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Trend Micro Deep Security vs VMware Carbon Black Endpoint comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 2, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.0
Trend Micro Deep Security boosts productivity and efficiency by streamlining antivirus management, reducing costs, and enhancing server and endpoint control.
Sentiment score
5.6
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint delivers strong ROI with enhanced security, reducing costs and malware incidents within six months.
The management console is very useful and easy to operate, allowing policy deployment in a minimal amount of time.
Information Technology Service Desk Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
It adds value by providing centralized control over servers and endpoints.
Endpoint Solutions Support at Compass Group
If the customer is interested in technical capabilities, we demonstrate the tools, setup, implementation, and their working.
Manager, Technical Microsoft at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.4
Trend Micro Deep Security support is responsive and knowledgeable, though some users desire improved expertise and faster resolutions.
Sentiment score
6.3
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint support is knowledgeable but inconsistent, with varied satisfaction and room for improvement in response times.
Whenever I raise a ticket, whether critical or high priority, their team responds immediately, often over calls, and works towards closing the request with the highest priority.
Endpoint Solutions Support at Compass Group
They have very professional engineers, and they often respond effectively.
Manager, Technical Microsoft at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
A dedicated support engineer will come in within three hours.
Project Manager at IT solution India private LinkedIn
Regarding the technical support of Broadcom, they are responsive and helpful.
Senior VP, Technology & Leading Technology Office at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Trend Micro Deep Security is highly scalable and cost-effective, supporting smooth operations across diverse enterprise environments.
Sentiment score
7.1
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is highly scalable, supporting diverse environments efficiently, despite some data extraction and management complexities.
Trend Micro Deep Security is highly scalable.
Endpoint Solutions Support at Compass Group
In most organizations, they are using a mix of these security solutions.
Manager, Technical Microsoft at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
You can install it on a script basis for Linux and Windows.
Project Manager at IT solution India private LinkedIn
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.1
Trend Micro Deep Security offers reliable, stable protection with minimal downtime, occasional issues resolved quickly, and proactive threat management.
Sentiment score
7.5
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint offers reliable security, but some users experience stability issues and update-related challenges for resource allocation.
It has been extremely stable throughout our usage, with no major disturbances.
Information Technology Service Desk Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Trend Micro Deep Security is very stable and provides protection at all times without issues.
Endpoint Solutions Support at Compass Group
We believe that software works fine until it is patched, managed, or monitored by the IT teams.
Manager, Technical Microsoft at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
 

Room For Improvement

Trend Micro Deep Security needs improvements in integration, user interface, support, management capabilities, and automation to enhance efficiency.
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint needs better integration, UI, mobile support, pricing, responsiveness, threat detection, and stability improvements.
User experience improvement is most crucial, along with enhancements in policy management and the accuracy of the IPS, IDS features for real-time protection.
Microsoft Security Department at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Additionally, the product is overpriced, which makes it difficult to sell to many customers.
Director at Business Automation Indore Private Limited
The user interface could be more user-friendly, as navigation sometimes requires familiarity with the console.
Endpoint Solutions Support at Compass Group
 

Setup Cost

Trend Micro Deep Security is costly for some, but AWS Marketplace offers convenience and discounts, with flexible, scalable licensing.
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is seen as pricey, varying by deployment size, with mixed views on its value and flexibility.
We give a fair comparison of all the products, and give them clear insights of the products, which makes it helpful for the customer to make a final decision to purchase the license or product.
Manager, Technical Microsoft at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Trend Micro Deep Security is considered overpriced, which poses a challenge in selling it to many customers.
Director at Business Automation Indore Private Limited
The pricing is moderate, not expensive or very cheap.
Endpoint Solutions Support at Compass Group
 

