Avast Business Hub vs Stormshield Endpoint Security comparison

Avast Software and Stormshield are both solutions in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category. Avast Software is ranked #48, while Stormshield is ranked #57. Avast Software holds a 0.9% mindshare in EPP, compared to Stormshield’s 0.4% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Avast Software users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Stormshield users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 9, 2024

Stormshield Endpoint Security and Avast Business Hub are compared based on their features, room for improvement, ease of deployment, customer service, pricing, and ROI. Despite users being happier with Stormshield Endpoint Security's pricing and support, Avast Business Hub seems to have the upper hand due to its broader valuable features, making it worth the price.

Features: Stormshield Endpoint Security includes robust threat detection, response capabilities, and competitive pricing. Avast Business Hub offers comprehensive feature sets such as remote management and automation, giving it the upper hand due to broader valuable features.

Room for Improvement: Stormshield Endpoint Security could have a more intuitive design, simplified configuration, and improved user interface. Avast Business Hub users suggest better integration with other tools, enhanced reporting features, and more flexible configuration options. Stormshield Endpoint Security's UI and configuration improvements are frequently highlighted.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Stormshield Endpoint Security is praised for its straightforward deployment model and responsive customer service. Avast Business Hub is also noted for its easy deployment process but receives mixed feedback on customer service responsiveness. Stormshield Endpoint Security is slightly favored for customer service.

Pricing and ROI: Stormshield Endpoint Security is recognized for competitive pricing and a strong ROI. Avast Business Hub users are willing to pay more for extensive features, suggesting good ROI. Avast Business Hub's powerful features justify its higher cost.

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Avast Business Hub vs. Stormshield Endpoint Security

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Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category, the mindshare of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is 3.5%, down from 4.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Avast Business Hub is 0.9%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Stormshield Endpoint Security is 0.4%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks	3.5%
Avast Business Hub	0.9%
Stormshield Endpoint Security	0.4%
Other	95.2%

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ABHISHEK_SINGH

Senior Process Expert at A.P. Moller - Maersk

Gained full visibility and streamlined threat detection through behavior-based insights and AI integration

Initially, we got to have a lot of false positives when we onboarded, but nowadays it's quite smooth. We have fine-tuned our security policies and allowed different levels of policies to get rid of those false positives. Currently, we are getting a fairly good amount of incidents that are not false positives or benign, but actionable items. The process is streamlined. In the initial days, the operations used to get involved in a lot of benign and other activities, but now the process is streamlined. We are leveraging the auto-detection and remediation plans. The operations teams are now more involved in other business roles as well, not just looking into the logs and fetching out what's happening there. They have fixed a lot of things. Initially, they didn't have IAC code drift detection, cloud posture management, or security posture management, but they have those now. They purchased different vendors and did a merger with that. They have now Prisma Cloud that gets integrated and now they are working with Cortex Cloud. Everything that was negative has now been addressed, and the product altogether looks to be in a very better and mature shape now. Currently, it's more or less detecting the workloads with AI-based best practices. Since most organizations are consuming AI agents and other things, we are looking forward to seeing what other feature enhancements Palo Alto can support in that.

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Crewmem67

IT Consultant at College Notre Dame de Nazareth

Has a free version, is secure and reliable

I'm a consultant. I recommend free Avast, then ESET. If they want to be more secure, you can go to ESET, the bigger license. If you want to have a cheap license, Avast is good. I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. I do prefer ESET, however. Yet I would recommend either product as they are both pretty good.

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it_user745593

Senior Project Manager, PMP at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

Protects the global station and has good stability

The feature I find most valuable is that it protects the global station The solution's integration with the Windows environment could be better. The solution needs better integration with products, if it did, it would have the assumption of better security. I've been using the solution since…

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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

"The ability to kind of stitch everything together and see the actual complete picture is very useful. I guess you'd call it a playbook. Some people call it the forensics analysis of what was happening on particular endpoints when they detected some malicious behavior, and what transpired before that to cause that. It is also very user friendly. The way they have done everything and integrated all the solutions that they've purchased over the years to make it a very seamless, effective product is very good. One thing about Palo Alto is that they take the products or services that they purchase and make them seamless for the end user as compared to some companies that purchase other companies and then just kind of have their products off to the side or keep different interfaces. Palo Alto doesn't do that."

"Palo Alto is the core of the security infrastructure in the environment."

"The multi-layered approach to the product gives you confidence that it will stop exploits, ransomware, worms, or viruses from compromising endpoints, essentially providing peace of mind."

"The tool is designed to scale for large enterprises and handle large volumes of data."

"Monitoring is most valuable."

"I like the centralized console and the predictive analysis it does of malware. It is very stable and also scalable."

"One of the main benefits of the solution is its intelligence to correlate the events into an incident."

"Has great threat detection capabilities."

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"The performance is good compared to other products that slow down the laptop, post-installation."

"Avast as a product is as easy as it gets - everything is outlined and transparent in terms of licensing."

"It's straightforward to set up."

"The solution is easy to use."

"Avast Business Endpoint Protection's best feature is its user-friendliness."

"It has increased productivity. IT threats are kept at a minimum because of this product."

"Our favorite feature is the PC Patch Management."

