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ESET vs Fortinet

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ESET
Based on 134 reviews.
Fortinet
Based on 1711 reviews.
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Overview
ESET is an IT security company headquartered in Bratislava, Slovakia that was founded in 1992 by the merger of two private companies. ESET offers anti-virus and firewall products such as ESET NOD32 and competes in the antivirus industry. The company was founded in 1992 when Miroslav Trnka and Peter Pako, authors of antivirus software NOD, partnered up with Rudolf Hrub. They adopted the name of the Egyptian goddess of health, marriage and love as the company name. In 1998 NOD received the VB100 award of Virus Bulletin, which helped the company establish subsidiaries in the USA, Argentina and Singapore, and development facilities in Poland and Czech Republic.
Fortinet, Inc. is an American multinational corporation founded in 2000 by brothers Ken and Michael Xie. The company sells high performance network security products and services including their flagship integrated network security solution, the FortiGate firewall. Fortinet distributes its systems and subscription-based services using the channel partner sales method via more than 20,000 partners worldwide.
Sample Customers
ESET Endpoint Protection Platform
ERSTE Group Bank, Miller Solutions, Wesleyan University, The Hospital Center of Luxembourg, Deer Valley USD, SPAR, Industrial Federal Credit Union, Honda, City Hall of Palmela, Hays CISD, Lester B Pearson School Board
ESET Inspect
Mitsubishi Motors, Allianz Suisse, Cannon, T-Mobile
ESET EDR/XDR
Mitsubishi Motors, Canon
ESET NetProtect
1. ABC Company 2. XYZ Corporation 3. DEF Enterprises 4. GHI Inc. 5. JKL Ltd. 6. MNO Group 7. PQR Industries 8. STU Technologies 9. VWX Solutions 10. YZA Systems 11. BCD Enterprises 12. EFG Corporation 13. HIJ Company 14. KLM Ltd. 15. NOP Group 16. QRS Inc. 17. TUV Technologies 18. WXY Solutions 19. ZAB Systems 20. CDE Enterprises 21. FGH Corporation 22. IJK Company 23. LMN Ltd. 24. OPQ Group 25. RST Industries 26. UVW Technologies 27. XYZ Solutions 28. EFG Systems 29. HIJ Enterprises 30. KLM Corporation 31. NOP Company 32. QRS Ltd.
Lacework FortiCNAPP
J.Crew, AdRoll, Snowflake, VMWare, Iterable, Pure Storage, TrueCar, NerdWallet, and more.
Fortinet FortiMail
Magromer Cueros y Pieles S.A.
Fortinet FortiSandbox
Lush, Barnabas Health, Options, Riverside Healthcare, Hillsbourough County Schools, Columbia Public Schools, Schiller AG
Fortinet FortiAuthenticator
Black Gold Regional Schools, Amadeus Hospitality, Jefferson County, Chunghwa Telecom, City of Boroondara, Dimension Data
Fortinet FortiToken
Black Gold Regional Schools, Amadeus Hospitality, Jefferson County, Chunghwa Telecom, City of Boroondara, Dimension Data
Fortinet FortiClient
Black Gold Regional Schools, Amadeus Hospitality, Jefferson County, Chunghwa Telecom, City of Boroondara, Dimension Data
Fortinet FortiEDR
Financial, Healthcare, Legal, Technology, Enterprise, Manufacturing ... 
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Top Industries
Computer Software Company
17%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Construction Company
6%
Educational Organization
18%
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Manufacturing Company
6%
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