If you are a home-user – and have a mixture of machines – you can buy ESET Smart Security home-packs and run the ESET NOD32 on your own machine if you don’t need or want parental controls (or just turn them off).Īre you a mixed home with PCs, Macs and Android or Windows Mobile devices? Consider the ESET Family Packs – as they allow you to run ANY combination of ESET home products – they are only available in blocks of 5 though.įor businesses with 5+ computers, where a portion are mobile and some are office based – it is possible for us to quote you an exact match for your requirements – ie, if you need 10 ESET Endpoint Security licenses for mobile users (the business edition of ESET Smart Security) – and 15 workstations to run ESET Endpoint Protection – plus a windows server and 30 MS Exchange mailboxes – we can quote that exactly. do you want spam filtering – again – Smart Security has this – ESET NOD32 does not – if you have junk email issues – go with Smart Security.
if you have children or minors using the computers – go with Smart Security again – the parental controls are also important.ģ.
Now – whether to go with ESET Antivirus (NOD32) – or – ESET Smart Security… the question really comes down to this in our experience:ġ.if you have mobile computers (laptops) – go Smart Security every time – the bi-directional firewall alone make the decision.Ģ.
Our recommendation is that if you are a small business with 5 machines – buy the BUSINESS license – because adding that 6th, 8th or even 20th computer when you grow – is much easier – and having a single license, with a single renewal will make your life simpler – and – the licensing prices drop per computer as the price rises. We know many customers who are fine with this – and others who find it annoying… unfortunately, there is nothing we can do – ESET licensing policies just don’t handle 6+ home licenses well – or as affordably as the pack they are pre-set at… those packs are simply 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5-users – available in a choice of 1 or 2 years – both for new licenses – or renewals. All is well until they get that 6th or 7th computer, where they hit the home-user snag… there are not add-on licenses for ESET home product, past 5 computers… and that can be fine, as long as you are able to deal with having 5 computers on one license, and 2 on another – possibly with different expiration dates. First, are you a home or business purchaser? Sounds easy – right? Maybe not quite to simple – many of our buyers are home-businesses and small businesses – and their initially purchase ESET home protection systems – like the 1-5 packs of ESET NOD32 Antivirus or ESET SmartSecurity.