We're using it for the management of our staff, their laptops, and endpoint devices. We're not using it for any mobile devices, such as phones or tablets. Instead, we're using it for the endpoint protection and security of endpoint devices like laptops specifically.
Programme Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Affordable and easy to use but needs to offer better integration capabilities
Pros and Cons
- "The product is quite affordable."
- "The integration capabilities might be lacking a bit."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The solution is very easy to use and simple to navigate.
The product is quite affordable.
The implementation process is nice and easy.
What needs improvement?
It may be a bit early to tell if there is anything lacking. I'm still getting myself oriented... We're using it for some of its basic features. However, as we get to use it and understand its broader feature-set and experience, there might be more to comment on in terms of improvement requests.
It would be ideal if it could detect threats sooner.
The integration capabilities might be lacking a bit. We were expecting it to be a bit more robust.
For how long have I used the solution?
We've been using the solution for the past three months.
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What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have about 15 people using the product in our office.
How are customer service and support?
We've never used technical support. We go through our partners if we need any assistance. Therefore, I can't speak to how helpful or responsive their support would be.
How was the initial setup?
The solution was pretty simple to set up. It was quite quick as well. I'd say it's quite easy to install and implement.
You don't need too many people to deploy and maintain the solution. We might have about three or so people who can handle those duties. Of course, then there were people from our side involved in defining some of those policies, et cetera.
What about the implementation team?
We had one of our partners assist us with the implementation process.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing is very reasonable. We do have to pay for a license. We have purchased a yearly license for ESET.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We did not look at other solutions prior to choosing this product. We had some machines that were well protected and some that weren't. Some came with some basic antiviruses, some didn't have anything or some were expired. Overall, we probably weren't really using anything, at least on a standard basis.
What other advice do I have?
We are customers or end-users. We don't have a business relationship with ESET.
Since the solution is cloud-based, we're always using the most up-to-date version.
In general, I would rate the solution at a seven out of ten. We still need time to explore it as it's still quite new.
I'd recommend the solution to other users or companies.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

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Easy to setup, stable, and easy to use
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature of this solution is the ease of use."
- "I am a MAC user and my asset cybersecurity is continuously displaying warnings that I am not using their firewall."
What is our primary use case?
This solution is used in medium to large enterprises.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of this solution is the ease of use.
I also like the confidence in this product.
What needs improvement?
I am a MAC user and my ESET cybersecurity is continuously displaying warnings that I am not using their firewall. I don't want to use their firewall because I am using the MAC firewall.
It's annoying to constantly see the triangle with an exclamation mark to warn me. I don't want to see this warning, I am aware of the warning and decided not to use it. It would be nice if there was a way to hide this notification or if there was a way to not show it at all.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using ESET Endpoint Security for approximately three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It's a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have approximately 25 users in our organization.
How are customer service and technical support?
We have not needed to use technical support.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was straightforward. It was easy.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The price is okay and I don't have any issues with it.
We have a three-year license.
What other advice do I have?
We plan to continue using this solution and I would recommend it to others.
Overall, I like this product and I am satisfied with what it does.
I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Technical Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Robust in features, interface well designed, and user friendly
Pros and Cons
- "I find the main valuable feature to be the antivirus, it is very effective with removing viruses."
- "The adware module could be improved."
What is our primary use case?
We use this solution for endpoint security.
What is most valuable?
I find the main valuable feature to be the antivirus, it is very effective with removing viruses. I also like the fact that it gives you protection when you do the banking and the scanning of emails in and out. The interface is well designed, performance is smooth, easy to configure, and overall really nice to work with. At this stage of our evaluation, it is a comprehensive solution.
What needs improvement?
The adware module could be improved.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I have found the solution to be stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable, we have eight devices using the solution in my organization. Most of our clients are small to medium-sized businesses.
How are customer service and technical support?
I have not used the support many times, but in the past when I have dealt with them, the support was very good.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The price of the solution is reasonable compared to the other products out there. It is definitely in line with the competition.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We currently use SentinelOne, and we are evaluating this solution.
What other advice do I have?
I would advise those looking to implement this solution to work through it with their partners because the partners do the training. This would be the easiest.
I rate ESET Endpoint Security a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Information Security Engineer at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Quality signature-based detection, priced well, but EPP and EDR should be combined
Pros and Cons
- "This solution has a traditional antivirus, I believe that signature-based detection is most valuable."
- "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."
What is our primary use case?
