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reviewer800088 - PeerSpot reviewer
Partner at a media company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Oct 13, 2021
Great stability with good tech support
Pros and Cons
  • "The stability is great."
  • "The stability is great; it is perfect and effortless, which is why I like the solution."
  • "The solution could be more user-friendly."
  • "I would like for the solution to be simpler to understand. While it satisfies our needs at the moment, it is really only understandable to those with a strong computer background."

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution to try to protect against bugs. I simply install it on all our computers, in its basic format, for the purpose of dealing with basic bugs. I do not have the capabilities to use the solution for more advanced purposes. Basically, we use it for protection. 

What needs improvement?

I would like for the solution to be simpler to understand. While it satisfies our needs at the moment, it is really only understandable to those with a strong computer background. It could be more user-friendly. 

The solution should provide a basic standard and give instructions on how one could go about doing more complex tasks. When it comes to basic capabilities, it is fine and straightforward, so I have no complaint in this regard. 

The solution could be more cost-effective, but this is a blanket statement which can be made about anything. 

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using ESET Endpoint Security for more than five years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is great. It is perfect and effortless, which is why I like the solution. There is no need to involve oneself with this. 

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What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I suppose the solution is scalable, although I have no personal knowledge of this. I have never attempted to scale it. 

How are customer service and support?

I have contacted technical support on a couple of occasions. I simply call Auckland and they instruct me how to proceed. I am satisfied with the support. It is good. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was completely simple. 

It took all of a few minutes. 

What about the implementation team?

I handled the installation independently. 

The solution requires nearly no maintenance. There are only the regular updates, which it mostly handles on its own. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

As is the general rule with anything, the solution could be cheaper. 

What other advice do I have?

We started using the solution based on the recommendations of several friends of mine who have much familiarity with computers and have simply continued to do so. 

While I don't recall the exact figure, I believe there are seven or eight users making use of the solution. We use it on our server, as well. 

I would definitely recommend the solution to others. 

I rate ESET Endpoint Security as a ten 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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Assistant Manager at Cosmopolitan Communications Limited
Real User
Jul 25, 2021
Good protection with reasonable pricing and good data encryption capabilities
Pros and Cons
  • "The pricing is good."
  • "The product is good for most endpoints, including laptops and desktops and works well with iOS and Windows systems."
  • "While we see dangers within our security system, it would help if there were popups that could immediately alert us or the user of the endpoint that something was detected."
  • "While we see dangers within our security system, it would help if there were popups that could immediately alert us or the user of the endpoint that something was detected."

What is our primary use case?

I use the solution primarily for endpoint security. In Bangladesh, I can choose the immediate endpoint security that I've installed for the channel. I went for online protection.

What is most valuable?

The protection on offer is good.

The solution allows for data encryption, which is helpful. 

The pricing is good.

The solution is scalable.

The stability has been decent.

What needs improvement?

While we see dangers within our security system, it would help if there were popups that could immediately alert us or the user of the endpoint that something was detected. That way, you have an immediate warning and have to think about if you want to continue what you are doing or not. Right now, it's too slow to react, rather, allows us to react too slowly.

The performance could be better.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been working with the solution for the last couple of months. It hasn't been that long just yet.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Aside from not having immediate alerts to potential dangers, the solution is stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution can scale just fine.

Right now, the use is limited. We've only had it for a few months.

How are customer service and technical support?

Currently, we're not using any technical support. Although we might in the future, I can't speak to how helpful or responsive they are right now. I've never contacted them.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing of the product is fair. We don't find it to be overly expensive or unreasonable. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I've tried other endpoint security trials and have found ESET to be superior. 

What other advice do I have?

I'm just a customer and an end-user. I don't have a business relationship with ESET.

At this time, I only have it on my workstation.

The product is good for most endpoints, including laptops and desktops and works well with iOS and Windows systems. 

I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten. I've been happy with the results I've gotten so far. 

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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IT Manager at Ducart
Real User
Top 5
Jun 3, 2021
Easy to install with good technical support and good scalability
Pros and Cons
  • "It's a very user-friendly product."
  • "We've had a positive experience dealing with the solution and I would recommend it to other users, organizations, or companies."
  • "There are other features you can add on to help make the security stronger, however, they should offer better security even on a basic level."
  • "There are other features you can add on to help make the security stronger, however, they should offer better security even on a basic level."

