ESET Endpoint Protection Platform vs OpenText Core Endpoint Protection comparison

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ESET and OpenText are both solutions in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category. ESET is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.4, while OpenText is ranked #32. ESET holds a 2.2% mindshare in EPP, compared to OpenText’s 1.9% mindshare. Additionally, 91% of ESET users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 89% of OpenText users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 29, 2026

ESET Endpoint Protection Platform and OpenText Core Endpoint Protection are competitors in the endpoint security category. ESET has the upper hand in terms of user satisfaction regarding cost-effectiveness and licensing flexibility, while OpenText is thought to be slightly less expensive than some competitors.

Features: ESET Endpoint Protection Platform includes network virus protection, site blocking, and a two-way firewall. Users commend its lightweight design and robust malware detection. OpenText Core Endpoint Protection offers a centralized admin console with AI-driven endpoint security, providing scalability for diverse environments and a focus on AI-enhanced security management.

Room for Improvement: ESET could benefit from better integration, improved malware detection, and advanced threat detection capabilities. Users wish for enhancements in alert systems and cloud-based hybrid deployment features. OpenText requires more advanced features like improved malware detection, enhanced reporting, and ransomware protection. Users expect OpenText to reduce false positives and bolster analytics capabilities.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: ESET provides multiple deployment options, including on-premises and hybrid solutions, and receives commendations for good customer service. OpenText is recognized for its cloud-centric deployment but has mixed reviews on customer support, with some seeking more responsive helpdesks. ESET’s versatility in deployment and traditional customer support are preferred for varied environments.

Pricing and ROI: ESET is noted for its reasonable pricing, offering high ROI due to its effective security measures, making it an attractive option for small to medium businesses. OpenText is seen as more costly compared to some rivals, yet remains affordable. Both solutions enhance ROI by bolstering security, thus lowering potential recovery expenses for compromised systems.

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Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category, the mindshare of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is 3.8%, up from 3.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is 2.2%, down from 3.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText Core Endpoint Protection is 1.9%, up from 0.9% 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	3.8%
ESET Endpoint Protection Platform	2.2%
OpenText Core Endpoint Protection	1.9%
Other	92.1%

Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)

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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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Marko-Stojanovic

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.

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reviewer2584380

vCIO At Grove Networks Inc. at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

Improving threat detection is critical for enhanced protection

We use Webroot Business Endpoint Protection as a NextGen antivirus solution for our clients. It's included in the contract we have with our clients as a cost-effective option for antivirus protection Webroot Business Endpoint Protection is cost-effective for rolling it out to all of our clients,…

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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

"Its ability to react to cyber data attacks is awesome."

"The biggest positive impact I see from Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is a significant reduction in the number of people required to manage it."

"Cortex XDR is stable, offering high quality and reliable performance."

"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is specifically designed to prevent zero-day attacks and is part of an ecosystem of Palo Alto, providing customers with a long-term vision to modify and redesign how security is applied in their company."

"The solution doesn't need a high level of technical training."

"Cortex XDR alerts us on the dashboard when there's a threat, which allows us to restrict that user and helps secure our infrastructure."

"Cortex XDR can integrate the firewalls and determine the tendencies of the attacks. It's a new generation antivirus, with protection endpoints and detection response. It is very easy to use and everybody can operate the solution."

"The product's initial setup phase is very easy."

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"It can scale as well."

"Overall, I like this product and I am satisfied with what it does."

"I like the central console and the Cloud platform."

"We use ESET Endpoint Security for many things, it has a lot of functionality, for example, it can be used for device control, secure browser access, URL control, web access protection, and anti-spam."

"The performance of the solution is very good it does not impact my hardware and is user-friendly."

"The tool protects everything."

"I have found the ESET Management Console very good. It gives me many features, such as managing users and installing a new version."

"It really, really helps in the detection of ransomware, zero-day threats, basically anything cyber security related."

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"The most valuable features of the solution include the endpoint navigation protection, the protection related to the EMS service, as well as the control and the cloud integration capabilities."

"They have a lot of features integrated from way back, which shows that the product developers know exactly what they're doing."

