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ESET named as the only Challenger in 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms

ESET – a global player in information security – was the only Challenger named in the Magic Quadrant*. ESET was evaluated based on its ability to execute and completeness of vision. ESET believes this placement reflects its consistently improved competence to offer maximum protection for enterprises.


*Source: Gartner, “Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms,” Ian McShane, Avivah Litan, Eric Ouellet, Prateek Bhajanka, 24 January 2018.

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ESET Receives Bronze Award in 2017 Gartner Peer Insights Customer Choice Awards for Endpoint Protection Platforms*

The awards are a ranking of vendors by verified end-user professionals – which includes IT professionals or business users who have had experience purchasing, implementing or using the enterprise solution they are reviewing. The awards take into account both the number of end-user reviews, and the overall user ratings. 116 enterprise-grade users awarded ESET Endpoint Security a score of 4.7 out of 5 across all criteria, praising the solution for integration and deployment, ease of deployment, service and support, timeliness of vendor response, and quality of technical support.

*Gartner Peer Insights reviews constitute the subjective opinions of individual end-users based on their own experiences, and do not represent the views of Gartner or its affiliates.

Gartner Peer Insights Customer Choice Awards are determined by the subjective opinions of individual end-user customers based on their own experiences, the number of published reviews on Gartner Peer Insights and overall ratings for a given vendor in the market, as further described here and are not intended in any way to represent the views of Gartner or its affiliates.

Ranked 5th largest worldwide Endpoint Security Vendor IDC Worldwide Endpoint Security Market Shares, 2015*

*Source: IDC, Worldwide Endpoint Security Market Shares, 2015, Doc #US41867116, November 2016


Forrester Names ESET a " Strong Performer " in Endpoint Security

ESET was among the select companies that Forrester invited to participate in its Q4 2016 Forrester Wave™ evaluation, Endpoint Security Suites,

In this evaluation, ESET was cited as a Strong Performer in Endpoint Security ESET delivers strong antimalware protection in a lightweight package.
ESET has historically focused on the consumer and SMB markets, but over the past few years has introduced more features that give its endpoint security suite the flexibility and breadth typically sought by enterprise buyers. this includes a solid balance of endpoint prevention and automated remediation functions, bolstered by a number of ancillary endpoint security technologies such as endpoint encryption, media control, and mobile security.
ESET’s product gets very high marks from users for prevention effectiveness, along with a very low detriment to endpoint user experience. However, the lack of flexible application control and vulnerability remediation capabilities may give certain enterprise buyers pause and will need to be addressed in future iterations of the product if it is to remain competitive.

The Forrester Wave™: Endpoint Security Suites, Q4 2016


ESET one of the Big Five in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 CE 2015 (13 times overall)

ESET is ranked among the fastest growing large tech companies in the central Europe region by Deloitte. It was awarded the ranking for the 12th time in 2014 in Deloitte’s annual Technology Fast 50 CE report. After posting 274% growth over the previous five years, ESET was again listed among the elite "Big 5" group, which recognizes those companies which consistently achieve fast growth rates but are too big to compete for the top spots in the main ranking. Source: Deloitte 2014 Technology Fast 50 Central Europe