HP Wolf Security vs VMware Carbon Black Endpoint comparison

HP and Broadcom are both solutions in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category. HP is ranked #16 with an average rating of 8.0, while Broadcom is ranked #33 with an average rating of 7.4. HP holds a 6.3% mindshare in EPP, compared to Broadcom’s 1.8% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of HP users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 89% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

HP Wolf Security

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VMware Carbon Black Endpoint

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89% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 9, 2024

HP Wolf Security and VMware Carbon Black Endpoint are two prominent endpoint security solutions. HP Wolf Security is often highlighted for its straightforward pricing and robust support, while VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is noted for its advanced feature set, making it a worthwhile investment for many users.

Features: HP Wolf Security users value its seamless integration, comprehensive threat detection capabilities, and robust customer support. VMware Carbon Black Endpoint stands out with its advanced analytics, extensive endpoint visibility, and superior feature set. Despite the strengths of both products, VMware Carbon Black Endpoint's advanced features give it an edge.

Room for Improvement: HP Wolf Security needs more detailed reporting, enhanced customization options, and streamlined user management. VMware Carbon Black Endpoint could improve by reducing false positives, enhancing usability, and optimizing resource efficiency. Both products have areas to enhance, focusing on reporting for HP Wolf Security and reducing false alarms for VMware Carbon Black Endpoint.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: HP Wolf Security is generally regarded as easy to deploy with commendable customer service. VMware Carbon Black Endpoint also offers easy deployment but receives higher marks for its extensive support resources, providing a slight advantage in overall support and deployment experience.

Pricing and ROI: HP Wolf Security is recognized for its transparent and reasonable pricing, offering good ROI. VMware Carbon Black Endpoint, with a higher price point, is considered worth the investment due to its advanced features and better returns. While HP Wolf Security offers competitive pricing, VMware Carbon Black Endpoint’s sophisticated feature set justifies its higher cost, delivering better ROI for users.

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HP Wolf Security vs. VMware Carbon Black Endpoint

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Categories and Ranking

HP Wolf Security

Ranking in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)

16th

Ranking in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

29th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

3.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

VMware Carbon Black Endpoint

Ranking in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)

33rd

Ranking in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

27th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Security Incident Response (4th), Ransomware Protection (7th)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category, the mindshare of HP Wolf Security is 6.3%, up from 4.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is 1.8%, down from 2.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
HP Wolf Security	6.3%
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint	1.8%
Other	91.9%

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Featured Reviews

Bert Hickman

Owner at Stoneridge Engineering, LLC

Adds a layer of safety, especially for laptops operating in various environments

The tool's deployment is easy. HP Wolf Security's deployment was a swift process since it was initially compatible with Windows 10, the operating system on both machines. However, when I transitioned to Windows 11, I encountered minor issues that prompted me to delve deeper into Wolf Security to fine-tune security settings according to my preferences. While I mostly used default settings, there was an initial adjustment where I disabled the AI function related to malware. Currently, the system is running smoothly with no reported issues. Adjusting some settings raised concerns about compatibility between HP Wolf Security and Norton 360. Specifically, aspects of HP Wolf Security, such as the virtual machine component, intrigued me, but I hesitated due to potential conflicts. During my investigation, Windows 11 raised a flag, questioning the system's security settings with Norton 360 and HP Wolf Security. However, it seems that they coexist well without causing issues.

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Nikunj Kamboj

Cybersecurity Analyst at OnX Canada

Integrates well with our existing SIEM tool and helps in identifying suspicious activities

The solution's integration with our existing security infrastructure is good. Whenever we have any alert in VMware Carbon Black Endpoint, we can easily that alert in our SIEM tool and check logs from the SIEM tool itself. VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is just a secondary security tool for us, and we are just monitoring the alerts from it. The solution's behavioral analytics feature helps in identifying suspicious activities pretty well. Whenever we have even a small thing, we get an alert. The solution is deployed on the cloud in our organization. Performance-wise, the solution is doing great in terms of connecting to the host directly. Performing a malware scan usually takes a lot of time, more than 24 hours. A malware scan is something that we do only on Carbon Black for the old endpoint devices and servers. It used to take sometimes three days to perform. I would recommend the solution to other users. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

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Pros

"The feature that stands out the most is that when someone clicks on a link in an email... [if] that link is malicious and it has some malware or keylogger attached to it, when it opens up in that Bromium virtualized browser, there's no chance of it actually being on the machine and running, because as soon as they click that "X" in the upper right-hand side of the browser, everything just vanishes. That is an added plus."

