BlackBerry Cylance Cybersecurity vs Cynet comparison

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BlackBerry and Cynet are both solutions in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category. BlackBerry is ranked #34, while Cynet is ranked #19 with an average rating of 8.9. BlackBerry holds a 1.8% mindshare in EPP, compared to Cynet’s 1.3% mindshare. Additionally, 85% of BlackBerry users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 97% of Cynet users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 8, 2026

BlackBerry Cylance Cybersecurity and Cynet compete in the AI-driven cybersecurity category. Cynet seems to have the upper hand due to its comprehensive network protection and strong customer service.

Features: BlackBerry Cylance Cybersecurity leverages AI and machine learning for malware prevention, excels at using minimal system resources, and offers protection against zero-day threats. Cynet's platform includes user behavior analysis, deception capabilities, and memory-level protection.

Room for Improvement: BlackBerry Cylance Cybersecurity requires enhanced post-incident analysis insight, a more streamlined UI, and improved integration capabilities. Cynet needs better reporting, adjustments for time zone adaptability, and management of false positives.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Both products support flexible deployment options across public, private, and hybrid clouds. BlackBerry's support receives mixed reviews due to responsiveness issues, while Cynet's customer service is consistently praised for its depth and responsiveness.

Pricing and ROI: BlackBerry's pricing is higher, but users find value in its endpoint protection and labor savings. Cynet offers competitive pricing with flexible licensing, delivering strong ROI through comprehensive features that reduce the need for multiple solutions.

To learn more, read our detailed BlackBerry Cylance Cybersecurity vs. Cynet Report (Updated: November 2026).

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Review summaries and opinions

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Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category, the mindshare of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is 3.8%, up from 3.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of BlackBerry Cylance Cybersecurity is 1.8%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Cynet is 1.3%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks	3.8%
Cynet	1.3%
BlackBerry Cylance Cybersecurity	1.8%
Other	93.1%

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Featured Reviews

ABHISHEK_SINGH

Senior Process Expert at A.P. Moller - Maersk

Gained full visibility and streamlined threat detection through behavior-based insights and AI integration

Initially, we got to have a lot of false positives when we onboarded, but nowadays it's quite smooth. We have fine-tuned our security policies and allowed different levels of policies to get rid of those false positives. Currently, we are getting a fairly good amount of incidents that are not false positives or benign, but actionable items. The process is streamlined. In the initial days, the operations used to get involved in a lot of benign and other activities, but now the process is streamlined. We are leveraging the auto-detection and remediation plans. The operations teams are now more involved in other business roles as well, not just looking into the logs and fetching out what's happening there. They have fixed a lot of things. Initially, they didn't have IAC code drift detection, cloud posture management, or security posture management, but they have those now. They purchased different vendors and did a merger with that. They have now Prisma Cloud that gets integrated and now they are working with Cortex Cloud. Everything that was negative has now been addressed, and the product altogether looks to be in a very better and mature shape now. Currently, it's more or less detecting the workloads with AI-based best practices. Since most organizations are consuming AI agents and other things, we are looking forward to seeing what other feature enhancements Palo Alto can support in that.

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Sooraj Makkancherrry

Security Operations Manager at Philips

Doesn't have daily updates, which is important for healthcare IT

I face challenges with the exclusion policy - it still scans folders we told it not to, causing issues. When we contact support, they tell us to update the latest agent, but we can't do that immediately due to medical device protocols and validation testing. I wish support would try to understand our issues better instead of giving this standard response. The machine learning feature they use often tells us to upgrade the agent or add things to the exclusion list, which isn't unacceptable. It's a very good and new technology as a tool and antivirus. But sometimes, it doesn't work properly with our medical devices and products, quarantining files it shouldn't even after we add them to exclusions. This is tricky for us.

