ESET

What the company sells

ESET sells cybersecurity software for both home and business users, including antivirus, endpoint protection, full-disk and file encryption, and identity-protection tools. Its business offerings are organized around the ESET PROTECT platform, while consumer plans are sold under ESET HOME Security. ESET also runs an in-house research division, ESET Research, that publishes threat reports such as APT activity tracking.^[1][2]

Categories

• Endpoint protection platforms (primary category)
• Encryption, tokenization and key management
• Mobile security
• EDR and XDR
• Compare ESET with companies in the same categoryside by side

Headquarters

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Website

eset.com

Products and services

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• ESET HOME Security

  Consumer security plans for home devices that bundle antivirus, anti-phishing, payment protection, firewall and identity monitoring features.

• ESET PROTECT^[1][2]

  Business platform providing endpoint protection, threat detection and management for organizations of various sizes.

• ESET Full Disk Encryption^[2]

  Software that encrypts an entire device's storage and requires a secondary password before decryption can begin.

• ESET Endpoint Encryption^[2]

  Encryption for business files, folders, flash drives, emails and attachments.

• NOD32 Antivirus^[3]

  Antivirus software for home computers.

• ESET NeoCortex^[3]

  A foundational cybersecurity AI model that powers ESET LiveCortex.

Competitors and alternatives

The other companies on our record filed under the same categories, category by category: first those that lead with that category and share more of ESET's categories, then alphabetical. A list from the record, never a ranking.

• On endpoint protection platforms, ESET competes with F-Secure, McAfee, Deep Instinct, Gen Digital, Halcyon, Morphisec, Bitdefender, Kaspersky, HP and Telia.

• On encryption, tokenization and key management, ESET competes with Baffle, Fortanix, General Dynamics Mission Systems, Protegrity, Skyflow, StratoKey, Thales, Virtru, Akeyless, CryptoNext Security and 9 more.

• On mobile security, ESET competes with iVerify, BlackBerry, Lookout, NowSecure, Protectt.ai, Zimperium, F-Secure, McAfee, Appdome, Assail and 4 more.

• On edr and xdr, ESET competes with Bitdefender, Kaspersky, Broadcom, CrowdStrike, Malwarebytes, Microsoft, Nokia, Sophos, Trellix, Trend Micro and 14 more.

References

Every fact above cites one of these by number. Tier A is the company itself, a regulator or a filing; tier B is trade or business press.

1. [1]eset.comESET · eset.com · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
2. [2]Debunking five myths about business encryptionESET · eset.com · published July 9, 2025 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
3. [3]Press releases listESET · eset.com · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing

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