CrowdStrike Falcon vs Seqrite Endpoint Security comparison

CrowdStrike and Seqrite are both solutions in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category. CrowdStrike is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.5, while Seqrite is ranked #25 with an average rating of 8.2. CrowdStrike holds a 6.6% mindshare in EPP, compared to Seqrite’s 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 97% of CrowdStrike users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 82% of Seqrite users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 11, 2026

CrowdStrike Falcon and Seqrite Endpoint Security compete in the cybersecurity category, providing protection against digital threats. CrowdStrike Falcon seems to have the upper hand due to its advanced features and real-time protection capabilities.

Features: CrowdStrike Falcon stands out with its robust EDR features, real-time protection, and AI-driven threat intelligence. The solution offers comprehensive endpoint visibility, remote connection, and detailed threat analysis capabilities. Seqrite Endpoint Security is known for its strong asset management, data loss prevention, and traditional antivirus support, appealing to cost-conscious smaller businesses.

Room for Improvement: CrowdStrike Falcon could boost its dashboard functionality, report exporting, and integration with other solutions. Users also seek faster technical support and enhanced on-demand scanning for legacy systems. Seqrite Endpoint Security needs improvements in scalability, cloud-based offerings, and user management. Both products could enhance interface and performance.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: CrowdStrike Falcon is widely used in various environments for its simple deployment and superior cloud integration. Although customer service is generally responsive, some users report occasional delays. Seqrite Endpoint Security is more common in traditional on-premises settings with satisfactory support, though it could improve response times and engagement.

Pricing and ROI: CrowdStrike Falcon is a premium solution with higher costs, justified by its advanced features and capabilities. Its complex pricing model includes a la carte options for additional features. Despite the high price, users often see a positive ROI due to improved threat management. Seqrite Endpoint Security, on the other hand, is praised for its affordability and straightforward licensing, attracting smaller businesses with budget constraints.

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Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category, the mindshare of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is 3.5%, down from 4.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of CrowdStrike Falcon is 6.6%, down from 11.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Seqrite Endpoint Security is 1.2%, 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 (%)
CrowdStrike Falcon	6.6%
Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks	3.5%
Seqrite Endpoint Security	1.2%
Other	88.7%

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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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Waleed Omar

Information Security Specialist at Arab Open University

Provides effective real-time threat detection with potential for cost optimization

Some features such as device control, firewall management, and file analysis are standalone products that we need to purchase separately. If these features came out of the box within the product, it would be much more beneficial for us. Other providers such as SentinelOne include these features in their base product. We attended a CrowdStrike Falcon event where they discussed some shallow AI features, but we cannot see these in our panel yet. We work with different solutions such as Darktrace and SocRadar, where AI features are automatically displayed in our dashboards after release. However, for CrowdStrike Falcon, we cannot see these features.

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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

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Pros

"WildFire AI is the best option for this product."

"The most valuable feature of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is the low consumption of system resources. The solution uses a lot of AI and machine learning."

"The solution allows us to gain remote access without the user's knowledge and take the necessary actions on the device."

"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 best feature of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is that it collects logs from different sections such as the endpoint, the network, and the cloud, making it easy to investigate alerts, collect some of the investigation packages related to the infected machines, and provide live response."

"It can automatically correlate events and logs, which is very helpful for an IT administrator. It can correlate different kinds of malware activities over a network, agent, or host system. You do not need to do it manually. It is a good feature. It is also a user-friendly solution. We have deployed it on the cloud because our space does not provide any flexibility for on-premises deployment, but Palo Alto has added some flexibility to install it on-premises. It must be like the same Cortex XDR agent for all the VPN services, web filtering services, and everything else."

"Automation and playbooks have helped me significantly, as Cortex Xnor's playbooks predefine the workflow of the automation, such as response processes, alert triggering, and enriching the context, efficiently detecting and blocking malicious attacks with firewalls while eliminating workload and speeding responses for next-generation operations."

"There has been a significant reduction of approximately 70% to 80% in our internal MTTR and MTTD metrics, now around five to eight minutes whereas previously it was hours, which has helped tremendously."

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"The stability is good; we haven't experienced any glitches or bugs."

"The anomaly detection is the most valuable feature."

"I like the Overwatch feature the most."

"I like the overall reports of this solution. They are crisp, and to the point."

"I have found the connection to search the hosts for detections very useful in CrowdStrike Falcon."

"I find nothing to miss in terms of stability; there are no glitches, and the solution is stable."

"This solution consistently releases improvements. They have communicated their next two years of development which is powerful and covers all of our needs."

"The most valuable feature is the activity dashboard because it gives you a holistic view of your environment from a security standpoint."

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"The update process and policy control are good."

"I like Seqrite's web protection features and external device control."

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

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

"The solution is centrally managed, easy to configure, and easy to use."

"The setup process was easy for our remote clients and us as well."

"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 part of the solution is its ransomware backup feature."

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Cons

"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."

"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks could improve by offering remote management. It would be useful to look at the client's issue to fix it."

"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks could improve by adding a sandbox feature to better compete with their competitors which have it."

"There are a large number of false positives."

"While using Cortex, I noticed some aspects that could be improved, such as increasing the synchronization speed between XDR and Xnor."

"We have found that there are times Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks does not detect some of the viruses, we have to use another protection solution called Kaspersky."

"In general, the price could be more competitive."

"Impact on system performance is horrible, adding a lot of delays for users."

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"Too many false positives."

"I would like CrowdStrike to provide some correlation in the threat analysis, so we can visualize things better."

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

"The performance could be better."

"As the company has grown, the technical support has felt less personal."

"I would like to see equal support across all versions. Aside from that, I would say most of the features are there."

