Cisco XDR vs. CrowdStrike Falcon

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cisco XDR
Score 6.9 out of 10
N/A
A solution to uncover sophisticated attacks and leverage machine learning to prioritize incidents across multiple security controls based on risk score and asset value. Streamlines incident response by simplifying preparation, detection, analysis, containment, eradication, and recovery, which can involve anything from adding a worknote to implementing an automated response.N/A
CrowdStrike Falcon
Score 9.1 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)
Pricing
Cisco XDRCrowdStrike Falcon
Editions & Modules
Cisco XDR Essentials
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per user
Cisco XDR Advantage
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per user
Cisco XDR Premier
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per user
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)
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cisco XDRCrowdStrike Falcon
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsThere are three License tiers in which Cisco XDR is available: Essentials, Advantage, and Premier (licensed per user). Cisco XDR Essentials delivers the full XDR features and integrates across the Cisco Security portfolio, with a few exceptions. Cisco XDR Advantage builds upon the capabilities delivered in Essentials by adding Cisco-curated integrations with select third-party security tools. Cisco XDR Premier delivers the full Advantage capabilities as a Managed Service provided by Cisco security experts and includes security validation through penetration testing and select Cisco Talos Incident Response services. Data retention: A data retention period of 90 days is included by default. Customers can purchase additional retention periods of 180 or 365 days. Data ingestion: Each tier includes a data ingestion limit of 2GB per user per month. Customers can purchase additional GBs beyond the 2GB default, measured in units of GB per user per month.
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Community Pulse
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Features
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Endpoint Security
Comparison of Endpoint Security features of Product A and Product B
Cisco XDR
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Ratings
CrowdStrike Falcon
9.1
Ratings
6% above category average
Anti-Exploit Technology00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Centralized Management00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Hybrid Deployment Support00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Infection Remediation00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Vulnerability Management00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Malware Detection00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
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User Ratings
Cisco XDRCrowdStrike Falcon
Likelihood to Recommend
6.8
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9.6
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cisco XDRCrowdStrike Falcon
Likelihood to Recommend
It is well suited for environments that have a large mix of Cisco products and popular software packages. As a SaaS application it doesn't require much for a local footprint but at the same time won't work in an environment that requires your security tools to store data or run locally.
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CrowdStrike Falcon is well suited for any size of environment. Large to small, CrowdStrike Falcon does an amazing job. The ability to have the same security as a fortune 500 company and have a solution that sees the same threats that they are seeing is amazing. I do not think that there is a company or environment that wouldn't benefit from the CrowdStrike Falcon solution.
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Pros
  • Providing visibility for threat risks
  • Detecting holes in the network that have vulnerabilites
  • Flagging ddos events and kicking off an incident response
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  • The Log analysis is very detailed and easy to use.
  • Prevent and block all type of malwares.
  • Great threat intelligence which is very up-to-date with the recent cyber attacks
  • very user friendly in access and management
  • Automated feature of detecting, taking action and closing incidents using fusion workflow.
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Cons
  • XDR can improve with more integrations
  • XDR can be improved with more programmability for the end user
  • XDR can be improved with more options to mitigate events
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  • The Dashboard can become overwhelming at times, too much information to absorb
  • Computers that may have made it out into the field without the endpoint sensor are very difficult to find
  • As with all systems that rely on machine learning false positives occurr
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Likelihood to Renew
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Crowdstrike has a large suite of tools built for helping the engineers triage and respond to security event whenever identified. The ability to customize the security policies and implement more granular policies to different devices based on the functionality is unmatched. Crowdstrike provides so much of ability in a decent budget which ascertains the value for money or ROI.
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Usability
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I think it is a complete and very trustful XDR platform, with very few False Positives. It is very well supported by highly skilled professionals on all levels: from pre-sales engineers, Customer Account Managers and support engineers.
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Support Rating
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Support is generally pretty fast and gets right to the issue. We haven't had to use them much, fortunately, but the issues and questions we've had are usually answered quickly. The customer success manager/account manager you're assigned will also follow up with you on a regular cadence to ensure you're getting the most out of the subscription. There's not a whole lot of room to improve, other than the general confusion about what is/what is not covered in custom packages you're subscribed to. The initial purchase took much longer because of a package name changes and realignments of different modules into those packages.
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In-Person Training
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There is limited amount of learning that can be completed in an in-person training available. In my opinion, the self-paced learning provided by Falcon portal is more useful over in-person training. The support from Falcon is great and useful to overcome difficulties, if any.
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Online Training
No answers on this topic
The training provided by Crowdstrike Falcon is complete in terms of the depth of technical knowledge and teaches the users about going through with the platform. There are lots of jargons for different tools that Crowdstrike Falcon has and this training teaches them all which helps in managing the platform better. Plus, the regular knowledge checks are also very helpful for the end user.
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Implementation Rating
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Alternatives Considered
Cisco XDR is great for companies that primarily run Cisco and provides a more seamless integration than Qradar both in terms of identify risks and mitigating them. Cisco XDR also provides insight through Cisco Talos and gives the end users ability to customize their work flow to threat hunt according to their business needs.
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We were a former Arctic Wolf customer and feel like they worked more as a team with us. Cylance is what we're looking at possibly migrating to.
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Return on Investment
  • XDR helps contain a security incident event to reduce business impact
  • XDR provides real time visibility to alert the business on security risks
  • XDR provides ways to mitigate threats
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  • CrowdStrike Falcon's proactive threat mitigation has significantly reduced the risk of successful cyber attacks, resulting in tangible savings related to potential data breaches or system compromises.
  • The cloud-native architecture and automated features have improved operational efficiency.
  • The platform's real-time visibility and threat hunting capabilities have drastically improved incident response times.
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