BlackBerry Cylance Cybersecurity vs ThreatLocker Zero Trust Endpoint Protection Platform comparison

BlackBerry and ThreatLocker are both solutions in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category. BlackBerry is ranked #31 with an average rating of 8.3, while ThreatLocker is ranked #7 with an average rating of 9.2. BlackBerry holds a 1.1% mindshare in EPP, compared to ThreatLocker’s 0.9% mindshare. Additionally, 85% of BlackBerry users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 97% of ThreatLocker users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 29, 2025

BlackBerry Cylance and ThreatLocker compete in the cybersecurity domain, focusing on endpoint protection. BlackBerry Cylance appears to have the upper hand in advanced AI and machine learning capabilities, providing robust defense against zero-day threats, while ThreatLocker excels in application control and zero-trust strategies.

Features: BlackBerry Cylance offers AI-powered malware protection with minimal system resource usage, centralized management, and strong endpoint defense. It supports zero-day threat mitigation effectively. ThreatLocker provides comprehensive application control through application whitelisting, ring-fencing, and elevation control, prioritizing security by blocking unauthorized applications.

Room for Improvement: BlackBerry Cylance could enhance its user interface, improve reporting, reduce false positives, and integrate features like firewalls and mobile options. Some users indicated that support and training resources need improvement. ThreatLocker can enhance training amenities, optimize its interface, and improve reporting features, with suggestions for improved handling of large environments to ease network bottlenecks.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: BlackBerry Cylance is adaptable across various deployment environments, including on-premises and public cloud setups. However, customer support experiences fluctuate, with some users mentioning inadequate responses. ThreatLocker maintains consistent deployments in similar settings, earning praise for highly responsive and knowledgeable customer support, contributing to enhanced user satisfaction.

Pricing and ROI: BlackBerry Cylance's pricing is considered higher than some competitors, justified by its robust security features and long-term ROI in security and operational efficiency. Its pricing could be more competitive regarding other EDR solutions. ThreatLocker is praised for fair and transparent pricing, deemed cost-effective with reliable protection and integration capabilities that justify the cost, leading to user satisfaction and reduced labor hours.

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Categories and Ranking

BlackBerry Cylance Cybersec...

Ranking in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)

31st

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

4.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

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Ranking in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)

7th

Average Rating

9.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Network Access Control (NAC) (5th), Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (6th), Application Control (1st), ZTNA (3rd), Ransomware Protection (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category, the mindshare of BlackBerry Cylance Cybersecurity is 1.1%, down from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ThreatLocker Zero Trust Endpoint Protection Platform is 0.9%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
ThreatLocker Zero Trust Endpoint Protection Platform	0.9%
BlackBerry Cylance Cybersecurity	1.1%
Other	98.0%

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Featured Reviews

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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Johnathan Bodily

Technical Engineer at Cloud 1 Solutions

Ensures ransomware protection and reduces phishing chaos

The application control has been great so far, and while I am still exploring the network access controls, I unfortunately don't have access to one module I would love to have due to licensing restrictions. It's easy to use in regard to reducing attack surfaces. For me, it's a piece of cake. We can have something approved within 30 seconds, thanks to the mobile app. We haven't eliminated security solutions. We just add to it, and ThreatLocker has been a great addition. We also have Kaseya and ThreatLocker as a supplement to that. It's useful. They have overlap, and we look at the overlap as a good thing. It's helped your organization save on operational costs or expenses by ensuring that many fewer hours are spent dealing with ransomware nonsense. I cannot count the amount of hours that I personally have not had to put in to recovering an environment from a ransomware event. The last big one took us about three weeks to completely recover from. Since we've grouped ThreatLocker in, the management of that whole setup has gone down to just daily help desk tasks and general server maintenance instead of having the whole system on fire. There are probably thousands of hours of saved time between our teams. It's been great so far. ThreatLocker Zero Trust Endpoint Protection Platform's ability to block access to unauthorized applications is great. It's my biggest protection, the blocked applications. In a lot of cases, you go to install something yourself that you need for management, and it comes in and says, nope. And then I have to log into the portal and approve it. I get our other guys saying, hey, why are you trying to approve something? Any of the tools that I'm using on a day-to-day basis that haven't been in the environment during the whole learning mode initially, I could go through and set extensions and all that. So, while it's a headache on that end, the amount of saved time I can't even count. It is a little frustrating on my end since I like to go as quickly as I possibly can, and it slows me down. However, that's a really good thing. Depending on the site, it can save a lot of time and cut down headaches. It's likely saved a week's worth of time. It's cut down the amount of sever help desk tickets. Those have become minimal.

