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CrowdStrike Falcon

byCrowdStrike
in
4.7
2026
Market Presence: Endpoint Protection Platforms, Extended Detection and Response

Overview

Product Information on CrowdStrike Falcon

What is CrowdStrike Falcon?

The CrowdStrike Falcon platform features a single lightweight agent that delivers cutting-edge, AI-powered real-time protection and visibility. Designed to defend endpoints and workloads both on and off the network, it stops threats before they become breaches. Backed by adversary-driven threat intelligence and AI, the Falcon platform processes trillions of global events weekly in real time, fueling an advanced security data platform accessible through a unified command console.

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Overall experience with CrowdStrike Falcon

SENIOR CYBERSECURITY ENGINEER
1B - 3B USD, Transportation
FAVORABLE

“High Cost and Setup Effort Offset By Strong Security Performance In Falcon XDR”

5.0
Sep 12, 2025
Our overall experience with CrowdStrike Falcon XDR has been exceptional, fundamentally elevating our security posture from reactive to proactive. We have it in a small branch and except for the day of "fire" everything went perfect and smooth. The platform provides unparalleled visibility across our entire environment, from endpoints to cloud workloads. The ability to correlate threat data from multiple sources into a single, coherent incident view has drastically reduced our investigation times and improved the accuracy of our response. While the platform carries a premium price tag (a really premium one) and required a dedicated effort to tune it for our environment, the security outcomes and operational efficiencies we've gained have justified the investment.
VICE PRESIDENT, SECURITY OPERATIONS
250M - 500M USD, IT Services
CRITICAL

“Performance Concerns on Legacy Devices Despite Quick Installation and Good Documentation”

3.0
Aug 7, 2025
feedback I have received on products impact on performance on endpoint devices is not optimal for business use

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2026
For Market:
Endpoint Protection Platforms

About Company

Company Description

Updated 25th July 2024

CrowdStrike is a recognized entity in the cybersecurity space, specializing in enterprise risk management through the innovative application of technology. The company focuses primarily on protecting essential business risk areas such as endpoints, cloud workloads, identity, and data. Employing the state-of-the-art CrowdStrike Security Cloud and advanced AI technology, the firm provides effective solutions. Its CrowdStrike Falcon platform uses real-time indications of attack, threat intelligence, telemetry enhanced from diverse enterprise sources, and evolving adversary knowhow for high-grade detection, automated protection and healing, advanced threat tracking, and efficient vulnerability visibility. The Falcon platform, designed in the cloud with a singular lightweight-agent architecture, offers swift deployment, unique protection and performance, and reduced complexity. Therefore, CrowdStrike delivers a significant value proposition right from the beginning.

Company Details

Updated 26th February 2025
Company type
Public
Year Founded
2011
Head office location
Remote, United States
Number of employees
5001 - 10000
Website
http://www.crowdstrike.com

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CrowdStrike Falcon Likes & Dislikes

Like

The most impressive aspect of Falcon XDR is the sheer effectiveness and intelligence(let's say) of its detection engine, all powered by a single, lightweight agent that has a negligible impact on system performance. The Threat Graph backend provides incredible context for every alert, allowing even junior analysts to understand the full story of an attack displaying a perfect learning curve. The platform's ability to seamlessly ingest and correlate data from non-endpoint sources has given us true cross-domain visibility, effectively breaking down the silos that attackers love to exploit. The low rate of false positives is a massive bonus, allowing our team to focus on real threats.

Like

speed of installation, documentation for installation and supported operating systems.

Like

Crowdstrike Falcon has been a godsend when it comes to comes to knowing that our endpoints are being monitored on a 24/7 basis. Falcon's threat intelligence component provides us with the information necessary to determine if a detection is a false positive alert or if it needs further action. The quarantine function is invaluable when it comes to making sure that an endpoint can be cut off the rest of the environment, preventing any further replication of a possible infection.

Dislike

The most significant challenge, and it's a major consideration, is the total cost of ownership. CrowdStrike is positioned at the very top of the market, and the licensing costs can be substantial, especially as you expand capabilities and add more modules. Secondly, this is not a set-it-and-forget-it solution. To get the most value and avoid impacting legitimate business processes, you need to invest time upfront in configuring and tuning the prevention policies. The out-of-the-box settings are a good starting point, but they are not tailored to a complex enterprise environment and require careful adjustment.

