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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Deep Instinct

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AThe Deep Instinct Prevention Platform, from Deep Instinct headquartered in New York, aims to stop never before seen, unknown threats with the highest accuracy and lowest false positive rate to stop attacks before they can detonate and wreak havoc.N/A

    ESET PROTECT

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AESET provides Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) capabilities via the ESET PROTECT Platform, covering Windows, Mac, Linux, and both Android and iOS operating systems, providing Mobile Device Management functionality. It comes with multi-tenant management, ensuring real-time visibility for both on-premises and off-premises endpoints as well as full reporting for ESET enterprise-grade solutions. ESET PROTECT management platform can be deployed on-premise or in-cloud. For organizations looking to…

    $49.99

    per year

    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

    Pricing
    Deep InstinctESET PROTECTMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Essential
    $49.99
    per year 1 device
    Premium
    $59.99
    per year 1 device
    Ultimate
    $179.99
    per year 5 devices
    Academic
    $2.50
    per user/per month
    Standalone
    $5.20
    per user/per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Deep InstinctESET PROTECTMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint
    Free Trial
    NoYesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsESET offers are tailored to each customer’s needs. ESET takes pride in working with customers and partners to find the perfect solution for their security challenges at the right price. Contacting an ESET partner or sales representative ensures each solution is made-to-measure and precisely fits the size, complexity of IT environment and level of protection to match the customer’s business requirements. Pricing percentage is dependent on number of years and devices purchased.
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    Community Pulse
    Deep InstinctESET PROTECTMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint
    Considered Multiple Products
    Deep Instinct
    No answer on this topic
    ESET
    Chose ESET PROTECT
    It was pre-existing when I came to this company so ESET is dug in deep and removing it would be a process. Defender was nice and is a solution I wouldn't mind moving to. My biggest concern is web protection due to the amount of password compromise request emails the user base …
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
    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
    Microsoft Defender is more easy to install, upgrade and use.
    Eset is annoyingly visible.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    In my opinion, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is inferior to the competition. Combined with Huntress it is good (they are designed to integrate), but in my opinion, no need to use the paid version of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint when combining with Huntress, so not really …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Would buy again
    26 Answers
    96%
    Would buy again
    157 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    26 Answers
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    146 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    25 Answers
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    155 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    130 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    25 Answers
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    140 Answers
    Features
    Deep InstinctESET PROTECTMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint
    Endpoint Security
    Comparison of Endpoint Security features of Deep Instinct and ESET PROTECT and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    Feature
    Deep Instinct
    -
    Ratings
    ESET PROTECT
    8.9
    19 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    8.7
    79 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Anti-Exploit Technology00 Ratings9.019 Ratings9.075 Ratings
    Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)00 Ratings9.318 Ratings9.179 Ratings
    Centralized Management00 Ratings10.018 Ratings8.679 Ratings
    Hybrid Deployment Support00 Ratings8.315 Ratings7.110 Ratings
    Infection Remediation00 Ratings8.719 Ratings9.077 Ratings
    Vulnerability Management00 Ratings8.018 Ratings8.774 Ratings
    Malware Detection00 Ratings9.019 Ratings9.278 Ratings
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    Enterprises
    ESET PROTECT
    Score8.8 out of 10
    CrowdStrike Falcon
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    User Ratings
    Deep InstinctESET PROTECTMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint
    Likelihood to Recommend
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (51 ratings)
    8.9
    (169 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.4
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (5 ratings)
    8.6
    (40 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.5
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Deep InstinctESET PROTECTMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Deep Instinct
    No answers on this topic
    ESET
    Fits well in
    our Medium sized organization, we still host a lot on prem with various Windows
    / Linux VM’s, ESET PROTECT supports all operating systems we currently use, Pricing is
    very aggressive compared to its other EU security offerings.

    The endpoint
    is lightweight, we’ve never had any performance issue, it has many features for
    the value and can also generate logs/reports for compliance.



