CrowdStrike Falcon vs ESET Inspect comparison

CrowdStrike and ESET are both solutions in the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) category. CrowdStrike is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.5, while ESET is ranked #33 with an average rating of 8.0. CrowdStrike holds a 7.8% mindshare in EDR, compared to ESET’s 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 97% of CrowdStrike users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 80% of ESET users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 11, 2026

CrowdStrike Falcon and ESET Inspect are key players in the cybersecurity market, both equipped with considerable threat protection capabilities. CrowdStrike Falcon appears to lead in areas of deployment and customer service, while ESET Inspect is noted for its rich feature set, which some users find worth the higher investment.

Features: CrowdStrike Falcon stands out with its advanced threat intelligence, cloud-native design, and real-time visibility, ensuring active threat monitoring and response. ESET Inspect offers comprehensive threat detection, flexibility in configuring the system, and robust endpoint investigation tools.

Room for Improvement: CrowdStrike Falcon could improve by adding more integration capabilities with identity management systems and offer better identity theft protection. Additionally, enhancing on-premise support would be beneficial. ESET Inspect may enhance its user interface for easier navigation, reduce the complexity of its initial setup, and improve resource consumption to make it lighter on systems.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: CrowdStrike Falcon's cloud-based deployment enables rapid setup with minimal hassle, accompanied by its proactive customer support. ESET Inspect, with its on-premise flexibility, requires a more complex installation and offers detailed support, though its intricate deployment can be challenging.

Pricing and ROI: CrowdStrike Falcon demands a higher initial investment with a faster return on investment due to efficient threat mitigation. ESET Inspect necessitates potentially sizable spending but offsets this through extensive security functionalities and long-term infrastructure benefits.

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Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Net...

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) category, the mindshare of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is 3.4%, down from 3.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of CrowdStrike Falcon is 7.8%, down from 15.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ESET Inspect is 1.2%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
CrowdStrike Falcon	7.8%
Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks	3.4%
ESET Inspect	1.2%
Other	87.6%

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

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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reviewer2516757

Team Lead - Network and Security at a outsourcing company with 11-50 employees

Endpoint security has improved and real-time detection and response reduce false positives

The best features CrowdStrike Falcon offers are endpoint detection and response, cloud-native lightweight agent, AI-powered threat detection, threat hunting, and Falcon Overwatch. The feature I use the most is endpoint detection and response, which you can call EDR. EDR makes the difference in this case because it provides real-time alerts for suspicious activity and full process tree visibility showing what ran, what spawned, and what is happening inside the LAN on the endpoint. It allows for quick investigation of endpoint logins and quick host isolation to stop the spread. Using CrowdStrike Falcon typically leads to faster threat detection, quicker response, and better visibility across the endpoints. This means I can understand, or an administrator can understand the logs and situation, what is happening with the endpoint, and what suspicious behaviors are occurring inside the endpoints. It has reduced false positives and has a lightweight performance impact, resulting in no heavy use or heavy scans of the agent. User productivity is also increased on the endpoint side.

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Moshiur-Rahman Khan

CEO at IOPoint.com

Provides reliable and comprehensive internet security solutions without significant system slowdowns

My organization uses ESET Inspect for antivirus and internet security on laptops and desktops. On the enterprise side, we utilize it on our Windows Server. The platform has improved our organization's security by providing comprehensive antivirus and internet security solutions. It is fast and…

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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 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."

"If the user leaves our premises or network, Palo Alto Traps will still be on that endpoint and will still apply our policies."

"But overall, when we speak about security and protection, they are one of the top providers."

"It's a nice product that's stable and scalable."

"If any application performs suspicious activities, such as changing registries or modifying other applications, Cortex XDR detects and blocks the entire application."

"It blocks malicious files. It prevents attacks. It doesn't require many updates, it's a very light application."

"Implementing Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks has had a significant impact on my security analyst workload because it becomes much easier."

"The stability of the solution is very good. We have about 100 users on it right now, and we use it twice a week."

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"Probably the most valuable thing to me is the real-time response piece. The fact that I can connect to an endpoint as long as it is on the Internet, no matter where it is globally. I can remove files from the endpoint, drop files on the endpoint, stop processes, reboot it, run custom scripts, and deploy software. Pretty much no other tool can do all that."

"When something is detected you can log into the GUI and you can get very specific details about what happened."

