CrowdStrike Falcon vs Webroot Business Endpoint Protection comparison

CrowdStrike and OpenText are both solutions in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category. CrowdStrike is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.8, while OpenText is ranked #40 with an average rating of 7.0. CrowdStrike holds a 11.1% mindshare in EPP, compared to OpenText’s 0.7% mindshare. Additionally, 97% of CrowdStrike users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 89% of OpenText users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 24, 2024

CrowdStrike Falcon and Webroot Business Endpoint Protection are two prominent endpoint security solutions. CrowdStrike Falcon seems to have the upper hand due to its robust feature set and higher user review ratings.

Features: CrowdStrike Falcon has comprehensive threat intelligence, real-time security updates, and efficient incident response. Webroot Business Endpoint Protection has simplicity, cloud-based management, and effective malware protection.

Room for Improvement: CrowdStrike Falcon could improve in data storage costs and minor performance lags during scans. Webroot Business Endpoint Protection needs more advanced reporting features and improved phishing protection.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: CrowdStrike Falcon gets positive feedback for its straightforward deployment process and responsive customer service. Webroot Business Endpoint Protection is noted for easy deployment but has mixed reviews about customer support effectiveness.

Pricing and ROI: CrowdStrike Falcon is more expensive but is justified by its comprehensive features and high ROI. Webroot Business Endpoint Protection is a cost-effective alternative with good ROI, especially for smaller businesses.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

CrowdStrike Falcon

Ranking in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)

3rd

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

122

Ranking in other categories

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (6th), Identity Management (IM) (6th), Threat Intelligence Platforms (2nd), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (1st), Active Directory Management (2nd), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (1st), Attack Surface Management (ASM) (1st), Ransomware Protection (1st), Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) (3rd), AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms (1st)

Webroot Business Endpoint P...

Ranking in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)

40th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

5.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category, the mindshare of CrowdStrike Falcon is 11.1%, up from 8.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Webroot Business Endpoint Protection is 0.7%, down from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)

Featured Reviews

Chintan-Vyas

Associate Director at KPMG

Easy to set up with good behavior-based analysis but needs a single-click recovery option

Most organizations are currently looking for a scheduled scan to meet their compliance needs. Other players like Symantec and Trend Micro, FireEye, et cetera, are still providing the signature-based regular scheduled scans also, which is not available in CrowdStrike. That is one parameter that we feel should be there in CrowdStrike. CrowdStrike is only working on the dynamic or the files under execution. CrowdStrike is not scanning the static files. The product could be more accurate in terms of performance. We'd like to have a single-click recovery option. With some machines getting corrupted by malware, we need an easy way to start with a blank slate if things happen. That one feature should be there in the EDR.

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Rick Cassel

Owner at R. A. Cassel & Associates

Lightweight and not hard to set up however, does not offer good reporting

We've had a couple of events both this year and last year where it just didn't seem to catch ransomware, which is impossible to do if someone has hands-on with the system. There were some things that they had or used to have or don't have that I still haven't figured out called journaling. And it was supposed to be a way to roll back changes that were made. However, they're telling me they don't have that. That's not in the system. It’s my understanding that it doesn’t actually scan any files at all. They just look at their database of files they've scanned previously, and either it matches or doesn't. That might be where the shortcoming is, is that it just can't stay up-to-date fast enough to stop new things that are coming in. It's an after-the-fact anti-virus. It doesn't do anything proactive. The virus has to hit the machine before it detects it. There is one thing that is deplorable with the product that I would change as soon as I found a better one. However, the reports are worthless. You go and look at a scan report and cannot get a log of machines. I can log into a console and see the files were scanned every day at 2:00 AM, and they all passed green or something was detected and removed. However, you have to go to the console. I don't have anything that I can send to my client on reports. What they give you is a bunch of bar graphs with no details. You can't drill down. It'll say two infections. However, it doesn't tell you what machines. You've just really got several different reports, and they're all just a bunch of graphs and wasted paper. There's nothing really substantial. The reports that I can use for client-facing, once a month, to say, "Here, we scanned all these workstations. Here are our results," don’t exist. They've got fake reports. I've screamed about that for years, and they just won't do anything. Therefore, I created my own little up-to-date or not ask fail-type report. I send that to them in place of a report directly from a product.

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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

"I like Falcon's threat detection and endpoint investigation features. It's a user-friendly solution."

"CrowdStrike enables the infrastructure managers to visualize all the events and get information about the network."

