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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CrowdStrike Falcon

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ACrowdStrike offers the Falcon Endpoint Protection suite, an antivirus and endpoint protection system emphasizing threat detection, machine learning malware detection, and signature free updating. Additionally the available Falcon Spotlight module delivers vulnerability assessment with no performance impact, no additional agents, hardware, scheduled scans, firewall exceptions or admin credentials.

    $59.99

    per endpoint/month (minimum number of endpoints applies)

    Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint (formerly Microsoft Defender ATP) is a holistic, cloud delivered endpoint security solution that includes risk-based vulnerability management and assessment, attack surface reduction, behavioral based and cloud-powered next generation protection, endpoint detection and response (EDR), automatic investigation and remediation, managed hunting services, rich APIs, and unified security management.

    $2.50

    per user/per month

    Zscaler Internet Access

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AZscaler Internet Access™ (ZIA) is a secure web gateway (SWG), delivering cloud native cyberthreat protection and zero trust access to the internet and SaaS apps.N/A
    Pricing
    CrowdStrike FalconMicrosoft Defender for EndpointZscaler Internet Access
    Editions & Modules
    Falcon Go (Small Business)
    $59.99
    per endpoint/month (minimum number of endpoints applies)
    Falcon Go (Small Business)
    $59.99
    Falcon Pro
    $99.99
    per endpoint/month (for 5-250 endpoints, billed annually)
    Falcon Enterprise
    $184.99
    per endpoint/month (minimum number of endpoints applies)
    Academic
    $2.50
    per user/per month
    Standalone
    $5.20
    per user/per month
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CrowdStrike FalconMicrosoft Defender for EndpointZscaler Internet Access
    Free Trial
    YesYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    CrowdStrike FalconMicrosoft Defender for EndpointZscaler Internet Access
    Considered Multiple Products
    CrowdStrike
    Chose CrowdStrike Falcon
    In my opinion, CrowdStrike Falcon provides superior detection and prevention capabilities over Jamf Protect. At the time we purchased (2017) CrowdStrike Falcon was more advanced than SentinelOne and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.
    Incentivized
    Chose CrowdStrike Falcon
    At the time of purchase CrowdStrike provided the best featureset and value proposition for the organisation. The cloud first nature of the product and the mix of heuristic and behaviour based detection technologies was better than anything else that we looked at.
    Incentivized
    Chose CrowdStrike Falcon
    It was the easiest to deploy and manage, while the dashboard was also very clear and precise in terms of useful information.
    Another major reason in selection CrowdStrike Falcon was its AI and ML detection capabilities which really impressed us during evaluation. Other tools …
    Incentivized
    Chose CrowdStrike Falcon
    CrowdStrike Falcon provides a single solution to complex problems along with the ability to contain a machine and remotely execute programs using admin dashboard and administrator capabilities
    Incentivized
    Chose CrowdStrike Falcon
    The logs analysis is very easy to use as it uses splunk in the backend. The automated SOAR features helps to save time and response on the incidents. The threat intelligence is very up-to-date with the recent cyber attacks.
    Incentivized
    Chose CrowdStrike Falcon
    Falcon is a bundle of antivirus solutions designed to block numerous types of attacks, including ransomware, trojans and other types of malware, from the most basic to the most advanced. The solution leverages a global network of threat intelligence and technology for immediate …
    Incentivized
    Chose CrowdStrike Falcon
    Since CrowdStrike is a cloud-native platform, it reduces the need to maintain many servers on-premise and worldwide architecture. McAfee uses very high CPU and RAM resources on endpoints and servers.
    Identity protection feature is a huge step towards zero trust implementation.
    Incentivized
    Chose CrowdStrike Falcon
    CrowdStrike Falcon Endpoint certainly comes in with a slight price premium compared to other offerings, but when you're talking about your last line of defense against malware it's well worth it. From a feature perspective, many players offer similar feature sets but what sets …
    Incentivized
    Chose CrowdStrike Falcon
    I was not part of the selection process; however after speaking with the team that did make the call, the following where the key scenarios or features that ultimately made the decision.
    1. The number one decision from the support team was the client deployment and management of …
    Incentivized
    Chose CrowdStrike Falcon
    Business requirements, mainly. The most important/useful items we appreciate is ease of use and customer service and this product exceeds expectations in that regard. Other offers cover legacy systems and remain with that solution. However, the granularity that you can …
