Binary Defense MDR vs VMware Carbon Black Endpoint comparison

The compared Binary Defense and VMware solutions aren't in the same category. Binary Defense is ranked #8 in MDR , with an average rating of 9.4, and holds a 0.6% mindshare in the category. VMware is ranked #27 in EPP , with an average rating of 7.9, and holds a 1.6% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Binary Defense users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of VMware users who would recommend it.

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88% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Binary Defense MDR

Average Rating

9.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Managed Detection and Response (MDR) (8th)

VMware Carbon Black Endpoint

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (27th), Security Incident Response (2nd), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (20th), Ransomware Protection (6th)

Mindshare comparison

Binary Defense MDR and VMware Carbon Black Endpoint aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Binary Defense MDR is designed for Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and holds a mindshare of 0.6%, up 0.5% compared to last year.
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint, on the other hand, focuses on Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP), holds 1.6% mindshare, down 2.5% since last year.

Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)

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Rich Ullom

AVP, IT Security Compliance and Audit/Information Security Officer at The Western Reserve Group

Worth the money, fantastic communication, and fast service with an average response time of about four minutes on an alert

This is my third SOC. I have never had anybody react as well. So, it's hard for me to provide something that they could do better because I'm really happy with them. I just signed another three-year contract with them. I don't find any downside to them, but if I have to put one, it would be consistent manpower or staffing. The only area where the solution can be improved is going to be with people. As they grow, they are struggling with the same thing that every other company is, which is getting talent and getting that talent to stay, but they've just revised their tiering system to go from a flat analyst and manager to a three-tier solution where it goes through two or three before it gets elevated. That seems to have worked out well, so if one level misses it, the next one picks it up, and it works out fine. Consistent staffing is the only challenge they have because when you're hiring level-one analysts, you go through them pretty quickly. You'll probably hire them at 50K or 55K, and after they do it for a year, they find out they can make 85K somewhere else, and they bounce. So, their turnover is a little high, but that's it.

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Nikunj Kamboj

Cybersecurity Analyst at OnX Canada

Integrates well with our existing SIEM tool and helps in identifying suspicious activities

The solution's integration with our existing security infrastructure is good. Whenever we have any alert in VMware Carbon Black Endpoint, we can easily that alert in our SIEM tool and check logs from the SIEM tool itself. VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is just a secondary security tool for us, and we are just monitoring the alerts from it. The solution's behavioral analytics feature helps in identifying suspicious activities pretty well. Whenever we have even a small thing, we get an alert. The solution is deployed on the cloud in our organization. Performance-wise, the solution is doing great in terms of connecting to the host directly. Performing a malware scan usually takes a lot of time, more than 24 hours. A malware scan is something that we do only on Carbon Black for the old endpoint devices and servers. It used to take sometimes three days to perform. I would recommend the solution to other users. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Among the valuable features are the agent, continuous reporting, and dashboard. It has all the features we need and we haven't had to customize it, other than turning on certain features that we wanted."

"The most valuable part of Binary Defense is its team of cybersecurity analysts. Their analysts filter out the noise and only forward the critical threats that require a response instead of false positives."

"The best part about Binary Defense MDR is that it runs on everything, and they keep an eye on things 24/7."

"Binary Defense is comprehensive. We see most of the questionable activity. Once you see things a couple of times and are familiar with the processes, you know what those are. The level of activity is definitely favorable."

"The most valuable features are the SIEM and the ticketing function; the latter is very smooth and easy to read and understand. We don't have any issues looking at the ticketing information when we're trying to identify what's going on."

"The biggest aspect for us is that they are able to conform to our environment and utilize our tools. That way, we still maintain ownership of all the data and access to the applications, and we never lose control of the ability to run the solution ourselves if we need to."

"In the six months we have been with Binary Defense on this, they run with the ball. They take care of our problems. When we get a ticket, they do not just give us a report."

"The speed at which their services are reactive is valuable. Nowadays, when a threat hits an endpoint, you've got minutes, not hours or days. Their average response time is about four minutes on an alert. For anything that needs to be sent to us, it's about fourteen minutes, which is pretty good. They're the third SOC that I've used in fifteen years. By far, they are the quickest ones to act. When you're looking at prevention, that's a key factor."

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"I found the offline scanning to be particularly useful."

"The solution is stable."

"CB Defense is more powerful, and you can take more actions than others. Its security features and signatures are constantly updated, so it is more effective than other security solutions."

