are installed in the network infrastructure during client processing or audits."
 

Cons

"It tends to do 99.9% of things. The only thing I'd like is single sign-on authentication into their cloud platform so that my users can be properly authenticated against it."
"The encryption is not up to the mark."
"The server sometimes stops continuously to check things so it would be helpful to receive access updates or technical reasons."
"I would like to see some additional features related to email protection included."
"There are some third-party solutions that are difficult to integrate with, which is something that can be improved."
"They've been having some issues with updating their endpoint agents, and it has been quite frustrating."
"Technology evolves every day, so it would be nice if it gets more secure. It can also have more integration with other platforms."
"It's more focused on network communication. If a customer wants to increase the level of protection and start working with documents, it's impossible to integrate these features into the system. It's more of a communication-oriented system than a content security-oriented system."
"The tool needs to be more user-friendly."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price is on the higher side, but it's okay."
"Compared to CrowdStrike, Cortex XDR is an expensive solution."
"This is an expensive solution."
"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is quite an expensive solution."
"Cortex XDR’s pricing is very reasonable."
"Licensing for Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR can be costly, especially when it comes to a hundred users. A license is required for each user, and the subscription must be renewed on a yearly basis."
"Cortex XDR's pricing is ok."
"When we first bought it, it was a bit expensive, but it was worth it. The licensing was straightforward."
"I rate the solution's pricing a five out of ten."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Government
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Educational Organization
8%
University
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps
Thor Foresight Enterprise
 

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Sample Customers

CBI Health Group, University Honda, VakifBank
Brother, Symbion, CPH West
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