"We just moved over from McAfee to CrowdStrike, which detected a lot of things that McAfee did not."

"Cyberattack detection is very good. We use it for detecting different vulnerabilities, such as ransomware, virus, and malware. It is a good product today when compared to Symantec that we used previously."

"CrowdStrike Falcon has a ransom detection time of less than 50 seconds."

"The product is really good, but there is a lot of additional features that you need to have for it to be a complete solution."

"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 solution's reporting console is phenomenal, and I can get a lot of data out of it."

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"This solution is easy to install, setup and monitor."

"ESET Enterprise Inspector's most valuable feature is EDR."

"ESET Enterprise Inspector's greatest asset lies in its user-friendly interface, which allows for easy navigation and thorough analysis of incidents."

"Scalability-wise, it is a very good solution."

"Rules are the most valuable feature of ESET Inspect. They are created through XML language, and they track and filter events from endpoints. If the event matches the rule, the rule is triggered. Exceptions are the second most valuable feature because it gives you the power to filter false positives in large numbers. The third most valuable feature is the Learning mode that facilitates making exceptions for known processes with a good reputation."

"The product's most valuable features are its performance and stability."

"I find the multilayered endpoint security the most valuable feature."

"The rules are the best and most useful features."

Cons

"There's room for improvement with Mac device installations, which can be challenging."

"Whenever the tool releases a new version when deploying the product across the organization, I feel like there are some disturbances in the CPU usage after upgrading the tool to the latest version."

"If he is using a smaller company, he can depend on some other tools because Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is a bit expensive."

"Data privacy is a matter of concern. You have to be careful with data privacy, it can be sensitive and Cortex can have most of your access."

"Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR does not detect malicious activity like in other anti-virus solutions like Trend Micro and Windows with Cisco."

"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is a strong tool, but it is true that digesting information sometimes makes the tool go a little bit slower."

"There are some false positives. What our guys would have liked is that it would have been easier to manipulate as soon as they found a false positive that they knew was a false positive. How to do so was not obvious. Some people complained about it. The interface, the ESM, is not user-friendly."

"Previously, the endpoint would leave the environment, not being on our VPN, essentially unable to interact with the server to upload files."

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"The pricing structure should allow for some flexibility."

"The console is a little cluttered and at times, finding what you're looking for is not intuitive."

"This solution lacks basic functionality, such as being able to perform on-demand scanning."

"I would like to see a little bit more in the offline scanning ability."

"The solution isn't known in my market. The brand isn't as recognizable. Their shortcomings are more on the marketing side."

"The current version of Falcon does not support DLP which may be good to have in an EDR solution."

"We'd like to see more integration capabilities."

"Too many false positives."

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"The solution could improve the consumption of resources. The RAM and CPU usage increases during usage which can cause issues. We have three separate services and it would be beneficial if all were executed from one agent limiting the over usage of system resources."

"It is not a stable product. We were disappointed in the stability of this product in comparison to McAffee."

"It may be difficult for a first-time customer to understand all of the functions that are available to him."

"Every vendor is working on making the job of SOC analysts easier, with fewer false positives and more precise detections. ESET uses LiveGrid technology that provides feedback on the reputation of files and operations. It's hard to eliminate all of the false positives, but hopefully, we'll see some improvement with the advances in AI."

"The product is complex to configure, and there are too many errors that are not errors, making it an area that can be considered for improvement."

"One area that needs improvement for the product is ransomware protection, which does not offer complete security."

"The platform's price could be better."

"It is not a stable product. We were disappointed in the stability of this product in comparison to McAffee."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price is on the higher side, but it's okay."

"The pricing seems fair, and I do like the licensing model. You use wherever they are, and it is elastic."

"The price of the solution is high for the license and in general."

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

"It's way too expensive, but security is expensive. You pay for your licensing, and then you pay for someone to monitor the stuff."

"I feel it is fairly priced."

"Its pricing is kind of in line with its competitors and everybody else out there."

"Our customers have expressed that the price is high."

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"The pricing of CrowdStrike Falcon is competitive."

"We bought a very small number of licenses, then ran it for a year. We bought a 100 licenses for a year, so we didn't actually do a proof of concept. We just bought them. Then, the next year, we bought 10,000 licenses."

"The pricing is not bad. It's on the higher end of the market, but you get what you pay for."

"There is an annual license required to use this solution."

