We performed a comparison between Carbon Black CB Defense and Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Carbon Black comes out on top in this comparison because more of its users find deployment easier than Cortex XDR. In addition, users of Carbon Black report a positive ROI.
"Fortinet FortiEDR's scalability is quite good, and you can add licenses to the solution."
"The product's initial setup phase is very easy."
"Impressive detection capabilities"
"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."
"We have FortiEDR installed on all our systems. This protects them from any threats."
"This is stable and scalable."
"The most valuable feature is the analysis, because of the beta structure."
"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."
"Cortex XDR lets us manage several clients from the same console, and its endpoint defense is more advanced than traditional antivirus."
"Cortex XDR's most valuable feature is its intelligence-based dashboards."
"This software helps us understand any issues that may arise when someone is not at work."
"The interface is easy to use and it is more up to date than our previous solution."
"The most valuable for us is the correlation feature."
"The stability of the solution is very good. We have about 100 users on it right now, and we use it twice a week."
"Threat identification and detection are the most valuable features of this solution."
"The initial setup is easy."
"VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is a highly stable solution."
"It is a scalable solution...The initial setup was straightforward."
"The best feature of this solution is that we have a live response, which is really tailored to our needs."
"The tool is pretty stable."
"The solution is stable."
"It actually does some heuristics, and some behavioral analysis."
"The portal is easy to use and manage."
"The EDR and reports were helpful in improving our organization."
"The solution should address emerging threats like SQL injection."
"We find the solution to be a bit expensive."
"The dashboard isn't easy to access and manage."
"I haven't seen the use of AI in the solution."
"Making the portal mobile friendly would be helpful when I am out of office."
"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."
"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."
"ZTNA can improve latency."
"Traps doesn't work with McAfee. You need to remove McAfee to install Traps. This is very common, and its nothing that should be an issue. Some antivirus engines recognize Traps as an threat component, so maybe they need to shake hands somewhere."
"Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR does not detect malicious activity like in other anti-virus solutions like Trend Micro and Windows with Cisco."
"The installation should be easier and the Palo Alto pre-sales and sales teams should have more information on the product because they don't know what they are selling."
"We have found that there are times Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks does not detect some of the viruses, we have to use another protection solution called Kaspersky."
"The solution lacks real-time, on-demand antivirus."
"I would like to see better protection, specifically to protect email applications."
"Limited remote connection."
"It is a complex solution to implement."
"With the on-prem one, the bug has been reported by the community in early January or February, something like that, at the beginning of the year, and it's still not addressed. They have released two versions since then, and yet neither of them addresses this specific issue."
"Needs improvement in the area of infrastructure for on-premise installation."
"It would be a better solution if Carbon Black Cb Defense had an on-promise solution and a virus auto delete or quarantine."
"Adding an application and a device control feature would be a great help for this solution."
"I haven't run into anything that needs improvement. The website interface can be a little bit better, but it's still good as compared to most others."
"The pricing could be more reasonable."
"Occasionally, we'll have issues with the latest version and they'll basically tell us that they will improve it in the next iteration. They need to work on their version release quality."
"The tech support communicates, but it's just not with movement."
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Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is ranked 4th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 80 reviews while VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is ranked 16th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 62 reviews. Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is rated 8.4, while VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks writes "Perfect correlation and XDR capabilities for network traffic plus endpoint security". 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". Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Darktrace, Symantec Endpoint Security and Trellix Endpoint Security, whereas VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity Complete, Trend Micro Deep Security and Tanium. See our Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks vs. VMware Carbon Black Endpoint report.
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