CrowdStrike Falcon vs. Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR

CrowdStrike Falcon

299 Reviews and Ratings

Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR

59 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)
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR	Score8.4 out of 10	N/A	Cortex XDR (formerly Traps) replaces traditional antivirus with multi-method prevention, a proprietary combination of malware and exploit prevention methods that protect users and endpoints from known and unknown threats.	N/A

Pricing

CrowdStrike Falcon

Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR

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)

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Pricing Offerings
CrowdStrike Falcon	Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	CrowdStrike Falcon	Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR
Considered Both Products	CrowdStrike Verified User Chose CrowdStrike Falcon In my opinion, CrowdStrike Falcon does a better job of detection than Carbon black in all forms. Compared to SentinelOne XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon does a better job of finding potential threats even though the machine learning based detection cause more False Positives than the … Incentivized Helpful?	Palo Alto Networks Mst Rahima Khatun Marketing Product Management in Information Technology at Clopsmith (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Traps provided us with a cloud-based platform that made our lives a lot simpler. Nothing like Traps exists in the market and I've never used anything like it. Others, on the other hand, were a lot slower to respond. Malwarebytes and other enterprise-level malware software are … Incentivized Helpful? Alex Waitkus, CISSP-ISSAP, OSCP Security Architect in Information Technology at Securicon, LLC (Computer & Network Security, 51-200 employees) Chose Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Traps and its integration with central management tools by Palo Alto and wildfire was a better fit for our environment. Others provided similar levels of protection but in some cases did not live up to expectations as traps did. Palo Alto also worked with us to better Traps, … Incentivized Helpful?
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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Features

CrowdStrike Falcon

Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR

Comparison of Endpoint Security features of CrowdStrike Falcon and Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR
Feature	CrowdStrike Falcon 9.1 85 Ratings	Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR - Ratings
Anti-Exploit Technology	9.677 Ratings	00 Ratings
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)	9.783 Ratings	00 Ratings
Centralized Management	9.784 Ratings	00 Ratings
Hybrid Deployment Support	8.24 Ratings	00 Ratings
Infection Remediation	9.480 Ratings	00 Ratings
Vulnerability Management	7.763 Ratings	00 Ratings
Malware Detection	9.483 Ratings	00 Ratings

User Ratings
	CrowdStrike Falcon	Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR
Likelihood to Recommend	9.7 (88 ratings)	9.0 (13 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	10.0 (2 ratings)	7.0 (2 ratings)
Support Rating	10.0 (9 ratings)	10.0 (3 ratings)
In-Person Training	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)