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CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager vs VMware Carbon Black Endpoint comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 2, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.6
CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager enhances security, reducing breach vulnerability, delivering complex yet crucial ROI and risk reduction benefits.
Sentiment score
7.1
Users reported significant ROI with VMware Carbon Black Endpoint, citing reduced malware and ransomware incidents, and 10% cost savings.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.6
CyberArk's support is valued and knowledgeable, though response times and accessibility could be improved for efficiency.
Sentiment score
6.4
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint support is generally praised as effective and knowledgeable, but some report delays and issues with tiered support.
We engage them when needed and receive prompt responses that typically resolve our issues.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager is praised for scalability, effectively managing diverse environments, despite some challenges with large-scale deployments.
Sentiment score
7.5
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is highly scalable and adaptable for various enterprises, praised for ease of adding tenants and managing environments.
We can set permissions per team or department, allowing some teams to elevate specific applications while others have different permissions.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.1
CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager is stable, reliable, highly rated, with notable Windows stability, despite upgrade-related downtime.
Sentiment score
7.6
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is stable, lightweight, reliable, and highly rated, though minor issues with sensors and updates occasionally occur.
Since implementing it, we have not experienced any outages or stability issues.
 

Room For Improvement

CyberArk needs UI improvements, better integration, admin tools, and enhanced features for performance, support, and user experience.
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint struggles with mobile support, complex UI, performance issues, inadequate reporting, and insufficient third-party integration.
CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager could be improved by simplifying the administration process, specifically when setting up policies and applications.
 

Setup Cost

CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager is seen as costly yet reasonable, with varying pricing based on users and sessions.
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint licensing is seen as expensive and inflexible, with prices ranging from $15 to $7,000 per node.
 

Valuable Features

CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager enhances enterprise security with features for management, integration, and threat protection, ensuring efficient access control.
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint offers robust remote security with intuitive real-time detection, AI-driven threat response, and centralized cloud control.
 

Categories and Ranking

CyberArk Endpoint Privilege...
Ranking in Ransomware Protection
7th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Compliance (4th), Privileged Access Management (PAM) (5th), Anti-Malware Tools (5th), Application Control (6th)
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint
Ranking in Ransomware Protection
4th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
63
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (20th), Security Incident Response (1st), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (15th)
 

Featured Reviews

Anish R - PeerSpot reviewer
Foolproof and good for controlling access but can be expensive
I've worked in BeyondTrust, also. They have Asian-based solutions, and it's not as heavy as CyberArk. Since I have been working with CyberArk for some time, I feel a little bit more comfortable with CyberArk. BeyondTrust is also not that bad. However, they did not have all the capabilities that CyberArk was offering at that time. That said, this was maybe four or five years ago. I haven't explored anything after that. I'm sure a lot of things have changed. There used to be IBM Privilege Identity Manager as well, but it's not there anymore. Saviynt has its own solution as well. Basically, there are multiple solutions there, however, CyberArk was definitely been our choice for Privilege Identity Manager.
Matthew Weisler - PeerSpot reviewer
Great granularity for policies or applications without needing hash values
The solution is cloud based which makes it easy to use for remote devices or work-at-home situations. The solution supports full trust or signature-based approvals. You can get very granular and band out policies or applications without having to do hash values. You can band through the entire environment by execution of the name or desk IDXE. This can be achieved on the policy side because of the signature, IOC, or naming convention itself. This is very effective for pushing more blockage or removing threats across the board. The solution has a very nice API on the back end for remoting into a system and executing scripts or utilizing self automation. This is useful for monitoring several different companies in a workspace or workbook-type format. For example, I report and send out mass emails from a clickable button in an Excel workbook. The APIs all exist for each client. I push out automatic endpoint monitoring and reports every single day at a particular time, with a simple clickable button that serves as a scheduled task for fifty clients.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
8%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Looking for recommendations and a pros/cons template for software to detect insider threats
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What do you like most about CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager?
The most valuable feature of the solution is its performance.
What to choose: an endpoint antivirus, an EDR solution or both?
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What do you like most about Carbon Black CB Defense?
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is a highly stable solution.
 

Also Known As

Viewfinity
Carbon Black CB Defense, Bit9, Confer
 

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Sample Customers

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