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Vishal Salve

manager at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

Automation has transformed threat detection and incident response and improves team efficiency

Cynet can be improved by enhancing third-party integrations, improving reporting and dashboard customization, and providing more advanced AI-driven analytics. Customization for automated response workflows would also help organizations tailor the platform to their specific security needs. There is room for improvement in reporting customization, third-party integration, and advanced analytics. I had to spend additional time tuning the alerts during the initial deployment to reduce false positives and align the detection with our environment, but these were minor challenges, and the platform has performed well for our specific needs. Regarding Cynet's AI capabilities, its governance and security capabilities are effective, but greater transparency into AI decision-making and additional customization options would further enhance confidence and control. There is still room for improvement in predictive analytics and better transparency into how certain detections are generated.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Palo Alto is constantly adding new features."

"It blocks malicious files, prevents attacks, and doesn't require many updates because it is a very light application."

"Threat identification and detection are the most valuable features of this solution."

"From the Palo Alto side, whatever they buy, they integrate that really well into their integration suite, and that makes a massive difference."

"I've found the solution to be highly scalable for enterprises."

"The biggest positive impact I see from Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is a significant reduction in the number of people required to manage it."

"It's a nice product that's stable and scalable."

"The correlation with the firewall and the creation of policies by areas have facilitated security management in my company by allowing me to create more fine-tuned policies that take into account multiple aspects of the operation, multiple effects, multiple sources, and multiple destinations."

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"Blackberry Protect offers endpoint protection, it's easy to deploy, and it's scalable and stable."

"The product works pretty well; it does a good job catching viruses, and while we haven't had a chance to test against any kind of ransomware attack, I know it works great and I'm not worried about its capabilities in that respect."

"What's most valuable in CylancePROTECT is the optics feature. I also like its easy-to-use and user-friendly dashboard and monitoring system."

"A user can continue to add endpoints and the solution will continue to perform well."

"It is extremely simple to manage and deploy."

"In most cases, the solution's ability to detect in the MITRE framework, and its ability to be able to detect attacks in any one of seven or eight different areas of the life cycle of an attack is very useful."

"CylancePROTECT works on AI technology, is always up to date, and uses very few resources on your devices."

"The most valuable feature of CylancePROTECT is the support."

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"The product is very easy to use. Customers really appreciate that."

"It is a very stable solution...It is a very scalable solution...The initial setup of Cynet was easy."

"One of the main benefits of Cynet is the level of visibility it gives, as well as the level of detail it provides."

"A good feature is how the solution packages varied information into a single dashboard that's readable and meets our needs."

"Aside from the real people behind the product, it gives visibility on the network, on the file level, on the memory level, and it also does user behavior analysis, with a deception capability as well."

"My clients have used Cynet since it is a very automated solution with excellent detection capabilities."

"The customer service and support get back to you real quick."

"This solution covers the endpoint and protects your files, users, devices, and network significantly better than the other solutions in the market."

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Cons

"The encryption is not up to the mark."

"I don't like that they have different types of licenses. For example, if users select a license, they think they will have all the platforms they need to improve their network or security. But after some time, Palo Alto Networks changed their licensing, and some of the features that, for example, were free at the beginning now have a cost. I think the integration can be improved. For example, a lot of tools are just integrated through APIs."

"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks could improve by adding a sandbox feature to better compete with their competitors which have it."

"In an upcoming release, the solution could improve by proving hard disk encryption. If it could support this it would be a complete solution."

"I would like to see them include NDR (Network Detection Response). Then it would work well with SIEM Response."

"The product's pricing could be better."

"There are some third-party solutions that are difficult to integrate with, which is something that can be improved."

"Whenever the tool releases a new version when deploying the product across the organization, I feel like there are some disturbances in the CPU usage after upgrading the tool to the latest version."

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"Work on the math model. We are catching a lot of false positives, which gets to be a pain at the start of a deployment."

"I face challenges with the exclusion policy - it still scans folders we told it not to, causing issues. When we contact support, they tell us to update the latest agent, but we can't do that immediately due to medical device protocols and validation testing. I wish support would try to understand our issues better instead of giving this standard response. The machine learning feature they use often tells us to upgrade the agent or add things to the exclusion list, which isn't unacceptable."

"It needs real analysis of quarantined files. The EDR product isn't showing much right now."

"It is hard to manage."

"The user interface could be improved, it's very outdated."