"It warns you if there is a threat and it's perfect because it runs in the background and doesn't interfere with anything."

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"The feature I find most valuable is that it protects the global station."

Cons

"Additionally, I think the price is very high, and if it can be adjusted, I believe it will be a very good solution."

"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks could improve by offering remote management. It would be useful to look at the client's issue to fix it."

"It should support more mobile operating systems. That is one of the cons of their infrastructure right now."

"In general, the price could be more competitive."

"I feel that it should not be a licensed activity because a feature should allow us to see applications running on end devices."

"Limited remote connection."

"If Palo Alto reduces the pricing slightly for their products, it would make them more scalable in markets such as India and globally for cybersecurity."

"It tends to do 99.9% of things. The only thing I'd like is single sign-on authentication into their cloud platform so that my users can be properly authenticated against it."

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"The solution needs to be more secure and work to protect us better from people trying to mess with our systems."

"It could download faster during deployment."

"I would like to see better protection and more spyware included with the free version."

"Where I have faced a challenge is on the reporting. I would like to see something that provides information regarding the next month or quarter, in terms of reporting."

"It could have a 10,000-feet overview of the whole infrastructure because the software is easily installable on the whole infrastructure and not just the infrastructure, but also the workstation themselves. I would love to have a 360 view of the whole network and basically see from where a test is coming, and if there is an instance in the cloud that is actually misbehaving or if there is a workstation that is infected and stuff like that. It can also have some kind of AI to detect all those things and then cut off the connection from that machine. In Cortex, you can link the logs, reports, and all that stuff. You can also see the full picture of when it happened, and you can trace it back all the way to a file or something else. I would like to see similar functionality in Avast Business Endpoint Protection."

"The accuracy of the scanner could be improved."

"The solution could improve by providing more security."

"Avast Business Endpoint Protection would be improved with more frequent updates."

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"The solution's integration with the Windows environment could be better."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"In terms of the cost Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is very expensive because we are a Mexican company and when you translate dollars to pesos the cost is very high. The solution is very expensive for Mexican companies. I understand that they have international prices, but I do not think it offsets the price enough for many companies in countries, such as Mexico. The amount it is reduced is not a massive percentage."

"This is an expensive solution."

"If one wishes to work with another team or large number of users at a future point, he must purchase a license for them."

"It's about $55 per license on a yearly basis."

"Very costly product."

"The pricing seems fair, and I do like the licensing model. You use wherever they are, and it is elastic."

"It has a yearly renewal."

"Traps pays for itself within the first 16 months of a three-year subscription. This is attributed to OPEX savings, as security teams spent less time trying to identify and isolate malware for analysis as a result of a reduction in malware incidents, false positives, and breach avoidance."

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"I am using the free version."

"We are on a monthly subscription for Avast Business Endpoint Protection."

"I am using the free version of Avast."

"It is $75 per license for a year. There are no additional costs."

"If you become a partner, you will receive the wholesale price."

"There are no costs other than licensing."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

10%

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Real Estate/Law Firm

Financial Services Firm

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Company Size

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Large Enterprise

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Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	44
Midsize Enterprise	20
Large Enterprise	47

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	1

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Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps

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Overview

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks provides advanced threat detection with AI-driven endpoint protection and seamless integration, ensuring multi-layered security and automatic threat response.

Cortex XDR is designed to safeguard endpoints against malware and suspicious activities. It offers advanced threat detection and response capabilities using behavioral analysis, AI, and machine learning. It seamlessly integrates with security infrastructures, providing endpoint security, firewall integration, and enhanced visibility in both cloud-based and on-premises environments.

What are the key features of Cortex XDR?

Advanced Threat Detection: Uses AI and machine learning for proactive threat identification.
Multi-layered Security: Combines various security measures for comprehensive protection.
Endpoint Protection: Safeguards against malware and exploits.
Behavioral Analysis: Monitors suspicious activity for early detection.
Automatic Threat Response: Automates responses to neutralize threats.

What benefits should users expect?

Ease of Use: Simplifies security management with intuitive design.
Resource Efficiency: Minimizes impact on system resources.
Integration Capabilities: Works well with existing security setups.
Reduced Analyst Workload: Automates processes to decrease manual intervention.

Organizations in diverse sectors deploy Cortex XDR to protect against malware, leveraging its advanced threat detection capabilities. Its integration with existing security infrastructures appeals to those seeking comprehensive protection in both cloud and on-premises environments, providing enhanced visibility and threat intelligence.

Palo Alto Networks

Built on the largest, most globally dispersed threat detection network in the world, Avast Business Endpoint Protection Solutions deliver superior, enterprise-grade protection that keeps small and medium businesses safe from today’s threats - and tomorrow’s.

Avast Software

Stormshield offers innovative end-to-end security solutions worldwide to protect networks (Stormshield Network Security), workstations (Stormshield Endpoint Security) and data (Stormshield Data Security). These next-generation trusted solutions ensure the protection of strategic information and are deployed through a partner network of distributors, integrators and operators in businesses of all sizes, government institutions and defense organizations worldwide.

Stormshield

Sample Customers

CBI Health Group, University Honda, VakifBank

Benassi & Benassi, P. C.

Arkoon, Netasq

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