We performed a comparison between Symantec Endpoint Security and VMware Carbon Black Endpoint based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two EPP (Endpoint Protection for Business) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The features that I have found most valuable are the ability to customize it and to reduce its size. It lets you run in a very small window in terms of memory and resources on legacy cash registers."
"he solution is an anti-malware product that integrates well with other vendor products such as firewalls, SIEM, etc. It captures threat intelligence and gives you better visibility. The product also has sandboxing features."
"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."
"Fortinet has helped free up around 20 percent of our staff's time to help us out."
"Ability to get forensics details and also memory exfiltration."
"The most valuable feature is the analysis, because of the beta structure."
"It notifies us if there's any suspicious file on any PC. If any execution or similar kind of thing is happening, it just alerts us. It doesn't only alert. It also blocks the execution until we allow it. We check whether the execution is legitimate or not, and then approve it or keep it blocked. This gives us a little bit of control over this mechanism. Fortinet FortiEDR is also very straightforward and easy to maintain."
"The console is easy to read. I also like the scanning part and the ability to move assets from one to the other."
"The most valuable feature is the virus and malware detection capability."
"Easy to use solution."
"One of the most valuable features is the ability to manage antivirus security. There is an admin console that helps you make policies and do deployment of the clients, to make them reachable and to deploy updates."
"Symantec End-User Endpoint Security is scalable."
"I like the additional features that come with it. The firewall feature and the encryption feature that they throw in are good as well. Another thing that I like about Symantec is that it runs on different platforms, not just on Windows."
"The most valuable feature of Symantec Endpoint Security is the protection of our systems."
"The most valuable features of this solution are that it is really easy to use, and it is secure."
"It is a stable solution...It is a very scalable solution."
"It actually does some heuristics, and some behavioral analysis."
"I like its protection very much. It protects and allows us to lock the environment pretty tightly. Nothing that is not approved through Carbon Black can run in the environment. There is no default. Everything goes through Carbon Black Protect, and everything has to be first approved. Every software is considered to be guilty before prove innocent."
"There's lots of very useful documentation online to help troubleshoot and learn about the product."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"For Carbon Black Endpoint, the possibility of integration with different other software's log servers is the important thing. Having just one point of view is more interesting so you don't need to go to different places to see all the information."
"Behavioral Monitoring stops known malicious events before they even begin."
"The whole purpose of the product, like application control, is very good, and also if you need to update some policies, it works well and instantly."
"VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is a highly stable solution."
"The SIEM could be improved."
"We've encountered challenges during API deployment, occasionally resulting in unstable environments."
"Cannot be used on mobile devices with a secure connection."
"Making the portal mobile friendly would be helpful when I am out of office."
"The only minor concern is occasional interference with desired programs."
"We find the solution to be a bit expensive."
"The EDR console should have more extensive reporting. You shouldn't need to purchase FortiAnalyzer. It should be included in the EDR part. The security adviser cloud platform could be improved with more options for exclusive or intensive rules for devices."
"FortiEDR can be improved by providing more detailed reporting."
"If Symantec wants to improve, they should have a single event for all their products."
"Symantec isn't good in terms of updating customers about updates. You'd normally have to search it out. Sometimes, the update process for the administration and management console can be a bit intimidating, and it can be quite inconvenient to get the updates. That's because when you have to do the update, you have to update the management console, and then you need to update the clients. Their application that's installed on desktops and servers needs to go hand in hand with the management console. Sometimes, it's a bit unwieldy to see that process through."
"The detection and response can always be improved."
"If you're not charged with administering the product and you don't do it every day it can sometimes be difficult to remember how to do the simple basic things, so some type of help or guidance for your most regular or frequent tasks would be good."
"The overall quality of the product needs to be improved because with the last session we had several issues with new versions. Also, the solution needs better protections."
"The support needs to be better. When we upgrade, we can run into issues, and it's hard to get the help we require."
"There is a lack of reporting and alerts."
"It would be perfect if it is capable of detecting or checking ransomware."
"Sensor deployment requires extensive fine-tuning, and creating deployment packages is time-consuming."
"The solution has to mature on container security and a lot of cloud environment security."
"The feature set for the firewall needs improvement."
"It is difficult to extract reports for ongoing scans"
"The product's reporting capabilities are an area of concern where improvements are required."
"But here, we hardly can take any kind of a report out of Carbon Black, so I think that should be something that should be more user-friendly."
"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."
Symantec Endpoint Security is ranked 5th in EPP (Endpoint Protection for Business) with 25 reviews while VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is ranked 13th in EPP (Endpoint Protection for Business) with 23 reviews. Symantec Endpoint Security is rated 7.6, while VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Symantec Endpoint Security writes "The solution has given us visibility into compliance within our whole system and helped us ensure everything is updated". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Carbon Black Endpoint writes "Advanced threat detection but compatibility issues with some operating systems". Symantec Endpoint Security is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks and Trend Micro Deep Security, whereas VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Trend Micro Deep Security, SentinelOne Singularity Complete and Tanium. See our Symantec Endpoint Security vs. VMware Carbon Black Endpoint report.
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