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We performed a comparison between Tanium 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.
To learn more, read our detailed Tanium vs. VMware Carbon Black Endpoint Report (Updated: March 2024).
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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use.
Here are some excerpts of what they said:
Pros
"NGAV and EDR features are outstanding.""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 setup is pretty simple.""Fortinet FortiEDR made our clients feel secure and more at ease, knowing that they had an EDR solution that would close the gap in their security posture.""Fortinet has helped free up around 20 percent of our staff's time to help us out.""It is stable and scalable.""The product detects and blocks threats and is more proactive than firewalls.""Ability to get forensics details and also memory exfiltration."

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"I like the fact that you can create patching campaigns depending on the area of your network that you want to address first. I like the ability it has to make several campaigns that work in parallel.""The most valuable features of this solution are the consolidation of all historical data on device endpoints, security drivers, firmware, and Software version gaps.""The solution is scalable and helps to understand how infrastructure works. It helps to improve the health of the organization.""Tanium's most valuable feature is its instant discovery aspect.""The interrogation piece was the most valuable feature because it was very detailed.""For incident response tasks, all these tasks can get done in minutes with minimal disruption to the end-user.""I'm not so familiar with the tool but I like the interaction of the console to the picture. Patching is the primary model I have been focusing on for the last couple of weeks. So I have created a proof of concept environment and have been checking the available features.""The product is granular and can build complex roles compared to other EDR vendors."

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"What I like the most about it is the dynamic grouping, where you get to group endpoints based on setup criteria. That's pretty cool. I like the simplified policy management and simplified white-listing process.""The feature I found most valuable in Carbon Black CB Defense is the ongoing monitoring feature that works by emailing updates about any detections found.""Carbon Black CB Defense has helped improve my organization by allowing us to have better data so that we can do correlation and get visibility into the alerts.""The tool is pretty stable.""I feel that the initial setup was straightforward and not complex.""Carbon Black Cb Defense improved our endpoint level security. It helped to identify endpoint and infrastructure loopholes.""Carbon Black Defense has a higher detection ratio because it's cloud-based and it also does a lookup to virus total.""I like its reporting."

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Cons
"We'd like to see more one-to-one product presentations for the distribution channels.""FortiEDR can be improved by providing more detailed reporting.""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.""To improve Fortinet, we need to see more features and technology areas at the endpoint level introduced.""The security should be strong for the cloud. Some applications are on-prem and some are on the cloud. Fortinet should also have strong security for the cloud. There should be more security for the cloud.""Detections could be improved.""The only minor concern is occasional interference with desired programs.""The solution's installation from a central installation server could be improved because the engineers had a little bit of trouble getting it installed from a central location."

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"The solution lacks mobility.""The reporting could be improved.""Most of the time, agent-relative issues have to be more equipped with self-healing features. At times, the agent is there, but for some reason, it doesn't report a status. It gives certain problems that are obviously agent-based.""Tanium’s scalability could be improved.""The main issues are the network connection because different customers have issues with their networks. It's difficult implementing this type of solution because the network is the main feature in the architecture for these types of solutions. Tanium could improve by creating some network optimization.""The solution can give a lot of false positives.""We had some issues with the solution's OS upgrade.""Any movement into a SaaS solution has challenges since the processes and data flows are not well defined. Hence, you need to build it at the same time."

