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What Is Falcon?

CrowdStrike is redefining modern security with the world’s most advanced cloud-native platform for protecting critical areas of enterprise risk — endpoints and cloud workloads, identity, and data.

Who Uses Falcon?

From Fortune 50 companies to SMB.

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Reviews of Falcon

Average score

Overall
4.7
Ease of Use
4.3
Customer Service
4.1
Features
4.6
Value for Money
4.1

Reviews by company size (employees)

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  • 51-200
  • 201-1,000
  • >1,001

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5
79%
4
16%
3
3%
1
3%
Andre
Andre
BDM in South Africa
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

CrowdStrike Falcon

5.0 10 months ago

Comments: Working with and selling Falcon to customers has brought overall threat risk down. The technology is robust and reliable.

Pros:

Falcon is easy to use and easy to implement. It delivers the best containment and alerting rate in the market and gives good visibility from IT, IOT and Cloud.

Cons:

Falcon comes in at a steep budget point.

Cengiz
IT Director in Türkiye
Consumer Goods, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Crowdstrike Falcon comprehensive security

5.0 4 months ago

Comments: We are pleased with it, including the DLP function on the client PCs, and the results are delighted.

Pros:

It does not require any other agent on the client. You can start to use it on current agents on the clients.

Cons:

The software update policy was a bit uncontrolled.

Csheng
IT Executive in Singapore
Construction Software, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Cloudstrike reduces sleep for IT guys

1.0 2 years ago

Comments: What's worst than Symantec? Cloudstrike Falcon.

Pros:

I'm not sure about the monitoring portion of the solution - it's making us work overtime to assist them to clamp down on ransomware.

Cons:

Almost everything - they make us work at night/over the weekend. Instead of deleting the threat and rolling back, it locks down our servers. It would then require IT to work on the backend.

Vijay
Deputy Manager in India
Information Technology & Services, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Crowdstrike Falcon review

4.0 11 months ago

Pros:

One of the best EDR solution in market. I really like the interface of the platform, it is so much user friendly. False positives are very less compared to the previous endpoint security solutions we have used. A light weight agent makes it a very stable product.

Cons:

Not much to say about dislike part but I can say it is costly compared to it peers and I feel the reporting feature can be better.

Tony
Admin in US
Information Technology & Services, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Crowdstrike Falcon Is Very Good Endpoint Protection

4.0 last year

Comments: Falcon has worked very well thus far.

Pros:

It is next generation end point protection

Cons:

I would prefer a non-cloud based option as that requires and Internet connection.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Medical Devices, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Crowdstrike -

5.0 last year

Pros:

Crowdstrike is the next level security for cyber protection offering the best protection and innovative software.

Cons:

Crowdstrike is hard to navigate at first, but with more use it becomes easier.

Evans
Evans
Security Engineer in India
Verified LinkedIn User
Information Technology & Services, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

A Bird's Eye View of Crowdstrike Falcon: Strengths and Limitations

5.0 5 months ago

Pros:

Powerful Threat Detection and Prevention, Cloud Native Architecture, Lightweight Agent, Centralized Management, Threat Intelligence etc.

Cons:

Pricing, Complexity, Limited Reporting, Vendor Locking Policy

Benjamin
Director of IT in UK
Law Practice, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Game changer

5.0 last year

Pros:

Knowing that our assets are secured and protected by highly skilled security staff 24/7 and that it is go to product for security makes me and the firm feel secure.

Cons:

Would like it to be cheaper, but the Anti Virus market is different now compared to 10 years ago and you get what you pay for.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Education Management, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source
Source: GetApp

Unleash Hidden Threats providing Real time assessment - Crowdstrike's Falcon

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Crowdstrike's Falcon is an impressive cybersecurity solution that integrates well into the infrastructure and provide real time exposure to the vulnerabilities on the endpoints. the real-time nature of Spotlight ensures the immediate visibility to potential threats as they emerge, that enables security engineers to swiftly respond and mitigate the risk.

Pros:

The standout feature of Falcon is its integration with complete falcon platform natively. This integration brings together vulnerability detection, prevention and response capabilities into a cohesive framework of managing the threats.

Cons:

There may be few challenges that engineers could potentially encounter when using this solution, Falcon may require a certain level of expertise on managing the Vulnerabilities especially dealing with the payloads and also while dealing with the false positives that happens to consume time and resources while validating an alert.

Finan
Sales Manager in US
Real Estate, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

A Powerful and Affordable Security Solution For Business

5.0 10 months ago

Pros:

I like the vulnerability management features It is amazing as a cloud security and computer security software

Cons:

Well, Falcon meets needs and no issues whatsoever

Yuval
IR Analyst in Israel
Banking, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Best EDR currently.

5.0 11 months ago

Pros:

Best alerts, Easy to check processes running, Best Live Control on computers.

Cons:

The new design is a little bit off, and the MAC support is not the best currently.

Bryson
Systems Administrator in US
Construction Software, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Falcon complete is amazing

5.0 4 months ago

Comments: The overall experience with Falcon has been absolutely fantastic. Our rep is always ready to answer questions, and they take the guesswork out of security.

Pros:

They do all of the work for us, makes us feel safe and secure at all times.

Cons:

The only con was the recent downtime they caused due to a rogue update. However, they had it fixed within an hour and provided workarounds that got us quickly back up and running.

Ganesh
Senior Manager-Security Engg in India
Information Services, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Crowdstrike -A stress free And Complete Endpoint Security Management Solution

5.0 last year

Comments: Falcon Solution is a good solution for Customer centric threat focussed one where it is easy to deploy and manage MOdern Ransomware and Zero day attacks using AI/ML.