What is our primary use case?

We primarily use the solution for its antivirus capabilities. It offers us good security.

What is most valuable?

I like that it doesn't take a lot of resources from the workstation.

It's a very user-friendly product. We find it quite easy to use. 

The product is very stable.

The scalability of the solution is quite good. 

The installation is pretty straightforward.

We found the technical support to be very helpful and responsive.

What needs improvement?

The solution should continue to work on its security features. It needs to offer better protection to its user base. There are other features you can add on to help make the security stronger, however, they should offer better security even on a basic level.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for about six years at this point. It's been a while. I have spent a good amount of time with the product.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have found that the solution offers good performance is very stable. I can't recall coming across bugs or glitches. It doesn't seem to crash or freeze. It's reliable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability of the product is great. You can expand it if needed. A company shouldn't have any trouble with scaling.

Currently, we have about 150 users on the product.

How are customer service and technical support?

We've dealt with technical support in the past. Our experience has been largely positive. they are good. They have been helpful and knowledgeable about the product. they respond in a timely manner. I have no complaints about their level of service.

How was the initial setup?

We found the initial setup to be straightforward and simple in terms of execution. it's not too complex. I wouldn't describe the process as difficult.

The deployment is relatively quick. For each client, it takes a matter of minutes.

We have two technical people on staff that can handle the deployment and maintenance of the product.

What about the implementation team?

We did use an integrator to assist us with the initial implementation. The experience overall was quite positive. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The solution does have add-ons that can drive up the price.

What other advice do I have?

We're using the latest version of the solution. I can't speak to the exact version number, however. 

I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten.

We've had a positive experience dealing with the solution. I would recommend it to other users, organizations, or companies. 

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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IT Specialist at a government with 51-200 employees
Real User
May 23, 2021
Works fine, pretty stable, and easy to deploy
Pros and Cons
  • "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 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, and we haven't had any issues that we know of."
  • "It seems to have some issues with updates. When you do updates, it sometimes requests for a reboot, and even when you do the reboot, it still says that you need to reboot. Currently, on my computer, it says that a new ESET Endpoint Antivirus has been installed, and I need to restart the computer for the changes to take effect, but I've already done that, and the same message is still there, which is a little annoying. It should have a feature similar to the Intercept X feature in Sophos."
  • "It seems to have some issues with updates. When you do updates, it sometimes requests for a reboot, and even when you do the reboot, it still says that you need to reboot."

What is our primary use case?

We are using it to protect our endpoints and servers.

What is most valuable?

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.

What needs improvement?

It seems to have some issues with updates. When you do updates, it sometimes requests for a reboot, and even when you do the reboot, it still says that you need to reboot. Currently, on my computer, it says that a new ESET Endpoint Antivirus has been installed, and I need to restart the computer for the changes to take effect, but I've already done that, and the same message is still there, which is a little annoying.

It should have a feature similar to the Intercept X feature in Sophos.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for a little over a year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Overall, it seems pretty stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

As far as I know, it is scalable. Currently, we have 30 users in our company. We don't have any plans to increase its usage. We're pretty static here.

How are customer service and technical support?

I haven't had to deal with their tech support. We would go through the MSP, and the MSP generally interfaces with them. 

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We were using Sophos. Our MSP had a bad experience with it, so we decided to go with ESET Endpoint Antivirus. We get it through our MSP, and it was a part of the package, and that's why we dropped Sophos.

Sophos had Intercept X on the server-side to protect the files on the server, but we had to pay extra for it to be on the endpoints. We at least had the server version, which was kind of cool.

How was the initial setup?

It was straightforward. Our MSP has a script, and when you run the script, it kind of gets installed automatically. It also gets configured with their systems. It was pretty easy.

What about the implementation team?

Our MSP is Tech Kollective, and they're very responsive.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It probably is less expensive than Sophos.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate ESET Endpoint Antivirus an eight out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Head of Infrastructure at Almo
Real User
Mar 23, 2021
Robust, user-friendly and offers good technical support
Pros and Cons
  • "Technical support has been very good. They are helpful and responsive."
  • "The product is very user-friendly, easy to navigate, simple to access its features, fairly priced, highly customizable, easy to integrate with other products, very stable with no issues, and backed by very good technical support."
  • "We would like to see more options in the help menu for users."
  • "We would like to see more options in the help menu for users."