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    We moved on from Microsoft Defender for Endpoint to a different product, CrowdStrike Falcon. And it does a lot better at detecting threats and stopping them.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    CrowdStrike Falcon is also a good solution for endpoint protection which offer EDR Soultion, threat hunting and AI driven threat protection. Sophos Intercept X combines next-gen antivirus with advanced EDR capabilities with its deep learning technology, exploit prevention, and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    CrowdStrike Falcon, and Sentinel One are other big ones that we use a bit. Cisco Secure Endpoint we've evaluated as well. Cisco Secure Endpoint capability-wise doesn't match up to Defender, SentinelOne, and CrowdStrike both do, but the cost profiles are a bit higher. So most of …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    CrowdStrike Falcon EDR is one the Best solution available in Market ,However, I think they are lack in Threat visibility and Vulnerability assessment& Management for application versions & configurations .
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    SentinelOne, Hunters. There's been some other ones. I can't remember. Those are the most recent ones, though. CrowdStrike is the other one. For what I use it for right now, it's been fine. I haven't had anything I've needed more advanced than that. CrowdStrike and some of …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    Microsoft has always been a secondary, aside from one company I've worked at. And the honest truth is that it's already on the endpoint and already part of the Microsoft stack in most companies; it's already there. I don't have to worry about deploying it. It's very effective …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    So five years ago, when we were looking at all the different antivirus and endpoint protection, we looked at CrowdStrike, Palo Alto, put together a package with Google, and then a few other small startups in that area.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    I think from a price to feature, it's good.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    When building up policies, being independent is much easier compared to CrowdStrike, I would say.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    Say licensing and cost primarily. And from our evaluation and our use cases, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint did relatively the same thing.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is the most cost effective solution considering our Microsoft 365 licensing status. While many 3rd party solutions are great and have been used over the years, in the non-profit world, cost is a huge driving factor of items. Coupled with …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is on par or exceeds the competitor products and provides an enterprise grade EDR solution. Based on the savings by bundling Microsoft products under the E5 license and the benefits it provides; it is an excellent choice for customers looking for …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    Crowdstrike is the more feature complete product but licensing model and cost does not work well with the small business model. ESET PROTECT is considerably more complicated from a licensing perspective but once operational is a fine product.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    We use Microsoft Defender for Endpoint along with Crowdstrike on some of our critical systems as it enhances the protection we have for our environment.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    We previously used CrowdStrike on our servers. However, the seamless integration of Microsoft Defender (MD) with XDR and the entire Microsoft ecosystem led us to choose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE).
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is more advantageous in our windows heavy infrastructure and it was unparalled in the ease of integration with windows endpoints. Security breaches, system crashes and outages with other competitors like Crowdstrike made it easier for us to go …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is unique for its effortless deployment into the Microsoft ecosystem, where it taps the broadest set of threat intelligence from more than 1.5 billion endpoints. Its state-of-the-art AI-powered automated investigation and remediation minimize …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    CrowdStrike and SentinelOne. CrowdStrike, you have to deploy it, but it's the defender, it's already baked into the operating system. Same thing with SentinelOne.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    Easier to integrate, less hidden fees, easier to maintain, and easier to update. Support is much better on the Microsoft side than CrowdStrike.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    Because this product is easier to use and has a lot of development and Microsoft's behind it.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    I have worked with CrowdStrike and Carbon Black. Because of the performance in Linux environments.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    Competitive Pricing
