Elastic Security vs VMware Carbon Black Endpoint comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Fortinet FortiEDR
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Ranking in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
12th
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
32
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Elastic Security
Ranking in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
16th
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
58
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (5th), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (5th), Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (6th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (7th)
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint
Ranking in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
14th
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
63
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (17th), Security Incident Response (1st), Ransomware Protection (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2024, in the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) category, the mindshare of Fortinet FortiEDR is 7.4%, up from 4.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Elastic Security is 3.3%, up from 2.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is 2.9%, down from 3.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
Unique Categories:
No other categories found
Log Management
9.0%
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
5.3%
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
2.0%
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2166780 - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 10, 2024
Offers behavior analysis, improved our endpoint security posture but a lot of false positives where things are incorrectly flagged that require manual configuration to allow
I would like to improve the integration process because a big selling point was the ease of integration within the Fortinet ecosystem. I would expect more built-in collaboration to allow for easier threat mitigation across Fortinet systems. The strength of FortiEDR lies in its overall ability to protect us from new threats. We have encountered issues with it as well. We've had a lot of false positives; things incorrectly flagged that require manual configuration to allow. Even worse, after we allow a legitimate program, it sometimes gets flagged again after an update. This has caused a lot of extra work for my team. I would like to see improved heuristics so the system better understands what's legitimate and doesn't keep blocking it after minor updates.
RI
Jun 6, 2023
Efficiently handle millions of loads simultaneously
We are using Elastic Security for logging the application logs, as we use a microservice architecture. So all application logs are saved to this LogSpot It helps us detect errors and keep an eye on the application in both the development and production environments. It can handle millions of…
Ricardo Franco Mahecha - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 8, 2023
Integrates with different software's log servers and easy to scale
We need it to secure some PCs and virtual machines inside the company We have a single point of view of all the security systems, and it has some interesting tools. For Carbon Black Endpoint, the possibility of integration with different other software's log servers is the important thing.…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Fortinet has helped free up around 20 percent of our staff's time to help us out."
"We have FortiEDR installed on all our systems. This protects them from any threats."
"The product detects and blocks threats and is more proactive than firewalls."
"Forensics is a valuable feature of Fortinet FortiEDR."
"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."
"Exceptions are easy to create and the interface is easy to follow with a nice appearance."
"It is very easy to set up. I would rate my experience with the initial setup a ten out of ten, with ten being very easy to set up."
"Fortinet is very user-friendly for customers."
"It's very stable and reliable."
"It's not very complicated to install Elastic."
"Elastic Security is very customizable, and the dashboards are very easy to build."
"Elastic has a lot of beats, such as Winlogbeat and Filebeat. Beats are the agents that have to be installed on the terminals to send the data. When we install beats or Elastic agents on every terminal, they don't overload the terminals. In other SIEM solutions such as Splunk or QRadar, when beats or agents are installed on endpoints, they are very heavy for the terminals. They consume a lot of power of the terminals, whereas Elastic agents hardly consume any power and don't overload the terminals."
"The visualization is very good."
"It is the best open-source product for people working in SO, managing and analyzing logs."
"The most valuable feature is the speed, as it responds in a very short time."
"The most valuable feature is the machine learning capability."
"I like its reporting."
"The solution is stable."
"It is stable and easy to set up."
"Technical support is excellent."
"Some of the valuable features I have found are the online documentation of the solution is well organized and thorough. I like the simplicity of bypass and the visualization of the active components."
"The product enables device controls, helping us protect the devices and prevent data leakages."
"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."
"The product allows us to focus on endpoint and antivirus protection."
 