"It has prevented thousands of potential threats by encapsulating them within its own vSentry container, thus providing overall protection and integrity of the operating system."

"The isolation feature is the most important because it prevents attacks."

"Now, instead of us having to go through that analysis, they actually give us a monthly report that shows us: "Here's what you got hit with, here's what would have happened, here are the forensics behind the attack," and, obviously, Bromium stopped it."

"Our overall security posture has absolutely improved as a result of adding Bromium to our security stack. We continue to have less user impact through a significantly reduced amount of malware infections. It's become a non-event."

"The most valuable feature is the process isolation because it simply stops malware from infecting the machines."

"I use HP Wolf Security to add a layer of safety, especially for laptops operating in various environments."

"We've been able to isolate and prevent malicious code from external email attachments and from downloaded internet files. Those are the two big areas that have really made an impact."

"I like its reporting."

"It is a scalable solution...The initial setup was straightforward."

"We have another piece of that infrastructure that does what they call threat emulation. It's like sandboxing where it takes files that it doesn't know about, puts them in a VM-type environment, and it kicks them off to see if there's any malware or tendencies that might look like malware, that kind of thing."

"We can access computers remotely if we need to."

"The solution is extremely scalable."

"The EDR and reports were helpful in improving our organization."

"I found it very valuable as a whole. It is good at detecting anything and has kept us very safe. It is also very easy to use."

"The software uses very few resources; it is almost invisible to the end user."

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Cons

"I did not find this to be an out-of-the-box solution, it required planning and alignment across many groups."

"They need to improve the compatibility with other applications and its stability. It works well with attacks, but it doesn't work well with all software on the clients. There is a lot of troubleshooting and a lot of things that need to be tuned to make it work and not break things."

"The tool behaves differently when I ported to Windows 11."

"When you deploy, not only is the user asked to reboot their computer, they are also asked to wait for 20 minutes while it sits there and initializes. It definitely impacts the end-user. It takes time away from their day."

"Room for improvement would be keeping up with the rate of change, specifically on Windows platforms. There are a lot of updates that come out for Microsoft Windows operating systems and the Bromium product needs to be able to keep up quickly with those updates and all the browser updates that are coming out. It's hard to do, but that's really where they need to be more responsive because we end up with problems and then we have to call support to get patches, etc."

"After a major release, there's always a lot of "dust settling." You have to work through all those issues and then you're fine for a while. The problem is, it's stable, it's fine, until the next major release comes out. Then you go back into the cycle again of uncertainty, instability, working through issues until they have patched and remediated all the problems that you're having. It's not unlike any other vendor though"

"Reporting is one of the shortcomings of the product. We do mine the data that's in there from a forensics perspective... It becomes very difficult because you have to spend a lot of time digging through the volumes of data. Reporting is absolutely the biggest shortcoming."

"Initially, when we came in contact with Bromium a few years ago, it had a nice threat analyst, or a LAVA Pop, which is what they used to call it. Once it detected malware, it would show us the malware's path... I don't see that on the computers now. We only get to see that in the console. I would like to still see that on the individual machines because when we go out to look at a machine, we don't necessarily have access to the console."

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"I would like to see the user credentials feature improved. I would also like to see more reporting features and better ways to roll the reports out."

"In my company, we face issues sometimes when there is a need to write custom rules or we want to write for some rules that are different from the standard rules provided by the solution."

"Adding an application and a device control feature would be a great help for this solution."

"The solution needs better overall compatibility with other products."

"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 EDR portion could be better. I'm not a big fan, but it works."

"There is room for improvement in the support and service team."

"I would personally give the tech support a rating of seven out of ten."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product's pricing is a good value. We only run it on our internet-facing workstations, we don't run it on everything in our environment. We are very selective. Some organizations may want to consider doing something like that to reduce their license count."

"The product came as a bundle with the machine."

"I think the pricing is a good value. All of these security products are always going to be very expensive, but I don't think Bromium is unreasonable. I think Bromium is decently priced. It’s a tiered licensing platform. The more you buy, the cheaper gets per unit, and I think their tiers are very well defined. I think they're fair."

"The pricing is very fair compared to the competition. The licensing is straightforward."

"Pricing is reasonable."

"It's reasonable in price"

"The product is expensive. There are some additional costs apart from the standard licensing charges attached to the solution."

"Carbon Black provides competitive pricing."