"The solution could improve by providing more types of reports because it's in the detection span you cannot re-export anything. If it could be exported to a CSV file directly there it would help a lot. I currently need to do this by API to get what I need."

"Any kind of integration that you want to do, such as using the API to connect to a SIEM, is complex and it will be expensive to do."

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

"User management could be improved."

"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."

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

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

"When we fire any employee connected remotely over the internet, we need a security feature that blocks the system and the device."

"I would like to see Seqrite add a remote profile so we can implement different policies for users connecting to the in-office LAN and those accessing the office network from home or a public internet connection."

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

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I don't recall what the cost was, but it wasn't really that expensive."

"The pricing is okay, although direct support can be expensive."

"It is present, but when compared to other competitive products, I would say it is not less expensive; however, when all of the other added values are considered, the price is reasonable."

"It's the most expensive solution, but features-wise, it's quite strong. It's very good for protection, so the results are very good in the case of protection. I would rate it a two out of ten in terms of pricing."

"We didn't have to pay any additional fee for the cloud instance. It just came with the renewal, which was nice."

"The cost of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is $55 to $90 USD per endpoint per month."

"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."

"The price of the solution could be reduced. I have customers that have voiced that the solution is good for the value but if I want to sell more of the solution the price reduction would help."

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"The solution's pricing is great for us."

"Annual licensing."

"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 is good and there are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."

"The cost of CrowdStrike Falcon could be reduced. It is quite expensive if you compare it to other solutions, such as Blue Coat, Symantec, McAfee, or Kaspersky."

"The licensing model is straightforward. We choose the features we want and we then can download the package we want."

"As I'm part of the technical team, not the budgeting team, I don't have information on CrowdStrike Falcon pricing."

"Different components are additional price points. We got the components that were right for us, but other organizations may require more (or less) components to suit their needs."

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

"Endpoint Security is cheaper than Trend Micro."

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

"You need to pay for a yearly license for Seqrite Endpoint Security, which is expensive."

"The license isn't expensive."

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

"The pricing is reasonable."

"There is no option to refund the money and unfortunately, we bought a three-year license, seeing that Quick Heal is a long-established player in the market."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Computer Software Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Computer Software Company

13%

Comms Service Provider

10%

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Financial Services Firm

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	44
Midsize Enterprise	20
Large Enterprise	47

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Small Business	50
Midsize Enterprise	33
Large Enterprise	62

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Small Business	10
Midsize Enterprise	12
Large Enterprise	1

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I like that Crowdstrike allows me to easily correlate data between my firewalls. What’s most useful for my needs is t...

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What do you like most about Seqrite Endpoint Security?

The most valuable part of the solution is its ransomware backup feature.

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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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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

Seqrite End Point Security, Seqrite EPS

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

Seqrite Endpoint Security is a comprehensive security platform used to protect enterprise networks and connected devices from advanced threats. To do so, it integrates with innovative technologies such as Anti Ransomware, Advanced DNA Scan, and Behavioral Detection System.

Seqrite Endpoint Security Features

Seqrite Endpoint Security has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

Application control: Seqrite Endpoint Security gives you control over the use of unauthorized applications within the network.

Advanced device control: Seqrite Endpoint Security configures device policies for different device types for Windows and Mac platforms to safeguard the network against unverified devices.

Data loss prevention (DLP): Seqrite Endpoint Security’s data loss prevention secures confidential data to avoid losses. Another advantage of this feature is that data that is at rest can also be scanned on endpoints and removable devices.

Ransomware protection: Seqrite Endpoint Security uses behavior-based detection technology to detect and block ransomware threats. In addition, it also backs up your data in a secured location to help you restore your files in case of a ransomware attack.

Vulnerability scan: By scanning known vulnerabilities of applications and operating systems, users can update necessary security patches.

Web filtering: With the web filtering featureת you can block websites individually or according to categories in order to limit web access for employees.

Asset management: This feature helps alert administrators of any alterations on company systems by monitoring hardware and software configurations.

File activity monitor: Seqrite Endpoint Security enables you to monitor confidential company files and notifies administrators when such files are copied, renamedת or deleted.

IDS/IPS protection: Seqrite Endpoint Security provides advanced protection that proactively detects malicious activity to prevent attacks that may exploit application vulnerabilities.

Group policy management: Based on the hierarchy within your organization, administrators can define user groups and can also set flexible policies depending on situational requirements.

Seqrite Endpoint Security Benefits

There are several benefits to implementing Seqrite Endpoint Security. Some of the biggest advantages the solution offers include:

Advanced security: Seqrite Endpoint Security offers 360-degree data security. The solution provides comprehensive endpoint and data protection in one integrated solution and is suitable for businesses of all sizes.

Uninterrupted protection: With Seqrite Endpoint Security, your daily business operations go uninterrupted, with protection that works to prevent malicious websites, phishing attacks, and more.

Linux-based support: Seqrite Endpoint Security’s solution supports Linux-based systems and also provides higher scalability and enhanced security for Windows and Mac platforms.

Compliance: The solution has competitive security enhancements to meet enterprises’ compliance needs.

Patch management: With Seqrite Endpoint Security, you will have access to simplified and centralized patch management strategy, allowing for higher productivity and more robust security.

Vulnerability detection: By using proactive scanning of installed applications, Seqrite Endpoint Security is able to detect unforeseen vulnerabilities and also reduce unauthorized installations.

Reduced risk: Because the solution has enhanced device control features, it is easier to reduce business security risks.

Advanced endpoint protection: The solution provides advanced endpoint protection with antivirus, firewall, intrusion detection, and more.

Reviews from Real Users

A Manager IT at a healthcare company says, “We use the solution for managing our main product, antivirus, and device locking. There are many features available in this solution, such as asset management. It is easy to install and stable.”

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