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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 1, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Net...
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Ranking in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
115
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (5th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (4th), Ransomware Protection (2nd), AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms (1st)
Bitdefender Hypervisor Intr...
Ranking in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
50th
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Anti-Malware Tools (48th)
Check Point Harmony Endpoint
Ranking in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
6th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
199
Ranking in other categories
Anti-Malware Tools (3rd), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category, the mindshare of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is 3.9%, up from 3.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Bitdefender Hypervisor Introspection is 0.9%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Check Point Harmony Endpoint is 2.2%, down from 2.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks3.9%
Check Point Harmony Endpoint2.2%
Bitdefender Hypervisor Introspection0.9%
Other93.0%
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
 

Featured Reviews

ABHISHEK_SINGH - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
Muhammad-Imran - PeerSpot reviewer
Network administrator at Al Hussan Group
Stable but bad technical support, and an out of date database
We primarily use the solution to protect our business The solution protects us so that we have regular security from attacks. It prevents disasters from happening on our system. The endpoint protection is the solution's most valuable feature. The database needs improvement. It needs to be…
GR
Support at a security firm with 51-200 employees
Remote Access Security Reinforced with Real-Time Device Protection
Dashboard customization is needed for improvements. While the centralized management is strong, the dashboard could offer more flexibility. It would be helpful to tailor views for different roles, such as IT or security support. Regarding needed improvements, custom report building could be enhanced. Current reports are informative, and a drag-and-drop builder would allow teams to create tailored views for compliance, executive summaries, or operational metrics. For further improvements, enhancing threat simulation and testing would be valuable. Building a threat simulation tool and adding native capabilities to simulate phishing, malware, or ransomware scenarios will help teams validate protection and train users without relying on third-party tools.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Cortex XDR lets us manage several clients from the same console, and its endpoint defense is more advanced than traditional antivirus."
"The most valuable feature of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is its machine-learning capabilities. Additionally, there is full integration with other solutions."
"Cortex XDR is stable, offering high quality and reliable performance."
"Cortex XDR's most valuable feature is its intelligence-based dashboards."
"Cortex is a very good total solution on the endpoints."
"The product is very good, it has caught a lot of exploits that most products would not."
"Their XDR agent and their behavioral indicators of compromise (BIOC) are pretty nice. Their managed threat hunting is also pretty nice. They also have WildFire, which is a service for actively looking for malware. It's quite useful."
"My advice for anybody who is considering Cortex XDR is that it is a complete solution, and has very good features."
"The solution offers a ransomware vaccine which has been very beneficial to our organization."
"The solution protects us so that we have regular security from attacks."
"I like the simplicity of this solution and the fact that it saves us time. The deployment was really straightforward and useful and I am impressed by the anti-virus endpoint detection and response offered by this solution."
"The solution has exchange protection. It has a content control, device control, a firewall, and anti-malware as well. They are all quite valuable features for us."
"The endpoint protection is the solution's most valuable feature."
"I like the simplicity of this solution and the fact that it saves us time."
"Administratively, it's easy to control."
"SandBlast was able to catch it, stop it, and change the files back, and we then got a forensics report to determine what happened with it."
"This antivirus has powerful security features that online threats cannot compromise."
"Its most valuable feature is being able to integrate cloud services and centralize the protection policy from a single administration dashboard."
"New viruses emerge day after day, and this EDR system helps action be taken before viruses affect the internal system."
"Check Point offers a comprehensive solution that will not only create a firewall but will also protect the traffic of data from an application usage standpoint."
"Its most outstanding feature is the power to manage everything from a dashboard, a window that is in the cloud, which allows us to manage it from anywhere in the world through any browser, from anywhere."
"Check Point Antivirus has positively impacted our organization by enhancing our security posture and operational efficiency."
 

Cons

"The MAC agent is not as robust feature-wise as the PC version."
"To jump from the partner to Palo Alto directly was challenging."
"They've been having some issues with updating their endpoint agents, and it has been quite frustrating."
"Currently, we are monitoring all USB drives and ports but we would like to improve our device control capabilities."
"I have seen lagging with Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks. There was one time when we faced a threat actor trying to gain access to our system. When our team utilized the tool, we were all on the same dashboard and we faced a lag issue at that time of around five minutes, which was quite significant."
"Cortex does not offer an on-premises solution. However, some customers would prefer not to be on the cloud. It would be ideal if it could offer something on-prem as well."
"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 is not easy to sell Cortex XDR, not because it isn't a good tool. Its marketing needs to be improved."
"The database needs improvement. It needs to be updated quite a bit."
"There are blurred lines between anti-virus and endpoint detection so I would say it can be confusing when you are considering buying this program. I would like to see that being explained better to the customer."
"Customer service needs a lot of improvement. They never replied or responded to our queries over the three years we've used it."
"There needs to be better integration with the environment. Especially, for the active directory and also for keeping up with the changes from Microsoft. We use a lot of Microsoft OS. I have noted that sometimes they lag behind Microsoft updates. For example, when with Windows 10. I had some issues with deploying to Windows 10 because the solution was behind in updating their own services to match the Microsoft release."
"The application control and URL filtering features are not very strong."
"Dashboard customization is needed for improvements. While the centralized management is strong, the dashboard could offer more flexibility."
"They need to focus on more scalability (as much as possible) so that the solution can run across all supported OS."
"I would suggest that the Check Point team always allocates an SME to all the vendors before implementation."
"Once we installed a CP agent in our system, we found that it was consuming more memory. Even a normal configuration system can be hung."
"The management in Check Point Harmony Endpoint could be improved."
"It gives you an alert for malicious sites, which, after searching on the Google database, don't come out to be the same."
"We'd like to see a friendlier user interface."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is a little high. It is per user per year."
"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."
"I did PoCs on products called Cylance and CrowdStrike. Although, I consider these products and they were also good, when it come to cost and budgetary factors, Traps has been proven to be better than the other two products. It is quite cost-effective and delivers all the entire solution which we require."
"I don't have any issues with the pricing. We are satisfied with the price."
"This is an expensive solution."
"The tool's price is moderate."
"Our customers have expressed that the price is high."
"There's a yearly cost for licensing. For us, that comes to $1,400. There are no additional costs beyond the license itself."
"We pay roughly 80,000 Swedish krona per year. When it comes to the firewall, it's roughly 150,000 Swedish krona yearly. There's also maintenance, of course, which is roughly 10,000 krona per month."
"We implement this solution with a yearly subscription and there are no extra costs."
"I rate the solution's pricing a five out of ten. It costs around ₱2,200 per endpoint."
"There are three different licensing models including basic, advanced, and complete, and it needs to be selected according to the endpoint."
"Initial monies replacing all AVs with a single product is about £10k."
"The solution is reasonable, but there are cheaper solutions out there."
"Check Point Harmony Endpoint is cost effective."
"One of the key factors that made us go with this solution was the pricing. On the licensing part, there was an initial complementary set of licenses offered in the initial onboarding package, either 15 or 20. Then, we had some complementary licenses in the initial purchase of the package. That was pretty useful."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Construction Company
24%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Construction Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business46
Midsize Enterprise21
Large Enterprise54
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business138
Midsize Enterprise65
Large Enterprise75
 

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Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps
HVI
Check Point Endpoint Security, Endpoint Security, Check Point SandBlast Agent, Check Point Antivirus
 

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Sample Customers

CBI Health Group, University Honda, VakifBank
Kansas Development Finance Authority (KDFA), Quilvest
Boston Properties, Independence Care System, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC), Courtagen Life Sciences, Carmel Partners
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