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Mimecast Insider Risk Management and Data Protection vs VMware Carbon Black Endpoint comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 9, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Cloudflare One
Sponsored
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
Email Security (20th), Secure Web Gateways (SWG) (12th), Data Loss Prevention (DLP) (22nd), Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) (12th), Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection (8th), Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions (13th), Access Management (12th), Bot Management (3rd), ZTNA as a Service (8th), ZTNA (4th), Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) (9th), Remote Browser Isolation (RBI) (2nd)
Mimecast Insider Risk Manag...
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
98
Ranking in other categories
Data Loss Prevention (DLP) (4th)
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
65
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (30th), Security Incident Response (3rd), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (30th), Ransomware Protection (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Mimecast Insider Risk Management and Data Protection2.8%
Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention6.1%
Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention4.6%
Other86.5%
Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint2.0%
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint6.7%
CrowdStrike Falcon5.8%
Other85.5%
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
 

Featured Reviews

CV
Network Architect at IP Dimension
Cloud security has improved remote access and has reduced costs for smaller client sites
I have used Cloudflare One's Identity-Aware Proxy, and it is quite straightforward from what I have seen so far. The app registration on the Azure side integrates fully into Cloudflare, and I am very satisfied with that part because it is easy to set up. The integration of Cloudflare One's Secure Web Gateway and Zero Trust Network Access works without any issues. That part is pretty automatic, and if you complete the rest of the setup, it comes together by itself with no issues from my side. What makes it nice is that we can actually start replacing on-site firewalls at this stage for the smaller clients because it does not matter if they go to a coffee shop or work from home; they are still secured by the same connection. The hops get shorter and you get better latency. We have done testing to see if it is better. One thing that we did notice with our proof of concept with our current client is that they have people connecting from the UK. When they used their previous VPN solution, uploading CAD drawings and other files to the server took a long time. They mentioned that it is much quicker on Cloudflare One's solution. I definitely believe that is part of the improved performance, and I am satisfied with that as well. What is nice about Cloudflare One is that it makes the setup easier and also easier to train technicians to maintain it. Compared to legacy systems, we do not need to get fancy firewalls in place that are costly. That is definitely also a cost-saver with Cloudflare One.
External Ganesh - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Engineer at Comcast
Insider threats have been detected faster and internal data exposure is now controlled
Regarding how Mimecast Insider Risk Management and Data Protection can be improved, sometimes the tool is slightly laggy, wherein it would take some time for us to fetch the related logs from the Mimecast portal, and that of course can be improved. There could also be a graph or a kind of a graph where, if the organization has a smaller number of employees, it is fine, but if it has a large number of employees and different departments, then in that case, Mimecast could give us an AI suggestion upon how to improvise the current security posture, how we stand and where we can go up to in terms of implementing or tweaking the policies. As the organization's size gets bigger, it would also be better if Mimecast could provide some solutions upon how to segregate the users into groups and what groups can have which policies. Those kinds of features can be added. Regarding Mimecast Insider Risk Management and Data Protection's AI capabilities, I think its governance and security could improve as I am not entirely sure how it works. It would be helpful if Mimecast could, as the AI capabilities are in place, maintain a strict governance policy upon the data that is being processed, especially for user personally identifiable information. As insider risk management sometimes also gets into the personal details of the user, organizations might be hesitant; even we are also hesitant to use the AI capabilities. If Mimecast could provide more information about how they store the data and whether the agents are local agents or cloud-hosted agents, that would be of great help for the organizations to consider its AI capabilities while adhering to the compliance needs of a particular organization.
PM
CTO at Microsoft
Improved incident investigation has supported response while core protection still needs progress
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint does not have easy integration, as there are many complexities with the Ribitava API, which is very deep. I rate this solution overall as a five or six on a scale from one to ten. I have integrated VMware Carbon Black Endpoint with other tools that are helpful. I think this solution should be targeted at small clients, because adoption will grow more with small businesses tomorrow.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Cloudflare DDoS is better than its competitors for its security, deployment, and scalability."
"Cloudflare Zero Trust Platform removes the risk of exposing the applications to the public."
"The capabilities of the software are strong enough for me to do what it's supposed to do. For me, we don't need to do a lot of configuration on our site. We just enable it and monitor it."
"Cloudflare One has assisted in securing my remote workforce through a SASE solution with Cloudflare One and the Workers part, although I am not currently using the Workers component."
"Cloudflare is simple to use."
"Clover is the best product globally."
"Cloudflare Access is part of the Zero Trust philosophy."
"Enables me to work from two locations."
"Customer service is amazing with Code42, as everyone is very willing to help, very professional, and they take pride in their product and see this as a value."
"This was the best ones that I tested; I loved it then and still love it now."
"I have enjoyed the seamless and automated nature of CrashPlan the best."
"In my opinion the CrashPlan solution is best of breed for a corporate data backup solution."
"In that testing scenario, Mimecast Insider Risk Management and Data Protection shines with how policy enforcement and data protection is implemented."
"I would only say that I could not recommend this product enough."
"Mimecast Insider Risk Management and Data Protection has positively impacted my organization by enabling investigation of risk behavior and user behavior, reducing potential data leakages, improving awareness of sensitive data handling across users, strengthening compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements, and streamlining incident investigation through centralized case management."
"Mimecast Insider Risk Management and Data Protection has positively impacted my organization by reducing the incident of clicking on malicious and phishing emails, ensuring there are zero phishing mail with filtering happening from the beginning itself so we feel we are in safe hands."
"I like its reporting."
"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."
"For Carbon Black Endpoint, the possibility of integration with different other software's log servers is the important thing. Having just one point of view is more interesting so you don't need to go to different places to see all the information."
"From a business perspective, we've been able to virtually eliminate cyber attacks from spyware, malware, and virus perspectives."
"The cost/benefit factor has great relevance in Cb Defense implementations."
"Technical support is excellent."
"It significantly speeds up incident response times by alerting analysts immediately upon detecting potential issues."
"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."
 

