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Carbon Black EDR

Composite Score

7.4 /10

CX Score

7.7 /10

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What is Carbon Black EDR?

Carbon Black EDR is an incident response and threat hunting solution designed for Security Operations Center teams with offline environments or on-premises requirements. Carbon Black EDR continuously records and stores endpoint activity data so security professionals can hunt threats in real time and visualize the complete attack kill chain, using the Carbon Black Cloud’s aggregated threat intelligence.

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Awards & Recognition

Carbon Black EDR won the following awards in the Endpoint Detection & Response category

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1 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2026

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1 Top Rated Features

2025

Carbon Black EDR Ratings

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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

85 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

80 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+88 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Carbon Black EDR?

4% Negative

0% Neutral

96% Positive

Pros

Client Friendly Policies
Fair
Altruistic
Reliable

Feature Ratings

Average 78

Intrusion Detection Prevention

IOC Consumption

IOC Tools

Whitelisting Blacklisting

Malware Identification Accuracy

Continuous Monitoring

Machine Learning

Agent Efficiency

Automated Threat Response

Behavioural Analytics

Task Prioritization

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 79

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

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Score 6.9

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Carbon Black EDR Reviews

Rupesh K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Jun 2023

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Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Carbon Black EDR from other similar products?

VMware Carbon Black EDR clearly stands out from the other products due to many factors like below: * It provides great visibility of the endpoint activity, which allows us to monitor the endpoint in real-time. * It continuously monitors the endpoint for any security threats, resulting in rapid detection and resolution of the issue. * As it's built on the cloud, it has got scalability, faster updates, and flexibility and also reduces the load on the on-perm infrastructure.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The one thing that I love about VMware Carbon Black EDR is the threat detection feature based on the behavior, it uses machine learning algorithms and analytics to perform this. With the help of this, we would be able to detect and block any emerging security issues effectively without causing any damage.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The user interface of the VMware Carbon Black EDR can be improved to make it easier for the end user to access the application, along with this the integration of VMware Carbon Black EDR with the other third-party software is a bit time-consuming, so it would be great if they can work on it.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

VMware Carbon Black EDR highly focuses on endpoint visibility, threat detection, real-time monitoring of the endpoint, automation, and many more, so if you are looking for a product that would satisfy all of the mentioned needs, then VMware Carbon Black EDR is the right choice. Even though it does lack a few things, it is one of the best in the current market.

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Efficient Service

Kovendhan J.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Jun 2023

Good Product give’s everything on the table.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Carbon Black EDR from other similar products?

I don’t see the big difference between features of carbon black with others. But it has customer trust and reliability. And it has the strong reputation that it is the one of the best in EDR

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It gives everything on the table and makes easy for analysis

What do you dislike most about this product?

No LDap is the one of the major setbacks and need powerful engine to run multiple queries

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Reputation and features

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Shrikant L.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Jun 2023

More effective at catching threats than tradition

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Carbon Black EDR from other similar products?

more effective at catching threats than traditional antivirus.s a result, EDR has become an essential tool for protecting corporate networks from sophisticated attacks. EDR, or behavior-based endpoint protection, is a type of security software that monitors the activity on a computer or device for suspicious behavior. An EDR agent is installed on the endpoint and constantly monitors for changes in behavior that could indicate the presence of malicious software.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Response is used to investigate an endpoint. Investigate is a broad term and CarbonBlack allows us to perform numerous types of investigations. These range from finding out what happened on an endpoint, where, when, and how.

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Continually Improving Product
Trustworthy
Unique Features
Efficient Service

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Carbon Black EDR Ratings

85 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

80 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+88 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Carbon Black EDR?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Intrusion Detection Prevention Through event monitoring, the detection, countermeasure and prevention of possible security incidents or threats.

IOC Consumption Ability to consume IOCs.

IOC Tools Full export capabilities are simple to execute.

Whitelisting Blacklisting Whitelisting and blacklisting of applications and websites that are either certified to be safe, or suspected to be malicious.

Malware Identification Accuracy Malware identification and fingerprinting can provide extensive and deep indicators and analysis of malware detected.

Continuous Monitoring Allows customers to select specific third parties which are continuously monitored, with alerts generated for significant changes in risk scores

Machine Learning Can provide deep behavioural insights.

Agent Efficiency Agents are lightweight and create few conflicts or performance impacts.

Automated Threat Response Automatic response to threats.

Behavioural Analytics Includes real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting on user behaviour.

Task Prioritization Ability to assign a priority to tasks.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

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Carbon Black EDR Reviews

Rupesh K.

Enhance the VMware Carbon Black EDR

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Kovendhan J.

Good Product give’s everything on the table.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Shrikant L.

More effective at catching threats than tradition

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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