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CrowdStrike Falcon

Overview

What is CrowdStrike Falcon?

CrowdStrike 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,…

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Popular Features

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  • Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (69)
    9.4
    94%
  • Malware Detection (69)
    9.3
    93%
  • Infection Remediation (67)
    8.9
    89%
  • Centralized Management (70)
    8.5
    85%

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Pricing

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Falcon Pro

$6.99

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

Falcon Enterprise

$14.99

Cloud
per endpoint/month (minimum number of endpoints applies)

Falcon Premium

$17.99

Cloud
per endpoint/month (minimum number of endpoints applies)

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.crowdstrike.com/endpoint…

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Features

Endpoint Security

Endpoint security software protects enterprise connected devices from malware and cyber attacks.

8.8
Avg 8.5
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Product Details

What is CrowdStrike Falcon?

CrowdStrike offers cloud-delivered endpoint protection. CrowdStrike aims to revolutionize endpoint protection by unifying next-generation antivirus (AV), endpoint detection and response (EDR), and a 24/7 managed hunting service — all delivered via a single lightweight agent.

The vendor states many of the world’s largest organizations use CrowdStrike, including three of the 10 largest global companies by revenue, five of the 10 largest financial institutions, three of the top 10 health care providers, and three of the top 10 energy companies.

CrowdStrike Falcon Features

Endpoint Security Features

  • Supported: Anti-Exploit Technology
  • Supported: Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
  • Supported: Centralized Management
  • Supported: Infection Remediation
  • Supported: Vulnerability Management
  • Supported: Malware Detection

CrowdStrike Falcon Video

CEO George Kurtz discusses challenges organizations face using legacy cybersecurity solutions & how easy, fast & effective the CrowdStrike Falcon platform is by comparison.

CrowdStrike Falcon Integrations

CrowdStrike Falcon Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, Mac
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android
Supported LanguagesEnglish, Japanese

Frequently Asked Questions

CrowdStrike 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.

Reviewers rate Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) highest, with a score of 9.4.