"I like that Webroot is very lightweight. It didn't bog down the machine, and more importantly, it had heuristics artificial intelligence to some degree. It wasn't like full-blown artificial intelligence, but something where you have one endpoint recognizing issues because it maintains a cloud database. If one client recognizes a threat, it would add it to the database, and almost immediately, every agent in the world would also know about that threat. That was very appealing to us. However, now it's becoming commonplace, whereas ventures like Symantec and McAfee were based more on the traditional model of definition and updates, and we were always falling behind. Webroot also has pretty good technical support."

"The solution is very light, works well on our PCs, the dashboard is very good, and we find the pricing to be very affordable."

"Customer Service: Top-of-the-line; the busy community as well. Technical Support: Top-of-the-line; the busy community as well."

"Webroot Business Endpoint Protection is easy to use, stable, flexible, and the performance is great."

"The initial setup is not complex at all. It's very straightforward."

"The most valuable aspect of the solution is the fact that it is a low profile environment as far as overhead on the machines."

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Cons

"On the pricing aspect, Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks needs to have a more reasonable rate, particularly for customers in Sri Lanka and Asian countries."

"The solution should force customers to integrate with network traffic to see the full benefits of XDR."

"If they had pulse rate detection, it would be better."

"Technology evolves every day, so it would be nice if it gets more secure. It can also have more integration with other platforms."

"The GUI could be improved. It's a little bit cumbersome. It could be more user-friendly."

"It is not easy to sell Cortex XDR, not because it isn't a good tool. Its marketing needs to be improved."

"The deployment is pretty hard."

"If you compare it to SentinelOne, which has more functionalities and detection capabilities on an open platform, the pricing on SentinelOne is far more reasonable and cheaper than Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks."

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"The solution could be more user-friendly."

"After we did the initial setup of ESET Endpoint Security, we had to inform users about popups."

"The heuristic of ESET is not so effective in standard mode."

"We are looking to move towards an EDR solution rather than EPP. EDR is a solution that can dynamically detect threats based on the process behavior. It would be better if this solution was an EDR and an EPP solution, this would increase security protection."

"The product could be improved by having better integration with other services."

"ESET Endpoint Protection Platform could be improved by offering integrations and user-friendly dashboards that could enhance the overall experience and reliability."

"ESET Endpoint Security requires modern technology or modern equipment on site. You will find it difficult to use ESET Endpoint Security with dual-core machines."

"The proactive feature is excellent, but I do not believe ESET will make any changes to this feature in the future."

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"They should provide more information on the type of cyber attacks."

"I did notice that my OS slowed down, but I don't know if that's due to Webroot."

"It would be great if there was a feature which would allow you to scan an individual file on an endpoint user's computer."

"I want Webroot to be easier to use and set up. It is not very intuitive."

"We need to have a stronger defense against CryptoLock and other attackers."

"It doesn't do anything proactive. The virus has to hit the machine before it detects it."

"There is one thing that is deplorable with the product that I would change as soon as I found a better one. However, the reports are worthless."

"Usually, when it comes to reliability, McAfee and Norton are at 99 percent. Webroot's percentage is lower."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We didn't have to pay any additional fee for the cloud instance. It just came with the renewal, which was nice."

"The pricing is a little high. It is per user per year."

"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."

"The price of the product is not very economical."

"It has reasonable pricing for the use cases it provides to the company."

"It is present, but when compared to other competitive products, I would say it is not less expensive; however, when all of the other added values are considered, the price is reasonable."

"The solution is expensive. It's pricing is on a yearly-basis."

"It's way too expensive, but security is expensive. You pay for your licensing, and then you pay for someone to monitor the stuff."

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"ESET is perfect, if you can afford it."

"The pricing is pretty good."

"It is not expensive, but it is also not inexpensive."

"It is subjective. I don't think it is expensive. If you can have 10 user licenses for less than $100, I don't think it is expensive."

"The price of ESET Endpoint Security is affordable."

"Pricing for ESET Endpoint Security could be lower because here in Hungary, it's expensive."

"The cost of the solution is hard to justify even if the EDR operates well."

"For 200 or so users, it might cost around $10,000 or so. That is for a first-time purchase. A renewal may come in at $7,000 to $8,000, or around 20% to 30% less. This is a rough estimate of what to expect."

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"Get a trial, then a multi-year license."

"I rate the product's pricing a three on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive. There are no costs in addition to the product's standard licensing fees."

