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SanerNow CyberHygiene Platform vs. VMware Carbon Black Cloud

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Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) category, the mindshare of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is 3.4%, down from 4.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SanerNow CyberHygiene Platform is 0.4%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Carbon Black Cloud is 0.4%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks	3.4%
SanerNow CyberHygiene Platform	0.4%
VMware Carbon Black Cloud	0.4%
Other	95.8%

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

Featured Reviews

ABHISHEK_SINGH

Senior Process Expert at A.P. Moller - Maersk

Gained full visibility and streamlined threat detection through behavior-based insights and AI integration

Initially, we got to have a lot of false positives when we onboarded, but nowadays it's quite smooth. We have fine-tuned our security policies and allowed different levels of policies to get rid of those false positives. Currently, we are getting a fairly good amount of incidents that are not false positives or benign, but actionable items. The process is streamlined. In the initial days, the operations used to get involved in a lot of benign and other activities, but now the process is streamlined. We are leveraging the auto-detection and remediation plans. The operations teams are now more involved in other business roles as well, not just looking into the logs and fetching out what's happening there. They have fixed a lot of things. Initially, they didn't have IAC code drift detection, cloud posture management, or security posture management, but they have those now. They purchased different vendors and did a merger with that. They have now Prisma Cloud that gets integrated and now they are working with Cortex Cloud. Everything that was negative has now been addressed, and the product altogether looks to be in a very better and mature shape now. Currently, it's more or less detecting the workloads with AI-based best practices. Since most organizations are consuming AI agents and other things, we are looking forward to seeing what other feature enhancements Palo Alto can support in that.

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JAN MICHAEL UY

Information Technology Supervisor at DMCI Homes, Inc.

Can automate updates and manage software licenses more effectively

Our team uses the SanerNow CyberHygiene Platform for threat detection, focusing on features like vulnerabilities and asset exposure. The asset exposure feature is packaged with software licenses and machines. We get the latest updates and patches for Windows workstations and applications for remediation. We can automate these updates, which greatly improves our previous manual and scripting-based tools. Before, we struggled with setting policies and making changes to workstations. Now, we can automate updates and manage software licenses more effectively. We monitor who's using various licenses like Office, CAD, Visio, and Lumion.

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reviewer2771742

Sec consultant at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Has supported consistent deployment across departments but needs better OS compatibility and detection performance

I am not really looking for a new solution, actually, I was preparing for an interview and wanted to have a comparison between both tools. I have not worked with any of these products before, but we had a training demonstration yesterday with Dynatrace, and I have investigated the Wiz solution better. In terms of experience, it will be my first time with CDR. I am working with something for EDR, specifically, we have an EDR, it's VMware Carbon Black Cloud. They have a hybrid environment, both on-prem and cloud. I would usually recommend this product for big companies, because it's not cheap, so only big companies would I expect to pay for that. The review rating for VMware Carbon Black Cloud is 6 out of 10.

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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

"Its interface and pricing are most valuable, and it is better than other vendors in terms of security."

"They did what they said, and this solution could apply to any scenario."

"The level of security I get for my endpoints and servers is extremely valuable."

"The most valuable for us is the correlation feature."

"The stability of the solution is very good. We have about 100 users on it right now, and we use it twice a week."

"Traps is quite a stable product. Once it was properly deployed and configured, you have nothing to be worried about."

"Cortex XDR lets us manage several clients from the same console, and its endpoint defense is more advanced than traditional antivirus."

"It'll not slow down your system when compared to others."

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"Although it is, in fact, a complete vulnerability management solution, the most valuable feature is the patch management functionality. Most of our customers give preference to this tool over other tools when it comes to patch management."

"Our team uses the SanerNow CyberHygiene Platform for threat detection, focusing on features like vulnerabilities and asset exposure. The asset exposure feature is packaged with software licenses and machines. We get the latest updates and patches for Windows workstations and applications for remediation. We can automate these updates, which greatly improves our previous manual and scripting-based tools."

"We are able to remotely isolate exploited endpoints in seconds and perform a live deep dive of any endpoint into its running processes (as necessary) without the need for extra scripts."

"Probably the most valuable feature of CB Response is its ability to isolate a host and take it off the network, so it's not spreading anything. We have two security operations centers around the globe. When an SOC analyst sees something on an endpoint, they can use Carbon Black Response to isolate that host from the customer's environment and prevent any kind of lateral spread."

"Carbon Black Cb Response excels at providing context to indicators when responding to incidents. It allows responders to understand the entire scope of an incident and quickly contain it to minimize impact and disruption."

"Threat hunting is the most valuable feature of VMware Carbon Black Cloud."