Cons

"Cloudflare DDoS has poor technical support."
"For the topic of improvement, providing some training material is one of my suggestions."
"The tool should provide on-premise versions. Currently, all versions are cloud-based."
"They don't have a person to provide support for customers using the solution under their free plan."
"Our customers no longer use Cloudflare because its service is subpar."
"The onboarding process can be improved a little bit."
"The initial onboarding was causing us some confusion."
"Feedback could be enhanced."
"I think one we can improve is the compression."
"The login screen for customers could be improved, I find that the white and grey could be hard to read for some customers depending on the brightness of their screens."
"If you install the home user version of CrashPlan, you will need to uninstall it before you are able to install the pro version."
"Reporting."
"Since the product works in the background and, so far, has been able to restore multiple versions of files, I don't see any need for improvement."
"Upgrade process a bit time consuming, but worth the time."
"My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing indicates that pricing is always very expensive."
"Additionally, there have been instances where a document or link has bypassed Mimecast, causing us to question why it was not blocked before reaching users."
"There is room for improvement in the support and service team."
"The support is poor."
"The solution would be more effective if there was a way to block automatically based on behavior."
"The pricing could always be a bit better. They could work to make it less expensive."
"The endpoint machines need improvement."
"In our company, we also wanted to have network detection, like a host-based IDS on VMware Carbon Black Endpoint, but we did not get it."
"The tech support communicates, but it's just not with movement."
"There are many different controls that are needed to be put into place for upgrading that makes it difficult. Having to re-engineer your IT infrastructure to match their software, as opposed to having it integrate and work independently causes difficulties. When there is an update to any software everyone has to be involved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is not that expensive."
"The solution's pricing lacks transparency."
"Cloudflare Zero Trust Platform's pricing is good."
"The price tag is no longer $200,000, but rather $300,000 to $400,000. It's twice."
"The prices are slightly expensive."
"The pricing of the solution is cheap. The licensing cost is also very low. I rate the cost and pricing a three out of ten."
"The pricing is somewhere in the middle. I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten."
"My company has to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the solution. There are no hidden charges apart from the licensing costs of the solution."
"They were the best solution and surprisingly enough, the cheapest."
"It is 100% worth the cost to get and keep the support, especially when setting it up."
"It was expensive. It was more expensive than Eureka, and it was more expensive than Barracuda Backup, but what we got was a full team. They didn't come in and nickel and dime us. They provided the assistance we needed. They didn't say that they need to charge us for something or it is going to take another statement of work. It was all bundled into it... We pay for the software maintenance. It is probably 18% or 20% of the license fee for rev releases."
"The pricing is reasonable. It's my understanding that the cost is about $7 for unlimited storage in the cloud per server."
"It used to be a good solution for SOHO in particular as it had unlimited storage for a reasonable price. However, their pricing model has changed and they are now primarily targeting enterprise users."
"The cost is a considerable factor, but the benefit factor is the most important. When you compare it with other products, the price is high. Carbon Black will negotiate the price."
"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’s price is less expensive than other vendors."
"Overall, it was cost-effective too."
"It's reasonable in price"
"It is more expensive, but it's worth it. There are no additional costs beyond the standard licensing fee."
"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 product is expensive. There are some additional costs apart from the standard licensing charges attached to the solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
18%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Construction Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise12
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business33
Midsize Enterprise29
Large Enterprise44
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business31
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise33
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Cloudflare Zero Trust Platform?
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What is your primary use case for Cloudflare Zero Trust Platform?
Cloudflare One's primary use case for my organization is to protect servers and to provide remote access with the VPN...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Code42 Next-Gen DLP?
I am unsure about Mimecast Insider Risk Management and Data Protection's pricing, setup costs, and licensing details....
What advice do you have for others considering Code42 Next-Gen DLP?
My advice for those looking at Mimecast Insider Risk Management and Data Protection is to compare your use case compr...
What needs improvement with Code42 Incydr?
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What to choose: an endpoint antivirus, an EDR solution or both?
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What's the difference between Carbon Black CB Response and Carbon Black CB Defense?
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Carbon Black CB Defense?
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Also Known As

Cloudflare Area 1 Email Security, Cloudflare Bot Management, Cloudflare Gateway, Cloudflare Zero Trust Platform, Cloudflare DDoS, Cloudflare SASE & SSE Platform
Mimecast Incydr, Code42 Next-Gen DLP, Code42 Next-Gen Data Loss Protection, Code42 Forensic File Search, Code42 Backup + Restore
Carbon Black CB Defense, Bit9, Confer
 

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