Amazon GuardDuty vs CrowdStrike Falcon

Likelihood to Recommend

In a multi-account/multi-tenant environment, GuardDuty often alerts us to possible malicious traffic before it becomes an issue. The ability to automatically enable GuardDuty creates baseline security which is crucial when an account is first created. It also helps greatly in environments where other users are able to create resources as often GuardDuty alerts us to insecure resources we did not know about. It can however sometimes be a little overzealous with its assessments alerting on benign activity which then requires suppression rules.

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Alex Kranz

Senior System Administrator

Bridgeline DigitalComputer Software, 51-200 employees

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Anyone who is looking for a leader in endpoint protection should consider CrowdStrike Falcon for sure, regardless of specific use cases. Anybody who is operating on a very lean security team that doesn't have the capability to provide 24x7x365 coverage should absolutely consider Falcon Complete. I've worked with various MSSP's in the past, but Falcon Complete is one I would definitely not lose any sleep at night knowing we're in good hands.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Building Materials Company, 10,001+ employees

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Pros

Monitors outgoing connections from AWS resources to known malicious hosts.
Monitors incoming connection to AWS resources from known malicious hosts.
Integrates with other centralized logging solutions.

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Alex Kranz

Senior System Administrator

Bridgeline DigitalComputer Software, 51-200 employees

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Endpoint Isolation - instead of hoping an adversary was blocked in time. CrowdStrike locks down the endpoint beyond using the Windows Firewall. Allowing a whitelist of IPs brings additional management of that endpoint to another level that most other tools don't have.
Rich Data Recording - CrowdStrike is best described as a giant tape recorder in the sky. When it lands on the box, it truly provides insight into the those that other tools could only dream of.
Extensive APIs - CrowdStrike understands that they are not your only security vendor, so they have API usage for everything in their platform to automate and integrate to your heart's desire.
Cloud Visibility - CrowdStrike's cloud monitoring capabilities are agnostic of cloud platform. No longer does one need to worry about putting all their eggs in one basket because the endpoint tool prefers one platform over another.

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Bryan Bowie

Principal Incident Responder (Sr.)

VerizonSecurity & Investigations, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

Does not have the ability to add any custom monitors.

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Alex Kranz

Senior System Administrator

Bridgeline DigitalComputer Software, 51-200 employees

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The ability to do a system-level scan like a traditional AV is missing and isn't a feature CrowdStrike is planning on implementing. Old school IT guys are going to be curious about this.
Host management and deletion are clunky and take 45 days for a machine to fall off your subscription license.

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Randy Munroe

Information Security Analyst

Randall-ReillyMarketing and Advertising, 201-500 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

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Amazon GuardDuty Editions & Modules

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

$6.99 per endpoint/month (for 5-250 endpoints, billed annually)

CrowdStrike Falcon Editions & Modules

Edition

Falcon Pro	$6.99¹
Falcon Enterprise	$14.99²
Falcon Premium	$17.99²

per endpoint/month (for 5-250 endpoints, billed annually)
per endpoint/month (minimum number of endpoints applies)

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Support Rating

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CrowdStrike Falcon 9.5

Based on 13 answers

When I receive support, it is always useful and informative. However, the support doesn't get back to me in the most timely manner. Often, by the time I hear back from support I have already resolved the issue. But for bigger issues, that need more in-depth help the support team has been incredibly valuable.

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Analyst in Information Technology

Telecommunications Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

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Crowdstrike Falcon Endpoint protection is based on AIML enhanced technology,l. It's cloud-based so users don't need to connect to their office network to get their policy synchronization done from Server to endpoints agents. Also, the Crowdstrike Falcon agent size is small and it consumes fewer resources of the machine.

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Verified User

Consultant in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

GuardDuty has helped us prevent possible security incidents multiple times which could have caused substantial damage.

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Alex Kranz

Senior System Administrator

Bridgeline DigitalComputer Software, 51-200 employees

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CrowdStrike has cut our security costs.
Has given us more insight into our end points.
It has helped with our older PC's CPU usage.
Cut our cost and time from managing multiple platforms down to managing one platform with better insight than what we had with multiple security platforms.

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Verified User

C-Level Executive in Information Technology

Security & Investigations Company, 1-10 employees

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