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Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR vs VMware Carbon Black Endpoint comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Palo Alto Networks Cortex X...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
46
Ranking in other categories
Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (2nd), SOC as a Service (2nd)
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
63
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (20th), Security Incident Response (1st), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (15th), Ransomware Protection (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR is designed for Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) and holds a mindshare of 13.1%, down 15.0% compared to last year.
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint, on the other hand, focuses on Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP), holds 1.9% mindshare, down 2.5% since last year.
Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR)
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
 

Featured Reviews

NikhilSharma2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Ability to multiple playbooks to fetch data from multiple firewalls and utomated several tasks, including vulnerability scans and SOCL (Security Orchestration, Automation
Recently, they started implementing microservices in XSOAR, which has improved quality and addressed previous issues. However, they should focus more on licensing costs. The user licensing fees are quite high. For example, I received a quote for XSOAR, and it was $12,000 per user per year. If you have a SOC team of 30 members/analysts, you're looking at a substantial expense. They should consider reducing these costs since this high pricing seems to be more about profit. So, there is room for improvement in the pricing. Moreover, the reporting and dashboard features are decent but could be improved. The user interface (UI) is quite heavy and takes time to load, which is a major drawback.
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The strengths of Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR stem from the fact that it provides functionalities related to patching and URL blocking...It is a scalable solution."
"The most valuable feature is automation."
"Each incident collected is orchestrated with automation that selects the security analyst to be involved, or provides complex execution plans for managing security incidents."
"The most valuable features of Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR are the remote controller from the workstation that can execute commands and isolate the systems outside of the network. Only the system with an internet connection can execute the task because the main console is in the cloud."
"I chose Cortex XSOAR because the client also has Palo Alto firewalls. I can incorporate the data from the Palo Alto firewalls into Cortex and send it into the same data lake to manipulate that data. It lets me manage and monitor the data in one place."
"The drag-and-drop interface enables analysts with no programming knowledge to create playbooks easily."
"Palo Alto is easy to use."
"The repository of playbooks and the integration between Palo Alto and IBM QRadar are some useful features"
"The data analysis is the most valuable because of the whitelist database. It is different than standard IDS solutions."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"Once the solution is installed and configured correctly it does not require a lot of hands-on attention until you need upgrading."
"This product has the capability of uploading scripts to the tool and this is a very comprehensive feature."
"The tool is pretty stable."
"It is stable and easy to set up."
"It is a stable solution...The initial setup of VMware Carbon Black Endpoint was 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."
 

Cons

"Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR could improve the Panorama feature. We had to turn it off because it was not working properly."
"Its dashboard features need improvement."
"It doesn't offer automatic internet reports out of the box."
"The solution requires DV but does not support open-source DV elastic searches."
"It's only one cloud right now. It might be helpful for some companies to have an on-premies option."
"The solution's technical support could be better."
"The complexity of Cortex XSOAR has a trade-off with its versatility. The deployment requires integration and the development of integration modules."
"Creating complex playbooks using coding languages, such as Python, could be easier."
"It would be nice to have additional forensic tools that you can build into the back end."
"The UI interface needs improvement. The management needs further work in future versions."
"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 product's stability could be improved."
"The solution has to mature on container security and a lot of cloud environment security."
"In the next release, it would help if we can get better control over containers."
"The product cannot perform an on-demand scan. They could add this particular feature."
"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."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is a bit on the expensive side."
"From the cost perspective, I have heard that its price is a bit high as compared to other similar products."
"The solution is based on an annual licensing model that is expensive."
"The price of Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR is expensive."
"My company did not make any payments towards the licensing costs attached to the product since we were only using its pilot version."
"The solution's cost is high."
"The pricing is fair. The pricing reflects the value and feature set it offers."
"Palo Alto offers significant discounts to customers who purchase the products repeatedly."
"The pricing is very high."
"Overall, it was cost-effective too."
"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."
"The platform is expensive."
"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."
"The cost is a considerable factor, but the benefit factor is the most important. When you compare it with other products, the price is high. Carbon Black will negotiate the price."
"The product is quite reasonable."
"​The cost/benefit factor has great relevance in Cb Defense implementations​."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
13%
Government
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
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

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR?
The price of the solution is high and not justifiable for small or medium-sized companies without a developed cybersecurity team.
What needs improvement with Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR?
The price of the solution could be lower. Companies utilizing this solution should have a well-developed cybersecurity team to maximize its benefits. It is more suited for large organizations rathe...
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...
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...
What do you like most about Carbon Black CB Defense?
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is a highly stable solution.
 

Also Known As

Demisto Enterprise, Cortex XSOAR, Demisto
Carbon Black CB Defense, Bit9, Confer
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Cellcom Israel, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, esri, Cylance, Flatiron Health, Veeva, ADT Cybersecurity
Netflix, Progress Residential, Indeed, Hologic, Gentle Giant, Samsung Research America
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