Chose Carbon Black Endpoint
Symantec was very old school like for a constantly evolving digital world. Carbon Black Endpoint appeared to be both more user friendly and also have detection tools we found more useful to us than Symantec.
Carbon Black Endpoint vs. CrowdStrike Falcon
Carbon Black Endpoint vs. CrowdStrike Falcon
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 Carbon Black Endpoint | N/A | Carbon Black Endpoint is an endpoint security and "next-gen antivirus (NGAV)" that uses machine learning and behavioral models to analyze endpoint data and uncover malicious activity to stop all types of attacks before they reach critical systems. | N/A | |
 CrowdStrike Falcon | N/A | CrowdStrike offers the Falcon Endpoint Protection suite, an antivirus and endpoint protection system emphasizing threat detection, machine learning malware detection, and signature free updating. Additionally the available Falcon Spotlight module delivers vulnerability assessment with no performance impact, no additional agents, hardware, scheduled scans, firewall exceptions or admin credentials. | $59.99 per endpoint/month (minimum number of endpoints applies) |
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| Considered Both Products | Carbon Black Endpoint  Kevin Staley MIS Administrator Chose Carbon Black Endpoint CB Defense offered a more comprehensive way to manage and protect all our endpoints irrespective of their presence on/off our LANs. It also gives our administrators dynamic visibility into the activity/processes running on our endpoints. The other solutions would require either …  Brody Wright Securty Analyst Chose Carbon Black Endpoint To be honest, it's the only one I have experience with... This was 4 years ago.  William Bocash IT Manager Chose Carbon Black Endpoint Cb is cloud-based and has a more advanced policy management. It also has better forensics information. Cost was similar, but Cb added cost savings in terms of IT management resources. We also have the ability to talk directly with engineers and have input on feature updates.  Eric Samuelson Senior Manager of IT Chose Carbon Black Endpoint Some of the other products did not allow you to whitelist items on a Mac. We are a heavy Mac shop so this was a requirement. Cb Defense had superior reporting, making it easy to track what was happening on a machine and how to respond. We ran known malware and zero days …  Christopher St.Amand Sr. Network Security Engineer Chose Carbon Black Endpoint Cb Defense was easy to use and configure and the price point was perfectly acceptable. The company is trusted in the EDR space. |  CrowdStrike Falcon  Chris Stutzman IT Manager Chose CrowdStrike Falcon Although the other products were good, CrowdStrike Falcon Complete had more to offer and had a much cleaner, more intuitive interface.  Humayoon Khan Team Lead Cyber Security Chose CrowdStrike Falcon It was the easiest to deploy and manage, while the dashboard was also very clear and precise in terms of useful information. Another major reason in selection CrowdStrike Falcon was its AI and ML detection capabilities which really impressed us during evaluation. Other tools …  James Dilley System Administrator Chose CrowdStrike Falcon Before choosing CrowdStrike Falcon, we evaluated alternative solutions such as Symantec and McAfee. However, CrowdStrike Falcon's cloud-native approach, advanced threat hunting capabilities, and real-time visibility into endpoint activities set it apart as the optimal choice … |
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| Small Businesses |  ThreatLocker Score 9.5 out of 10 | ThreatLocker Score 9.5 out of 10 |
| Medium-sized Companies |  BlackBerry Protect (CylancePROTECT) Score 9.1 out of 10 | BlackBerry Protect (CylancePROTECT) Score 9.1 out of 10 |
| Enterprises |  BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management Score 9.8 out of 10 | BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management Score 9.8 out of 10 |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 9.0 (0 ratings) | 9.6 (0 ratings) |
| Likelihood to Renew | - (0 ratings) | 10.0 (0 ratings) |
| Usability | 10.0 (0 ratings) | 10.0 (0 ratings) |
| Support Rating | 8.8 (0 ratings) | 10.0 (0 ratings) |
| In-Person Training | - (0 ratings) | 9.0 (0 ratings) |
| Implementation Rating | - (0 ratings) | 10.0 (0 ratings) |
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