CrowdStrike Falcon Complete MDR Reviews

It's an endpoint detection and response tool. I am using its latest version.

It improves our security posture.

Its ease of use is valuable. Nothing is left to you.

Its price and integration into a pre-existing process could be better.

In terms of features, I'm quite happy with where they're at the moment in their roadmap as a company.

I have been using this solution for four years.

It's very stable. I'd rate it a ten out of ten in terms of stability.

It's scalable. I'd rate it a nine out of ten in terms of scalability. It would be a ten if it was cheaper.

In my organization, there are 100 users, but we have also deployed it elsewhere. They have over 10,000 users. It goes on every device irrespective of the role.

They're good on official channels and non-official channels.

We were using another solution. We switched because of our partners.

It's easy as long as you've got something to deploy on LAN. Otherwise, it's a bit of a pain. For me, it took less than 10 minutes.

I installed it on my own. One person is enough for its maintenance.

It's expensive. Its price varies because it's a modular solution. I'd rate it a six out of ten in terms of pricing.

Overall, I'd rate it an eight out of ten.

I use Falcon Complete to detect vulnerabilities in our clients' infrastructure.

Falcon Complete's best features are its detailed reporting and user-friendliness.

The one issue with Falcon Complete is that it can't be run manually if you find any viruses or malicious files in a post.

I've been using Falcon Complete for a year.

Falcon Complete is very stable.

The initial setup is straightforward, and deployment takes between a day and a week.

We use a third-party or client team.

I would rate Falcon Complete as nine out of ten.

CrowdStrike Falcon Complete is used for EDR and security.

The most valuable feature of CrowdStrike Falcon Complete is endpoint detection and response.

Ι have been using CrowdStrike Falcon Complete for approximately one year.

CrowdStrike Falcon Complete is a stable solution.

The scalability of CrowdStrike Falcon Complete is good.

There are approximately 200 users using this solution in my organization.

The support from CrowdStrike Falcon Complete is very fast. The support could improve if it was in the French language.

I rate the support from CrowdStrike Falcon Complete a three out of five.

The initial setup of CrowdStrike Falcon Complete is straightforward.

I rate the initial setup of CrowdStrike Falcon Complete a four out of five.

We used a consultant to do the implementation of CrowdStrike Falcon Complete.

We have approximately five engineers doing the maintenance and support.

There are different lengths of licenses available, such as three and five years. The price of CrowdStrike Falcon Complete is expensive.

My advice to others is this solution is good for finding security beaches in systems.

I rate CrowdStrike Falcon Complete an eight out of ten.

We don't use the solution internally, but our clients' use cases are primarily EDR and endpoint protection, with peripheral use cases including web app protection.

CrowsStrike Falcon Complete is a good solid endpoint protection solution; it has a good engine and is on par in terms of efficacy with SentinelOne, and with Microsoft Defender for endpoint protection. 

I prefer to put a pound into the prevention and an ounce into the cure, but CrowdStrike put more focus into the EDR. This works as a business model for them, as they get a lot of customers purchasing their MDR services, usually SMBs lacking the staff to leverage the EDR tool themselves adequately. We have many such customers. I would much rather see more refinement and investment into the prevention side of the equation, though CrowdStrike has a good engine. The solution is as effective as SentinelOne and Windows Defender for Endpoint; it's an excellent endpoint protection solution.

I would like to see more integration capabilities and expansion into vulnerability management. I'd like to see it go beyond that into unified endpoint management, a unified security solution that doesn't just tell me what's wrong; it helps me fix it operationally.

We have been a reseller of the solution since 1989.

The solution is very stable. 

It is a very scalable solution, there is no question about that. 

The technical support is good; it's not bad and not the best.

The setup is relatively complex. Post-setup, the maintenance is light, but deployment is more complicated compared to some competitors, including SentinelOne or Cylance. Falcon Complete requires more tuning.

Once the product is implemented, I would say most of our customers require around a quarter of an FTE for maintenance. 

This product is one of the more expensive ones on the market. 

I'd rate the product an eight out of ten because there's always room for improvement in my mind. There are enough other solutions in the market space that are on par with the features and capabilities of CrowdStrike that bump it down from a nine to an eight. It's a pretty level playing field.

