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VMware Carbon Black Endpoint vs WithSecure Elements Endpoint Detection and Response comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 9, 2024

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

VMware Carbon Black Endpoint
Ranking in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
15th
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), Ransomware Protection (4th)
WithSecure Elements Endpoin...
Ranking in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
48th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) category, the mindshare of VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is 2.4%, down from 3.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of WithSecure Elements Endpoint Detection and Response is 0.4%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
 

Featured Reviews

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.
Preeti  Bhave - PeerSpot reviewer
Includes an encrypted drive that stores a key for accessing the encrypted data, but the monthly reporting feature can be improved
The monthly reporting feature of WithSecure can be improved. Since we have KPIs in our organization, we have to do a lot of manual work while preparing the monthly reports. Though I can see the installed software, I don't get a consolidated report on them. The solution's software inventory features can be improved to be more actionable. Although they have all the necessary information on the portal, it's not actionable enough.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is a very complete platform."
"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."
"Carbon Black has very good market strategies."
"It gives you all of the information in a short and sweet fashion."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is one of the best EDR tools in the market."
"​Provides visibility into the chain of attack and threats that use valid operating system processes to execute attacks.​"
"The solution is very useful and easy to handle. You don't need much intervention with this product."
"This product has the capability of uploading scripts to the tool and this is a very comprehensive feature."
"The product is stable."
"I use the solution to protect our infrastructure. The tool has special frames for banking. There is an additional secure filter for banking-related pages. It protects me from viruses, malware, and attacks."
"It offers good scalability."
"The only issue that we have today is with false positives. We have too many false positives with the solution."
"It is a scalable solution."
"WithSecure includes an encrypted drive that stores a key for accessing the encrypted data."
 

Cons

"I would like to see the user credentials feature improved. I would also like to see more reporting features and better ways to roll the reports out."
"The product's reporting capabilities are an area of concern where improvements are required."
"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."
"Needs improvement in the area of infrastructure for on-premise installation.​"
"I'm not sure as to the logic of how we've decided to customize it. We've only really used it since February and therefore there may be more to do on that front. That's why it's hard to say if something is missing or if we just aren't utilizing it."
"The directions for Splunk are spot on, but it is difficult to find anything on integration with AlienVault,"
"The product's stability could be improved."
"There could be more knowledge. I think they made a mistake when they took away the Check Point integration, because it provides more automation and also more threat intelligence."
"The monthly reporting feature of WithSecure can be improved."
"WithSecure Elements Endpoint Detection and Response is scalable. My company has 800-1000 customers."
"Its automated functionality could be better."
"The tool’s mobile version needs to be improved."
"The website rules are too complicated."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product’s price is less expensive than other vendors."
"​The cost/benefit factor has great relevance in Cb Defense implementations​."
"The pricing [is] more or less the same as other similar solutions."
"The pricing is very high."
"The price for the solution is completely at government level, meaning one which is very high."
"This is a really expensive product and we pay licensing fees on a yearly basis."
"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 product is expensive. There are some additional costs apart from the standard licensing charges attached to the solution."
"I rate WithSecure a four out of ten because it's quite economical."
"I would rate the tool’s pricing a three out of ten. Its pricing is competitive."
"WithSecure Elements Endpoint Detection and Response's licensing costs are yearly."
"The solution's price is moderate."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Computer Software Company
20%
Comms Service Provider
18%
Government
7%
Healthcare Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What to choose: an endpoint antivirus, an EDR solution or both?
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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...
What do you like most about Carbon Black CB Defense?
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is a highly stable solution.
 

Also Known As

Carbon Black CB Defense, Bit9, Confer
F-Secure Elements Endpoint Detection and Response, F-Secure Rapid Detection and Response, F-Secure RDR
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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