"It's a good solution but some features just need to be updated."

"I would like to see a better UI in terms of sifting through more specific data and providing analytics. A little bit more would be nice."

"It could have integration with industrial base HMIS or Human Machine Interfaces Solutions. This is the industrial environment where you have a control center for all the automation that's happening, whether it is oil, gas, or chemical manufacturing. They often have to set up a computer at the back and watch the other stuff to get alerts. In these autonomous or on-premises environments, they often don't have access to email readily. Integration with other industrial solutions, such as HMIS, will allow them to communicate and get an alert that something has been found. This way, they can react to it sooner than having somebody watch the screen and keep checking the screen. Rockwell has its own suite. Similarly, Honeywell has its own suite. There's also an independent HMI/historian solution provider out there called VTSCADA. We actually get asked if we can get it to show up on a screen, which is difficult. Getting those alerts to work within an industrial environment would be a huge plus."

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"SIEM - Although with their Centralised Log Management Cynet has created the basis for SIEM functionality, this is to be expanded in the near future."

"Automation could be improved, and orchestration could be added to the features."

"Previously, we used Cynet, but transitioned to Trend Micro due to the lack of complete SSO services, which were costly."

"The reporting functionality in Cynet may not be as comprehensive or flexible as desired."

"It is an endpoint agent, but they don't have a probe for checking the network traffic. They could improve from this point of view."

"The only downside of Cynet is the reporting."

"An administration feature will be useful for Cynet."

"I would like to see support for mobile protection and some additional reports included."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool's price is moderate."

"It's way too expensive, but security is expensive. You pay for your licensing, and then you pay for someone to monitor the stuff."

"The price was fine."

"Traps pays for itself within the first 16 months of a three-year subscription. This is attributed to OPEX savings, as security teams spent less time trying to identify and isolate malware for analysis as a result of a reduction in malware incidents, false positives, and breach avoidance."

"When we first bought it, it was a bit expensive, but it was worth it. The licensing was straightforward."

"It has reasonable pricing for the use cases it provides to the company."

"The return on investment is from the user side because we have seen the performance of it increase the delivery time of the product if we are using too many web-based and on-premise applications. In indirect ways, we saw the return of investment in terms of performance and user satisfaction increase."

"Very costly product."

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"The tool is not that expensive."

"The license price for this solution could be better. It's on the expensive side."

"The licensing part of the product is too expensive compared to other solutions in the market."

"CylancePROTECT's pricing is reasonable, at about €18 per user, per year."

"The monthly fee is $55 USD per user."

"It is expensive, but not unreasonable."

"CylancePROTECT is an affordable solution."

"We would just add more if there are new users, but right now you just need one license for per user."

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"It is extremely affordable. I'll give it a five out of five in terms of price. It was half the cost of the next closest competitor, and the competitor didn't provide SOC services."

"It gives you a high level of protection at a very good price."

"There is an extra cost if you want the support of Cynet."

"I don't have specific information about integration capabilities or licensing costs."

"Everything is included in this one solution and the pricing is pretty competitive."

"Pricing wise, Cynet seems to be very competitive. The cost is probably lower than that offered by many of its competitors for all the functions and features it offers."

"My company's customers have to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs of the solution. Cynet is not expensive."

"This solution is expensive. I would rate the price as a three out of five when compared to similar products."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Comms Service Provider

14%

Outsourcing Company

12%

Construction Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Outsourcing Company

12%

Construction Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Comms Service Provider

Construction Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	50
Midsize Enterprise	21
Large Enterprise	57

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	33
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	14

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	30
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	12

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Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps

Blackberry Protect

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Overview

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks provides advanced threat detection with AI-driven endpoint protection and seamless integration, ensuring multi-layered security and automatic threat response.

Cortex XDR is designed to safeguard endpoints against malware and suspicious activities. It offers advanced threat detection and response capabilities using behavioral analysis, AI, and machine learning. It seamlessly integrates with security infrastructures, providing endpoint security, firewall integration, and enhanced visibility in both cloud-based and on-premises environments.

What are the key features of Cortex XDR?