"Annual licensing."

"The pricing and licensing are fairly good. It is definitely not a cheap product, but I have felt that it is worth the money that we spent. So, we have discussed it in the past, and were like, "Yes, it is probably pricier than some other solutions, but we also feel they really are the leader. We are very comfortable with their level of expertise. So, it's kind of worth the price that we pay.""

"There are three to four licensing models available to choose from for CrowdStrike Falcon. The price of CrowdStrike Falcon depends on the distributor and the reseller partner. The price we received was good."

"The pricing could be reduced. If it was more reasonable that would be great."

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"The platform is expensive; it could be cheaper."

"The pricing and licensing are the big issue now, in my opinion. If the price was less than other companies, or a one-time charge for service was available, I think there would be more users of this solution."

"The platform's licensing is affordable and straightforward."

"I feel it is a very expensive product."

"This is true in the case of licensing, we do not have the most expensive products, and we don't have the cheapest product, it's somewhere in the middle. Perhaps a little higher from the middle, but we are known for what we provide to our customers, and they are pleased."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Construction Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

11%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Comms Service Provider

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Computer Software Company

10%

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Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	45
Midsize Enterprise	20
Large Enterprise	48

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	52
Midsize Enterprise	33
Large Enterprise	63

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Small Business	5
Large Enterprise	2

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Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps

CrowdStrike Falcon XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Threat Intelligence, CrowdStrike Identity Protection, CrowdStrike Falcon Surface, CrowdStrike Falcon Platform

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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.

Palo Alto Networks

CrowdStrike Falcon provides cutting-edge endpoint detection with automatic alerts, real-time monitoring, and seamless integration capabilities. Cloud-native architecture and AI-driven processes ensure scalable protection and efficient threat remediation.

CrowdStrike Falcon is recognized for its robust EDR and threat intelligence features that enhance security and streamline operations. Its lightweight agent minimizes system impact while offering real-time monitoring and detailed reporting. This platform uses cloud-native architecture for scalable, consistent protection, significantly reducing administrative demands. AI and machine learning empower precise threat hunting and behavioral analysis, which mitigates false positives and boosts cybersecurity efficiency. Users seek improvements in integration with other systems, reporting functions, and compatibility with specific operating systems. While the solution handles malware mitigation and threat response efficiently, suggestions for on-demand scanning, enhanced visibility, and better dashboard features are noted.

What are the key features of CrowdStrike Falcon?

Automatic Alert System: Provides instant alerts to enhance threat detection.
Robust EDR: Offers advanced endpoint detection capabilities.
Threat Intelligence: Delivers detailed insights for proactive security measures.
Real-time Monitoring: Enables continuous security assessments.
Seamless Integration Options: Streamlines operations with existing infrastructure.
Lightweight Agent: Minimizes system impact, maintaining performance efficiency.
Cloud-native Architecture: Provides scalable, consistent protection against threats.
AI and ML-driven Processes: Offers accurate threat hunting and behavioral analysis.

What benefits or ROI should users expect from CrowdStrike Falcon?

Enhanced Security: Comprehensive protection for endpoints using cutting-edge technologies.
Reduced Administrative Burden: Simplifies management of security incidents.
Efficient Threat Remediation: Minimizes downtime with quick threat response actions.
Improved Threat Visibility: Provides detailed reports and insights.
Scalable Protection: Ensures adaptable security measures across multiple devices.

In technology sectors, CrowdStrike Falcon commonly supports endpoint protection and threat response initiatives, allowing companies to replace traditional antivirus systems with more advanced solutions. In finance, it secures sensitive data across multiple platforms, ensuring compliance. In healthcare, real-time security analysis protects patient data on critical devices like servers and laptops, utilizing AI to enhance cybersecurity defenses.

CrowdStrike

ESET Inspect is an essential component to help ensure the highest level of enterprise security. While standard ESET Endpoint Security provides strong protection, ESET Inspect takes your environment's security to a new dimension. A security tool is needed to help security professionals protect their sensitive data and detect and investigate security incidents, advanced threats, and targeted attacks or breaches on endpoint devices. ESET Inspect is a tool that offers the peace of mind of continuous protection and security monitoring in a powerful and easy-to-use solution.

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Sample Customers

CBI Health Group, University Honda, VakifBank

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Mitsubishi Motors, Allianz Suisse, Cannon, T-Mobile

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