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"Needs improvement in the area of infrastructure for on-premise installation.​""There is room for improvement in the support and service team.""At this point, we're test-bedding several other providers right now to see if there's anything that does equally or better and that comes at a better price point.""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.""This solution could have greater granular control on how certain applications work.""The solution needs expanded endpoint query tools.""Performing a malware scan usually takes a lot of time, more than 24 hours.""It would be nice to have additional forensic tools that you can build into the back end."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "I know it is tough to get big budget additions up front, but I highly recommend deploying environment wide and adding the forensic service."
  • "There are no issues with the pricing."
  • "The price is comprable to other endpoint security solutions."
  • "The pricing is typical for enterprises and fairly priced."
  • "I'm not familiar with pricing, but it looks a bit costly compared to other vendors I think."
  • "The pricing is good."
  • "I would rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."
  • "The hardware costs about €100,000 and about €20,000 annually for access."
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  • "There is an annual license required to use this solution."
  • "It's an expensive solution. It would be nice if the cost were lower."
  • "Tanium is a more expensive solution in Latin America than some of the competitors, such as BigFix."
  • "It is higher than some competitors in the market."
  • "The solution offers value for money."
  • "The solution is expensive but it's a good investment."
  • "The product's pricing differs from region to region depending on negotiations and the number of endpoints."
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  • "​The cost/benefit factor has great relevance in Cb Defense implementations​."
  • "The cost is a considerable factor, but the benefit factor is the most important. When you compare it with other products, the price is high. Carbon Black will negotiate the price."
  • "I am not really involved in the pricing of this product. But, from my understanding, it is OK for us."
  • "Carbon Black might be a touch more expensive than Symantec. They tend to get a premium for their capabilities. They're sort of an industry leader in a lot of areas with the functionality that they provide."
  • "We have branches, we have different companies, but we cannot buy less than 100 licenses. This does not make sense to me... It should be more flexible. I can understand their saying, "Okay, to be a customer you need 100," but to add on to that number it should be something very straightforward. If I need to add five, for example, I shouldn't need to add 100."
  • "The pricing [is] more or less the same as other similar solutions."
  • "It's reasonable in price"
  • "The price for the solution is completely at government level, meaning one which is very high."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:I suggest Fortinet’s FortiEDR over FortiClient for several reasons. For starters, FortiEDR guarantees solid protection… more »
    Top Answer:The product's initial setup phase is very easy.
    Top Answer:Fortinet FortiEDR is available at a very competitive price compared to the other products in the market. Customers also… more »
    Top Answer:The product is granular and can build complex roles compared to other EDR vendors.
    Top Answer:Tanium's dashboard UI could be similar to CrowdStrike.
    Top Answer:We use Tanium as an EDR solution for managing end-user devices and servers.
    Top Answer:I can recommend Carbon Black, an award-winning next-gen anti-virus (NGAV) and endpoint detection and response (EDR)… more »
    Top Answer:Carbon Black offers two different levels of Endpoint Detection and Response. One is the VM Carbon Black Cloud Endpoint… more »
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is one of the best EDR tools in the market.
    Comparisons
    Also Known As
    enSilo, FortiEDR
    Carbon Black CB Defense, Bit9, Confer
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    Overview

    Fortinet FortiEDR is a real-time endpoint protection, detection, and automated response solution. Its primary purpose is to detect advanced threats to stop breaches and ransomware damage. It is designed to do so in real time, even on an already compromised device, allowing you to respond and remediate incidents automatically so your data can remain protected.

    Fortinet FortiEDR Features

    Fortinet FortiEDR has many valuable key features, including:

    • Easily customizable
    • Real-time proactive risk mitigation & IoT security
    • Pre-infection protection
    • Post-infection protection
    • Track applications and ratings
    • Reduce the attack surface with risk-based proactive policies
    • Achieve analysis of entire log history
    • Optional managed detection and response (MDR) service

    Fortinet FortiEDR Benefits

    Some of the key benefits of using Fortinet FortiEDR include:

    • Protection: Fortinet FortiEDR provides proactive, real-time, automated endpoint protection with the orchestrated incident response across platforms. It stops the breach with real-time postinfection blocking to protect data from exfiltration and ransomware encryption.

    • Single unified console: Fortinet FortiEDR has a single unified console with an intuitive interface, which makes management easier. The solution automates mundane endpoint security tasks so your employees don’t need to do it.

    • Cost savings: With Fortinet FortiEDR you can eliminate post-breach operational expenses and breach damage costs.

    • Flexibility: Fortinet FortiEDR can be deployed on premises or on a secure cloud instance. With Fortinet FortiEDR, endpoints are protected both on- and off-line.