I use the solution for the detection and mitigation of threats.
What is most valuable?
This solution has a traditional antivirus, I believe that signature-based detection is most valuable.
What needs improvement?
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 solution is on-premise and many of our agents if they are out of the network, can hardly communicate.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability depends on the use case. Based on our organization, it is not that reliable. We do require some more advanced endpoint security solution such as the EDR capability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability is very good. If you need to increase the number of systems then it is flexible and able to be scaled. We have approximately 500 users using the solution in my organization.
How are customer service and technical support?
I have experienced great customer support from the solution, they were responsive.
How was the initial setup?
The installation was complicated.
What about the implementation team?
The solution was implemented by our IT infrastructure team. I am not aware of what challenges they had faced, but they had faced a number of challenges.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The license is annually, and the price is low compared to competitors.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this solution only if they can add additional features. ESET have an EDR capable solution. However, they should combine the EPP and EDR together. When they can be simultaneously used I think it will be better and more towards perfection.
I rate ESET Endpoint Security a six out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Network / Systems Administrator at a logistics company with 201-500 employees
Good management and threat protection but needs features for users working outside the network
Pros and Cons
- "The ability to push policies and also to restrict an installation or to restrict any form of threat within the policy has been quite useful."
- "In terms of what is lacking in ESET, it really would need more features for the users when they are working outside of the corporate network."
What is our primary use case?
We primarily use the solution for the endpoint and server solutions.
What is most valuable?
The solution's most valuable aspect is essentially managing a solution. The ability to push policies and also to restrict an installation or to restrict any form of threat within the policy has been quite useful.
The threat protection is actually pretty good.
What needs improvement?
There was actually a feature that we were looking for but we realized that it was actually the version that we had. We had ESET Antivirus and there was another one that offers the content version, which wasn't available for us, however, they made it an upgrade to have that feature anyways. It would be nice if it was simply included.
In terms of what is lacking in ESET, it really would need more features for the users when they are working outside of the corporate network. That's a feature we actually have in force there. They have the ESET Cloud and the feature of the ESET Cloud, whereby the policies are actually pushed from the Cloud server anywhere they are. Where they are, the staff can read their information. However, currently, I have to push it to a spot on the corporate network, where they'll have a VPN to get back to the server. That is kind of bad. We actually want a hybrid, a mixed solution, whereby you have your policies locally but then, through a subscription with ESET, you can have those policies pushed to the Cloud. In the configuration, it would be ideal to have a primary location for them to go to.
That way, locally, once they are connected to this network, they can use our local server. We're on the network and it cannot detect the primary server. It actually uses the Cloud, which should be a second option within the configuration. Our policies that get replicated to the Cloud from on-premise would still need to play a significant role on the user's workstation.
If there's an incident or any malware detected on the endpoint when the user is remote when they are away from us if it could actually still use that router and report back to us and send the alerts back to the ESET Cloud, that would be great. That was one of the things we were looking for but we haven't found that.
With ESET deployment there is an appliance. It's a virtual appliance, a network appliance. We had some difficulties when I tried to get that virtual appliance to utilize our internal certificate authority. Try as we might, we didn't find any documentation. We couldn't find any help. I contacted the company and requested some documents that weren't really useful. We had to switch back to a Windows-based solution and then we were able to go ahead and use custom certificates. The problem is the documentation from ESET regarding custom certificates based on Windows. They need to clarify that
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using the solution for about three years or so.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability of the solution is okay, however, it depends on how you connect it. We haven't had any issues so far.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We don't have more than one core server. We don't really have large servers that we need to scale out. We don't have much need to scale.
We have about 150 to 200 people on the solution currently.
How are customer service and technical support?
Technical support is pretty good, however, we had some issues with the certificates during the setup and they didn't help us too much in that instance. I'd give them a rating of four out of five stars simply due to that instance where they proved to be unhelpful and lacked proper documentation.
How was the initial setup?
While this initial setup itself was easy, we did have issues dealing with custom Windows certificates and we just couldn't get any proper documentation out of ESET. It was a headache.
Apart from that challenge that we encountered, when we switched back to Windows it was okay. It didn't take a long time.
What other advice do I have?
We're using the latest version of the solution.
I don't know if it works, the Cloud solution. If it were just to migrate to ESET Cloud, I don't know if it would manage the internet traffic from the multiple clients on the server-side. I don't know if it's five years on a service agent that we need to install locally to control it and combine it.
