CrowdStrike Falcon vs. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

CrowdStrike Falcon

299 Reviews and Ratings

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

222 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
CrowdStrike Falcon	Score9 out of 10	N/A	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.	$59.99 per endpoint/month (minimum number of endpoints applies)
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint	Score8.8 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft 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

CrowdStrike Falcon

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

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

Pricing Offerings
CrowdStrike Falcon	Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	CrowdStrike Falcon	Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Considered Both Products	CrowdStrike Verified User 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 Helpful? Verified User 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 Helpful? Humayoon Khan Team Lead Cyber Security in Information Technology at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) (Higher Education, 1001-5000 employees) 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 Helpful? Verified User 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 Helpful? Verified User 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 Helpful? Verified User 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 Helpful? Bryan Bowie Principal Incident Responder (Sr.) in Corporate at Verizon (Security & Investigations, 10,001+ employees) 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. The number one decision from the support team was the client deployment and management of … Incentivized Helpful?	Microsoft Shital Ulagadde Senior Cyber Security Consultant in Information Technology at LTIMindtree (Information Technology & Services, 5001-10,000 employees) 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 Helpful? Verified User 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 Helpful? Bhuwan Chandra Business Development Manager in Sales at ConnectUp IT Solutions (Computer & Network Security, 11-50 employees) 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 Helpful? Paolo Heuer Cybersecurity Director in Information Technology at Impresoft 4ward (Information Technology & Services, 501-1000 employees) 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 Helpful? Joy Dutta Lead Engineer in Information Technology at Rohde-Schwarz (Information Technology & Services, 5001-10,000 employees) 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 Helpful? Verified User 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 Helpful? Verified User 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 Helpful? Verified User 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 Helpful? Jamil Niazi CIO in Information Technology at City of Stockton Police and Fire (Law Enforcement, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Because this product is easier to use and has a lot of development and Microsoft's behind it. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint I have worked with CrowdStrike and Carbon Black. Because of the performance in Linux environments. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Competitive Pricing Incentivized Helpful? Verified User 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 Helpful? VIJAY KANAL NATIONAL PRODUCT MANAGER in Sales at CRAYON SOFTWARE (Information Technology & Services, 201-500 employees) Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Microsoft comes as a bundle suite and for other solutions the purchasing needs to be done separately. Incentivized Helpful? RUSHABH KADCHHUD Associate Director - Practice Lead, Network and Systems Engineering in Engineering at Arcadis (Computer & Network Security, 10,001+ employees) 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 Helpful? Rahul Deshmukh Security Solutions Architect in Information Technology at Tata Communications (Information Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees) Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is east to deploy, hence safed lot of efforts in implementation and management. When I evaluated CrowdStrike I found that not all threats are identified in it, which was a matter of concern for us. We also had issues with configuration and … Incentivized Helpful? William Huang Lead Security Architect in Information Technology at RH (Retail, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint I would say Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a little behind compared to those two market leaders in the space. However, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is easy to deploy and manage for windows devices and the cost is more reasonable. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Mostly it runs smoothly on host without impacting performance as other AVs like Symantec's impacts performance issue of host. Also because it's still a good product overall price range. Can upgrade to EDR solution with not much difficulty & onboarding on tool is not that … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint CrowdStrike and Sentinel One, I believe. I think Microsoft's products far superior. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User 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 Helpful? Verified User 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 Helpful? Verified User 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 Helpful? Verified User 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 Helpful?
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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Features

CrowdStrike Falcon

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Comparison of Endpoint Security features of CrowdStrike Falcon and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Feature	CrowdStrike Falcon 9.1 85 Ratings	Microsoft Defender for Endpoint 8.3 56 Ratings
Anti-Exploit Technology	9.677 Ratings	7.653 Ratings
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)	9.783 Ratings	9.155 Ratings
Centralized Management	9.884 Ratings	8.955 Ratings
Hybrid Deployment Support	8.24 Ratings	7.110 Ratings
Infection Remediation	9.480 Ratings	9.454 Ratings
Vulnerability Management	7.863 Ratings	7.252 Ratings
Malware Detection	9.483 Ratings	8.955 Ratings

User Ratings
	CrowdStrike Falcon	Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Likelihood to Recommend	9.7 (88 ratings)	8.4 (99 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (3 ratings)	8.4 (8 ratings)
Usability	10.0 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	10.0 (9 ratings)	9.0 (5 ratings)
In-Person Training	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)