"The initial setup is very easy."

"The tool is pretty stable."

"It actually does some heuristics, and some behavioral analysis."

"I like its protection very much. It protects and allows us to lock the environment pretty tightly. Nothing that is not approved through Carbon Black can run in the environment. There is no default. Everything goes through Carbon Black Protect, and everything has to be first approved. Every software is considered to be guilty before prove innocent."

"It is a stable solution...The initial setup of VMware Carbon Black Endpoint was easy."

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Cons

"Binary Defense MDR could be even better with additional features, like automatic scans and file quarantine."

"The only area I see for improvement with Binary Defense is their service portal. It could benefit from some enhancements."

"It's hard to think of anything that they need to improve on, but just to point out something, I would like to see them provide advanced XDR."

"I don't find any downside to them, but if I have to put one, it would be consistent manpower or staffing. The only area where the solution can be improved is going to be with people. As they grow, they are struggling with the same thing that every other company is, which is getting talent and getting that talent to stay, but they've just revised their tiering system to go from a flat analyst and manager to a three-tier solution where it goes through two or three before it gets elevated. That seems to have worked out well, so if one level misses it, the next one picks it up, and it works out fine."

"The only area for improvement that I can think of relates to statistical analysis for SLAs. They are in the middle of moving to a new product called D3 which is going to do some backend work for them. I know they are working to improve some of the help desk statistics, such as the time the tickets open and the time they are closed."

"The most significant area for improvement is in support for non-English speakers; we're a global organization, so many of our users are not English speakers, which can make interacting with them a challenge. There's no Chinese language support, so we must rely on what we can do with the internet. We don't expect Binary Defense to build a language staff, but details can get lost in translation when we assume the whole world speaks English."

"We found that an earlier version of the agent had high memory usage and that was a bit concerning, but we raised the concern with their support team and they immediately replied that they had noticed the same thing and had a candidate fix already available... it totally fixed the issue."

"I would like to get more reports from Binary Defense about what they're blocking."

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"Carbon Black needs to do a better job of proving their platform in the industry, and providing a bit more access to do industry testing with real world examples to help prove their platform."

"The node management could be much better. The one thing that they cannot do very easily is change the tenant from a backend."

"It is difficult to extract reports for ongoing scans"

"There are many different controls that are needed to be put into place for upgrading that makes it difficult. Having to re-engineer your IT infrastructure to match their software, as opposed to having it integrate and work independently causes difficulties. When there is an update to any software everyone has to be involved."

"Carbon Black has limited capability to integrate with Rapid7."

"With the on-prem one, the bug has been reported by the community in early January or February, something like that, at the beginning of the year, and it's still not addressed. They have released two versions since then, and yet neither of them addresses this specific issue."

"Report generation can be improved."

"As far as I know, Carbon Defense has nothing that can be installed on mobile devices. It lacks a defense solution for mobile devices, especially mobile tablets. I would like to see support for mobile devices and the pricing should be less than the pricing for a normal workstation."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Binary Defense MDR is priced competitively and may be slightly lower than CrowdStrike."

"It's valued at the right price. Even with the number of endpoints we have, we don't feel that it's a lot more than any competitor. In fact, it might be less expensive when you look at the fact that you're getting a full flex SOC out of it along with the tools."

"It has been good. We have saved money, and we have a better product."

"From the initial cost that Binary Defense came in with, we pared it down quite a bit over the course of 30 or 60 days. My leadership would say that their cost was high, but realistically, they were in line with the market."

"The solution's price is spot on; if anything, it's slightly below the norm for most services. Compared to building the same team internally, it would cost more to create the same amount of capability than what we get from an external team. Price-wise, Binary Defense is in a great spot."

"Binary Defense has changed its pricing model from being primarily based on the volume of data to one based on escalations and incidents they handle."

"After we acquired this platform, we met with a number of different vendors. Binary Defense came in with a proposal that was surprisingly affordable. In fact, we were able to recoup the cost of their services within a short period of time. This is because Binary Defense is able to provide the same level of security as a team of two or three in-house analysts but at a fraction of the cost. As a result, Binary Defense is saving us an estimated $250,000 to $300,000 per year."

"The pricing is very good. They are definitely competitive and they were lower at the time that we went with them."

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"The solution has almost the same price as other different kinds of infrastructures, but it offers a lot of different features."

"Its pricing was very good, which is one of the reasons I went to it as an alternative. It is on a yearly basis. There are no additional fees."

"VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is an expensive product."

"I am not really involved in the pricing of this product. But, from my understanding, it is OK for us."

"The cost/benefit factor has great relevance in Cb Defense implementations."

"Price-wise, VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is a highly-priced solution. Regarding the licensing cost of the solution, one needs to opt for an annual subscription."

"We have branches, we have different companies, but we cannot buy less than 100 licenses. This does not make sense to me... It should be more flexible. I can understand their saying, "Okay, to be a customer you need 100," but to add on to that number it should be something very straightforward. If I need to add five, for example, I shouldn't need to add 100."

"The pricing is very high."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

18%

Healthcare Company

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Binary Defense MDR?

The most valuable feature is reviewing tickets and the notes added by technicians.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Binary Defense MDR?

It has been good. We have saved money, and we have a better product. We are a company that has become an enterprise from a small medium business in two years. Our company passed a certain dollar ma...

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What needs improvement with Binary Defense MDR?

We are going to have a meeting with them the following Monday. It will be our first quarterly business review. Half of it is going to be looking at new products and new functions that they are brin...

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What to choose: an endpoint antivirus, an EDR solution or both?

I can recommend Carbon Black, an award-winning next-gen anti-virus (NGAV) and endpoint detection and response (EDR) security solution. The CB Predictive Security Cloud platform combines multiple hi...

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What's the difference between Carbon Black CB Response and Carbon Black CB Defense?

Carbon Black offers two different levels of Endpoint Detection and Response. One is the VM Carbon Black Cloud Endpoint Standard (CB Defense), and the other is the Carbon Black Endpoint Detection an...

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What do you like most about Carbon Black CB Defense?

VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is a highly stable solution.

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Also Known As

Binary Defense Vision, Binary Defense Managed Detection and Response, Binary Defense Managed Detection & Response

Carbon Black CB Defense, Bit9, Confer

Overview

Binary Defense provides a Managed Detection and Response service using an Open XDR strategy that detects and isolates threats early in the attack lifecycle. Expert security analysts in the Binary Defense Security Operations Center leverage an attacker’s mindset, monitoring your environments for security events 24x7x365 and acting as an extension of your security teams. When a security event occurs, Binary Defense analysts triage, disposition, and prioritize the event. Analysts conduct full kill chain analysis and supply tactical and strategic mitigation recommendations to your security team with the goal of increasing your organization’s security posture against the latest adversary threats.

Visit us online at https://www.binarydefense.com

Binary Defense

VMware Carbon Black Endpoint provides comprehensive endpoint security against ransomware, spyware, malware, and viruses, catering to both cloud and on-premise environments.

VMware Carbon Black Endpoint facilitates endpoint detection and response, threat hunting, application control, antivirus support, and protection for virtual and physical machines. Features include intelligent learning, whitelisting, and integration with other security tools, making it suitable for distributors, MSPs, and enterprises seeking advanced threat defense and real-time monitoring. With its capability to detect and stop malicious executables, it supports both offline and online environments and offers tools like command shell access for deeper investigation.

What are the key features of VMware Carbon Black Endpoint?

Intelligent learning: Improves detection capabilities over time.
Whitelisting: Allows only approved applications to run.
Integration with other security tools: Enhances overall security posture.
Centralized cloud control: Manages endpoints from a single interface.
Command shell access: Offers deeper investigation capabilities.
Dynamic grouping: Facilitates organized endpoint management.
Simplified policy management: Streamlines security policy implementation.
API for system remoting: Allows remote system access and management.
Twenty-four-seven support: Provides continuous assistance and response.

What are the benefits of VMware Carbon Black Endpoint?

Real-time monitoring: Offers constant vigilance against threats.
Threat hunting: Identifies and mitigates threats proactively.
Historical data analysis: Assists in understanding past incidents and patterns.
Improved endpoint protection: Enhances overall endpoint security.
Enhanced threat detection: Reduces exposure to advanced threats.

VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is implemented across various industries including technology, healthcare, and finance. Organizations utilize it in cloud and hybrid environments, enhancing their security frameworks with real-time monitoring, intelligent learning, and robust threat detection capabilities tailored to their specific industry needs.

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Sample Customers

Securitas USA, Black Hills Energy, Lincoln Electric,The J.M. Smuckers Company, New York Community Bank, State of Connecticut, NCR

Netflix, Progress Residential, Indeed, Hologic, Gentle Giant, Samsung Research America

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