    • Scalability: Because Fortinet can be deployed quickly and has a small footprint, it is easy to scale up to protect hundreds of thousand endpoints.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Below are some reviews and helpful feedback written by Fortinet FortiEDR users.

    An Owner at a security firm says, "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. The customer has literally about 800 cash registers. That was the use case for Fortinet FortiEDR - to get that down into a tiny space. The only way to do that was to use this product because it had that ability to unbundle services that were a surplus.”

    Chandan M., Chief Technical Officer at Provision Technologies LLP, mentions, “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.” He also adds, “The security is also very good and the firewall response is good.”

    Harpreet S., Information Technology Support Specialist at Chemtrade Logistics, explains, "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."

    DeAndre V., Senior Network Administrator at a financial services firm, states, “The dashboard is easy to follow and use. The deployment and uninstalling were easy. I like the detailed information about the path of a file that might be suspicious. Being able to check that out was easy to follow. Exceptions are easy to create and the interface is easy to follow with a nice appearance.

    Tanium Endpoint Platform reduces security risk, improves agility & increases efficiency, a fundamentally new approach to endpoint security's threat detection, indicent response, vulnerability assessment and configuration compliance & with management's software distribution, asset utilization, asset inventory and patch management.

    VMware Carbon Black Endpoint Security is a comprehensive endpoint protection platform (EPP) designed to safeguard enterprises from advanced cyber threats, malware, ransomware, and other forms of malicious attacks. Leveraging cloud-native architecture, it provides a robust set of tools to detect, prevent, investigate, and respond to cybersecurity incidents across environment. The solution stands out for its advanced behavioral analytics, real-time threat hunting, and customizable policies, making it a preferred choice for businesses seeking to fortify their defenses in the evolving cybersecurity landscape.

    Modernize Your Endpoint Protection

    Legacy approaches to prevention leave organizations exposed. Get an endpoint platform that helps you strengthen and unify security tools to see more and stop more.

    Simplify Your Security Stack

    By simplifying endpoint security capabilities with one endpoint agent and console, you can minimize downtime, respond to incidents and return critical CPU cycles back to the business.

    Operate with Confidence

    Modern environments are increasingly complex. VMware Carbon Black is a single source of truth that provides an intuitive understanding of your environment, enabling confident decisions.

    Sample Customers
    Financial, Healthcare, Legal, Technology, Enterprise, Manufacturing ... 
    JPMorgan Chase, eBay, Amazon, US Bank, MetLife, pwc, Cerner, Delphi, MGM Grand, New York Life
    Netflix, Progress Residential, Indeed, Hologic, Gentle Giant, Samsung Research America
    Top Industries
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    Financial Services Firm21%
    Comms Service Provider11%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    Educational Organization5%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Government8%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Financial Services Firm8%
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    Financial Services Firm22%
    Computer Software Company22%
    Transportation Company11%
    Construction Company11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Government13%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Manufacturing Company8%
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    Manufacturing Company20%
    Computer Software Company18%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Construction Company9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company15%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Government9%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business50%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise34%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business31%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise50%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business33%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise53%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise73%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business42%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise42%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise55%
    Buyer's Guide
    Tanium vs. VMware Carbon Black Endpoint
    March 2024
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    Tanium is ranked 39th in EPP (Endpoint Protection for Business) with 10 reviews while VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is ranked 13th in EPP (Endpoint Protection for Business) with 23 reviews. Tanium is rated 7.4, while VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Tanium writes "Robust, and functional, but the technical support, and pricing could be improved". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Carbon Black Endpoint writes "Advanced threat detection but compatibility issues with some operating systems". Tanium is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Configuration Manager, Qualys VMDR and Ivanti Endpoint Security for Endpoint Manager, whereas VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Trend Micro Deep Security, SentinelOne Singularity Complete and Darktrace. See our Tanium vs. VMware Carbon Black Endpoint report.

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