Advanced Threat Detection: Uses AI and machine learning for proactive threat identification.
Multi-layered Security: Combines various security measures for comprehensive protection.
Endpoint Protection: Safeguards against malware and exploits.
Behavioral Analysis: Monitors suspicious activity for early detection.
Automatic Threat Response: Automates responses to neutralize threats.

What benefits should users expect?

Ease of Use: Simplifies security management with intuitive design.
Resource Efficiency: Minimizes impact on system resources.
Integration Capabilities: Works well with existing security setups.
Reduced Analyst Workload: Automates processes to decrease manual intervention.

Organizations in diverse sectors deploy Cortex XDR to protect against malware, leveraging its advanced threat detection capabilities. Its integration with existing security infrastructures appeals to those seeking comprehensive protection in both cloud and on-premises environments, providing enhanced visibility and threat intelligence.

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BlackBerry Cylance Cybersecurity, renowned for its AI-driven approach, provides comprehensive endpoint protection against sophisticated threats, including ransomware and zero-day attacks, ensuring security without frequent updates.

Known for its lightweight design, BlackBerry Cylance integrates artificial intelligence and machine learning to deliver a powerful cybersecurity platform. Businesses benefit from its low CPU usage and advanced threat detection, utilizing a centralized dashboard for seamless management. Cylance's predictive intelligence and ability to block unauthorized applications make it invaluable in safeguarding both internal networks and endpoints. Despite its high pricing, users seek improvements in information display, post-incident details, and reporting features, alongside better script whitelisting and modernized interface.

What are its most important features?

Lightweight Design: Ensures minimal impact on system resources.
AI and Machine Learning: Enhances threat detection capabilities without relying on constant updates.
Endpoint Protection: Provides robust security for desktops, servers, and virtual machines.
Script Blocking: Prevents unauthorized scripts from running.
Centralized Dashboard: Simplifies management and monitoring tasks.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Predictive Intelligence: Offers proactive threat prevention, reducing risks of zero-day attacks.
Ease of Deployment: Facilitates faster, streamlined implementation across global systems.
Low CPU Usage: Maintains system performance while providing security.
Comprehensive Threat Analytics: Delivers actionable insights for enhanced security planning.

Organizations in sectors such as finance and healthcare deploy BlackBerry Cylance for its sophisticated security measures, enhanced threat analytics, and device control capabilities, ensuring operations remain secure even within closed network environments.

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Cynet offers robust threat detection and management with automated features, strong endpoint performance, and seamless integration, providing reliable security for businesses of all sizes.

Cynet delivers comprehensive threat protection utilizing automation and 24/7 SOC services. Its user behavior analysis and endpoint performance play a significant role in its functionality. The platform integrates smoothly, promoting high visibility and rapid deployment with minimal memory use. Its intuitive interface and automated breach protection emphasize a user-focused design. Competitive pricing and strong support enhance Cynet's scalability, ensuring efficient threat responses.

What are Cynet's most valuable features?

Comprehensive Threat Detection: Utilizes advanced automation for effective threat identification.
24/7 SOC Service: Provides constant security operations center support.
Seamless Integration: Easily integrates with existing systems for hassle-free implementation.
User Behavior Analysis: Analyzes patterns to thwart potential threats.
Low Management: Reduces complexity in managing security environments.
Rapid Deployment: Quick and efficient setup process.
Automated Breach Protection: Ensures continuous security safeguarding.

What benefits to look for in reviews?

Scalability: Suitable for businesses of different sizes with growth potential.
Efficient Response: Streamlined incident management boosts response effectiveness.
Peace of Mind: Comprehensive security measures reduce risk concerns.
Cost-Effectiveness: Competitive pricing offers excellent value for security investment.
Strong Support: Access to consistent and reliable support enhances user experience.

Organizations across sectors, including SMBs, government entities, educational institutions, and financial environments, implement Cynet for endpoint protection, threat detection, and automated incident response. By leveraging tools like EDR, UBA, and NGAV, entities streamline security processes, enhancing protection with minimal staffing and consolidating multiple systems into one unified platform.

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