What is our primary use case?

We primarily use the solution for managing the security of the endpoints.

What is most valuable?

The product is very user-friendly. It's easy to navigate and understand how to access its features is simple.

Overall, we've enjoyed using the product. It's been good.

The pricing is quite fair. It's not too expensive. We don't have any complaints.

We've found the customization to be very good.

It's not hard to integrate other products.

The stability has been very good. We haven't had any issues so far.

The initial setup is very easy. It's not a complex process.

Technical support has been very good. They are helpful and responsive.

What needs improvement?

We would like to see more options in the help menu for users. If they had more information there to help us troubleshoot or answer specific questions, that would be helpful.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for four years or so.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is very good. We haven't had any issues. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's very robust.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I've never tried to scale the solution. We have never needed to scale the solution out and therefore never researched that aspect.

We have about 50 people on the solution currently.

How are customer service and technical support?

Technical support has been very good. We find them to be knowledgeable and responsive. We're quite satisfied with their help we receive.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is not difficult. It's very, very easy.

The deployment doesn't take very long. Normally, we take two or three months or so to handle the implementation from beginning to end.

What other advice do I have?

We are just a customer and end-user. We are not a partner or reseller. We don't have a special relationship with the company.

I'm not sure which version of the solution we're using at this time.

I'd recommend this solution to other organizations.

On a scale from one to ten, I'd rate the solution at a nine. We've been quite happy with its capabilities.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Senior Technical Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Consultant
Mar 11, 2021
Good at detecting potentially dangerous websites, but the alerts can be confusing at times
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable thing for me is that when I'm using the internet and I reach some site that isn't so secure, or isn't recommended because they don't have a good reputation, ESET will notify me."
  • "As a technical person, I would recommend it based on its performance and the way in which it does not block you or get in the way when doing work."
  • "Sometimes, ESET sends alerts within my own network that cause confusion. That is, it might warn about contamination, or that the VM has crashed, but it doesn't go further than that. It just shows me the alert and sometimes I am not sure what to do about it."
  • "Sometimes, ESET sends alerts within my own network that cause confusion. It might warn about contamination, or that the VM has crashed, but it doesn't go further than that."

What is our primary use case?

I work as an external consultant for a consulting and teaching company with around 50 employees. We teach courses and do examinations for customers that want to become certified once they complete the courses. In fact, I'm more than an external consultant yet I'm paid differently to a standard employee, and I'm using my whole technology infrastructure here.

I use ESET Endpoint Security on-premises at home because everyone is working from home now and no one has worked in the office for more than a year. For general security, I use the built-in Microsoft firewall and the services offered by ESET. And that's all, because I don't have servers.

ESET Endpoint Security is included on every machine that I have at home, including my wife's, my son's, and my daughters', because we're exposed to the internet. I also have routers which have some functions as a firewall, so that nobody comes into the network uninvited, and I have passwords for every access point.

I have 10 licenses in total, because I also use ESET Endpoint Security on the smartphones and some tablets as well. And in terms of maintenance, I'm the only one in charge of these networks and devices.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable thing for me is that when I'm using the internet and I reach some site that isn't so secure, or isn't recommended because they don't have a good reputation, ESET will notify me. Many times I will decide to just accept ESET's advice and I will stop visiting that website. In some very rare cases, I go through to the site anyway because I already know that it's secure.

What needs improvement?

Sometimes, ESET sends alerts within my own network that cause confusion. That is, it might warn about contamination, or that the VM has crashed, but it doesn't go further than that. It just shows me the alert and sometimes I am not sure what to do about it.

Regarding email security, I would like something more when it comes to preventing phishing attacks. With some of the emails I've received, I have found things that made me refuse to open them, but ESET does not seem to notice. I think that I should be better advised of problematic situations concerning potential phishing emails.

In general, I also think that there could be more in the way of advanced threat detection, for identifying advanced malware and the like. Having an extra service that could detect more advanced malware than typical antivirus software does may be very expensive to have on my entire premises, but I would consider it. 

