We performed a comparison between Check Point Harmony Endpoint and VMware Carbon Black Endpoint based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Check Point Harmony Endpoint provides a sophisticated defense against ransomware and phishing attacks. The solution is praised for its forensic analysis and VPN connectivity. Users say Check Point could improve its endpoint vulnerability management and threat-hunting features. Carbon Black Endpoint is appreciated for its transparency, robust security measures, continuous monitoring, and utilization of cloud technology. Carbon Black could enhance its reporting capabilities, endpoint query tools, and compatibility with other systems. Users also suggest improvements in the solution’s forensic tools.
Service and Support: While several users lauded Check Point support for its problem-solving skills, others said there is room for improvement. Carbon Black Endpoint customer service earned mixed reviews, with some users reporting delayed responses or unsatisfactory issue resolution.
Ease of Deployment: Setting up Check Point Harmony Endpoint is uncomplicated, and one admin is usually enough for the job. It may take time to configure the solution due to the wide range of available blades. Users say the deployment process for VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is relatively straightforward. The initial setup can be completed in a few minutes or hours, but the total deployment may take anywhere from a few days to several months.
Pricing: Users generally find the price of Check Point Harmony Endpoint to be reasonable and competitive. They perceive it as more cost-effective than other solutions, though some said it could be lower. Carbon Black Endpoint charges a fixed licensing fee per node. Some users noted that there are cheaper alternatives.
ROI: Check Point Harmony Endpoint provides a comprehensive and economical solution, and customers say the product has helped them grow. While some said the ROI of VMware Carbon Black Endpoint was hard to quantify, other users reported successful defenses against malware attacks.
Comparison Results: Our users prefer Check Point Harmony Endpoint over VMware Carbon Black Endpoint. Check Point Harmony Endpoint provides a robust defense against ransomware and phishing attacks. While CrowdStrike Falcon receives praise for its lightweight design, user reviews indicate that Check Point Harmony Endpoint offers a more comprehensive and effective solution for endpoint security.
"Additionally, when it comes to EDR, there are more tools available to assist with client work."
"Fortinet FortiEDR's scalability is quite good, and you can add licenses to the solution."
"The ease of deployment and configuration is valuable. It's very easy compared to other vendors like Sophos. Sophos' configuration is complex. Fortinet is a lot easier to understand. You don't need a lot of admin knowledge to do the configuration."
"NGAV and EDR features are outstanding."
"Having all monitoring, response, tracking, and mitigation tools in one dashboard provides our analysts and SOC team with a comprehensive view at a glance."
"It is stable and scalable."
"The product's initial setup phase is very easy."
"We have FortiEDR installed on all our systems. This protects them from any threats."
"It is a stable solution. My company has not received any complaints regarding the product's stability from our customers who use the solution."
"It is very powerful tooling that can be tuned a lot."
"We love that we don't have to upgrade it anymore. They take care of that."
"The product is stable."
"It prevents the most imminent threats to the endpoint such as ransomware, phishing or drive-by malware, while quickly minimizing breach impact with autonomous detection and response."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the VPN."
"One of the coolest features is that it provides an HTML report on the laptop and the endpoint console for the administrator."
"The product improved the overall security of our organization with the features like sandboxing and phishing prevention."
"The most valuable feature is that it detects and stops malicious executables."
"Provides visibility into the chain of attack and threats that use valid operating system processes to execute attacks."
"The biggest feature out of CarbonBlack is its ability to dive in with more depth. You can look at the entire kill chain and understand, not only if an alarm or identified incident is truly a true security issue versus a false positive, and it allows us to backtrack and figure out why it actually happened and how it got into the environment."
"We can access computers remotely if we need to."
"It has the best live response feature."
"I feel that the initial setup was straightforward and not complex."
"CB Defense is more powerful, and you can take more actions than others. Its security features and signatures are constantly updated, so it is more effective than other security solutions."
"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."
"Making the portal mobile friendly would be helpful when I am out of office."
"The support needs improvement."
"It takes about two business days for initial support, which is too slow in urgent situations."
"I think cloud security and SASE are areas of concern in the product where improvements are required. The tool's cloud version has to be improved in terms of the security it offers."
"We've encountered challenges during API deployment, occasionally resulting in unstable environments."
"Detections could be improved."
"Once, we had an event that was locked and blocked, but information about it came to us two or three days later."
"Integration with Azure and SaaS provisioning tools could improve Fortinet FortiEDR."
"The solution needs more alerts to warn of attacks."
"We need a higher maximum file size in the sandboxing feature."
"They could be focused on the analysis of USB devices."
"We have observed some policies are not working as expected."
"Check Point offers solutions with only a few features for our company's customers' sites."
"It needs more documentation and better ease of deployment. For documentation, it needs more information about integrating the endpoints on SandBlast Agent mobile as well as on desktop platforms."
"We would like to make the documentation for more modern solutions like the Harmony family easier to find."
"Sometimes, the Cloud Management Portal can become unresponsive or take a long time to process a query. This in turn will cause the browser to freeze, which will require closing and reopening of your browser."
"The local technical support is very poor, but the support from headquarters is very nice."
"The solution has to mature on container security and a lot of cloud environment security."
"The initial setup is complex."
"There is room for improvement in the support and service team."
"This product should be cheaper."
"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 EDR portion could be better. I'm not a big fan, but it works."
"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."
Check Point Harmony Endpoint is ranked 8th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 101 reviews while VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is ranked 17th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 61 reviews. Check Point Harmony Endpoint is rated 8.8, while VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Check Point Harmony Endpoint writes "Excellent anti-ransomware protection, zero-day phishing protection, and web browsing filtering". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Carbon Black Endpoint writes "Centralization via the cloud allows us to protect and control people working from home". Check Point Harmony Endpoint is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business and SentinelOne Singularity Complete, whereas VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Trend Micro Deep Security, SentinelOne Singularity Complete and Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks. See our Check Point Harmony Endpoint vs. VMware Carbon Black Endpoint report.
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