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Datto Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) vs VMware Carbon Black Endpoint comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 9, 2024

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

Categories and Ranking

Datto Endpoint Detection an...
Ranking in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
29th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint
Ranking in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
16th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
63
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (21st), Security Incident Response (1st), Ransomware Protection (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) category, the mindshare of Datto Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) is 2.5%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is 1.6%, down from 3.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
 

Featured Reviews

Aurélien Boeyen - PeerSpot reviewer
Useful endpoint visibility, high availability, and helpful support
Datto EDR is used for detection and response for endpoints The most valuable feature of Datto EDR is the visibility of the endpoints. The solution could improve by having more deployment methods. I have been using Datto Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) for approximately three years. Datto…
Nikunj Kamboj - PeerSpot reviewer
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The ease of deployment has been good."
"The most valuable feature of Datto EDR is the visibility of the endpoints."
"Datto Endpoint Detection and Response is a perfect product for endpoint security."
"The insight that the solution provides is the most valuable aspect. The security scanning they do is excellent."
"Technical support is excellent."
"The whole purpose of the product, like application control, is very good, and also if you need to update some policies, it works well and instantly."
"The most valuable feature is that it detects and stops malicious executables."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"This product has the capability of uploading scripts to the tool and this is a very comprehensive feature."
"It gives you all of the information in a short and sweet fashion."
"The most valuable asset is the time-lining capability for any breach activity."
"I feel that the initial setup was straightforward and not complex."
 

Cons

"The solution should allow the automation of playbooks."
"The deployment of the solution right now is terrible. We find it to be very bad. It could be improved enormously."
"The solution could improve by having more deployment methods."
"The inclusion of web filtering would be good."
"The solution would be more effective if there was a way to block automatically based on behavior."
"Carbon Black has limited capability to integrate with Rapid7."
"Integration is difficult, but CB Defense is more powerful than others. It is difficult to implement but easy to pick up many detections."
"The product cannot perform an on-demand scan. They could add this particular feature."
"Performing a malware scan usually takes a lot of time, more than 24 hours."
"The support is poor."
"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."
"The directions for Splunk are spot on, but it is difficult to find anything on integration with AlienVault,"
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Datto Endpoint Detection and Response is not an expensive solution."
"There is an annual license to use this solution. The price of the solution can be expensive depending on the company."
"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."
"​The cost/benefit factor has great relevance in Cb Defense implementations​."
"The pricing [is] more or less the same as other similar solutions."
"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."
"The product is quite reasonable."
"VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is an expensive product."
"The licensing cost is on the more expensive side, but I thought it was worth it because they did a good job. It was one of the vendors I truly didn't have to worry about too much until this latest upgrade."
"This is a really expensive product and we pay licensing fees on a yearly basis."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Retailer
6%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Government
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Infocyte HUNT?
Datto Endpoint Detection and Response is a perfect product for endpoint security.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Infocyte HUNT?
The price is quite low. On a scale of one to ten, I would rate it a four, meaning it is quite cheap.
What needs improvement with Infocyte HUNT?
The inclusion of web filtering would be good.
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...
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...
What do you like most about Carbon Black CB Defense?
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is a highly stable solution.
 

Also Known As

Infocyte HUNT
Carbon Black CB Defense, Bit9, Confer
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Check Point Software, PwC, Grant Thornton, AT&T, DHL, U.S. Department of Defense
Netflix, Progress Residential, Indeed, Hologic, Gentle Giant, Samsung Research America
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