"Mostly what we are using is CB Response, because we have a product on Carbon Black CB Response."

"The most valuable feature is its ability to seek out abnormal activity and to create alerts."

"With this product in our hands, we are able to remotely isolate exploited endpoints in seconds and perform a live deep dive of any endpoint into its running processes (as necessary) without the need for extra scripts."

"VMware Carbon Black Cloud is a user-friendly solution that can isolate machines from the rest of the network."

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Cons

"Previously, the endpoint would leave the environment, not being on our VPN, essentially unable to interact with the server to upload files. It was unable to retrieve new file verdicts. It was using a thing called "local analysis" to determine if something was a malicious file or not. There was no dynamic analysis."

"The price could be a little lower."

"There are some default policies which sometimes affect our applications and cause them to run around. In the hotel industry, we use a different type of data versus Oracle and SQL. By default, there are some policies which stop us from running properly. Because of this, the support level is also not that strong. We have to wait to get a results."

"There are some third-party solutions that are difficult to integrate with, which is something that can be improved."

"When it comes to malware files, it should be a little quick because, at times, it would give a wrong result in the sense of what it might be on malware, even if it still might be a normal one."

"Previously, the endpoint would leave the environment, not being on our VPN, essentially unable to interact with the server to upload files."

"Managing the product should be easier."

"Cortex XDR could be improved with more GUI features."

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"SanerNow CyberHygiene Platform needs to incorporate more documentation."

"SanerNow has good integration with the more well known ITSM tools, but at the same time there are many other ITSM (IT Service Management) tools available in the market, including local tools here in India, and I'm not sure how SanerNow plans to integrate with them all out of the box."

"Setup is incredibly complex and poorly documented."

"The support team of Carbon Black CB Response needs improvement. At present, they need a lot of information. Then they give you an answer that they already gave you. You tell them it didn't work, and then they take a long time."

"There have been some performance issues when deploying on Windows Server, but I believe Carbon Black is working on that."

"They have different products, but if we wanted to take their protection and their EPR, then we would need to have two agents"

"One of the big issues we're facing is that their solution doesn't support multi-tenants."

"The dashboard should be more user-friendly."

"Training and education for both partner and customer, including product marketing need to be improved."

"It's not highly available, so you have to have a core server. If the primary server goes down, you need a new one. It's not available at the same time, however. It's not automatically swapped from one server to another."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Compared to CrowdStrike, Cortex XDR is an expensive solution."

"The price of the product is not very economical."

"This is an expensive solution."

"The price of the solution could be reduced. I have customers that have voiced that the solution is good for the value but if I want to sell more of the solution the price reduction would help."

"It is "expensive" and flexible."

"The solution has one subscription for endpoint protection and one subscription for detection and response. The two licenses combined give you the BRO version."

"The cost of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is $55 to $90 USD per endpoint per month."

"Every customer has to pay for a license because it doesn't work with what you get from a managed services provider."

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"As with several other solutions such as Microsoft MECM and SCCM, the licensing for SanerNow involves per-device pricing for each kind of product or service on offer."

"The pricing is reasonable - we paid about 2.5 million for 3,500 nodes."

"VMware Carbon Black Cloud is an expensive solution."

"We had no issues purchasing through our preferred reseller and were able to get a fair price even when not purchasing direct. Carbon Black Enterprise Response didn’t break the bank, though adding on the matching antivirus and anti-malware components of the Protect product was more than we could afford, even with some discounting. Cb Response is really designed to complement Carbon Black’s Defense product. While Response can be used on its own, coupling with Defense seems like the best strategy if you can afford the price tag."

"The solution is very inexpensive so there is great cost savings to using it."

"You need to pay for the licensing of the product. The pricing is costly."

"Purchase Professional Services up front as part of the implementation package, then renew hours annually to ensure you have adequate support for upgrades and enhancements. Overbuy by at least 10% to account for infrastructure growth."

"Pricing for this solution could be made lower."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Construction Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Outsourcing Company

14%

Computer Software Company

Retailer

Real Estate/Law Firm

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Construction Company

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	44
Midsize Enterprise	20
Large Enterprise	47

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By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	8

Questions from the Community

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Comparing CrowdStrike Falcon to Cortex XDR (Palo Alto)

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How is Cortex XDR compared with Microsoft Defender?

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a cloud-delivered endpoint security solution. The tool reduces the attack surface,...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SanerNow?

The pricing is reasonable - we paid about 2.5 million for 3,500 nodes.

What needs improvement with SanerNow?

SanerNow CyberHygiene Platform needs to incorporate more documentation.

What is your primary use case for SanerNow?

We use the tool for patch, application, and vulnerability management.

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) s...

