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Trend Micro Deep Security vs VMware Carbon Black Endpoint comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 12, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Trend Micro Deep Security
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
89
Ranking in other categories
Virtualization Security (1st), Cloud and Data Center Security (8th)
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
63
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (21st), Security Incident Response (1st), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (15th), Ransomware Protection (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. Trend Micro Deep Security is designed for Virtualization Security and holds a mindshare of 40.4%, down 44.6% compared to last year.
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint, on the other hand, focuses on Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP), holds 1.7% mindshare, down 2.5% since last year.
Virtualization Security
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
 

Featured Reviews

Harel Cohen - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers excellent endpoint protection and great stability
Technically speaking, the customer support is okay, but the responsiveness needs to be improved. I'm referring to the universal support, as the Israeli staff are excellent and always willing to help. However, opening a case and entering into a back-and-forth with emails takes too much time. It should be working more quickly and smoothly.
Nikunj Kamboj - PeerSpot reviewer
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The vulnerability scanning reduces false positives by quite a bit."
"In terms of valuable features, I would say its intrusion prevention. Each and every IP connecting to the server gets scanned so we know everyone who is accessing our server and we can block whichever IP's do not belong to us at the firewall."
"There is a degree of set it and forget it in regards to the actual endpoints and what you can do with the console, which is nice."
"My customers are satisfied with Trend Micro Deep Security since they feel safe and secure."
"It provides a comprehensive feature set and a strong security baseline for us with integrations into other security tools."
"There are compliance issues for legacy applications and after applying OS security patches. The product's HIPS (Host Intrusion Prevention System) modules do the job for you automatically, without any downtime."
"Their support is good. They are responsive, which is nice."
"​Very straightforward and very easy to implement.​"
"I found it very valuable as a whole. It is good at detecting anything and has kept us very safe. It is also very easy to use."
"Once the solution is installed and configured correctly it does not require a lot of hands-on attention until you need upgrading."
"It uses machine learning and behavioral analytics for advanced threat detection and response."
"I like its reporting."
"The EDR and reports were helpful in improving our organization."
"Carbon Black has very good market strategies."
"The portal is easy to use and manage."
"The solution is extremely scalable."
 

Cons

"It would be helpful if they could send emails notifying their users about the recommended upgraded versions to address the newly discovered vulnerabilities."
"As for what could be improved, I think it should come with an XDR facility without any extra cost. They're always releasing new features, but we need to pay extra for them."
"Installation and operations may have issues on some machines owing to their configuration of the network cards as the product is a DPI driver."
"New patterns need improvement, as some new data access points are challenging to investigate and allow entry without detection."
"Post-implementation is time-consuming. You have to do monitoring, and that takes time. After you set up everything, it's not a full-fledged implementation. You have to keep on monitoring and configuring."
"The workloads must be better."
"The price could be reduced."
"We'd like to have more application control."
"The local technical support is very poor, but the support from headquarters is very nice."
"Adding an application and a device control feature would be a great help for this solution."
"It would be nice to have additional forensic tools that you can build into the back end."
"The tech support communicates, but it's just not with movement."
"Right now, Carbon Black CB Defense doesn't support cloud computing and Kubernetes."
"The EDR portion could be better. I'm not a big fan, but it works."
"The UI interface needs improvement. The management needs further work in future versions."
"The solution has to mature on container security and a lot of cloud environment security."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is okay. Deep Security is single-server license-based, so it will work based on how many licenses you have procured. There is a yearly subscription for each license."
"We did not purchase it through the AWS Marketplace because we have used Trend Micro in the past."
"I rate the price a seven on a scale of one to ten, where one is low, and ten is a high price. It is a very costly tool...There are no additional payments to be made other than the normal price of the tool."
"The product has a high price in Kuwait."
"Some of our customers complain about the cost of this solution."
"Licensing fees are paid yearly."
"Trend Micro Deep Security is quite expensive."
"The tool's pricing is high."
"It is more expensive, but it's worth it. There are no additional costs beyond the standard licensing fee."
"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."
"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."
"It's reasonable in price"
"The pricing is annually based and operates through another department than mine."
"The pricing [is] more or less the same as other similar solutions."
"VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is an expensive product."
"The product is quite reasonable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
41%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Government
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Is Crowdstrike Falcon better than Trend Micro Deep Security?
I like that Crowdstrike allows me to easily correlate data between my firewalls. What’s most useful for my needs is the intelligence modules feature. I also find that Crowdstrike Falcon’s dashboard...
What's the difference between Trend Micro Deep Security and Trend Micro Apex One?
Trend Micro Deep Security offers a lot of features. It guarantees security for your data center, cloud, and containers - all with a unified and comprehensive SaaS solution and without compromising ...
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

Deep Security
Carbon Black CB Defense, Bit9, Confer
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Rush University Medical Center, Guess? Inc., Mazda Motor Logistics Europe, MEDHOST, KSC Commercial Internet Co., Ricoh Company Ltd., Square Enix, SoftBank Telecom, Telecom Italia, United Way of Greater Atlanta, A&W Food Services of Canada
Netflix, Progress Residential, Indeed, Hologic, Gentle Giant, Samsung Research America
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