    The EDR
    plugin may be overkill for a small business and requires extra IT resources to manage,
    also there is currently no XDR capability if you need that in your business.
    Incentivized
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    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
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    Pros
    Deep Instinct
    No answers on this topic
    ESET
    • ESET provides comprehensive, transparent protection for my MacOS devices without interfering with the efficiency of my operating system.
    • It's easy to install, configure (default settings are great for just about everyone), and update.
    • ESET's customer communications, including a very detailed knowledge base online, make it clear I've chosen the right antivirus solution!
    Incentivized
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    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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    Cons
    Deep Instinct
    No answers on this topic
    ESET
    • If the system administrator has functions such as pop-up notification and alert mail transmission, I believe that countermeasures can be taken faster
    • It often gets in the way of the network system.
    • Communication between PCs under the same network may be hindered, which may be an obstacle to verification.
    Incentivized
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    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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    Likelihood to Renew
    Deep Instinct
    No answers on this topic
    ESET
    I'm giving it a 10, because I would totally have no reservations about staying on with eSet for another 3 years once our contract comes up for renewal. We are looking to transfer to a different product in January, however. This is due to a special pricing contract with the state of Ohio that made a normally much more expensive product very affordable and was cheaper than our coming eSet renewal cost. This is a very special case only available to government and educational organizations, but had that not been offered, we would have gladly stayed with eSet.
    Incentivized
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    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
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    Usability
    Deep Instinct
    No answers on this topic
    ESET
    Provide execllent security agains malware, ransomware, and phishing. Easy to use and monitoring multiple devices and managing security settings remotely. Software firewall ability to secure network traffic and blocking websites and application at software level its gives very easy to configure .Zero-day threats as some other security products is missing with more advanced machine learning and behavioral analysis capabilities.
    Incentivized
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    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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    Reliability and Availability
    Deep Instinct
    No answers on this topic
    ESET
    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
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    Performance
    Deep Instinct
    No answers on this topic
    ESET
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is easy on memory and resources on clients.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Deep Instinct
    No answers on this topic
    ESET
    Excellent support from ESET and when we had questions regarding the initial deployment they were there. The questions we put forth were answered immediately with great detail. Any of the items we put forth, scenarios, were given a good solution from ESET to fit our needs. This company stands by their product and are happy to step up when needed.
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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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    Implementation Rating
    Deep Instinct
    No answers on this topic
    ESET
    Do the full scan at the beginning and be prepared to wait until it is done. It will find things you did not know were there. You can leave on the Apple firewall as well as the ESET firewall. There have been no conflicts. Remember to remove emails from being backed up, so you do not have spam on your backup! This was the mistake I made.
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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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    Alternatives Considered
    Deep Instinct
    No answers on this topic
    ESET
    Choosing ESET PROTECT rather than McAfee Security or other secuty softwares helps me more evaluate specific security requirements of the company. Considering the scalability of solution it provides, the ease of use of its interface, the level of support provided by the vendors, and the availability of reports makes it a top choice for me.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Deep Instinct
    No answers on this topic
    ESET
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is easily scaled from small orgs to giant enterprises.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Deep Instinct
    No answers on this topic
    ESET
    • ESET maintains the security of our machines, files, reports, etc., an invasion or infection could result in a catastrophe, loss of important data, expenses with specialized support, hours or days of work stopped until the solution is found, without ESET prevention we could have big expenses at any time.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    ESET PROTECT Screenshots

    Screenshot of ESET PROTECT Dashboard.
Unified cybersecurity platform interface providing network visibility and control. Available as cloud or on-prem deployment.

Ensures real-time visibility for all endpoints as well as full reporting and security management for all OSes.Screenshot of ESET Endpoint Security.

Advanced multilayered protection for computers and smartphones powered by ESET LiveSense technology.Screenshot of ESET Server Security.
Provides real-time protection for the company’s data passing through all general servers, network file storage including OneDrive, and multi-purpose servers to ensure business continuity.Screenshot of ESET PROTECT - Reports. 
Meets reporting requirements and saves time with scheduled reporting and dozens of customizable templates.Screenshot of ESET Full Disk Encryption. 
An encryption managed natively by ESET remote management console. It increases the  organization's data security that meets compliance regulations.Screenshot of ESET LiveGuard Advanced. 
A cloud-based technology that uses scanning, machine learning, cloud sandboxing, and in-depth behavioral analysis to prevent targeted attacks as well as new or unknown threats, especially ransomware.

    Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Screenshots

    Screenshot of blocked activitiesScreenshot of Detects & respondsScreenshot of discovers vulnerabilityScreenshot of Eliminates blind spotsScreenshot of Risk management