Overall, I would rate the solution at a seven out of ten. There are a few functionalities that I wish we had, however, it's not a bad product.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
A reliable anti-malware and security suite for small, midsize, and large businesses
Pros and Cons
- "It has a clean and clear interface."
- "ESET Endpoint Security should offer more integration with multi-attack frameworks."
What is our primary use case?
We use this solution to protect our endpoints from malware, zero-day attack, etc.
What is most valuable?
It has a clean and clear interface. The performance on the endpoint, no matter the system, its resource usage is low. We have pretty good detection, at least I feel that we don't have any major infections — we love it.
We can use this solution to perform lots of tasks, like upgrading. We can integrate with Windows. Some of the patches don't update by default, by Microsoft. We can do some software installations, in-store — which is pretty easy. Whenever we upgrade, our lives become much easier.
What needs improvement?
ESET Endpoint Security should offer more integration with multi-attack frameworks. This is very important for large corporate businesses as it would provide protection against hackers, data breaches, etc.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for roughly 12 years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We experience some stability issues from time to time, but we can't confirm it's due to ESET. Some system tasks read past some script which makes it difficult for developing custom tasks. For normal installations, it's fine.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
ESET Endpoint Security should be able to integrate with DLP better — that would be great. They already have EDR, but we don't use it. Some have more DLP functionality than others.
How are customer service and technical support?
They have local support here, so they're pretty good. They seem to know what we need. Overall, I'd say their support is very good.
How was the initial setup?
After we upgraded to version six, it's been pretty easy to continue upgrading. It's pretty straightforward to upgrade and install. 10 years ago, this wasn't the case. We had to install each upgrade one by one.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I think it's available for a pretty fair price. If you know how to use it, then it's a very fair price for what you get.
What other advice do I have?
They provide a free trial version. Install it and try it for yourself to see the performance and test the detection capabilities. Then you can see the result; that's what I remember the first time I tried ESET.
Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give ESET Endpoint Security a rating of nine.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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Presales Consultant - Engineer at Red Secure IT Infrastructure LLC
Good protection and device control features, very user friendly, and good integration
Pros and Cons
- "The protection and device control features are the most valuable. I found its user interface and integration pretty good. It is very user friendly as compared to other products."
- "A few times, we have had problems with downloading an agent. We had to try multiple times and multiple uploads."
What is our primary use case?
We are a start-up company, and we sell solutions from ESET, Trend Micro, McAfee, and Panda. We are doing both on-premises and cloud deployments of ESET Endpoint Security.
What is most valuable?
The protection and device control features are the most valuable. I found its user interface and integration pretty good. It is very user friendly as compared to other products.
What needs improvement?
A few times, we have had problems with downloading an agent. We had to try multiple times and multiple uploads.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for approximately eight months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is scalable.
How are customer service and technical support?
We have a regional support team for ESET. We contact them for support.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward.
What about the implementation team?
We have our own team for deployment and maintenance.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Its price is fair. If we compare it with any other retail product, it is a little harder to compete with.
What other advice do I have?
I would definitely recommend this solution. We have a lot of customers for this solution, and they are really happy with the product. However, a few customers are not confident of this solution when we initially suggest it to them. They are more confident about other solutions.
I would rate ESET Endpoint Security an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
Senior Software Architect at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees
Stable and cost-effective, but it is resource-heavy and the interface is horrible
Pros and Cons
- "It hasn't crashed a single time, so it is stable in that sense."
- "I think that ESET is a little too heavy on the CPU."
What is our primary use case?
This product is installed by my company's technical team as an antivirus solution.
What needs improvement?
The user interface is horrible.
I think that ESET is a little too heavy on the CPU. I have used other products where this is not necessarily the case. It is not the quickest antivirus product.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using ESET for about seven months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It hasn't crashed a single time, so it is stable in that sense. My understanding is that the decision to implement ESET was recent and we will continue to use it in the future.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The whole company is protected by ESET and we have about 120 employees.
How are customer service and technical support?
When we have troubles then we contact our internal IT team.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I personally use the antivirus product that comes with Microsoft Windows.
What about the implementation team?
My IT department pre-installed ESET before I was given the laptop to use.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
This is not an expensive product.
What other advice do I have?
Personally, I would just use the Microsoft antivirus that comes with Windows. If you have a special laptop or a special set of use cases then you might install a second antivirus such as this, but for myself, I would not.
I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

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