Cons

"I haven't seen the use of AI in the solution."
"We find the solution to be a bit expensive."
"It takes about two business days for initial support, which is too slow in urgent situations."
"The solution should address emerging threats like SQL injection."
"There's room for improvement in the quick response time and technical support for integration issues, especially when dealing with multiple vendors."
"FortiEDR could add a separate scanning dashboard. In incident management, we prefer to remove the endpoint system from the environment and scan the system. We typically use Symantec for that, but if we want to use FortiEDR for that, then we need a scanning tab to clarify things."
"Cannot be used on mobile devices with a secure connection."
"They can include the automation for the realtime updates. We have a network infrastructure with remote sites. Whenever they send updates, they are not automated. We have to go into the console and push those updates. I wish it was more automated. The update file is currently around 31 MB. It could be smaller."
"The solution could offer better reporting features."
"There is an area of improvement in the Logs list. The load list may need to be paginated as there are limits."
"The interface could be more user friendly because it is sometimes hard to deal with."
"Elastic Security could improve the documentation. It would help if they were more simple and clean."
"Elastic Security has a steep learning curve, so it takes some time to tune it and set it up for your environment. There are some costs associated with logging things that don't have value. So you need to be cautious to only log things that make sense and keep them around for as long as you need. You shouldn't hold onto things just because you think you might need them."
"An area for improvement in Elastic Security is the pricing. It could be better. Right now, when you increase the volume of logs to be collected, the price also increases a lot."
"We'd like better premium support."
"The training that is offered for Elastic is in need of improvement because there is no depth to it."
"It could be a bit complicated. You have to be very familiar with Carbon Black to understand what it is doing and why it is doing. I would like to have more explanations and simplification in the user interface. It would be good to get help and see more explanations. It should tell us that a software is blocked and the reason for it. It would be good to be able to build chains in terms of what caused what, what worked, and what caused an issue. We are now moving from Carbon Black to Cortex XDR. While choosing antivirus software, we were also looking at Carbon Black because it also has an antivirus package, and it is next-generation, but we were told that Carbon Black doesn't support firewalls. We have Palo Alto firewalls. We would have chosen this solution if it supported firewalls, in particular next-generation firewalls, but unfortunately, it doesn't. Therefore, we decided on Cortex XDR because it integrates with Palo Alto firewalls."
"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."
"Certain settings have limitations. For example, I cannot manually block some malware activities."
"There's some disparity between the on-premise and the cloud type of application."
"The initial setup is complex."
"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."
"Needs improvement in the area of infrastructure for on-premise installation.​"
"CB Defense could be more compatible with Linux, and its cloud provision could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Offered at a high price"
"It is expensive and I would rate it 8 on the scale."
"The price is comprable to other endpoint security solutions."
"It's moderately priced, neither cheap nor expensive."
"The pricing is good."
"I would rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."
"I know it is tough to get big budget additions up front, but I highly recommend deploying environment wide and adding the forensic service."
"The pricing is typical for enterprises and fairly priced."
"The base product is open-source but if you need advanced security features then you need to pay for the subscription. Elastic Security's price is reasonable in some cases and in other cases it's not."
"Its price is fine. Its licensing works on a yearly basis. We have to renew the license every year. I also have a good experience with Darktrace. When we buy Darktrace, we get training free of cost, which is not there in Elastic. We have to pay extra for training. There is certainly room for improvement."
"It is easy to deploy, easy to use, and you get everything you need to become operational with it, and have nothing further to pay unless you want the OLED plugin."
"We use the open-source version, so there is no charge for this solution."
"This is an open-source product, so there are no costs."
"The tool's pricing is flexible and comes at unit cost. You don't have to pay for everything."
"Elastic Stack is an open-source tool. You don't have to pay anything for the components."
"It's a monthly cost with Elastic SIEM, but I am not sure of the exact cost."
"In terms of licensing costs, Carbon Black CB Defense was all associated with CROW and the services my company is using with them, so it came all-inclusive."
"VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is an expensive product."
"Carbon Black provides competitive pricing."
"The product’s price is less expensive than other vendors."
"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 product is quite reasonable."
"Price-wise, VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is a highly-priced solution. Regarding the licensing cost of the solution, one needs to opt for an annual subscription."
"The pricing is very high."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
9%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What's the difference between Fortinet's FortiEDR and FortiClient?
I suggest Fortinet’s FortiEDR over FortiClient for several reasons. For starters, FortiEDR guarantees solid protectio...
What do you like most about Fortinet FortiEDR?
We have FortiEDR installed on all our systems. This protects them from any threats.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet FortiEDR?
The pricing of the solution is on the high end compared to its offerings and capabilities.
Datadog vs ELK: which one is good in terms of performance, cost and efficiency?
With Datadog, we have near-live visibility across our entire platform. We have seen APM metrics impacted several time...
What do you like most about Elastic Security?
Elastic provides the capability to index quickly due to the reverse indexes it offers. This data is crucial as it con...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Elastic Security?
Elastic Security is open-source. Unlike many older solutions where you must pay for data ingestion, Elastic allows yo...
What to choose: an endpoint antivirus, an EDR solution or both?
I can recommend Carbon Black, an award-winning next-gen anti-virus (NGAV) and endpoint detection and response (EDR) s...
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 Endpoin...
What do you like most about Carbon Black CB Defense?
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is a highly stable solution.
 

Also Known As

enSilo, FortiEDR
Elastic SIEM, ELK Logstash
Carbon Black CB Defense, Bit9, Confer
 

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Sample Customers

Financial, Healthcare, Legal, Technology, Enterprise, Manufacturing ... 
Texas A&M, U.S. Air Force, NuScale Power, Martin's Point Health Care
Netflix, Progress Residential, Indeed, Hologic, Gentle Giant, Samsung Research America
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