Dislike

performance impacts on systems especially legacy hardware

Dislike

Overall, Crowdstrike Falcon has been a robust endpoint protection solution that we are grateful to have as part of our security tool stack. One thing that the Crowdstrike team can improve on is the how the on-demand scanning can sometimes take a couple of times to run. As a fallback, we can initiate the manual scan via a script, outside of the main GUI platform.

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Peer Discussions

What Your Peers Are Saying About CrowdStrike Falcon

CISO
We are already using multiple modules of Crowdstrike Falcon. Have you used CS Falcon for IT in production and, if yes, what are your experiences?
Associate Director, Information Security Management
Yes, we are and have been for some time. On servers it’s a lightweight deployment: Fast and easy In almost all cases, no reboot required Low resource consumption on the local OS Low Network usage We also find it’s quite effective at the behavioural side of blocking attackers when they get hands-on-keyboards (vs. scripted/automated) attacks. It’s an effective heterogeneous solution applying and performing quite well across Linux, Windows and macOS. Not all EDR/XDR tools are effective heterogeneous solutions.
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15 May 2024315 Views2 Comments
Director of IT
We are at the edge of closing a contract with Crowdstrike Falcon Complete, a MDR-solution including managed service for monitoring the security of our infrastructure 24/7. The functionality looked promising during a short pilot we organized. We are now in the contracting phase and discovered that we need to pay upfront for a three years contract. For a managed service I find this rather strange, while I am used to pay on a monthly, quarterly or sometimes yearly basis. Does someone in the peer group has the same experience with Crowdstrike?
Director of Enablement
I was always under the perception that Crowdstrike operated on a net-60 opex model. Are they asking for the TCV in a lump sum?
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25 Oct 20231.6k Views1 Comment

CrowdStrike Falcon Reviews and Ratings

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4.7

(137 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
68%
4 Star
31%
3 Star
1%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
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Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.4

Integration & Deployment

4.6

Service & Support

4.5

Product Capabilities

4.6

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  • SENIOR CYBERSECURITY ENGINEER
    1B-10B USD
    Transportation
    Review Source

    High Cost and Setup Effort Offset By Strong Security Performance In Falcon XDR

    5.0
    Sep 12, 2025
    Our overall experience with CrowdStrike Falcon XDR has been exceptional, fundamentally elevating our security posture from reactive to proactive. We have it in a small branch and except for the day of "fire" everything went perfect and smooth. The platform provides unparalleled visibility across our entire environment, from endpoints to cloud workloads. The ability to correlate threat data from multiple sources into a single, coherent incident view has drastically reduced our investigation times and improved the accuracy of our response. While the platform carries a premium price tag (a really premium one) and required a dedicated effort to tune it for our environment, the security outcomes and operational efficiencies we've gained have justified the investment.
  • IT SECURITY & RISK MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATE
    50M-1B USD
    Healthcare and Biotech
    Review Source

    Crowdstrike Falcon: A Powerful EndPoint Detection and Response Solution at Your Command

    5.0
    Aug 15, 2025
    Crowdstrike Falcon has been an integral part of our endpoint detection and protection. We are impressed with the product's features and ability to detect, respond and suggest solutions to possible attacks and detections in our environment.
  • Sr. System Administrator
    50M-1B USD
    Healthcare and Biotech
    Review Source

    Real-Time Threat Detection Emphasized in Crowdstrike Falcon Endpoint Security Solution

    5.0
    Oct 22, 2025
    Overall, Crowdstrike Falcon delivers excellent endpoint protection with real-time threat detection, strong cloud-based analytics, and minimal system impact. The interface is intuitive, and response times are fast, though it can be pricey for small organizations.
  • Manager, It Security And Risk Management
    10B+ USD
    Healthcare and Biotech
    Review Source

    Comprehensive Endpoint Security With Strong Detection but Complex Advanced Features

    4.0
    Jan 5, 2026
    My overall experience with this product has been very positive. The product provides strong endpoint protection with excellent threat detection and real-time visibility across the environment. The cloud-based architecture & lightweight agent work well, delivering effective security without noticeably impacting the system performance. The user interface is intuitive, & the threat intelligence and alerting capabilities are especially strong.
  • IT Associate
    50M-1B USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Integration With Multiple Endpoints Enhances Detection and Response Capabilities

    5.0
    Jan 29, 2026
    My experience was very positive. This platform provides strong visibility to Watchguard the multiple endpoints. It has very strong detection and response capabilities which help me in finding the threat and securing the endpoints. The integration with CrowdStrike works very well with a wide variety of endpoints. It works as a backbone in our security posture. Detection power of CrowdStrike is very good. The center search bar is an excellent thing that reduces the time for analysis.
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