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

"Falcon has the capacity to identify potential problems quickly. The administrator can deploy the agent, and the users cannot change it. This assures you that the agent remains on this device. Also, the agent can act preemptively to provide alerts about potential problems."

"The feature that I find to be the most valuable, is being able to look at the system analysis and being able to baseline what is installed on the system."

"The DLP is the most valuable feature of CrowdStrike Falcon."

"It's given me a level of confidence that my network is secure."

"There's almost no maintenance required. It's very low if there's any at all."

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"Webroot Business Endpoint Protection is very scalable."

"I rate the initial setup phase a ten on a scale of one to ten, where one is difficult, and ten is easy."

"It is excellent endpoint protection for mobiles that does everything it says it will."

"It is very lightweight on the workstations, not slowing them down while still doing its job very well."

"Probably, compared to other antivirus programs, what we like about it is it is lightweight."

"Speed"

"The initial setup was straightforward. It took five minutes. I installed the solution myself."

"The solution is very simple and straightforward to use."

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Cons

"Whenever there is a feature release (upgrade) where we push to all the endpoints, it causes something to be blocked without us knowing."

"The portal can be clunky to navigate at times and has room for improvement."

"If we have a dashboard capability to uninstall agents, I think that would be great."

"I would like to see the machine learning feature enhanced."

"Falcon could be improved with more function on the mobile end of things and better optimization with mobile devices."

"The installation process for this software needs to be simplified."

"We sometimes get false positives."

"Improvement is always possible. It's challenging to gauge how much future mitigation is provided, especially since we've only been using the product for about one and a half years. Every product faces this challenge because nothing is ever completely foolproof. So, besides relying on technology, we also focus on increasing our staff's awareness of security issues. Feedback from my colleagues suggests that the reporting and dashboarding of incidents could be improved."

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"They should provide more information on the type of cyber attacks."

"Its detection capability for certain attacks should be improved. It should have better and wider detection for certain malware attacks. It could also have some sort of RMN."

"Usually, when it comes to reliability, McAfee and Norton are at 99 percent. Webroot's percentage is lower. It is 94% reliable in terms of what it catches, but you're trading that percentage for customer satisfaction because your computer isn't being constantly told that it just blocked something, or it just did something."

"The console spins up relatively slowly, and some of the configuration items are obscure (e.g., reporting back one time per day is a default setting) and need to be tweaked."

"An updated UI would be nice, but is not hardly used."

"It doesn't do anything proactive. The virus has to hit the machine before it detects it."

"The solution could improve by providing better ransomware protection."

"Webroot Business Endpoint Protection needs to improve its ability to detect threats."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"When comparing to Microsoft, CrowdStrike Falcon is more expensive."

"The pricing of CrowdStrike Falcon is competitive."

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

"There is no license required to use this solution."

"We are on an annual subscription for the solution. There are not any additional costs."

"Crowdstrike Falcon is relatively cheap."

"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 cost of CrowdStrike Falcon in Latin America seems high relative to the economic conditions in the region."

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"With Webroot Business Endpoint Protection, I can select a yearly billing cycle."

"Our strategy was to overestimate the complexity and cost. It turned out that Webroot's assurance was justified."

"We evaluate other options using multiple choices, best value, management and functionality."

"Get a trial, then a multi-year license."

"The solution is pretty cheap, actually. At our level, which is at 2,500 endpoints, we're paying 87 cents an agent per month."

"If you purchase for clients, then you are the managing billing entity. It's better to either get a monthly subscription check from your clients, or to prepay for the year (so as to not keep cash in reserve to pay the bill each month) IMHO."

"Work on a price tier plan."

"Webroot is less expensive than SentinelOne."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Computer Software Company

19%

Real Estate/Law Firm

13%

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

Comparing CrowdStrike Falcon to Cortex XDR (Palo Alto)

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto vs. CrowdStrike Falcon Both Cortex XDR and Crowd Strike Falcon offer cloud-based solutions that are very scalable, secure, and user-friendly. Cortex XDR by Palo Alto offers ...

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How does Crowdstrike Falcon compare with Darktrace?

Both of these products perform similarly and have many outstanding attributes. CrowdStrike Falcon offers an amazing user interface that makes setup easy and seamless. CrowdStrike Falcon offers a cl...

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How does Microsoft Defender for Endpoint compare with Crowdstrike Falcon?

The CrowdStrike solution delivers a lot of information about incidents. It has a very light sensor that will never push your machine hardware to "test", you don't have the usual "scan now" feature ...

