We performed a comparison between Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response and VMware Carbon Black Endpoint based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."NGAV and EDR features are outstanding."
"The console is easy to read. I also like the scanning part and the ability to move assets from one to the other."
"The most valuable feature is the analysis, because of the beta structure."
"This is stable and scalable."
"The solution was relatively easy to deploy."
"Fortinet is very user-friendly for customers."
"Fortinet has helped free up around 20 percent of our staff's time to help us out."
"It is stable and scalable."
"The most valuable features of Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response are its immediate response and investigation."
"The solution is scalable."
"I've mainly found the antivirus and antispyware features valuable. The documentation is okay as well."
"The most valuable features are that it is easy to connect and global settings are good."
"The solution does all that we expect it to do."
"The solution has great blocking features."
"I have had absolutely no problem with using this solution, it really works well."
"The setup is quite easy."
"The solution has a library where we can have multiple threat intels onboarded. We just have to subscribe to a particular site intel and they'll provide us with all of the truncated details so that we can create IOCs and alerts on the basis of those IOCs."
"The tool is pretty stable."
"For Carbon Black Endpoint, the possibility of integration with different other software's log servers is the important thing. Having just one point of view is more interesting so you don't need to go to different places to see all the information."
"It is a stable solution...The initial setup of VMware Carbon Black Endpoint was easy."
"The initial setup was fairly easy."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the support it provides."
"VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is a highly stable solution."
"Behavioral Monitoring stops known malicious events before they even begin."
"We'd like to see more one-to-one product presentations for the distribution channels."
"The solution is not user-friendly."
"The dashboard isn't easy to access and manage."
"FortiEDR can be improved by providing more detailed reporting."
"To improve Fortinet, we need to see more features and technology areas at the endpoint level introduced."
"The solution's installation from a central installation server could be improved because the engineers had a little bit of trouble getting it installed from a central location."
"There's room for improvement in the quick response time and technical support for integration issues, especially when dealing with multiple vendors."
"We find the solution to be a bit expensive."
"The solution can always be more stable and more secure."
"It should be easier to deploy Symantec's client for end-users."
"I think we have experienced some technical issues because the company focuses mainly on bigger clients. Also, sometimes the solution fails to detect zero-day attacks, so that feature needs some enhancement because it is lacking compared to other solutions."
"The network forensics feature could be improved."
"They need to improve their cloud presence."
"They do need to minimize the number of agents installed on a server."
"The Symantec portfolio is not big enough to cover the organization in all 360 degrees."
"Technical support is not as good as we expect, and resolving problems should be more timely."
"It would be nice to have additional forensic tools that you can build into the back end."
"There's some disparity between the on-premise and the cloud type of application."
"I'm not sure as to the logic of how we've decided to customize it. We've only really used it since February and therefore there may be more to do on that front. That's why it's hard to say if something is missing or if we just aren't utilizing it."
"A search bar in the investigation page and some AI-related tasks like outgoing alerts, or recent tactics that are being used in the market, must be embedded in the tool so that it's easier to find alerts."
"The solution needs expanded endpoint query tools."
"Carbon Black has limited capability to integrate with Rapid7."
"I am not sure whether Carbon Black CB Defense can be considered as a stable solution or not."
"Performing a malware scan usually takes a lot of time, more than 24 hours."
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Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response is ranked 25th in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) with 28 reviews while VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is ranked 12th in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) with 62 reviews. Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response is rated 7.6, while VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response writes "A highly stable and affordable solution for detecting and preventing security threats". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Carbon Black Endpoint writes "Centralization via the cloud allows us to protect and control people working from home". Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Trend Vision One, Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Expert, Bitdefender GravityZone EDR and CrowdStrike Falcon, whereas VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity Complete, Trend Micro Deep Security and Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks. See our Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response vs. VMware Carbon Black Endpoint report.
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