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    Microsoft Defender for Endpoint stacks up well against it competitors. It detects malicious files faster than other tools like CrowdStrike.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    Microsoft comes as a bundle suite and for other solutions the purchasing needs to be done separately.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    Enterprise Endpoint Protection: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is well suited for large organizations with numerous endpoints, such as desktops, laptops, and servers, as it provides centralized management and monitoring of security across the entire network. Microsoft …
    Incentivized
    Zscaler
    Chose Zscaler Internet Access
    We keep using the other products, but for network traffic Zscaler Internet Access tends to be the best solution, although for Infoblox we are using their DNS solution, and for CrowdStrike, we are focusing on other items more related to EDR than network.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zscaler Internet Access
    We have differences, but we are happy with Zscaler.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zscaler Internet Access
    Netskope was good however did not have all the features Zscaler had. Zscaler provides the same type of protection as Netskope but more. We also found the netskope agent used a lot of resoures on devices. ZCC was very light-weight and did not consume a lot of resources on laptops.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zscaler Internet Access
    Our organization chose Zscaler Internet Access because, in our experience, Zscaler Internet Access is Easier and has better usability
    Incentivized
    Chose Zscaler Internet Access
    Deploying Zscaler Internet Access allowed my company to snap back from a breach to a point where it was hardly noticed. Our Team is very happy w/ it!
    Incentivized
    Chose Zscaler Internet Access
    We discontinued use of this.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zscaler Internet Access
    For our organization, it was a Very close call between Zscaler Internet Access and Netskope
    Incentivized
    Chose Zscaler Internet Access
    Works way better and policy creation is way better
    Incentivized
    Chose Zscaler Internet Access
    Some areas are better, some need some work to improve.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zscaler Internet Access
    complete ecosystem
    Incentivized
    Chose Zscaler Internet Access
    This tool was used at a prior employer. Symantec Blue coats require physical hardware in the data centers and managing PAC files to push to end users' devices. We attempted to enable SSL intercept on our BlueCoats, but the proxies crashed, forcing us to purchase additional …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zscaler Internet Access
    Better end user experience, simplicity, and innovation.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zscaler Internet Access
    N/A
    Incentivized
    Chose Zscaler Internet Access
    Both products identify traffic and the application that is being used. Zscaler excels in zero-trust security and its user interface.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zscaler Internet Access
    it works better and integrates better with the rest of my security stack.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zscaler Internet Access
    Zscaler Internet Access was easier to setup, administer and manage. Both met our technical requirements. The sales rep and engineer was easier to work with.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zscaler Internet Access
    Zscaler Intenet Access proved to be superior and the difference for us was the speed of policy delivery since your policy is applied in a web console and is effective in a matter of seconds. Another point to congratulate the solution is its compatibility with different …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    82 Answers
    96%
    Would buy again
    157 Answers
    99%
    Would buy again
    284 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    75 Answers
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    146 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    245 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    84 Answers
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    155 Answers
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    284 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    68 Answers
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    130 Answers
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    207 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    75 Answers
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    140 Answers
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    227 Answers
    Features
    CrowdStrike FalconMicrosoft Defender for EndpointZscaler Internet Access
    Endpoint Security
    Comparison of Endpoint Security features of CrowdStrike Falcon and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Zscaler Internet Access
    Feature
    CrowdStrike Falcon
    8.7
    98 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    8.7
    79 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Zscaler Internet Access
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Anti-Exploit Technology8.989 Ratings9.075 Ratings00 Ratings
    Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)9.296 Ratings9.179 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Centralized Management8.997 Ratings8.679 Ratings00 Ratings
    Hybrid Deployment Support8.24 Ratings7.110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Infection Remediation8.993 Ratings9.077 Ratings00 Ratings
