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NiteshSharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Pre-Sales Architect at network techlab
Reseller
Top 5Leaderboard
A stable, scalable solution offering robust threat protection and vulnerability assessment
Pros and Cons
  • "The features we showcase to potential customers are prevention, malware protection, zero-day protection, and application scripting. Vulnerability assessment is another valuable feature."
  • "Sometimes CrowdStrike changes the GUI, and they need to be better at informing us and providing guidance concerning that."

What is our primary use case?

We are a CrowdStrike partner, selling their products to our customers. We have small and medium-sized enterprise clients and clients in the government sector. Depending on customer requirements, we provide different CrowdStrike Falcon products, ranging from Spotlight to XDR.

What is most valuable?

The features we showcase to potential customers are prevention, malware protection, zero-day protection, and application scripting. Vulnerability assessment is another valuable feature.

What needs improvement?

Sometimes CrowdStrike changes the GUI, and they need to be better at informing us and providing guidance concerning that.

I would like to see a web filtering feature, and better application features. This would make the product easier to sell to smaller businesses, and would make it so that devices follow the applied policies anywhere; even when users are at home or travelling in another country, for example.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been working with the solution for three years. 

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Crowdstrike Falcon XDR is a stable product. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable. 

How are customer service and support?

The technical support is good; we raise a case using the portal and get a call back within a day. Help is available specifically for India, which is where we are based.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is towards the middle; it isn't remarkably straightforward or complex. The GUI changes complicate setup, so our process begins with consulting the documentation, and then we can download and implement the agent onto a machine. This typically takes around 15 minutes per machine.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I'm not directly involved in sales, so I can't comment on the exact price, but I know the price decreases the higher the quantity we purchase.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten. 

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
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Senior Engineer at Neosecure
Reseller
Useful full EDR, effective hunting, and good reports
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable features in CrowdStrike Falcon are the full EDR with antivirus, hunting, reporting, and RTR remote control."
  • "CrowdStrike Falcon could improve by having an easier way to search and use the interface for extracting queries from the data. The interface could improve."

What is our primary use case?

We use CrowdStrike Falcon for malware mitigation and hunting.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features in CrowdStrike Falcon are the full EDR with antivirus, hunting, reporting, and RTR remote control.

What needs improvement?

CrowdStrike Falcon could improve by having an easier way to search and use the interface for extracting queries from the data. The interface could improve.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using CrowdStrike Falcon for approximately eight years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

CrowdStrike Falcon is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability of CrowdStrike Falcon is good.

We have approximately 500 people using this solution in my organization.

How are customer service and support?

We have contacted the support from CrowdStrike Falcon and it is very good.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup of CrowdStrike Falcon is straightforward.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price of CrowdStrike Falcon is expensive and should be reduced.

What other advice do I have?

I rate CrowdStrike Falcon a nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Server Administrator at TIR Canada
Real User
Stable solution that detects and prevents malware, but unreliable and weak tech support
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution has improved my organization by automating the detection and reporting of unwanted applications so we're aware of them and can respond appropriately."
  • "The technical support team often just replies to an issue with a link to an article rather than actually calling back and talking to someone and making sure the problem is solved. To me, that's kind of weak."

What is our primary use case?

We use this solution on all of our endpoints and servers.

How has it helped my organization?

The solution has improved my organization by automating the detection and reporting of unwanted applications so we're aware of them and can respond appropriately.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features of the solution are the detection and prevention of unwanted applications and malware services.

What needs improvement?

The solution keeps changing their website to the point that it's hard to navigate. Also, the technical support is kind of hit-or-miss. Sometimes they really respond quickly and sometimes I don't hear from them for a long time.

For how long have I used the solution?

I began using this solution when I was hired at this company about 10 months ago, and they were using it before that.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution looks very stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is a scalable product. 

How are customer service and support?

The technical support team often just replies to an issue with a link to an article rather than actually calling back and talking to someone and making sure the problem is solved. To me, that's kind of weak.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was complex. On a scale of one to five, with one being complicated and five being very easy, I would rate it about a three.

What about the implementation team?

The deployment was handled in-house.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The licensing cost isn't cheap, but it's appropriate. 

What other advice do I have?

My advice to those looking into this solution would be that it's in the top right quadrant of the Gartner quadrant, so it deserves consideration. You just have to be prepared to integrate it.

