CrowdStrike Falcon vs. Microsoft Defender XDR

CrowdStrike Falcon

299 Reviews and Ratings

Microsoft Defender XDR

153 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 XDR	Score8.9 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft 365 Defender combines SIEM and XDR capabilities for Microsoft 365 environments, encompassing threat detection, post-breach detection, automated investigation, and response for endpoints. Additionally, it protects cloud apps, emails and documents, and employee identities.	N/A

Pricing

CrowdStrike Falcon

Microsoft Defender 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	Microsoft Defender XDR
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 XDR
Considered Both Products	CrowdStrike Verified User Chose CrowdStrike Falcon CrowdStrike Falcon is way ahead of Symantec, and covers features that defender XDR doesn't, even if you purchase all the addons. I think the only real competitors are Sentinel One, maybe Palo Alto or Huntress, or Carbon Black. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose CrowdStrike Falcon CrowdStrike Falcon is an industry leader in this sector and is superior in its low overhead agent, having minimal impact on end-users. We plan to migrate our macOS fleet when our existing contract expires. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose CrowdStrike Falcon It is superior on the following two: Advanced threat detection because AI and ML can analyze vast amounts of data to identify subtle patterns that might indicate malicious activity, even zero-day attacks (previously unknown threats).Reduced false positives because it can help … Incentivized Helpful? Chris Stutzman IT Manager in Information Technology at GPRS (Construction, 501-1000 employees) Chose CrowdStrike Falcon Although the other products were good, CrowdStrike Falcon Complete had more to offer and had a much cleaner, more intuitive interface. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User 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 Helpful? Verified User Chose CrowdStrike Falcon We selected Crowdstrike due to the highest number of detection rate. The additional functionalities only added to the value. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose CrowdStrike Falcon The POC they did for us convinced us of everything we could achieve with CrowdStrike Falcon and how advanced the integration with other solutions was. Incentivized Helpful?	Microsoft Lian Lopreiato Manager at Puget System (Computer Hardware, 51-200 employees) Chose Microsoft Defender XDR We saw CrowdStrike but Microsoft Defender XDR was already in our computer. It was cheaper too cause we had Micrsoft license. CrowdStrike look cool but had many buttons and hard to read. My team like Microsoft Defender XDR because it looks same like other Microsoft thing. We … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Defender XDR We have a microsoft ecosystem and we can easily implement Microsoft Defender XDR in a breeze. Using few option, we can actually start logging and managing all the data. Incentivized Helpful? Harshit Lal security consultant in Information Technology at wipro (Information Services, 10,001+ employees) Chose Microsoft Defender XDR Microsoft Defender XDR deployment process is seamless as compared to proofpoint Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Defender XDR I've used Trend Micro, but it's not exactly the same because Trend Micro is equivalent to one of the parts of Defender XDR, which is Defender for Endpoint. But Trend Micro has also a portal that combines all the incidents like Defender XDR, but I think the Microsoft one is much … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Defender XDR Well, we're actually evaluating the other products now. We had selected Defender XDR because at the time we just got a good deal on it. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Defender XDR beats cylance protect, crowstrike is solid but at a costly product cannot use kapersky due to embargo norton not good enough now Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Defender XDR As already stated, the main advantage of Defender is being able to use a single console to manage it and all the other 365 applications. I can state that it provides a more effective protection than Bitdefender MDR and Trend Micro Apex One while I consider CrowdStrike on the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Defender XDR Both of these tools fill up each other gaps, sometimes one catches what other does not (from EDR perspective). Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Defender XDR Microsoft 365 is easier to use and offers brooder capability in the Microsoft cloud. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Defender XDR We chose Microsoft Defender XDR for the ability to correlament the dangers in the Microsoft Ecosystem, Strong Automation, and email, Identification, Estruction, Establishment Points and Cloud Apps in the same platform. This gave us the end-to-end visibility without the need to … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Defender XDR Falcon Crowdstrike is better than Microsoft XDR in terms of EDR, but in terms of the whole suite, Crowdstrike is lacking a lot of capabilities (email, Purview...) Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Defender XDR What we like in Microsoft Defender for XDR: Native Integration with Microsoft 365 and Azure Easier license model Incentivized Helpful?
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Features

CrowdStrike Falcon

Microsoft Defender XDR

Comparison of Endpoint Security features of CrowdStrike Falcon and Microsoft Defender XDR
Feature	CrowdStrike Falcon 9.1 85 Ratings	Microsoft Defender XDR - Ratings
Anti-Exploit Technology	9.577 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	Microsoft Defender XDR
Likelihood to Recommend	9.6 (88 ratings)	8.6 (67 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (3 ratings)	7.7 (4 ratings)
Usability	10.0 (2 ratings)	9.0 (2 ratings)
Support Rating	10.0 (9 ratings)	9.0 (3 ratings)
In-Person Training	9.0 (1 ratings)	9.1 (1 ratings)
Online Training	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (1 ratings)
Implementation Rating	10.0 (1 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)