CrowdStrike Falcon vs McAfee Total Protection

Likelihood to Recommend

It's a great solution with a massive deployment scenario with a lot of endpoints, and where the time is an issue and you need to be protected ASAP - thanks to its cloud-based architecture you will be up and running in almost 10 minutes (literally). There are no signatures, further refinements, or additional hardware and servers required. An always or almost always offline [scenario] is not well-suited for Falcon Pro.

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Victor Rivera

Senior Information Technology Manager

Grupo VinteConstruction, 1001-5000 employees

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I think McAfee is great to have whether it's for work or for personal use. While it has some drawbacks, I like the peace of mind of feeling safe when I'm browsing the web/email, especially when my computer has sensitive/confidential information, knowing that McAfee will immediately detect any threats. The UI is extremely easy to navigate, which makes it easy for users regardless of how tech-savvy they are.

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Analyst in Finance and Accounting

Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

CrowdStrike Falcon

McAfee Total Protection

Anti-Exploit Technology

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

Centralized Management

Hybrid Deployment Support

Infection Remediation

Vulnerability Management

Malware Detection

Pros

Ransomware protection. We ran a ransomware simulation with obfuscated executables to hide malware signatures and CrowdStrike found and stopped 15 out of 15.
Malware/adware detection. Packaged adware in official installers are instantly blocked without interfering with the install of the primary application.

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Randy Munroe

Information Security Analyst

Randall-ReillyMarketing and Advertising, 201-500 employees

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Excellent protection of all internet connected assets on our VPN.
Constant updates of needed security patches that ensure our network and systems are protected from current and emerging/potential threats.
Prompt and reliable customer service that provides needed answers and expertise in a crisis.
Strategic whitepapers on emerging cyber threats and McAfee solutions to resolve them before they become a problem for my team or our clients.

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Samuel Boyle

Emergency Management Analyst

Chicago Department of Public HealthGovernment Administration, 51-200 employees

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Cons

We get false positive detections when we run an email signature script for our users. These false positives can be a distraction. We've implemented a whitelist for those behaviors, but had some difficulty in figuring out how to configure CrowdStrike to recognize these executions since the file name and hash were always different (the executing file was firstname_lastname.exe, and that was too Vague to whitelist.

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Mark Sauer

Director of Information Technology

TransPakPackage/Freight Delivery, 1001-5000 employees

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Price - Extremely high price tag for many of the solutions.

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Verified User

Consultant in Other

Computer & Network Security Company, 51-200 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

No score

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McAfee Total Protection 10.0

Based on 1 answer

McAfee has consistently delivered on its stated goals of providing comprehensive protection for our networks and systems. Due to their excellent work and follow through I have been, and will continue to be a loyal customer.

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Samuel Boyle

Emergency Management Analyst

Chicago Department of Public HealthGovernment Administration, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

CrowdStrike Falcon 8.6

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

Overall I found CrowdStrike Falcon's EDR capabilities superior to their competitors. Also, the user interface has taken its time to mature and is very intuitive and has a natural flow. Policy configuration and assignment as well as the features and settings within the config were more complete and met all our requirements. Lastly, the agent plays nice with everything else running on systems. We hardly ever have issues of Falcon interfering with users or services, and false positives are kept at a minimum.

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David Reyes

Sr Systems Engineer

InnovaSystemsComputer Software, 201-500 employees

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I haven't used Norton for a while, but when I did use it I felt that it slowed down my computer and had constant pop-ups, which were both equally frustrating and annoying. It was also very difficult to remove from my computer.Malwarebytes is a great, straightforward program I've used for virus scanning. It's pretty bare bones but I think if you just want something to scan for viruses it gets the job done quickly and reliably.In my opinion McAfee offers similar benefits as Norton but its more intuitive and doesn't impact system performance.

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Analyst in Finance and Accounting

Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

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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C-Level Executive in Information Technology

Security & Investigations Company, 1-10 employees

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Blocks unsafe websites
Virus detection and removal
Protects sensitive data

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Analyst in Finance and Accounting

Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

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)

Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

McAfee Total Protection Editions & Modules

Edition

Individual	$29.99 ($79.99)¹
Multi-Device	$24.99²
Family	$29.99³

1st year price (subsequent years)
per year (2 year subscription, 5 devices)
per year (2 year subscription, 10 devices)

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Rating Summary

CrowdStrike Falcon

McAfee Total Protection

CrowdStrike Falcon

McAfee Total Protection

CrowdStrike Falcon

McAfee Total Protection

CrowdStrike Falcon vs McAfee Total Protection