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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
7.0
Number of Reviews
88
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) (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. Trend Micro Deep Security is designed for Virtualization Security and holds a mindshare of 42.7%, down 43.5% 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.
Virtualization Security
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
 

Featured Reviews

Usman Bhatti - PeerSpot reviewer
High availability, effective VPM, and responsive support
There is room for improvement with Trend Micro Deep Security, as there are instances where installations may need to be redone. There seem to be glitches when working with older Windows servers, such as those from 2003 or 2005, requiring us to uninstall and reinstall the product to resolve the issue.
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 integration options of Trend Micro Deep Security have been particularly valuable."
"The initial setup was straightforward and we didn't have any problem with it."
"Some of the main features of this solution are it is reliable and can be used in small to large size businesses."
"Deep Security is a good product for managing a few servers."
"The tool provides information on server activities and hosts."
"It is a scalable solution. If required, we can scale it more. That's not an issue...The solution's initial setup process was straightforward."
"It is a stable solution...The solution's initial setup was straightforward."
"Deep Security's most valuable features are antivirus and host intrusion detection."
"The solution is extremely scalable."
"The data analysis is the most valuable because of the whitelist database. It is different than standard IDS solutions."
"Technical support is excellent."
"One of the most valuable features is that it will block vulnerable sites. If there was a connection between one of our devices to a known malware site, it will block it."
"The most valuable feature is that it detects and stops malicious executables."
"Carbon Black Cb Defense has a nice component called Alert Triage. It contains full details of the process execution "kill chain" and "go live" for immediate remediation."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the support it provides."
"I like its reporting."
 

Cons

"In the solution, servers often go offline for various reasons, requiring us to manually check the cause or issue, such as connectivity issues, and to find out why the agent went offline."
"The cost is very high."
"The solution could use more integration."
"It needs to improve its integration with a lot of other products. This should be in the road map because we have a lot of SaaS-based appliances which are not connected with each other."
"f it had the capability of generating retroactive alerts it would be helpful."
"Pricing is on the expensive side and could be more affordable. The technical support for Trend Micro Deep Security also needs improvement."
"The default reports provided don't provide much insight."
"The price could be reduced."
"The local technical support is very poor, but the support from headquarters is very nice."
"I would personally give the tech support a rating of seven out of ten."
"CB Defense could be more compatible with Linux, and its cloud provision could be improved."
"The EDR portion could be better. I'm not a big fan, but it works."
"There is room for improvement in the support and service team."
"Based on all the security roles and the release privilege, it could take time for an application to be whitelisted and approved for use."
"Adding an application and a device control feature would be a great help for this solution."
"Sensor deployment requires extensive fine-tuning, and creating deployment packages is time-consuming."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The AWS licensing model is scalable and easy to use, but could do with tiered discounts. I am not sure how well this model will scale when we start to use Auto Scaling with AWS resources."
"There is a subscription cost to use this product."
"The pricing is fair."
"Purchasing this solution through the AWS Marketplace was secure and quick. AWS has good prices for a good product."
"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."
"Trend Micro Deep Security is quite expensive."
"It is a very expensive solution. It would be nice if they lower its price. Its license is based on the machines."
"The product has a high price in Kuwait."
"The price for the solution is completely at government level, meaning one which is very high."
"The pricing [is] more or less the same as other similar solutions."
"Overall, it was cost-effective too."
"The product is expensive. There are some additional costs apart from the standard licensing charges attached to the solution."
"The platform is expensive."
"I am not really involved in the pricing of this product. But, from my understanding, it is OK for us."
"The pricing is annually based and operates through another department than mine."
"VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is an expensive product."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
40%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
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

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What's the difference between Trend Micro Deep Security and Trend Micro Apex One?
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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...
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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