The most common users of CrowdStrike Falcon are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
CrowdStrike Falcon Complete is utilized to provide managed EDR services on all server and workstation endpoints throughout our Corporate network. The software itself provides endpoint protection at the EDR level and the Falcon Complete service is leveraged as a 24x7x365 SOC MSSP to manage and remediate all endpoints plus analyze and provide proactive threat hunting capabilities for all data provided.
  • Updates are seamless and rarely fail compared to past products
  • The tool leverages the largest Cybersecurity threat database in the world
  • The response to a potential threat or inquiry by the managed services team is lightning fast
  • Extremely thorough responses from the managed services team on potential threats
  • Onboarding quick and painless
  • Sometimes updates to sensor versions fail, which requires manual intervention by internal staff members
  • The variety of different administrative privilege levels is vast and sometimes confusing
  • Proactive notifications confirming the health of the environment would be great instead of just reporting on potential issues
CrowdStrike Falcon Complete managed service is excellent for smaller organizations where staff is limited and outside SOC expertise can be leveraged to protect the organization from Cybersecurity threats. They are empowered to proactively remediate and perform threat containment 24x7x365 where as my staff is not active during overnight and weekend hours. They also leverage threat information from their huge data lake of intelligence from other customers against our data to keep us safe. If an organization has a larger Cybersecurity staff where these types of activities can be managed in-house, it can opt for the Falcon client-only option and not pay for the extra "complete" managed services portion.
Endpoint Security (5)
100%
10.0
Anti-Exploit Technology
100%
10.0
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
100%
10.0
Centralized Management
100%
10.0
Infection Remediation
100%
10.0
Malware Detection
100%
10.0
  • Has freed up staff to focus on other activities
  • Keeps our environment safe by always having eyes on our endpoints from a Cybersecurity perspective and employing the latest threat intelligence data
  • Very reasonably priced compared to competitors with inferior, less featureful offerings
Traditional AV and anti-malware products have all been eliminated. In addition, we used to employ a 3rd party MSSP SOC to manage our AV products that we were able to deprecate. The cost of CrowdStrike Falcon Complete with superior EDR, expertise, and response capability was comparable to the existing solution that was in place.
Streamlined operations by only having to deal with one vendor for managed EDR capability which previously required multiple vendors to accomplish.
CrowdStrike Falcon Complete has helped us meet our organization objective of providing round the clock EDR services with complete remediation capability for all endpoints throughout the enterprise leveraging a single vendor solution. In addition, we plan to introduce other services offered by CrowdStrike Falcon in the future that layer nicely on top of this solution (AD threat management, XDR, SIEM).
  • Ability to detect endpoints without the CrowdStrike Falcon client missed by our software distribution systems
  • Able to provide advice on data generated from other data sources like our SIEM
  • Provides network connection information as part of the endpoint dataset
CrowdStrike Falcon is a far superior endpoint protection product that requires much less upkeep for similar pricing. There was a lot of extra administrative overhead to write detections and keep endpoints updated compared to CrowdStrike Falcon. I was very surprised to learn that even though CrowdStrike has the superior reputation in the Cybersecurity space, they also were more competitive on the pricing and were backed by a much more engaged account team.
  • Cloud Solutions
  • Ease of Use
The single most important factor in selecting CrowdStrike Falcon over competitors was the rich feature set backed by industry-leading service team with the largest data lake of Cybersecurity intelligence in the world. It is also worth noting that the maintenance required for the solution was far less than competitors. For a similar price tag, it really was a no-brainer to go with CrowdStrike Falcon.
I honestly don't think I would do anything differently. CrowdStrike Falcon allowed us to do a complete bakeoff against our competitors and offered us complimentary licensing for as long as we needed to complete testing. We also had other vendors that were evaluated that were not as polished as CrowdStrike Falcon with a higher price tag.
Yes
CrowdStrike Falcon replaced VMWare Carbon Black. We looked to replace Carbon Black because of the constant upkeep needed to maintain the environment with a high price tag. From failed endpoint upgrades to constantly having to update detection capabilities to an account team that was not engaged or available to assist with concerns, there were many reasons to make the change.
Yes, we purchased the premium support option of CrowdStrike Falcon Complete which is a full service MSSP for EDR services. We do not employ a dedicated Cybersecurity team at the company so we wanted to leverage their threat intelligence and their 24x7x365 availability to ensure that our endpoints are always kept safe.
No
Honestly, this happens time and time again. One that comes to mind is when we had a SIEM detection unrelated to the CrowdStrike Falcon EDR data but were struggling with interpreting the threat. We sent it to the CrowdStrike Falcon Complete managed service team and they were good enough to explain that even though what we were asking is technically out of scope for the service, they would still assist and ended up providing us with an acceptable resolution! Bravo for going above and beyond!
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!
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We have utilized Crowdstrike Falcon for just over a year enterprise-wide across our server and VDI infrastructure with great success. This replaced an older signature-based solution. In the 1st few weeks we have seen an approx. 17% increase in detections. Support has been great through the implementation and initial tightening of rules and removing false positives. Highly recommend CrowdStrike and their managed support.
  • Initial detection through their various proprietary methodologies.
  • The graphical display of the malware and the potential impact chain is fantastic.
  • We realize sensor updating is necessary, but they seem to be very frequent.
  • It is not a cheap solution.
CrowdStrike scales nicely for small to large organizations with ease. Its real-time detection works well and provides great insight into the particular threat triggered. Quick and easy sensor deployment via various methods makes installation relatively easy for most companies. It incorporates white/blacklisting features, exploits and malware detection, as well as IOA behavioral protection.
Endpoint Security (7)
81.42857142857142%
8.1
Anti-Exploit Technology
80%
8.0
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
90%
9.0
Centralized Management
80%
8.0
Hybrid Deployment Support
70%
7.0
Infection Remediation
80%
8.0
Vulnerability Management
80%
8.0
Malware Detection
90%
9.0
  • Installation was pretty simple and allows any organization to quickly spin up protection.
  • Single pane of glass management console makes metric reporting simple quick.
Our previous endpoint solution was Trend Micro. The trending product did not have half the newer detection capabilities of Crowdstrike which were very evident after the migration. In comparison to Symantec which is very cumbersome and requires a lot of care and feeding, Crowdstrike runs very efficiently and requires very little on-going maintenance from a management perspective.
Yes
Lack of current staff and advanced threat hunting expertise were the main drivers for purchasing managed support.
No
Through the initial phase-in of Falcon, Crowdstrike support and sales engineers were excellent at assessing the tuning our setup to remove false positives and showed a lot of patience and care to ensure we were completely satisfied with the overall installation. We are extremely happy with the initial results and feel confident in the manages services monitoring purchase since we do not have a 24/7 SOC.
  • Ease of implementation.
  • Overall protection capabilities.
  • Real-time system inventory function.
  • Insight and intelligence of not only the threat, but the potential of the threat.
  • Support staff of their managed service is excellent.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use CrowdStrike Falcon Endpoint Protection as our main endpoint projection product across the entire enterprise. We've got it installed on all company endpoints (desktops, laptops, and servers; haven't rolled out mobile devices yet) to protect our organization against viruses, spyware, and other attacks.
  • Endpoint protection against viruses
  • Endpoint projection against spyware and other threats
  • Easy to deploy endpoints
  • Good support
  • A lot of different policy options but GUI can be complex
  • Better reporting and notification options
  • Integration with PagerDuty
CrowdStrike Falcon Endpoint Protection is a great endpoint protection product for a medium to large organizations. It's fairly easy to deploy and manage but you'll have to put some effort into configuring deployment and operational polices. Once you put the time in, you get a great return on the investment, but there is some upfront time needed, which makes it not a great fit for smaller companies.
Endpoint Security (5)
94%
9.4
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
100%
10.0
Centralized Management
100%
10.0
Infection Remediation
90%
9.0
Vulnerability Management
90%
9.0
Malware Detection
90%
9.0
  • Great ROI
  • Easy deployment
  • Low endpoint resource usage
  • Singe client (vs multiple with our prior solution)
We used Symantec Endpoint Security prior to moving over to CrowdStrike Falcon Endpoint Protection, and it's a night and day difference. Symantec Endpoint Security ran on Java and was a mess to deploy and even worse to remove. Clients would often break and lose connection to the server requiring hours of troubleshooting. When we had to contact support, it would take days to get a useful response if we ever got one. CrowdStrike Falcon Endpoint Protection addressed all those issues, with a modern client that's easy to deploy and remove. They have great support and a good customer support portal.
Yes
We replaced symantec endpoint protection with CrowdStrike Falcon Endpoint Protection. Overall, it's been a great move for us.
We ran through a 30-day free trail of CrowdStrike Falcon Endpoint Protection. We had a dedicated SE assigned and worked with him during the trial to test out various features. Once we decided to purchase, we were able to enable the trial devices for production use by applying a new license key; no reinstall needed!
A few members of the team had heard about CrowdStrike Falcon Endpoint Protection over the years.
Yes
It's a production security product for us, so buying the top-level support was a must.
No
Quick to answer questions.
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