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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

"Even if an endpoint loses connection to the Internet, I know that endpoint is protected against 99.99% of the threats in the wild today."

"Endpoints are protected in real-time without the need of a centralized server."

"The deployment of updates is easy."

"I've found the AI engine in CylancePROTECT to be particularly effective for technology and in preventing unknown threats."

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

"It does a good job of protecting us."

"The solution is easy to deploy."

"CylancePROTECT is very stable - we've had no issues with performance and no errors or bugs."

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"The most valuable feature is its learning capability."

"ThreatLocker's most valuable feature is its scanning capability, which executes all types of executable files."

"We use it most heavily for elevation control, blocking and giving rights only to certain people or devices, and not allowing the rest to access the software. Elevation control has been second to none for me."

"The application control is highly valued by me."

"If all of our vendors would act and support us like ThreatLocker does, we would be happy."

"ThreatLocker Zero Trust Endpoint Protection Platform's ability to block access to unauthorized applications has been excellent."

"The customer service is excellent, ten out of ten."

"ThreatLocker’s support has been second to none."

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Cons

"Having worked with SentinelOne, Cylance is good, however, it probably needs to add a feature similar to SentinelOne's rollback functionality. With this feature, if you get infected, with a click, you can go back to the pre-infection state. If Cylance could add this functionality to their offering as well, that would be ideal."

"The process of whitelisting a script that you want to be able to run can be a little bit difficult, or awkward."

"The solution should implement AI in the product."

"CylancePROTECT's dashboard could be more user-friendly."

"An area for improvement in CylancePROTECT is its pricing, as it's a bit costly."

"The security scripting needs improvement. It needs deeper security for scripting."

"Reporting is an area with shortcomings in CylancePROTECT that needs to be improved."

"The product must make the interface a little more user-friendly."

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"ThreatLocker University offers many good training modules, but more in-depth training for advanced platforms would be beneficial."

"If ThreatLocker can design or build something for mobile devices, that would be brilliant."

"I'm not sure if I'm using it wrong; however, I find that I have to babysit it too much."

"It is not easy to use. I am still learning."

"The support could be quicker."

"Identifying areas of improvement is challenging, however, perhaps adding a few more built-ins could help."

"The snapshots used in the ThreatLocker University portal are outdated snippets and have not been updated in conjunction with the portal itself."

"This is my first Zero Trust conference, and so far, it has been good. The only thing I have noticed is that sometimes they encounter technical issues. For example, in one of the demo labs, the laptop trying to connect to the projector was not working, which affected the demonstration of the victim versus attacker laptop scenarios. It would be helpful to fix these issues."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Review closely how many endpoints you actually need before buying into a pricing level. Deal and deal with the VAR of your choice."

"My company is on a yearly CylancePROTECT subscription. Price-wise, the solution is slightly expensive, so I'd rate it as eight out of ten."

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

"It is expensive, but not unreasonable."

"Do not get hung up on price. You pay for what you get and expensive will hurt one time, where cheap will hurt forever, especially if you fall victim to a ransom attack, etc."

"Our licensing cost for the solution is around $4,000 for six months. There are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."

"The solution's pricing is around the same as most EDRs but slightly behind some of the major ones."

"We went through a third party initially to do the renewal, but we won't be renewing, we will move on to something else."

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"I do not know about the licensing and price as it comes bundled from our MSP. However, it seems fairly reasonable for us, which is why we chose it."

"The pricing is fair and there is no hard sell."

"The pricing works fine for me. It's very reasonably priced."

"We have encountered a few challenges regarding pricing, contract renewals, and additions. As we explored adding features like Cyber Hero, it proved to be an increased expense for our clients. This was primarily a mistake on our part due to how we initially priced it to clients."

"I believe ThreatLocker's pricing model is fair and flexible, allowing account managers to offer customized deals based on our specific needs."

"I can't complain. Cheaper would always be nice, but I think it's reasonable compared to other software in the cybersecurity market."

"The pricing is pretty fair, considering other solutions. Licensing-wise, it did not take long."

"Although the pricing seems good, there have been inconsistencies in contract negotiations."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

Comms Service Provider

Computer Software Company

29%

Retailer

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	33
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	13

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	31
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	3

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Blackberry Protect?

It is a good endpoint solution. It is very easy to manage and detect the threat immediately. It will take the necessary actions.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Blackberry Protect?

