Five Softprom vendors recognized in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection

On 26 May 2026, Gartner published its Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection — the annual assessment of the endpoint protection platform (EPP) market. Five vendors supplied by Softprom are included: CrowdStrike as a Leader, ESET as a Challenger, and Fortinet, Trellix and Broadcom as Niche Players. As an official distributor, Softprom supplies, deploys and supports these solutions across Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia.

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How Gartner evaluates vendors

The Magic Quadrant is built on two axes. Ability to Execute covers product maturity, overall vendor viability, sales execution and pricing, market responsiveness, marketing, customer experience and operations. Completeness of Vision covers market understanding, marketing and sales strategy, product strategy, business model, vertical and geographic strategy, and innovation. Based on these criteria, each vendor is placed in one of four quadrants: Leaders, Challengers, Visionaries or Niche Players.

CrowdStrike — Leader

The product reviewed is CrowdStrike Falcon, a cloud-delivered endpoint protection platform (EPP/EDR) built on a single lightweight agent. Strengths noted in the report relate to the Product, Product Strategy and Customer Experience criteria:

• A single lightweight agent and a mature cloud-based management console.
• Deep EDR functionality and growing data security capabilities.
• Platform expansion into identity protection, exposure management, SecOps and AI security.
• High customer ratings for support, account management and managed services.

ESET — Challenger

The product reviewed is ESET PROTECT, an endpoint protection platform managed via cloud, hybrid or on-premises (including air-gapped) deployments. Strengths relate to the Customer Experience, Overall Viability and Pricing criteria:

• Prompt and helpful technical support.
• Strong protection efficacy combined with ease of administration.
• Competitive pricing relative to other vendors in this Magic Quadrant.
• A long track record and steady viability in the SMB and midsize segments.

Fortinet — Niche Player

The product reviewed is FortiEndpoint, endpoint protection within the broader Fortinet Security Fabric ecosystem. Strengths relate to the Vertical Strategy, Pricing and Overall Viability criteria:

• Balanced presence across key verticals, including government and manufacturing.
• Near-complete feature parity between the on-premises and cloud-delivered versions.
• Competitive pricing from a large, well-funded vendor.
• Agent unification initiatives that strengthen integrated data protection.

Trellix — Niche Player

The product reviewed is Trellix Endpoint Security, comprehensive endpoint protection with an emphasis on on-premises deployment and granular customization. Strengths relate to the Geographic Strategy, Vertical Strategy and Pricing criteria:

• Multiple SaaS points of presence (North America, Europe, Australia, Singapore, India) with multilingual support.
• Strong on-premises management, including air-gapped environments.
• Competitive pricing relative to other vendors in this Magic Quadrant.

Broadcom — Niche Player

The products reviewed are Symantec Endpoint Security Complete and Carbon Black Cloud. Strengths relate to the Vertical Strategy, Overall Viability and Geographic Strategy criteria:

• On-premises management, including air-gapped environments for highly regulated organizations.
• A large, well-funded vendor with a broad cybersecurity and infrastructure portfolio.
• A multilingual SES Complete console for international operations teams.

Recognition in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader 2026

The only one of the five Softprom-supplied vendors placed in the Leaders quadrant of the endpoint protection market is CrowdStrike, with its Falcon platform.