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DeepArmor vs ESET Endpoint Protection Platform comparison

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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
110
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (6th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (5th), Ransomware Protection (2nd), AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms (1st)
DeepArmor
Ranking in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
60th
Average Rating
2.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
ESET Endpoint Protection Pl...
Ranking in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
12th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
104
Ranking in other categories
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (20th), Anti-Malware Tools (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category, the mindshare of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is 3.6%, down from 3.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of DeepArmor is 0.3%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is 2.5%, down from 3.1% 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 Networks3.6%
ESET Endpoint Protection Platform2.5%
DeepArmor0.3%
Other93.6%
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 Fahad - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Tech. & Support (Information Technology) at Texitech
Security needs improvement and email scanning features are not included
The email scanning feature is not available in DeepArmor. We cannot use this for email scanning. There are many options that are not available in DeepArmor. We cannot use separate applications for different internet applications or for different internet scanning. This is why we cannot use it. I would like to see additional features such as email scanning, which should be included, or malware detections, and other cybersecurity features should be included. It could also be more secure.
MS
Owner at Online IT
Cloud-based protection has simplified daily client support and keeps threats under control
The problems that we are facing with policy adoption include slow adoption, as it takes more than five minutes to adopt policy on client computers. ESET Network Attack Protection sometimes helps in reducing network-level intrusions, but sometimes it prevents local devices on the network, which are well-known and good devices, from being recognized, treating them as a threat. So it requires more administration than usual. ESET could implement a good solution for remote support in ESET Endpoint Protection Platform for improvement in the future. Since you have the cloud console, ESET could have something similar to AnyDesk or TeamViewer, but from ESET.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The stability of the solution is very good. We have about 100 users on it right now, and we use it twice a week."
"We can use Cortex XDR to get the entire graph of the incidents from source to destination, and we can take remedial action."
"My advice for others looking into using Cortex is that it is very easy to use and very useful for the customer environment, whether it's a public or private one."
"The one feature of Palo Alto Networks Traps that our organization finds most valuable is the App ID service."
"The solution allows control over the user and his machine through Cortex XDR security policies."
"Cortex is the best solution for avoiding security breaches, malware attacks, and other kinds of security issues."
"The product has an intuitive dashboard."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"It is easy to install."
"It is easy to install."
"The scalability is very good, because if you need to increase the number of systems then it is flexible and able to be scaled."
"The solution provides good accessibility and is not heavy on resources when there are updates or when it is in operation."
"I like the integration; it lets you see the product installed on a particular computer."
"The deployment and configuration of ESET Endpoint Security and ESET Remote Administrator are really simple, and easy to manage."
"I'd recommend the solution. The security is good and it's easy to install even on an enterprise level."
"It has been working fine. It lets you know when it finds things. We didn't have any incident where the place had to shut down or was taken over by anything. We haven't had any issues that we know of."
"It is pretty easy to deploy. Its update definition file is small, so it can dispatch very quickly within the enterprise. The product itself is very lightweight, so it won't delay your endpoint. You also don't have to do any difficult configuration because it comes with a very good default setting. So, you just install it and forget it."
"ESET Endpoint Security is valuable for the money spent because it is lightweight on the system, and we don't need to upgrade existing systems or resources, such as CPUs and memory, as even older systems can run efficiently or function as required."
 

Cons

"Previously, the endpoint would leave the environment, not being on our VPN, essentially unable to interact with the server to upload files. It was unable to retrieve new file verdicts. It was using a thing called "local analysis" to determine if something was a malicious file or not. There was no dynamic analysis."
"It is not a suitable solution if you are looking for a single product with multiple features such as DLP, encryption, rollback, etc."
"We would also like to have advanced tech protection and email scanning."
"Product might have some bugs."
"When it comes to core analysis and security analysis, Cortex needs to provide more information."
"The MAC agent is not as robust feature-wise as the PC version."
"This is a very costly product."
"I have run into some detection issues with Cortex XDR. It needs to be better at detection of internal attacks."
"The email scanning feature is not available in DeepArmor. We cannot use this for email scanning."
"The email scanning feature is not available in DeepArmor."
"They need to improve licensing for VMs. When ESET is uninstalled from a VM, the seat stays on the license management server. We have to manually delete the seat from that server because it doesn't know how to handle it. I contacted exclusive ESET support here in Croatia and they told me there is no solution for this yet."
"The deployment is complex and not very easy to use for most people; you need to be a well-informed IT person for deployment."
"ESET requires a yearly license fee. That license fee is significant for SOHO users."
"We do get false positives."
"It would be useful if they could automate the deployment more."
"The management of the solution isn't as clear as it could be. They could adjust that to make it a better product."
"They recently released an EDR integration. I hope they have more AI or intelligence filtering on the EDR events. Even though it has already got AI, but it is quite a different thing. So, they still have room to improve on the EDR part. This is one small piece that they need to improve. Otherwise, it is just fine."
"The product’s AI implementation feature could be better for learning user behavior."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I don't recall what the cost was, but it wasn't really that expensive."
"The pricing is a little high. It is per user per year."
"The pricing is a little bit on the expensive side."
"The pricing seems fair, and I do like the licensing model. You use wherever they are, and it is elastic."
"It's about $55 per license on a yearly basis."
"It's the most expensive solution, but features-wise, it's quite strong. It's very good for protection, so the results are very good in the case of protection. I would rate it a two out of ten in terms of pricing."
"I don't like that they have different types of licenses."
"We pay about $50,000 USD per year for a bundle that includes Cortex XDR."
"There are licensing fees."
"The price of the solution is reasonable compared to the other products out there. It is definitely in line with the competition."
"There is a license required to use ESET Endpoint Security."
"You need to pay for the ESET Endpoint Antivirus license monthly or yearly, whichever you choose."
"The pricing can be a bit more flexible."
"The cost of the solution is hard to justify even if the EDR operates well."
"ESET is perfect, if you can afford it."
"The price of the solution is reasonable compared to competitors."
"As is the general rule with anything, the solution could be cheaper."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Construction Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
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Comms Service Provider
15%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business45
Midsize Enterprise21
Large Enterprise48
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business69
Midsize Enterprise18
Large Enterprise21
 

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Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps
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Smart Security, ESET PROTECT Advanced, ESET LiveGuard Advanced, ESET PROTECT Platform
 

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