Pros:

Perfect choice for any organization who needs an endpoint detection and response EDR solution.Reliable End point Solution to stop modern day threat and Ransomware attacks. The solution offers comprehensive threat detection, prevention, and response capabilities. The solution can be enabled to protect all types of environments like on-prem. Cloud or hybrid models.

Cons:

Reporting is having limited functionalities and needs fine-tuning.

Burim
Systems Engineer in Serbia
Information Technology & Services, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

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An excellent all-around Antivirus solution

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: As an admin, I am very happy with Crowdstrike Falcon and hope to continue using and managing it for many years to come.

Pros:

We transitioned to Crowdstrike from a traditional endpoint protection solution and the difference was night and day. Crowdstrike Falcon is easy to use and manage, intuitive, incredibly powerful and intelligent, uses a bare minimum of system resources, has a very effective uninstall protection, and is very easy to deploy.

Cons:

No cons. I highly recommend this product.

Phillip
ICT Support Officer in Australia
Education Management, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Great lightweight tools with a lot of functionality

5.0 last year

Pros:

The app is incredibaly lightweight compared to other competitors like Sophos, which caused one of our webservers grind to a halt. The intergration with Slack is quite useful at pinging the team immediatley when we have high level security issues.

Cons:

The learning curve of dianosing issues is a bit more steep, and the support team insists on running a extensive windows memory logging before they will talk to you.

Sayan
Sayan
Devops Engineer in India
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Easy to monitor the network activity

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

I appreciate how easily the network is monitored, including both incoming and outgoing traffic.

Cons:

Although network monitoring is simple, there is still room for improvement in terms of the graph user interface.

Edward
Lead infrastructure engineer in US
Banking, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: Free Trial
Reviewer Source

Falcón Crowdstrike review

5.0 6 months ago

Comments: It was a good product to review and experiment with, but in the end we chose Norton.

Pros:

It was solid, and not difficult to configure.

Cons:

It did not integrate as well with MS server platform as Norton

Udhayasimha
Senior Information Security Specialist in Canada
Computer Software, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

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Market Leaders in EDR

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: Very pleased with the product and support provided

Pros:

Have used this product for several years across multiple organizations. Have seen good return on investment containing malware outbreaks

Cons:

Not too many. Slightly on the expensive side for licenses

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Banking, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Amazing EDR

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: It is among product and solving our problems related to vulnerability management, edr alerts IT hygience and proactive monitoring through overwatch.

Pros:

ease of deployment, less false positives and amazing GUI.

Cons:

This product is bt expensive and they work on their customer service.

André
André
Systems Administrator in Brazil
Verified LinkedIn User
Chemicals, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Is that scanning?

4.0 4 years ago

Comments: Pretty easy to use, and it is very light installation on the client, specially if you do not have a very actual and robust configuration on your computers. I am still missing some features that we have on more traditional virus solution, but on the future, I believe that all the antiviruses solutions will follow this standard.

Pros:

Very light solution to run on the computers, it is just a client that alerts the portal about the virus on computers and take some actions based on what were configured inside the portal. Easy to install/deploy, not so many options to choose, it is very straight to the point, also the options and configurations inside management portal are pretty easy to use. However, it updates automatically on the computers and servers.

Cons:

Sometimes it is not update automatically, and I had some problems to remove the software, the key that is used to install/remove fails sometimes. I can mention that the computers take some time to appear inside the management portal, and you do not know if it is working properly or not. Another thing that you can miss, you cannot run a scan on your computer manually, to find viruses or other malicious files, it is supposed to be monitored all the time through the portal.

Itshak
Sys Admin in Israel
Retail, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

CrowdStrike’s Falcon is a beast

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

It detects a lot of threats and his easy to manage

Cons:

I didn’t find any cons for this product, really…

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Information Technology & Services, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Diagnosing malware threats, attack vectors and root-cause was never easier

5.0 6 years ago

Comments: It performs awesome, just the way we expected.

Pros:

It's really easy and fast to install the Falcon Sensor in the protected hosts. Its resource consumption is barely noticeable -this was the very specific problem we had with our traditional AV security which motivated us to look into new generation technologies. Whenever we have some malware detected, we have all the information we need about how it got into the host and what it attempted to do -whether processes were spawned, files or registry attempted to be seen or modified, if it tried to establish network connections, etc.- so our IT, servers and security teams have all the information they need to improve the systems hardening.

Cons:

Falcon provides only the antivirus / antimalware capabilites, so all the other functions we had with the previous technology are not available, like firewall, IPS, DLP, mail filtering, web filtering, etc. So, in the end we kept the McAfee agent to retain some of them, which means we are spending a little more on technology, but it gets balanced because less work is needed for malware diagnose.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Good EDR, lot's of features and integration

5.0 5 years ago

Comments: We liked it. There are a couple features only available to Windows endpoints, but those features are slated to be on Mac OS X shortly. We are waiting on that.
As a Splunk user, the integrated Splunk dashboards in the Falcon console are really nice and easy to use.

Pros:

Good interface, lots of Splunk dashboards integrated in the dashboards. Good drilldown capability. Love the process execution tracking functionality

Cons:

The interface took a couple hours (tops) to get used to, but it wasn't bad. There was a little snag with Mac OS X Catalina, but that's been resolved.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Retail, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Great threat detector

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

Falcon is a very great threat detector, it detect problems with out scanning the computer, which make it very light for computer ressources. The console is nice, and it's quite easy to see problem

Cons:

if I have to say something : It's easy problem, but it could be nice to have resolution tips also.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Architecture & Planning, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Expensive product in a crowded marketplace

3.0 3 years ago

Pros:

This tool gave us unparalleled visibility into our environment that we did not have with an old school antivirus agent.

Cons:

That the initial install on some systems did not go as planned.