We compared Intercept X Endpoint and VMware Carbon Black Endpoint based on our users reviews in five parameters. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results: Sophos Intercept X Endpoint is highly regarded for its versatile functionality, effective threat protection, and dependable performance. However, it could benefit from improvements in installation speed, software size, and resource consumption. On the other hand, VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is highly valued for its MDR feature, integration capabilities, and stability. However, it could improve in areas such as node management, GUI, and AI capabilities. Pricing-wise, opinions on Intercept X Endpoint vary, while VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is considered costly. Customer support for both products receives mixed reactions.
"Additionally, when it comes to EDR, there are more tools available to assist with client work."
"It is very easy to set up. I would rate my experience with the initial setup a ten out of ten, with ten being very easy to set up."
"Fortinet has helped free up around 20 percent of our staff's time to help us out."
"NGAV and EDR features are outstanding."
"It is stable and scalable."
"I like FortiClient EMS. FortiEDR has a lot of great features like lockdown mode, remote wipes, and encryption. I can set malware outbreak policies and controls for detecting abnormalities. You can also simulate phishing attacks."
"We have FortiEDR installed on all our systems. This protects them from any threats."
"The price is low and quite competitive with others."
"This solution can be used with any device, mobiles, desktops, or any appliances."
"Machine learning is used to detect the threat and it does so by prioritizing the suspicious activities."
"The threat analysis center is nice."
"The product is user-friendly."
"The most valuable features are the anti-ransomware engine, deep learning, web filtering, and the cloud manageability."
"The stability on offer is fine."
"The security on offer is pretty good. We are happy with it."
"It is a very scalable solution."
"Carbon Black Cb Defense has a nice component called Alert Triage. It contains full details of the process execution "kill chain" and "go live" for immediate remediation."
"It is a stable solution...The initial setup of VMware Carbon Black Endpoint was easy."
"It is a very complete platform."
"Carbon Black Cb Defense improved our endpoint level security. It helped to identify endpoint and infrastructure loopholes."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the support it provides."
"Technical support is excellent."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is one of the best EDR tools in the market."
"One of the most valuable features is that it will block vulnerable sites. If there was a connection between one of our devices to a known malware site, it will block it."
"The solution's installation from a central installation server could be improved because the engineers had a little bit of trouble getting it installed from a central location."
"FortiEDR can be improved by providing more detailed reporting."
"We've encountered challenges during API deployment, occasionally resulting in unstable environments."
"The solution is not stable."
"We've had a lot of false positives; things incorrectly flagged that require manual configuration to allow. Even worse, after we allow a legitimate program, it sometimes gets flagged again after an update. This has caused a lot of extra work for my team."
"Detections could be improved."
"We find the solution to be a bit expensive."
"ZTNA can improve latency."
"The graphical interface could improve. Additionally, adding less expensive mobile device support would be helpful. Other solutions have this feature."
"It's a challenge to do system maintenance work on a notebook. You always have to disable Sophos first."
"There are not any solutions that are a 10 out of 10. A 10 would be perfect protection with no impact on the performance of the device. This is not the case, there is some impact on the performance of the device."
"This solution is not in the high ratings on many of the top review sites. This solution has to be near the top for me to continue using it."
"It's a bit heavy on the computers. So once you install it, the computer slows down. It is a resource-intensive solution."
"There is room for improvement in terms of stability and updates."
"The choices offered for the on-premises and cloud-based platforms are the reverse of each other."
"I recommend that Intercept X Endpoint should include a patch assessment feature. Various vendors offer virtual patching solutions, which could be a game-changer, especially for the financial sector where frequent service restarts are challenging. These solutions allow patching servers without the need for restarts. Incorporating these features into Intercept X Endpoint would enhance its effectiveness in securing endpoints and servers."
"This product should be cheaper."
"What was rolled out to my company are mixed versions of Carbon Black CB Defense, so what I'd like to see in the next release is more synchronization, where it can detect the endpoint that's running an old version and suggest updates."
"Integration is difficult, but CB Defense is more powerful than others. It is difficult to implement but easy to pick up many detections."
"The solution has to mature on container security and a lot of cloud environment security."
"A search bar in the investigation page and some AI-related tasks like outgoing alerts, or recent tactics that are being used in the market, must be embedded in the tool so that it's easier to find alerts."
"In the next release, it would help if we can get better control over containers."
"Sensor deployment requires extensive fine-tuning, and creating deployment packages is time-consuming."
"The node management could be much better. The one thing that they cannot do very easily is change the tenant from a backend."
Intercept X Endpoint is ranked 7th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 101 reviews while VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is ranked 17th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 61 reviews. Intercept X Endpoint is rated 8.4, while VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Intercept X Endpoint writes "A standard offering with good threat analysis but reduces machine performance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Carbon Black Endpoint writes "Centralization via the cloud allows us to protect and control people working from home". Intercept X Endpoint is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, SentinelOne Singularity Complete and Seqrite Endpoint Security, whereas VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Trend Micro Deep Security, SentinelOne Singularity Complete and Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks. See our Intercept X Endpoint vs. VMware Carbon Black Endpoint report.
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