The price is reasonable for us at the moment. I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten.

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What needs improvement with Blackberry Protect?

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What do you like most about ThreatLocker Allowlisting?

The interface is clean and well-organized, making it simple to navigate and find what we need.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ThreatLocker Allowlisting?

Pricing, setup costs, and licensing have been pretty accessible and manageable. It was not too expensive to get started, especially at a small scale for a smaller MSP. It is very accessible, easy t...

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What needs improvement with ThreatLocker Allowlisting?

For the space that it's in, it's already there. I don't know of another product that compares to its level. Even recently, with the addition of the detect module is a very nice add-on to the packet...

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Also Known As

Blackberry Protect

Protect, Allowlisting, Network Control, Ringfencing

Overview

BlackBerry Cylance provides endpoint security, threat protection, and antivirus capabilities, using AI and machine learning for protection against malware and ransomware on desktops, servers, and virtual machines worldwide. Its AI-driven threat detection operates even with limited internet, facilitating effective threat management.

BlackBerry Cylance's centralized dashboard simplifies threat management and vulnerability protection for organizations globally. The platform combines AI and machine learning to deliver superior zero-day threat protection and minimize CPU usage, offering stable and accurate threat detection without frequent updates. It includes tools like CylanceOPTICS and CylancePERSONA for enhanced user behavior monitoring and adopts a proactive approach that effectively manages threats at various lifecycle stages. Renowned for stability and performance, it efficiently prevents unauthorized applications while maintaining system productivity.

What are the main features of BlackBerry Cylance?

Minimal CPU Usage: Efficiently operates without taxing computer resources.
AI and Machine Learning: Advanced technology for zero-day threat protection.
Lightweight Design: Functions without constant updates for simplified usage.
Centralized Management: Offers a user-friendly, intuitive dashboard.
CylanceOPTICS and PERSONA: Tools for in-depth user behavior analysis.

What are key benefits to look for in user reviews?

Effective Malware Detection: Recognized accuracy in identifying security threats.
Proactive Threat Mitigation: Actively detects and manages threats.
Stability and Performance: Consistent protection without hampering system performance.
Reduced Unauthorized Access: Limits unpermitted application activity.

In the professional sector, BlackBerry Cylance is leveraged to protect crucial infrastructure through a robust approach accommodating environments with limited connectivity. Its widespread deployment in industries, including healthcare and finance, is attributed to its ease of deployment and comprehensive protection capabilities. However, enhancements in reporting, pricing structures, and technical support are avenues for development, reflecting user feedback for improving detection rates and overall dashboard usability.

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ThreatLocker Zero Trust Endpoint Protection Platform offers robust endpoint security through application control and allowlisting, safeguarding servers and workstations from unauthorized software execution.

ThreatLocker Zero Trust Endpoint Protection Platform provides extensive application control with features like ring-fencing and selective elevation, ensuring meticulous execution management. Offering learning mode and extensive support, it integrates threat detection and activity monitoring to enhance compliance, reduce costs, and bolster cybersecurity through alerts and approvals. Despite its strengths, there are areas for improvement in training flexibility, policy updates, and interface enhancements, along with challenges in handling non-digitally signed software. Deployed across environments, it works well with existing cybersecurity instruments for real-time threat prevention.

What are the top features of ThreatLocker?

Intuitive Interface: User-friendly design simplifies endpoint protection management.
Application Blocking: Prevents unauthorized applications from running.
Selective Elevation: Grants control over application permissions.
Ring-Fencing: Isolates applications to limit interactions.
Allowlisting: Ensures only trusted software can execute.
Learning Mode: Facilitates configuration by observing user behavior.
Real-Time Support: Access to assistance and training resources.

What benefits should reviewers seek?

Compliance: Meets regulatory standards.
Operational Cost Reduction: Consolidated alerts and approvals.
Enhanced Cybersecurity: Prevention of unauthorized applications.
Regulatory Alignment: Helps ensure adherence to legal requirements.

ThreatLocker Zero Trust Endpoint Protection Platform is widely implemented to safeguard IT infrastructures against unauthorized access and application use. In sectors where data security is paramount, this platform enables users to prevent unauthorized software installations and control device applications, ensuring real-time threat prevention and compliance with industry regulations.

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Sample Customers

Panasonic, Noble Energy, Apria Healthcare Group Inc., Charles River Laboratories, Rovi Corporation, Toyota, Kiewit

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