"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."

"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."

"The cost/benefit factor has great relevance in Cb Defense implementations."

"The pricing is very high."

"Its pricing was very good, which is one of the reasons I went to it as an alternative. It is on a yearly basis. There are no additional fees."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

13%

Comms Service Provider

Government

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

12%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Large Enterprise	5

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	31
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	30

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HP Wolf Security?

The product came as a bundle with the machine.

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What needs improvement with HP Wolf Security?

The tool behaves differently when I ported to Windows 11.

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What is your primary use case for HP Wolf Security?

I use HP Wolf Security to add a layer of safety, especially for laptops operating in various environments.

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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) security solution. The CB Predictive Security Cloud platform combines multiple hi...

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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 Endpoint Standard (CB Defense), and the other is the Carbon Black Endpoint Detection an...

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What do you like most about Carbon Black CB Defense?

VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is a highly stable solution.

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Also Known As

Bromium vSentry

Carbon Black CB Defense, Bit9, Confer

Overview

HP Wolf Security is a comprehensive cybersecurity solution that bolsters your organization's cyber-resilience on multiple fronts. With its full-stack security approach, it ensures layered protection from hardware to the cloud, providing a robust defense against cyber threats. HP Wolf Security introduces endpoint isolation, a cutting-edge feature that effectively halts threats that may go unnoticed by Next-Generation Antivirus (NGAV) and Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) systems. Moreover, it extends its security coverage to printers, equipping them with advanced detection and self-healing capabilities to further safeguard your digital ecosystem. This integrated solution streamlines IT and security risk management, resulting in fewer alerts and false positives, and reduces the time and effort required for endpoint incident analysis and remediation. Notably, HP Wolf Security prioritizes productivity, allowing you to manage risk without disrupting the user experience, enabling worry-free work from anywhere, and offering rapid IT disaster recovery at scale.

VMware Carbon Black Endpoint enhances endpoint security with its robust EDR, threat detection, and live response features. The cloud-based architecture supports remote management and easy setup while behavioral monitoring and dynamic grouping minimize security risks.

VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is designed for those seeking comprehensive endpoint protection. With its cloud-based deployment, organizations experience streamlined remote control and simplified rollout processes. Its behavioral monitoring, incident response capabilities, and firewall integration deliver advanced security measures. Although it addresses many security challenges, areas like manual alert management, on-demand scanning, and integration with systems like AlienVault USM require refinement. Improved UI, EDR components, and flexible pricing models would enhance user satisfaction. On-premise deployment infrastructure and compatibility issues with some operating systems need attention. Enhanced reporting, container security, and multi-tenancy support are also essential for fulfilling industry needs. AI-driven analysis and threat isolation empower companies by fostering proactive management.

What are the key features of VMware Carbon Black Endpoint?

EDR Capabilities: Offers comprehensive endpoint detection and response to identify and mitigate threats.
Live Response: Enables real-time threat response actions for rapid containment and remediation.
Threat Detection: Uses advanced AI to identify and isolate potential security risks effectively.
Cloud-Based Architecture: Facilitates remote management and easy deployment of security measures.
Behavioral Monitoring: Continuously analyzes application behavior to detect anomalies and threats.
Dynamic Grouping: Organizes devices for improved management and targeted security policies.
Firewall Integration: Enhances security by integrating existing firewall solutions for a layered defense approach.
Whitelisting and Policy Management: Streamlines security configurations by managing allowed applications and user access policies.

What benefits should users look for when evaluating VMware Carbon Black Endpoint?

Ease of Setup: Simplifies initial deployment and management processes.
Scalability: Supports organizational growth by easily adapting to expanding security needs.
Detailed Process Monitoring: Provides deep visibility into application processes to identify threats efficiently.
Threat Isolation: Promotes proactive threat management, helping minimize the impact of security breaches.

VMware Carbon Black Endpoint finds extensive application in industries focused on stringent security requirements. Managed security service providers leverage its capabilities to deliver comprehensive protection to multiple clients worldwide. Organizations use it primarily for antivirus protection and incident management, integrating it with their existing security frameworks to strengthen endpoint visibility and real-time threat prevention. Its advanced detection and application control features make it a preferred choice in industries that prioritize robust security measures. However, it requires improvements in terms of system compatibility and customization flexibility to better serve diverse industry environments.

Broadcom

Sample Customers

Valspar

Netflix, Progress Residential, Indeed, Hologic, Gentle Giant, Samsung Research America

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