Then, when it comes to the smart TV and the printer, I can't really figure out what's happening when there's a problem. For example, it's difficult to find out whether the appliance has been attacked or not, and it's not so easy to see what is actually going on in the case of a malicious situation. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using ESET Endpoint Security for four years now.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

My impression of stability is good. It's a stable product and it's not very obstructive. I have used other software like ESET Endpoint Security and it was impossible to work because the machine kept filling up with files that they were trying to send back to their company.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I don't have a need to implement ESET Endpoint Security for more than 10 machines, so I don't know how they would handle a higher volume. I'm not sure how I could automate that, in terms of how to download the new versions, and all the security signatures, etc. I assume it can be done, but I have no idea.

How are customer service and technical support?

I haven't spoken with ESET technical support yet because I've never had a reason to. 

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I have previously used the antivirus software from both McAfee and Norton. In fact, my technical support consultant has been recommending that I go back to Norton, and I'm not against the idea, but I would need to have a better comparison to make the switch.

How was the initial setup?

The setup was simple. I set it up manually by installing it on every machine I have. So it was not an automatic process, but it is straightforward enough. It took only 10 minutes per machine.

Where I had a problem was with the smart TVs. It was supposed to function there, but on the HiSense TV I got stuck because I think that the operating system is not the correct version for it to work.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I pay about $100 a year, so it's really cheap. I'm sure that if I need something else beyond more technical support, I'll need to pay more.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

In the past year I have evaluated Norton, but as I told my technical support consultant, I don't have enough information to make a change. I'm glad to have what I have, even though I know it could be better.

What other advice do I have?

I have recommended ESET Endpoint Security to friends and colleagues already. As a technical person, I would recommend it based on its performance and the way in which it does not block you or get in the way when doing work. Although it could do more with preventing phishing, it catches most other problems.

The solution is very good for what it is sold as, which is not necessarily a complete solution for security. And I would say that I got what I paid for. 

I would rate ESET Endpoint Security a seven out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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CIO at Getter group LTD
Real User
Feb 28, 2021
Very good endpoint feature, simple to use, and a reasonable price
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution has a very good endpoint feature."
  • "ESET is a more reasonably priced solution for us."
  • "The feature is somewhat lacking in security protection."
  • "We are constantly facing new threats and if ESET could incorporate an implementable feature that wouldn't require us to buy an additional product to protect the endpoint, that would be very good."

What is our primary use case?

We are customers and resellers of ESET. 

What is most valuable?

We use all the features that ESET offers, and I particularly like the endpoint feature. 

What needs improvement?

We are constantly facing new threats and if ESET could incorporate an implementable feature that wouldn't require us to buy an additional product to protect the endpoint, that would be very good. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using this solution for almost four years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable, we've implemented it in every workstation in the company. We have close to 350 licenses. We have just one person dealing with maintenance, the solution updates every day from the internet. Any new upgrades self-implement. 

How are customer service and technical support?

Our administrator is usually the one that has contact with technical support. We can email them when necessary and we have a good relationship with them. It's very good for us.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We previously used a different endpoint solution but I don't remember the name. We switched for two reasons. Firstly, in the previous solution, the implementation of the different versions to the endpoint was a little complicated. And secondly, the price. ESET is a more reasonably priced solution for us. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I know that Cisco also has good endpoint products and it's something we would evaluate and consider. We'd like to see if it can be implemented in our company.

What other advice do I have?

It's important to read all the documentation as it will make implementation easier.  

I rate this solution an eight out of 10. 

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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System Organizer at a translation and localization position with 1-10 employees
Real User
Aug 9, 2023
An easily scalable and highly stable security solution that is easy to deploy
Pros and Cons
  • "The tool protects everything."
  • "The product should provide a one-click option to renew the licenses."

What is our primary use case?

All users in my domain use the product on their computers.

What is most valuable?

The tool protects everything. It is not just for encryption.

What needs improvement?

The product’s licensing should be a little bit better during renewals. The product should provide a one-click option to renew the licenses. I shouldn’t have to click everything to find out when my license will expire. License administration will be a problem if I have too many computers or users.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for more than ten years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the product’s stability a ten out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I rate the tool’s scalability a nine out of ten. It is easy to scale the solution. Around 60 users use the solution in my organization. I manage and maintain the product.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was simple. The solution is deployed on-premises on our servers and then deployed to our computers.

What about the implementation team?

I did the deployment myself.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I rate the solution’s pricing a seven out of ten. The pricing can be a bit more flexible.

What other advice do I have?

We are happy with the solution. If we want to switch to another vendor, we would have to change everything. It would be too much work. Overall, I rate the product a nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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