Valuable Features

Trend Micro Deep Security offers virtual patching, intrusion prevention, and cloud integration, enhancing security and operational efficiency.
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint excels in threat detection, management, and integration, providing scalable and efficient security with minimal resource use.
It has multiple security layers, including anti-malware, intrusion prevention, integrity monitoring, web reputation, application control, firewall, and log inspection.
Microsoft Security Department at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Patching allows us to virtually patch servers without downtime, which is critical given our limited patching windows, and helps prevent servers from being exploited.
Web develope analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The IPS module offers virtual patches to resolve issues immediately, making it an excellent product that I recommend for anyone with servers.
Senior Associate at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
I assess VMware Carbon Black Endpoint's machine learning capabilities in detecting unknown threats as fantastic.
Senior VP, Technology & Leading Technology Office at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Trend Micro Deep Security
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
98
Ranking in other categories
Virtualization Security (1st), Cloud and Data Center Security (5th)
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
64
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (37th), Security Incident Response (6th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (30th), Ransomware Protection (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. Trend Micro Deep Security is designed for Virtualization Security and holds a mindshare of 38.4%, down 42.7% compared to last year.
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint, on the other hand, focuses on Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP), holds 1.8% mindshare, down 1.9% since last year.
Virtualization Security Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Trend Micro Deep Security38.4%
Sophos Virtualization Security19.8%
Juniper vSRX18.1%
Other23.69999999999999%
Virtualization Security
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint1.8%
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint8.2%
CrowdStrike Falcon7.0%
Other83.0%
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
 

Featured Reviews

Avnish Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Service Desk Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Virtual patching has protected critical workloads and reduced downtime across financial environments
The best features Trend Micro Deep Security offers include virtual patching and comprehensive protection from multiple modules such as anti-malware, web reputation, firewall, integrity monitoring, and log inspection. It is very user-friendly, easy to understand, and helps us integrate multiple products with Deep Security. The user-friendly aspect and integration of Trend Micro Deep Security have helped my team significantly. For example, we can integrate our SIEM product, Active Directory, and multiple platforms. If an operations engineer cannot find something or forgets about a suspicious activity, we can identify the suspicious thing with the help of the SIEM. With Active Directory, we maintain our compliance, checking which server has Deep Security and which does not. By integrating these solutions, we effectively maintain compliance in our environment. Trend Micro Deep Security has positively impacted our organization because we have implemented it for multiple purposes, primarily for server security. It is installed on both multiple virtual and physical servers with minimal performance impact. It has been extremely stable throughout our usage, with no major disturbances.
reviewer2689206 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior VP, Technology & Leading Technology Office at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Behavior analytics has strengthened threat prediction yet still needs to improve overall standing
Regarding the real-time monitoring feature with VMware Carbon Black Endpoint, it is helpful in addressing unseen threats. I find the behavior analysis feature beneficial. I assess VMware Carbon Black Endpoint's machine learning capabilities in detecting unknown threats as fantastic. The behavior and analytics feature employs machine learning, and these are features which make the product and give that distinguishing, differentiating factor. The intelligent threat hunting capabilities have impacted my customers' cybersecurity efforts by giving them the edge to be prepared well in advance. Whenever this feature provides prediction, you know what action to take. You are aware of a possible attack and what kind of attack it may be, so you are much better prepared.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
10%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business36
Midsize Enterprise24
Large Enterprise46
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business31
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise31
 

Questions from the Community

Is Crowdstrike Falcon better than Trend Micro Deep Security?
I like that Crowdstrike allows me to easily correlate data between my firewalls. What’s most useful for my needs is the intelligence modules feature. I also find that Crowdstrike Falcon’s dashboard...
What's the difference between Trend Micro Deep Security and Trend Micro Apex One?
Trend Micro Deep Security offers a lot of features. It guarantees security for your data center, cloud, and containers - all with a unified and comprehensive SaaS solution and without compromising ...
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

Deep Security
Carbon Black CB Defense, Bit9, Confer
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Rush University Medical Center, Guess? Inc., Mazda Motor Logistics Europe, MEDHOST, KSC Commercial Internet Co., Ricoh Company Ltd., Square Enix, SoftBank Telecom, Telecom Italia, United Way of Greater Atlanta, A&W Food Services of Canada
Netflix, Progress Residential, Indeed, Hologic, Gentle Giant, Samsung Research America
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