    Vulnerability Management7.872 Ratings8.774 Ratings00 Ratings
    Malware Detection9.396 Ratings9.278 Ratings00 Ratings
    Identity Management
    Comparison of Identity Management features of CrowdStrike Falcon and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Zscaler Internet Access
    Feature
    CrowdStrike Falcon
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    -
    Ratings
    Zscaler Internet Access
    5.0
    2 Ratings
    55% below category average
    Multi-Factor Authentication00 Ratings00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Threat Intelligence
    Comparison of Threat Intelligence features of CrowdStrike Falcon and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Zscaler Internet Access
    Feature
    CrowdStrike Falcon
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    -
    Ratings
    Zscaler Internet Access
    8.5
    216 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Network Analytics00 Ratings00 Ratings8.7217 Ratings
    Threat Recognition00 Ratings00 Ratings8.3214 Ratings
    Vulnerability Classification00 Ratings00 Ratings8.5191 Ratings
    Automated Alerts and Reporting00 Ratings00 Ratings8.2205 Ratings
    Threat Analysis00 Ratings00 Ratings8.8203 Ratings
    Threat Intelligence Reporting00 Ratings00 Ratings8.5199 Ratings
    Automated Threat Identification00 Ratings00 Ratings8.5192 Ratings
    Zero Trust Security
    Comparison of Zero Trust Security features of CrowdStrike Falcon and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Zscaler Internet Access
    Feature
    CrowdStrike Falcon
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    -
    Ratings
    Zscaler Internet Access
    8.9
    262 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Continuous Verification00 Ratings00 Ratings8.7245 Ratings
    Secure Web Gateways00 Ratings00 Ratings9.0236 Ratings
    Network Flow Control00 Ratings00 Ratings8.1217 Ratings
    Network Traffic Analysis00 Ratings00 Ratings8.8219 Ratings
    Segmentation Leveraging00 Ratings00 Ratings8.6194 Ratings
    Admin Access Control00 Ratings00 Ratings9.1230 Ratings
    Network Data Encryption00 Ratings00 Ratings8.8207 Ratings
    Network Topology Mapping00 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    CrowdStrike FalconMicrosoft Defender for EndpointZscaler Internet Access
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (101 ratings)
    8.9
    (169 ratings)
    9.0
    (295 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.4
    (10 ratings)
    8.4
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.6
    (40 ratings)
    8.8
    (279 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (9 ratings)
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    7.1
    (10 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CrowdStrike FalconMicrosoft Defender for EndpointZscaler Internet Access
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CrowdStrike
    Crowdstrike is a unified platform for monitoring endpoint devices, whether they're workstations, servers, cloud-native machines, or even mobile devices. It uses AI/ML to monitor anomalies and suspicious behavior, including zero-day attacks. It is suitable for large organizations but may be costlier or less appropriate for smaller organizations, those who want an on-prem EDR setup, and those who need custom scanning based on compliance requirements.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Microsoft
    If you have multiple endpoints in your environment, if you're looking to understand what your environment looks like, if you're trying to identify the health of your environment, or identify any risks or vulnerabilities in your environment pertaining to your endpoints and devices.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Zscaler
    I feel the product is very good to set up basic standards and go beyond that in many aspects. However, due to being sometimes too simple, it limits the ability to do some other complex changes. Having the ability to do both would be ideal for some, if not all, of the products within Zscaler Internet Access. A simple setup to have it stand-up, and more advanced settings for those more experienced.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    CrowdStrike
    • The Log analysis is very detailed and easy to use.
    • Prevent and block all type of malwares.
    • Great threat intelligence which is very up-to-date with the recent cyber attacks
    • very user friendly in access and management
    • Automated feature of detecting, taking action and closing incidents using fusion workflow.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Microsoft
    • The big thing for us is on endpoint, it kind of integrates with everything else that we already have because we use Microsoft completely. And so that helps us with being able to integrate, and send things over to Azure Sentinel as we need to as well.
    Incentivized
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    Zscaler
    • Provides a secure VPN connection point for endpoint connectivity.
    • Provides the VPN connectivity in a fast and reliable connection state.
    • Very dependable, once connected the connection stays up and there's no fuss.
    • Very good at letting you know when you are not authenticated.
    • Very easy to authenticate and regain access when your session times out.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    CrowdStrike
    • Support - we are often tasked with running down problems rather than being directed by support.