I would rate this solution as a four out of ten. This is mostly because of the weak technical support.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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DGM IT at Union Bank of Colombo
Real User
A highly scalable solution that offers robust protection, and good management functions
Pros and Cons
  • "As an EDR tool, we can integrate log management and event management. The solution deals with threats automatically, that's the advantage."
  • "I would like to see equal support across all versions. Aside from that, I would say most of the features are there."

What is our primary use case?

We use CrowdStrike for endpoint protection. 

What is most valuable?

As an EDR tool, we can integrate log management and event management. The solution deals with threats automatically, that's the advantage. 

What needs improvement?

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

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been working with the solution for six months. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Yes, CrowdStrike is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable, we have 1900 users. 

How are customer service and support?

We have only required our local support, they have been sufficient for our needs. 

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We previously used a Symantec product, but there was no local vendor support so we switched to CrowdStrike Falcon. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward, we deployed in two to three weeks. 

What about the implementation team?

We implemented the solution through our vendor, they proposed the solution. 

What was our ROI?

As the solution is a preventative measure, it's hard to say exactly what the ROI is. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We have a yearly subscription and find the price to be good. I'd give it a rating of four out of five for price, we got a good discount. 

What other advice do I have?

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten. There is still some grey area for us, as we haven't been using the product long enough to give a full evaluation of all the features. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Product Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Reseller
Top 5
Offers excellent protection with great integration and fast customer support
Pros and Cons
  • "The EDR is amazing and ease of integration with Splunk is a big plus. Integration with BigQuery is also a plus for me and workflow creation is easy. Overall, CrowdStrike Falcon is a great product."
  • "I have experience with a product called SentinelOne, which has a feature that allows for the customization of query languages. I would like to see such a feature for CloudStrike."

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution for security and in demonstrations to our partners.

What is most valuable?

The EDR is amazing and ease of integration with Splunk is a big plus. Integration with BigQuery is also a plus for me and workflow creation is easy. Overall, CrowdStrike Falcon is a great product.

What needs improvement?

I have experience with a product called SentinelOne, which has a feature that allows for the customization of query languages. I would like to see such a feature for CrowdStrike

I want to be able to create independent groups, each managed by its own admin, so I can isolate the group I use for demonstration purposes.

I have heard about CrowdStrike collecting personal information for marketing purposes, but that's not something I was looking for.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using this solution for about six months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability of the solution varies, several weeks ago I had some difficulties deploying CrowdStrike. It may have been a bug in the latest update, but a few days later this problem was solved. Sometimes there are issues and CrowdStrike deals with them very quickly. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It amazes me. For instance, we have an end-user with 15,000 users right now and we deployed it in one week. It's a very short time considering other solutions, some of which can take one to two years to deploy completely.

How are customer service and support?

I have contacted customer support four times and they have a very quick response time which is really satisfying. I believe the support team is good.  

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

It's pretty straightforward but with Linux if there is a kernel conflict, you may have to change your kernel version and then restart. I can't say with certainty that you won't need to restart during installation. 
It took us 15 minutes to deploy the solution for eight users. 

What about the implementation team?

I personally implemented the product.

What was our ROI?

In a week

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It's an expensive solution but you get a very good product for the price. Since having threat hunters and analysts cost much more than the product itself. Compared to other products, SentinelOne is definitely cheaper and the Microsoft E5 package is probably more expensive. Not many companies are willing to purchase CrowdStrike Falcon in our region due to the cost, but the market is changing. Brand awareness is increasing day by day along with the knowledge of what CrowdStrike is capable of by users and user candidates.
This solution, as well as other EDR tools, are selling slowly in our region but this will speed up in the near future. Some companies are already asking for an MSSP version of the product. 

What other advice do I have?

Our end-users and partners want to know which data are going to be collected. Financial institutions need to know what is included in the telemetry data.
As a distributor, in our region it's mandatory for us to implement, as it wouldn't make sense for us to go to partners and end users with other solutions. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. partner/reseller
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Sandeep Sehrawat - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Security Consultant at Sify Technologies
Real User
Your dashboards will tell you the number of the endpoints being protected and the incidents.
Pros and Cons
  • "CrowdStrike Falcon is effortless to use, and it's a cloud-specific platform. You only need to deploy the light agents on the licensed endpoints, and you're ready to work. Your dashboards will tell you the number of the endpoints being protected and the incidents. There are also incident dashboards with alerts that will tell you about the details."
  • "CrowdStrike should provide better visibility in its reporting. There should be more forensic details about detected threats."

What is our primary use case?

CrowdStrike Falcon is an Endpoint Detection and Response system that uses agents deployed on each endpoint. It works on mobile or wired devices. The operator provides you real-time and online protection against the latest malware and wireless attacks.