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 Endpoin...

What needs improvement with Carbon Black CB Response?

I see room for improvement as I remember some problems on compatibility with some operating systems; I recall we coul...

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Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps

SecPod SanerNow, SanerNow RP

Carbon Black CB Response

Overview

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks provides advanced threat detection with AI-driven endpoint protection and seamless integration, ensuring multi-layered security and automatic threat response.

Cortex XDR is designed to safeguard endpoints against malware and suspicious activities. It offers advanced threat detection and response capabilities using behavioral analysis, AI, and machine learning. It seamlessly integrates with security infrastructures, providing endpoint security, firewall integration, and enhanced visibility in both cloud-based and on-premises environments.

What are the key features of Cortex XDR?

Advanced Threat Detection: Uses AI and machine learning for proactive threat identification.
Multi-layered Security: Combines various security measures for comprehensive protection.
Endpoint Protection: Safeguards against malware and exploits.
Behavioral Analysis: Monitors suspicious activity for early detection.
Automatic Threat Response: Automates responses to neutralize threats.

What benefits should users expect?

Ease of Use: Simplifies security management with intuitive design.
Resource Efficiency: Minimizes impact on system resources.
Integration Capabilities: Works well with existing security setups.
Reduced Analyst Workload: Automates processes to decrease manual intervention.

Organizations in diverse sectors deploy Cortex XDR to protect against malware, leveraging its advanced threat detection capabilities. Its integration with existing security infrastructures appeals to those seeking comprehensive protection in both cloud and on-premises environments, providing enhanced visibility and threat intelligence.

Palo Alto Networks

SecPod’s SanerNow CVEM prevents cyberattacks. It is a fully integrated, continuous, & automated platform designed to help enterprise IT Security Teams overcome security risks posed by vulnerabilities and misconfigurations. The solution offers seven modules driven by one agent & can be operationalized through an integrated cloud console.

SanerNow Continuous Vulnerability & Exposure Management (CVEM) platform offers an innovative approach to cyber-attack prevention and attack surface management.

SanerNow, with its CVEM capabilities, offers a new outlook on cybersecurity by evaluating enterprise IT infrastructure from a weakness perspective.

By integrating seven modules in one platform, the solution offers a unified approach to tackle IT infrastructure weaknesses - from scanning & detecting vulnerabilities & misconfigurations, asset exposure management, risk prioritization, patch management, endpoint management, and compliance management.

The seven modules are:

SanerNow AE: Discover and monitor usage of hardware and software assets in your IT network, manage licenses and more, daily.

SanerNow CPAM: Continuous assessment of 70+ anomalies on 2000+ data points of infrastructure/posture to detect outliers, trends, and security control deviations.

SanerNow VM: Detect, assess, and prioritize vulnerabilities on devices using industry’s fastest scanner & world’s largest security intelligence library of 160,000+ checks.

SanerNow CM: Detect and fix misconfigurations to harden systems and comply with regulatory standards or custom policies.

SanerNow RP: Prioritize risk of vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and other weaknesses, remediate effectively.

SanerNow PM: Integrated patch management to automatically deploy patches for 30+ version of Windows, Linux, Mac OSs and 400+ third-party applications.

SanerNow EM: Get complete visibility into your endpoints and use 100+ security controls for software deployment, system tune-up, application & device control, and more.

The platform offers infrastructure inventory visibility, network anomaly normalization, detection, prioritization, remediation & system hardening of endpoints across every infrastructure layer.

It improves risk visibility beyond software vulnerabilities, expanding the scope of vulnerability management by monitoring more than 100 endpoint health controls, deploying/uninstalling software system health monitoring, eliminating rogue processes and applications, identifying malicious connections and devices, applying system-level security controls, system tuning, fix deviations and anomalies and building queries to get instant visibility to security risks.

Secpod Technologies

Fortify Endpoint and Workload Protection

Legacy approaches fall short as cybercriminals update tactics and obscure their actions. Get advanced cybersecurity fueled by behavioral analytics to spot minor fluctuations and adapt in response.

Recognize New Threats

Analyze attackers’ behavior patterns to detect and stop never-before-seen attacks with continuous endpoint activity data monitoring. Don’t get stuck analyzing only what’s worked in the past.

Simplify Your Security Stack

Streamline the response to potential incidents with a unified endpoint agent and console. Minimize downtime responding to incidents and return critical CPU cycles back to the business.

Broadcom

Sample Customers

CBI Health Group, University Honda, VakifBank

Siemens, Aruba, SironLabs, POS Aviation, Kotak, Kaizen Automotive, Amagi, McNeilus Steel, Claremont, Glassbeam, Marlabs, Amazon Web Services

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