    • The sales staff we have dealt with are not very responsive or timely.
    • I believe this is a product built for installations of 300 users or more.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Microsoft
    • I'd say building out summaries and log reviews for analysts reviewing incidents. So, pivoting from the alerts themselves to actually getting the detail underneath. Trying to understand what caused an alert, where they went from there, et cetera, et cetera. And then trying to get into deeper log review to take that investigation further can be a pain point.
    Incentivized
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    Zscaler
    • ZS CLI support to turn off ZIA and ZDX service specifically on mac.
    • Better visibility into failed posture devices, including a timeline and the reason the posture failed (This is about the Zscaler mobile portal: Enrolled devices --> Failed posture devices).
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    CrowdStrike
    Crowdstrike has a large suite of tools built for helping the engineers triage and respond to security event whenever identified. The ability to customize the security policies and implement more granular policies to different devices based on the functionality is unmatched. Crowdstrike provides so much of ability in a decent budget which ascertains the value for money or ROI.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Microsoft
    Cost add-ons for Security features is nickel and diming the process to keep pace with cybercrime. Limited Education budgets require us to be more pro-active in finding cost-effective measures to protect our devices, staff and students. Defender is a strong, well-featured product that is pricing itself out of the education market
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Zscaler
    While Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA) delivers critical value in cloud security and RBI compliance, I rate renewal likelihood 7/10 due to evolving needs versus platform limitations. Below is my rationale:
    Key Gaps:
    1. Advanced Threat Costs:
    ZIA’s add-ons (e.g., Advanced DLP, Sandboxing) incur 35%+ cost premiums – straining budgets as transaction volumes (UPI/iMobile) grow 50% YoY.
    2. API Banking Scalability:
    ZIA’s API rate limits throttle real-time policy sync during UPI peaks (10K+ TPS), forcing workarounds for finacle integrations.
    3. RBI Future-Proofing:
    Limited native support for upcoming digital rupee (CBDC) security rules requires custom development, increasing compliance overhead.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    CrowdStrike
    I think it is a complete and very trustful XDR platform, with very few False Positives. It is very well supported by highly skilled professionals on all levels: from pre-sales engineers, Customer Account Managers and support engineers.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Microsoft
    Because it's hard to find things sometimes. I can find things now because I know where they are. But you have to work with it a little while to figure out how. I'd basically say it was a security tool designed by developers. So you have to get that mindset to find things. So a new hire, a new person in the SOC would have a difficult time. I know that's sitting in here, or that screen is in here somewhere. So it's gotten better.
    Incentivized
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    Zscaler
    Getting started was pretty straightforward. We can tell the product is way more robust than we are using it. It started as a replacement for previous DNS-blocking content filtering, but we're exploring how this will add value with an upcoming DLP redesign and with traffic optimization at some of our remote sites with severe bandwidth limits.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    CrowdStrike
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Defender for Endpoint chugs along just fine no matter what we throw at it and what systems it's running on. It doesn't take up a lot of resources either, so that's welcomed.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Zscaler
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    CrowdStrike
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is easy on memory and resources on clients.
    Incentivized
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    Zscaler
    There are often performance issues reported
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    CrowdStrike
    Any time we need to engage the Crowdstrike Falcon Complete Team, their response is switch, thorough, and they are sure to not close out any request until the customer confirms that they have provided an acceptable resolution. If I ever need anything from the account team related to the product, I also get a response from them within minutes typically to address my question. Top notch customer service!
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    The first time I tried to onboard my macOS endpoints to MDE I struggled for quite a bit. I had to reach out to Microsoft's MDE support team. The tech was very helpful in walking me through the steps during a screen share session
    Incentivized
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    Zscaler
