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Crowdstrike

Crowdstrike Falcon Platform

Composite Score

8.8 /10

CX Score

8.9 /10

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What is Crowdstrike Falcon Platform?

The CrowdStrike Falcon platform leverages real-time indicators of attack, threat intelligence, evolving adversary tradecraft and enriched telemetry from across the enterprise to deliver hyper-accurate detections, automated protection and remediation, elite threat hunting and prioritized observability of vulnerabilities. Purpose-built in the cloud with a single lightweight-agent architecture, the Falcon platform delivers rapid and scalable deployment, superior protection and performance, reduced complexity and immediate time-to-value.

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Awards & Recognition

Crowdstrike Falcon Platform won the following awards in the Endpoint Protection - Midmarket category

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2026 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2026

Product Impact

Latest Award, 2026

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2025

4 Top Rated Capabilities

9 Top Rated Features

2025

Service Experience
Conflict Resolution

2025

3 Top Rated Capabilities

7 Top Rated Features

2024

Crowdstrike Falcon Platform Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

89 Likeliness to Recommend

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Since last award

95 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+89 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Crowdstrike Falcon Platform?

6% Negative

4% Neutral

90% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Effective Service
Fair
Reliable

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Endpoint Detection and Response

Dynamic Malware Detection

Ransomware Recovery and Removal

Port and Device Control

Cross Platform Support

Centralized Management Portal

Automated Remediation

Cross Platform Integration

Mac OS support

Application Containment Mechanisms

System Hardening

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 81

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

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Crowdstrike Falcon Platform Reviews

Grygorii P.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2024

Best Endpoint Protection and Administrating

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Crowdstrike Falcon Platform from other similar products?

It has unique databases of malware and outstanding features

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Full overview of all Endpoints, nice investigation details, great integration.

What do you dislike most about this product?

You have to understand the pricing model first. Also, some learning-curve for administration is needed.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

You should talk to sales from Crowdstrike directly, they can help to decide on modules and setup.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Unique Features
Fair

Akarsh A.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2024

CrowdStrike Excels in Real-time Threat Detection

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Crowdstrike Falcon Platform from other similar products?

CrowdStrike provides strong endpoint defense for devices against cyber threats. It also quickly identifies and responds to potential security risks. CrowdStrike platform is on cloud and that's why it was easy management for monitoring, In the Industry we should use this agent on every cloud machine to externally track by this agent. It also provide a detailed reports for a comprehensive view of security status.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

One of the best feature of CrowdStrike is its real-time threat detection, Swiftly identifying and responding to security risks, enhancing overall cybersecurity effectiveness.

What do you dislike most about this product?

CrowdStrike is not free, We need to use free trial for 15 days and then It was charging Price and that make issue for some users because Pricing relatively high, Apart from this We find Some certain advanced features complex to configure and utilize effectively, If we want to use this product for just a small thing we need to buy with full price.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I highly recommended to use this product if we are in Big organization or if there are many machines which we need to track on timely we need to use this product.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Colin J.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2024

Best in class. Works on PC, Mac, Linux

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Crowdstrike Falcon Platform from other similar products?

More features and products. Better integrations

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Effectiveness and incident response features

What do you dislike most about this product?

Lots of menus, not easy to learn

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

More SIEM interface for advanced users.

Pros

Reliable
Effective Service
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product

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Awards & Recognition

2026 Emotional Footprint Champion

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

Crowdstrike Falcon Platform Ratings

89 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

95 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+89 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Crowdstrike Falcon Platform?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Endpoint Detection and Response Active threat detection that remediates against known and unknown malware and malicious activities, leveraging machine learning techniques.

Dynamic Malware Detection Heuristics are applied to files to identify similarities with known malware and block it.

Ransomware Recovery and Removal Recover files removed and/or encrypted by ransomware.

Port and Device Control Includes USB encryption and endpoint data loss prevention.

Cross Platform Support Includes the variety of client devices and operating systems supported by the solution.

Centralized Management Portal Includes multiple client management, push install capability, comprehensive policies for different groups, and active directory integration and synchronization.

Automated Remediation Automate remediation of alerts due to exceeding defined thresholds e.g. trigger scripts to address low disk space alerts.

Cross Platform Integration Open API and net sec appliance integration with NGFW, SIEM, IPS/IDS, Automated Network Quarantining, DLP, Data Discovery, and Threat Intelligence.

Mac OS support Endpoint security support to identify and block threats on Mac workstations.

Application Containment Mechanisms Includes cloud based protection, sandboxing, and local containerization.

System Hardening Automated vulnerability patching and vulnerability assessment.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

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Crowdstrike Falcon Platform Reviews

Grygorii P.

Best Endpoint Protection and Administrating

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Akarsh A.

CrowdStrike Excels in Real-time Threat Detection

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Colin J.

Best in class. Works on PC, Mac, Linux

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Endpoint Detection and Response

Dynamic Malware Detection

Ransomware Recovery and Removal

Port and Device Control

Cross Platform Support

Centralized Management Portal

Automated Remediation

Cross Platform Integration

Mac OS support

Application Containment Mechanisms

System Hardening

Vendor Capability Ratings

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training