What is most valuable?

CrowdStrike Falcon is effortless to use, and it's a cloud-specific platform. You only need to deploy the light agents on the licensed endpoints, and you're ready to work. Your dashboards will tell you the number of the endpoints being protected and the incidents. There are also incident dashboards with alerts that will tell you about the details.

What needs improvement?

CrowdStrike should provide better visibility in its reporting. There should be more forensic details about detected threats.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using CrowdStrike Falcon for two years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

CrowdStrike is highly stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

CrowdStrike is a cloud-based solution, so it's always scalable. You can adjust your endpoint licenses at any time, so if your endpoint is decommissioned, you can reduce the licenses. If you want to add few more endpoints, you only need to deploy the agents. We have provided CrowdStrike Falcon EDR solutions for many clients, and the largest is about 2,000 licenses. 

How are customer service and support?

CrowdStrike support is great. Palo Alto and CrowdStrike both have outsourced support.

How was the initial setup?

Deploying CrowdStrike is straightforward. You can mass-deploy it using any management solution like WSS. It's a light agent that only requires 30 to 40 MB of space, so it's deployed in minutes.

One person is enough to manage the solution. A single admin can create a group based policy and deploy on hundreds of systems in a day if they are connected with their AD or WSS. If they are out of the network and out of the reach, then you need to do it manually, and that takes times for the endpoint availability.

What other advice do I have?

I rate CrowdStrike Falcon eight out of 10. I strongly recommend it. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Junior Security Engineer at Altron
Real User
User-friendly solution that decreases the load on analysts
Pros and Cons
  • "Falcon's best feature is its detection and blocking of threats."
  • "Falcon could be improved with more function on the mobile end of things and better optimization with mobile devices."

What is our primary use case?

I mainly use Falcon for endpoint protection.

How has it helped my organization?

Falcon has decreased the load on our analyst team because they don't have to manually contact the system owners to stop that particular event from happening as Falcon detects threats and quarantines the machines itself.

What is most valuable?

Falcon's best feature is its detection and blocking of threats.

What needs improvement?

Falcon could be improved with more function on the mobile end of things and better optimization with mobile devices. In the next release, CrowdStrike should include the ability to send logs to SIM tools.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using CrowdStrike Falcon for three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Falcon hasn't missed any attacks - it's very stable and reliable.

How are customer service and support?

I'm very happy with CrowdStrike's technical support.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was straightforward because the vendor helped us throughout, and there was training while it was being deployed. The deployment took between one and two weeks to complete.

What about the implementation team?

We used an in-house team.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend anybody looking at Falcon to go for it because it's an easy-to-understand solution that's really worth having. I would give Falcon a rating of nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Waleed Omar - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Specialist at Arab Open University
Real User
Top 5
Straightforward solution; it's plug and play
Pros and Cons
  • "CrowdStrike Falcon's scalability is good. We have thousands of students using this solution."
  • "We can do a threat analysis of any machine at any time, but that threat analysis is very limited."

What is our primary use case?

I'm currently working as a cybersecurity specialist at the Arab Open University. We are trying to create centralized station input. We have nine branches in the Middle East, so we need a cloud-based solution. Our control center is in Kuwait but all nine of our branches use CrowdStrike Falcon. Our team is located in Kuwait, which is where we handle and mitigate threats from.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable CrowdStrike Falcon feature is that the user is blocked from the network completely. I think that this is a good solution. We can do a threat analysis of any machine at any time, but that threat analysis is very limited. 

What needs improvement?

There could be more flexibility in terms of policy defining and certain features, like USB controls, should come standard with the license. Many CrowdStrike Falcon competitors are cheaper and offer a slew of features in the standard license.

CrowdStrike Falcon is not so flexible. We need a specific admin control or maybe supervised controls to change or modify the settings.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using CrowdStrike Falcon for almost a year now. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

CrowdStrike Falcon is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

CrowdStrike Falcon's scalability is good. We have thousands of students using this solution. 

How are customer service and support?

CrowdStrike Falcon's technical support is good. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Yes, we previously used Kaspersky.

How was the initial setup?

I think CrowdStrike Falcon is a straightforward solution. It is not very complex. It's just plug and play.

What about the implementation team?

We deployed in-house, with our own team. We just borrowed the set up files and deployed on all the stations. Only two persons at each branch worked on deployment, so we used certain software to deploy the files on the network. Deployment took us nearly a month. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I'm not sure how much we are paying for CrowdStrike Falcon, but we have a yearly subscription. 

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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