Armor Anywhere vs ESET PROTECT Enterprise comparison

Armor Defense and ESET are both solutions in the Extended Detection and Response (XDR) category. Armor Defense is ranked #27 with an average rating of 9.0, while ESET is ranked #20 with an average rating of 8.4. Armor Defense holds a 0.3% mindshare in XDR, compared to ESET’s 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Armor Defense users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of ESET users who would recommend it.

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ESET PROTECT Enterprise

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100% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Armor Anywhere

Ranking in Extended Detection and Response (XDR)

27th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Managed Security Services Providers (MSSP) (25th)

ESET PROTECT Enterprise

Ranking in Extended Detection and Response (XDR)

20th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Anti-Malware Tools (10th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Extended Detection and Response (XDR) category, the mindshare of Armor Anywhere is 0.3%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ESET PROTECT Enterprise is 1.2%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
ESET PROTECT Enterprise	1.2%
Armor Anywhere	0.3%
Other	98.5%

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Karan Saini

Dev Ops Engineer at a construction company with 11-50 employees

Unified visibility has improved security monitoring and simplifies compliance across environments

The best features Armor Anywhere offers are definitely the centralized visibility and managed security layer. Having a single dashboard to see security posture across environments is a big advantage. The centralized dashboard enables us to get better visibility in a UI form. It also helps with compliance reporting for audits and reviews. Overall, it improves the security posture and reduces operational overhead for the team. We've seen faster incident response times and fewer false alerts because of the automation and integration. From a compliance standpoint, it has helped us maintain consistent controls and simplified reporting for audits because of the automation. Overall, Armor Anywhere has helped us improve our overall security posture. It provides a solid, reliable cloud security solution which works across our hybrid environments and on-premises as well. It has provided us a good balance of compliance and monitoring, simplified our security across environments, while giving us great visibility on all things.

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Manikumar David

IT Manager at R K Khanna and Associates

Provides comprehensive monitoring and policy implementation with room for memory optimization

ESET PROTECT Enterprise makes the system a little slow sometimes and updates occur at startup. Sometimes unwanted pop-ups appear to users, and they are unable to disable them. The user-friendliness is lacking in some areas. When users are using any computer, ESET PROTECT Enterprise should work in the background without consuming much memory, and any updates should proceed in the background without disturbing the user.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Overall, Armor Anywhere has helped us improve our overall security posture; it provides a solid, reliable cloud security solution which works across our hybrid environments and on-premises as well, providing a good balance of compliance and monitoring while simplifying our security across environments and giving us great visibility on all things."

"The most valuable features of ESET File Security are the performance and it doesn't take too many resources."

"The solution doesn't have high memory usage."

"It's helped us with restrictions and knowing which users we can provide permissions to and which users we need to restrict."

"ESET PROTECT Enterprise is reliable."

"Regarding real-time analytics and threat detection capabilities in ESET PROTECT Enterprise, I find them excellent."

"The solution offers a lot of configuration capabilities."

"I like the dynamic groups feature. They give the ability to filter endpoint machines by any parameter, software, or hardware inventory, and that's a significant advantage when you need to, for example, automate a secondary firewall profile for endpoints outside your network. Or if you want to automatically isolate the computer from the rest of the network if the ransomware is found."

"The most valuable feature of ESET Protect is the security while accessing any transaction, such as online banking systems. When I access a banking website a new browser opens which is more secure, which I find very useful."

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Cons

"There is not much to dislike about Armor Anywhere, but the dashboard could be more customizable for different team roles."

"ESET Protect could improve the performance. The performance of the home computers and laptops becomes slow due to their heavy software load. It would be a benefit to make a lighter version of the software which does not have any impact on the performance of the computer's hardware."

"The management console could be improved. Sometimes, agents lose connection with the management console, and the administration team needs to reinstall the agents on the computers."

"The solution can be quite technical and therefore is challenging for new users."

"When it first starts up, it takes a lot of processing power when the machine is initially booted. Improving the startup side could be beneficial."

"In the current version of ESET File Security, you cannot download a file, it always wants the real-time upload which you have to wait until the file is ready. This is annoying. In previous versions, you were able to use the downloaded engine."

"I would like to see more features on the reporting side of things."

"In terms of management accounts, there's a lot of manuals that seem to be mixed up. Sometimes, it's a little bit confusing."

"The tool is complex and expensive."

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"There is a license needed to use ESET Protect. The licensing cost is very low, it is approximately $10 per license."

"ESET PROTECT Enterprise is affordable."

"The product is cost-effective compared to one of its competitors."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

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Comms Service Provider

13%

Computer Software Company

13%

Government

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	2

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Armor Anywhere?

We are just a customer of Armor Anywhere.

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What needs improvement with Armor Anywhere?

There is not much to dislike about Armor Anywhere, but the dashboard could be more customizable for different team roles. The customizable nature is missing to some extent for different team roles....

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What is your primary use case for Armor Anywhere?

I use Armor Anywhere to monitor and secure our workloads running across cloud and hybrid environments. I use Armor Anywhere to review security posture, alerts, and compliance stages in my day-to-da...

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What needs improvement with ESET Protect?

One area for improvement in ESET PROTECT Enterprise is its capabilities on Mac devices, which are less functional compared to Windows. In terms of device management, ESET PROTECT Enterprise could i...

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What is your primary use case for ESET Protect?

My customers use ESET PROTECT Enterprise to secure all their operating systems; we have a lot of customers who rely on this antivirus. It also acts as a platform where I can manage all the devices ...

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What advice do you have for others considering ESET Protect?

I suggest that other users considering ESET PROTECT Enterprise utilize this platform to manage all their laptops and apply security policies effectively to protect their Windows environments. On a ...

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Also Known As

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ESET Protect, ESET File Security

Overview

Armor Anywhere is a scalable managed security solution that protects virtual machine instances hosted on public, private or hybrid cloud environments. Installed at the OS level, Armor Anywhere is powered by best-of-breed technology and fully managed by our highly experienced security operations team (SOC). It provides real-time visibility into your security program and actionable threat intelligence.

Armor Defense

ESET PROTECT Enterprise ensures real-time visibility for all endpoints as well as full reporting and security management for all OSes

Cloud-based console with the possibility of an on-premises deployment
Provides real-time visibility of all endpoints: desktops, servers, virtual machines and even managed mobile devices
Enables full reporting for ESET security solutions
Controls endpoint prevention, detection & response layers across all platforms
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