Most of my customers are small to medium size businesses. They don't have the people, the knowledge or the time to spend on complex setups and tuning. Any solution has to be simple out of the gate, easy to understand, and it has to be quick to deploy. Therefore, many of my clients use the implementation and managed services, and I have firsthand experience of some issues that can cause. Companies may hold off on more complicated features or configurations they don't fully understand, sometimes even permanently. This isn't unique to Falcon Complete; there are many solutions with features that are never fully leveraged by some clients. The issue is when the solution is not as effectively deployed and configured as possible because it's not a small investment.

When it comes to this solution, my advice is to shop around. CrowdStrike is an excellent brand with an outstanding reputation, but it's also the most expensive or one of the most expensive solutions. If price is a concern, other solutions can do the same job for you or be just as effective. Falcon Complete has few features that make it a big market differentiator nowadays. It makes sense if you need the product's specific features or have the staff to fully leverage the EDR without paying for the MDR.

I use Falcon Complete for scanning devices.

Falcon Complete's best feature is detection. The interface is also user-friendly.

There have been some issues with Falcon Complete's performance. They could also improve their reporting. In the next release, I'd like Falcon Complete to include a logging component for user authentication.

I've been working with Falcon Complete for around four months.

Falcon Complete is stable and easy to maintain.

CrowdStrike's technical support is good, though sometimes their responses are delayed.

Positive

I previously used Symantec but switched as Falcon Complete offers more features like detection.

The initial setup was simple, and once it was installed, we could easily handle the upgrades around the console.

Falcon Complete could be a bit cheaper.

I would rate Falcon Complete as eight out of ten.

The most valuable features of  CrowdStrike Falcon Complete are the CWP protection and the integration with SIEM.

We have a problem with the CrowdStrike Falcon Complete agent. It was closing the communication with the network or other computers.

I have been using CrowdStrike Falcon Complete for a few years.

CrowdStrike Falcon Complete has stable security.

I have found CrowdStrike Falcon Complete to be scalable.

We have needed to create a service request with support. It took them to solve one incident three days. They could be quicker to resolve problems. However, they proved a typical level of support that other companies have.

I would rate the support from CrowdStrike Falcon Complete a three out of five.

The initial setup was simple.

There is a standard license to use CrowdStrike Falcon Complete.

I rate CrowdStrike Falcon Complete a nine out of ten.

This is a security solution used for its antivirus, endpoint detection, and response capabilities.

There are many different modules with this solution where vulnerability and inventory management can be carried out. The solution has a good dashboard and offers a lot of insights into your systems.

I would like to have the option to deploy on-premise.

I have been using this solution for two and a half years.

This solution is very stable.

Since this is a SaaS, it is very scalable. Based on your requirements, you are able to scale on the fly whenever necessary. We currently have over five thousand users.

I had to contact support for some minor issues and they were able to help us out pretty well.

We previously had a signature-based AV prior to switching to CrowdStrike.

The initial setup is pretty straightforward but can vary based on the individual organization's requirements. You do need to push clients to the endpoints which can take time but the overall configuration does not take that much time.

We used a partner for installation.

We now have two administrators and one round-the-clock manager for maintenance of the platform.

There is an annual subscription.

CrowdStrike is one of the top two EDRs on the market. Since the solution is lightweight, it is able to offer a lot of features and provide you with strong protection against different attacks.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

The most valuable feature is that it has a zero-day approach. It does not work with the signature itself. It looks into what is happening on an endpoint and protects you better against threats that are not yet known but are captured in a signature. It provides far better detection than when it is only signature-based. You get much quicker protection against any new threat. This is the most important feature of the CrowdStrike solution.

They have very good knowledge of how to hunt for threats. It is all about the intelligence you put into a solution for detection. It is about making sure that if you see a number of things, you can interpret them correctly and take the right action against them. They're one of the best vendors because they come from that background. 

They are doing very well in continuously improving their product. The only thing is that it is completely cloud-based, and some customers don't really like that type of approach, but you can only provide such a solution when you have cloud-based intelligence. On the other end, we know that it is sometimes a breaking point for some of the customers. They could potentially have an on-prem or hybrid solution. Any antivirus needs to have its features updated. If there could be a relay between them, it would be helpful, but that's very hard to do. So, you either accept that approach and have the benefit with this little disadvantage. 