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What do you like most about Webroot Business Endpoint Protection?

I haven't observed any of the instabilities in the solution. It is a stable solution.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Webroot Business Endpoint Protection?

Webroot Business Endpoint Protection is probably on the cheaper side, so I would rate their pricing a one or a two out of ten.

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What needs improvement with Webroot Business Endpoint Protection?

Webroot Business Endpoint Protection needs to improve its ability to detect threats. It does not do what it's advertised to do. Real-time threat detection also doesn't work as it should.

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Comparisons

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Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

Darktrace vs CrowdStrike Falcon

Compared 4% of the time

Symantec Endpoint Security vs CrowdStrike Falcon

Compared 3% of the time

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Compared 31% of the time

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Compared 15% of the time

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Compared 11% of the time

SentinelOne Singularity Complete vs Webroot Business Endpoint Protection

Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

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Also Known As

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

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Overview

CrowdStrike Falcon provides endpoint protection and threat intelligence using a cloud-based platform for real-time detection and response. Its minimal impact on system performance and ease of deployment are key benefits along with advanced logging and reporting for compliance and forensic analysis.

CrowdStrike Falcon is known for its efficacy in identifying malware, ransomware, and sophisticated cyber threats. The platform's cloud-native architecture and advanced AI capabilities ensure comprehensive endpoint visibility and rapid response times. Users appreciate the lightweight agent and seamless deployment process, along with detailed reporting features. Integration with security tools and efficient customer support are essential features, although some users highlight high pricing, occasional detection delays, and challenges with integration. Frequent alerts and the mobile app's performance are areas for improvement.

What are the key features of CrowdStrike Falcon?

Real-time Threat Detection: Provides immediate threat identification and response.
Lightweight Agent: Minimal impact on system performance.
Cloud-native Architecture: Ensures flexibility and scalability.
Advanced AI Capabilities: Enhances threat detection and prevention.
Comprehensive Endpoint Visibility: Complete insight into endpoint activities.
Detailed Reporting: Facilitates compliance and forensic analysis.
Security Tool Integration: Seamless integration with other tools.
Efficient Customer Support: Robust support services.

What are the benefits or ROI of CrowdStrike Falcon?

Improved Threat Detection: Identifies sophisticated threats, reducing risk.
Enhanced System Performance: Lightweight agent ensures minimal disruption.
Faster Response Times: Swift reaction to incidents minimizes damage.
Better Compliance: Detailed logs meet regulatory requirements.
Streamlined Deployment: Easy to implement with minimal downtime.

In industries like finance, healthcare, and retail, CrowdStrike Falcon is often used for critical security due to its robust threat detection capabilities. Financial firms value its rapid response and detailed reporting for compliance, while healthcare providers appreciate the minimal system performance impact. Retailers benefit from its comprehensive endpoint visibility and integration with other security tools.

Webroot Business Endpoint Protection provides comprehensive endpoint protection, antivirus, and security features across devices like mobiles, computers, and servers to prevent malware and other threats.

Webroot Business Endpoint Protection helps businesses manage endpoint security through its robust cloud application and integrates with RMM tools for improved management and pricing. It offers EMS service, automatic updates, and a lightweight agent, ensuring ease of use and minimal resource consumption across all devices. This solution maintains a cloud-based database for real-time threat recognition and delivers strong performance with low resource usage, leveraging heuristic AI for threat detection. Companies use it for its antivirus, firewall functions, device location and wiping, and security policy applications, contributing to effective security management.

What are the key features?

Endpoint Protection: Safeguards computers, mobiles, and servers from threats.
Cloud Integration: Manages security through a robust cloud application.
Automatic Updates: Ensures devices are consistently protected with the latest updates.
Lightweight Agent: Minimizes resource usage while delivering high performance.
Heuristic AI: Provides advanced threat detection and prevention capabilities.
EMS Service: Manages security effectively across all endpoints.

What benefits should you look for?

Efficiency: Low resource usage for optimal device performance.
Ease of Use: Simplified installation and configuration processes.
Real-Time Threat Detection: Immediate response to potential threats.
Cost-Effectiveness: Affordable pricing with clear, transparent models.
Comprehensive Protection: Complete security measures for various devices.

Webroot Business Endpoint Protection is implemented across industries to ensure robust endpoint security. Its integration with RMM tools allows for seamless management in IT environments, while its cloud-based threat detection provides essential cybersecurity for sectors such as healthcare, finance, and education.

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