"We are on an annual subscription for the use of Webroot Business Endpoint Protection."

"With Webroot Business Endpoint Protection, I can select a yearly billing cycle."

"The solution is pretty cheap, actually. At our level, which is at 2,500 endpoints, we're paying 87 cents an agent per month."

"The solution is very cost-effective."

"I think the price is fairly reasonable. I was really prepared to pay more, but the price is fine."

"I can't recall the exact pricing, but I believe there is a monthly fee of $20-30 per user."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Comms Service Provider

14%

Outsourcing Company

12%

Construction Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Outsourcing Company

14%

Comms Service Provider

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Construction Company

11%

Outsourcing Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Small Business	50
Midsize Enterprise	21
Large Enterprise	57

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Small Business	69
Midsize Enterprise	18
Large Enterprise	21

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Small Business	35
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	2

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Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps

Smart Security, ESET PROTECT Advanced, ESET LiveGuard Advanced, ESET PROTECT Platform

Webroot SecureAnywhere Business Endpoint Protection

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

ESET Endpoint Protection Platform offers comprehensive security with minimal CPU and RAM impact, effective malware protection, and seamless updates, making it ideal for organizations needing reliable digital security.

ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is highly regarded for its effective ThreatSense technology, advanced firewall, and central control capabilities. Users benefit from its lightweight design and efficient notification system, enjoying customizable management through its management console. Despite its strengths, there are opportunities to enhance malware repair, update processes, and AI integration. The platform's compatibility across operating systems and integration with systems like ESET PROTECT allows organizations to effectively secure endpoints and servers against threats like malware, viruses, and ransomware.

What are the key features of ESET Endpoint Protection Platform?

Minimal CPU and RAM Impact: Designed for efficient use of resources.
ThreatSense Technology: Provides reliable threat detection and response.
Advanced Firewall: Offers enhanced network security.
Central Control: Allows for organized management from a single point.
Cloud Integration: Seamlessly integrates with cloud services for expanded functionality.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Reliable Malware Protection: Ensures effective defense against diverse threats.
Seamless Updates: Facilitates stress-free upgrading to maintain security.
Lightweight and Efficient: Provides strong security without compromising system performance.
Customizable Management: Allows for tailored security management to suit specific needs.
Affordable Pricing: Offers value-driven pricing without compromising on protection quality.

Organizations deploy ESET Endpoint Protection Platform to safeguard laptops, desktops, and servers from cyber threats. Its use extends to antivirus protection, firewall configuration, and network monitoring. Companies often integrate it with ESET PROTECT and Apache HTTP Proxy for optimized management and updates, making it a versatile choice in industries requiring robust endpoint security.

ESET

OpenText Core Endpoint Protection offers cloud-managed endpoint security with AI integration, providing real-time protection and lightweight performance. It ensures low system impact, seamless cloud integration, and cost-effective security solutions for various devices.

OpenText Core Endpoint Protection is a comprehensive endpoint security platform utilized by managed-service providers for antivirus and firewall functionality across servers, workstations, and mobile devices. It employs AI for robust threat detection, integrating with cloud applications for real-time updates. Multi-layered security features include malware protection, network defense, and DNS protection. Although connectivity and threat reporting need improvement, this platform extensively supports remote device management and integrates efficiently with Active Directory policies.

What are the key features of OpenText Core Endpoint Protection?

Cloud Management: Centralized admin console for easy oversight
AI Integration: Enhanced threat detection capabilities
Lightweight Performance: Minimal impact on system resources
Real-time Threat Database: Constant updates for effective protection
Web Control Interface: Monitors and controls web traffic

What benefits are associated with OpenText Core Endpoint Protection?

Ease of Setup and Maintenance: Facilitates quick deployment and upkeep
Seamless Cloud Integration: Simplifies scalability and operation
Cost-Effectiveness: Affordable pricing with comprehensive features
Mobile Security Capabilities: Supports remote device management

OpenText Core Endpoint Protection finds application in industries requiring stringent data protection and peace of mind over device security. Managed-service providers implement this for comprehensive antivirus and firewall features, safeguarding multi-device networks. It is particularly useful for DNS protection and integrating with Active Directory policies, enabling secure yet flexible operations across sectors.

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Sample Customers

CBI Health Group, University Honda, VakifBank

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