I have been working with this solution for three years.

We don't see any specific limitations on that at the moment. 

We have large implementations, and we don't really see any issues with the scalability of the solution. It seems to be able to scale up fairly quickly within the environment.

Their support is top-notch. They're very dedicated. Their experts are online when you need them. 

It is very straightforward. It takes very limited time to set it up. People get used to it very quickly.

Being a cloud-based solution, you don't really have to do a lot of installation. They have their own cloud. It is maintaining itself. There are automatic updates. That's one of the reasons why you want to go to the cloud-based approach. It is very easy in terms of maintenance.

I would advise anyone interested in such a solution to try it out. It is very easy to try it out. 

It is an absolute requirement to get an EDR solution in place. You should go with the ones that really have the most advanced capabilities for threat hunting. It is best to go with the experts. They've had some competition from Microsoft, which is not a bad solution, but Microsoft is not a security expert. CrowdStrike knows very well how to identify threats and link them to specific behavior. That's what you really want to have in there, and that's their strength. One of the reasons why they're still leading is that they are the only ones who can say, "We manage your network, and we would give you money back if we could not detect the issues upfront." That's one of their strong points.

If they don't do any specific scanning, they will adapt themselves to that. If it is a new system, they would need to learn that. If there is something new in there, it could be harder for them to detect it because they don't yet know the behavior, and they have to learn about it. That's the only negative element I see in it. 

They're doing quite a bit of work in improving it. They are doing a good job in evolving the product. I don't see any specific needs at this given moment on that. You could ask a lot, but in the end, you still need to make sure that the core is functioning well. They should stick with what they do best. Evolve that but not start doing everything. That's because it will not work. I'd rather have them stick to their niche.

I would rate it a nine out of 10.

We have been testing CrowdStrike Falcon Complete but we have not implemented it in our production at this time. However, we have found useful features in CrowdStrike.

CrowdStrike Falcon Complete has a very lightweight agent that provides signatureless detection protection from known and unknown malware or ransomware which is very useful.

The vulnerability assessment feature is a great benefit that provides detailed assessments of vulnerability. There are plenty of visualization of the threat; if any attack happens they explain in a visualization how the attack happens, how much the system has been affected, and what is the source. This information has allowed us to make the appropriate action.

CrowdStrike Falcon Complete is not providing application control. This is a very useful feature in any endpoint security because if you want to block any malicious activity of any particular application, you can not block it in this solution. However, you are able to block hashes, but not executable files or processes. Additionally, this solution does not provide a user risk score. These are two areas that CrowdStrike Falcon Complete can improve on in the future.

I have been using CrowdStrike Falcon Complete for a short period of time.

The solution is scalable.

Our customers are mostly large organizations. A recent customer has approximately 15,000 endpoints.

We only raised one case with the technical support and they solved the issue very quickly. Since we only had this one occasion we dealt with the support we are not aware of the consistency of their support.

I have previously used Trend Micro Apex One with Trend Micro Managed XDR.

The initial setup was straightforward. It is easy to install for an end-user system from a third-party application. For a single installation, it can be done with a few clicks of the mouse, it is not complicated, anyone can install it.

We have a team of approximately three that can manage CrowdStrike Falcon Complete from System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM). We do not need to go to every system and install it, all of it can be done through the SCCM.

I would recommend CrowdStrike Falcon Complete to others.

I rate CrowdStrike Falcon Complete an eight out of ten.

We use the solution for protecting the endpoints.

The solution simplified our structure.

The Falcon Spotlight is a most valuable feature.

While the pricing does not bother us, it is a bit on the high side. It could be lower.

An MDM, Mobile Device Manager, should be added in the next release. 

We just started implementing CrowdStrike Falcon Complete a couple of weeks ago. 

We have only recently started to implement the solution, so I am not in a position to comment on its stability. 

We have not had occasion to contact technical support. 

We did not use a different solution in the past. 

The initial setup was easy.

We handled the initial setup on our own. We make use of CrowdStrike's help.

The pricing could be lower. The solution is a bit expensive. 

In addition to CrowdStrike Falcon Complete, we also looked at FireEye from Palo Alto and at other solutions from Symantec. We decided to go with CrowdStrike Falcon Complete.

I rate CrowdStrike Falcon Complete as an eight out of ten.