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Check Point Antivirus vs ESET Endpoint Protection Platform comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 3, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
8.0
Check Point Antivirus significantly boosts business ROI and security, simplifying management and preventing data loss with robust protection.
Sentiment score
6.5
ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is praised for cost-effectiveness, enhanced security, and significant yet hard-to-quantify financial impact.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.0
Check Point Antivirus offers responsive customer service, though some users suggest improvements with quicker response times and more experienced engineers.
Sentiment score
6.9
ESET Endpoint Protection is praised for efficient, professional support despite regional inconsistencies, with users generally satisfied.
Normally, I cannot give a ten for support of all brands, as it is not always possible to get full support from companies.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.2
Check Point Antivirus is praised for scalability, centralized management, seamless integration, but resource consumption may affect performance.
Sentiment score
7.2
ESET Endpoint Protection Platform offers scalable, flexible, and easy management, ideal for small to large organizations with effective performance.
Proactive features help guard against data breaches and vulnerabilities.
In terms of scalability, I can rate it eight or nine out of ten.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.2
Check Point Antivirus is stable, reliable, with high ratings, occasional update issues, and widely praised for long-term protective performance.
Sentiment score
8.2
ESET Endpoint Protection is highly stable with minimal issues, occasional upgrade challenges, and consistently high user ratings for reliability.
In terms of stability, I can rate it at nine out of ten.
 

Room For Improvement

Check Point Antivirus needs cost reduction, support improvements, better threat detection, and enhanced UI and performance features.
ESET faces challenges with licensing, installation, performance, support, and user interface, needing improvements in malware detection and AI integration.
Check Point should improve on their patch management by releasing patches more frequently, such as on a weekly basis, to stay ahead of potential vulnerabilities.
When we were using CrowdStrike, it used to detect and block pirated software, but ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is not doing that.
A lightweight version of ESET might be beneficial as many of our clients have older CPUs and RAM.
 

Setup Cost

Check Point Antivirus is moderately priced, with seamless licensing, but requires careful budgeting due to high setup and subscription costs.
ESET Endpoint Protection Platform provides flexible, moderately priced licenses with discounts available, valued for cost-effectiveness and performance despite complex setup.
The pricing of ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is a bit high compared to other competitors.
I would rate ESET Endpoint Protection Platform a five for pricing on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is cheap and 10 is expensive.
 

Valuable Features

Check Point Antivirus offers seamless integration, efficient logging, real-time scanning, and enhanced malware protection with minimal performance impact.
ESET Endpoint Protection offers strong threat detection, minimal resource impact, user-friendly management, and comprehensive security features for organizations.
Check Point Antivirus is valuable due to its autonomous threat prevention system, which is consistently up-to-date and highly reliable with excellent performance at scale.
The best feature of ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is that I get all the details about which user is using it, how much time they spend on websites, and all related information.
The primary purpose is to protect computers from viruses and ransomware.
 

Categories and Ranking

Check Point Antivirus
Ranking in Anti-Malware Tools
5th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
57
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
ESET Endpoint Protection Pl...
Ranking in Anti-Malware Tools
6th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
101
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (18th), Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Anti-Malware Tools category, the mindshare of Check Point Antivirus is 1.1%, down from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is 3.0%, down from 7.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Shyam Lal Navatiya - PeerSpot reviewer
Cost-effective with real-time and proactive detection
While features are really good and promising to use and implement, a certain level of improvement is required in terms of software deployment across different business environments. It is highly advisable to create multiple child logins to operate the running of the software across multiple interfaces in one go without any trouble. Also, it is advised to incorporate the features like round-the-clock, 24/7/365 scanning of the system in the background without disturbing the routine front-end work. This ensures no lapses or threat entry into the system at all.
ManojNair2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Easy to set up with good security and rapidly improving capabilities
In terms of stability, the performance parameters do come into play. It's good on the regular office front, however, on the development side, if somebody is using it in a development environment, they need to make some configuration changes in terms of what directories should be excluded from the real-time scanning. I had to do that kind of stuff. I don't do that with the Microsoft product, for example. It runs, and it scans the entire system with no issues. The solution is stable. Regular updates were available in the product versions. They were updated, and they gave regular signature updates also so that the product checked all the boxes.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
University
19%
Computer Software Company
12%
Government
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Computer Software Company
15%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Check Point Antivirus?
Check Point Antivirus ensures our organization's security posture by ensuring that everyone accessing the internet does so securely. It performs packet inspection, enabling all security blades to m...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Check Point Antivirus?
I pay ninety dollars annually for Check Point Antivirus, which is reasonably priced.
What needs improvement with Check Point Antivirus?
Check Point should improve on their patch management by releasing patches more frequently, such as on a weekly basis, to stay ahead of potential vulnerabilities.
What do you like most about ESET Endpoint Security?
ESET Endpoint Security’s most valuable feature is the management console.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ESET Endpoint Security?
I rate the product’s pricing a three out of ten. It is neither cheap nor expensive for our clients. We use the free version, and there are no additional costs involved.
What needs improvement with ESET Endpoint Security?
The product’s AI implementation feature could be better for learning user behavior. There could be a feature to detect unsecured devices in the network similar to its older version. We need additio...
 

Also Known As

Check Point Antivirus Software Blade
Smart Security, ESET PROTECT Advanced, ESET LiveGuard Advanced, ESET PROTECT Platform
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Morton Salt, Medical Advocacy and Outreach, BH Telecom, Lightbeam Health Solutions, X by Orange, Cadence, Nihondentsu, Datastream Connexion, Good Sam, Omnyway, FIASA, Pacific Life, Banco del Pacifico, Control Southern, Xero, Centrify
ERSTE Group Bank, Miller Solutions, Wesleyan University, The Hospital Center of Luxembourg, Deer Valley USD, SPAR, Industrial Federal Credit Union, Honda, City Hall of Palmela, Hays CISD, Lester B Pearson School Board
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