    Zscaler's ZIA support is quick and knowledgable. They respond within 1-2 hours of you submitting your ticket. They are very thorough and are typically ready to jump on a live troubleshooting session. Our ZIA platform and how we use is it unique so at times tickets can be open for weeks but we alway get quality support compared to other unrelated product support in our enterprise
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    CrowdStrike
    There is limited amount of learning that can be completed in an in-person training available. In my opinion, the self-paced learning provided by Falcon portal is more useful over in-person training. The support from Falcon is great and useful to overcome difficulties, if any.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Zscaler
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    CrowdStrike
    The training provided by Crowdstrike Falcon is complete in terms of the depth of technical knowledge and teaches the users about going through with the platform. There are lots of jargons for different tools that Crowdstrike Falcon has and this training teaches them all which helps in managing the platform better. Plus, the regular knowledge checks are also very helpful for the end user.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Zscaler
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    CrowdStrike
    Read the documentation
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    Deployment was handled by our team here and everything went pretty smoothly. We did have a few hiccups in our test group, but that only took a bit to get ironed out.
    Incentivized
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    Zscaler
    good the engineer give excellent support and eplanation
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    CrowdStrike
    It was just a legacy AV program onboarded during initial setup days. As the org. As it expanded, its threat landscape also grew, and we needed a next-gen solution to protect against evolving threat vectors. Falcon EDR was the one that solved all these in a single place.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    Particularly, we're evaluating Symantec Endpoint Protection, the commercial version. We've looked at eSet, a couple of the others, and it's much too heavy or difficult to manage, things like that. Ease of use, ease of integration. It's already there. It's super easy to update it with the regular OS updates and everything. So we can manage it whether we're using SCCM or Intune or Dato, it's very easy to deploy updates and manage things.
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    Zscaler
    The overall user community and scope of supportability outweighed the others on our short list. Netskope was a close second, but the risk, though small, was greater than that of bringing Zscaler aboard. We were looking for a mature, well-supported, highly functional, and fine-grained solution that met all our user and information security requirements.
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    Scalability
    CrowdStrike
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is easily scaled from small orgs to giant enterprises.
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    Return on Investment
    CrowdStrike
    • CrowdStrike Falcon's proactive threat mitigation has significantly reduced the risk of successful cyber attacks, resulting in tangible savings related to potential data breaches or system compromises.
    • The cloud-native architecture and automated features have improved operational efficiency.
    • The platform's real-time visibility and threat hunting capabilities have drastically improved incident response times.
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    Microsoft
    • I think the positive impact overall is that we do a lot of sitting in front of assessors- federal assessors, government assessors. And it really comes down to when the assessor has to think about another product that you're bringing in that's not Microsoft, it creates a lot of confusion, more paperwork, more explanation. But the positive impact is that they know it, everybody kind of knows Microsoft. And so when you tell them you have this endpoint for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, they're like, okay. The questions go away, and it makes the overhead a lot less during an assessment.
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    Zscaler
    • I would say it has a very good ROI, as whenever someone can't access something, they submit a ticket to our network engineer, and within minutes, the site is safely added to ZIA with best-practice configurations. After seeing a little of the UI from the Zenith event, it seems very user-friendly to control these policies.
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    ScreenShots

    Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Screenshots

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    Zscaler Internet Access Screenshots

    Screenshot of an overview of Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA), a cloud native security service edge (SSE) solution that builds on a decade of secure web gateway leadership. Offered as a scalable SaaS platform through Zscaler's security cloud, it replaces legacy network security solutions, preventing advanced attacks and data loss with a comprehensive zero trust approach. ZIA is integrated into the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange™ to provide superior defense-in-depth, secure connectivity, end user experience, and administrative visibility and control.