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Carbon Black EDR

Composite Score

7.4 /10

CX Score

7.8 /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

0 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2025

Carbon Black EDR Ratings

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86 Likeliness to Recommend

2
Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1
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.

+90 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 77

Endpoint Isolation

100

Endpoint Visibility

100

Threat Hunting

100

Intrusion Detection Prevention

IOC Consumption

IOC Tools

Whitelisting Blacklisting

Malware Identification Accuracy

Continuous Monitoring

Machine Learning

Agent Efficiency

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 78

Ease of IT Administration

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

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Carbon Black EDR Reviews

Paul A.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Finance
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2025

Incident Response and Remediation at its fines.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Carbon Black EDR from other similar products?

VMware Carbon Black EDR differentiates itself with its comprehensive endpoint data collection, intuitive attack chain visualization, and real-time threat hunting capabilities, allowing security professionals to quickly identify, understand, and respond to threats. Also Carbon Black continuously records and stores comprehensive endpoint activity data, providing a rich data feed for security teams to analyze and hunt threats.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Threat Intelligence and Machine Learning , learning to detect and prevent both known and unknown threats.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I am having issues with Watchlists custom detection that continuously monitors the environment for potential threats and suspicious activity.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Make sure you have a detailed plan to deploy product and setup in possible DMZ or sandbox mode.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Efficient Service
Inspires Innovation
Caring

Jacob H.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Telecommunications
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2024

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Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Carbon Black EDR from other similar products?

Where VMware Carbon Black EDR stands out from other solutions is that the product has primacy detection of threats and auto-remediation, which saves time on actual security breaches. Furthermore, its user-friendly and organization characteristics ensure that, even for people who have no knowledge in cybersecurity, they can use it well.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The best feature of VMware Carbon Black EDR is its ability to observe the activities of the systems and determine the main issues or threats that are present and ready to attack; I can then respond and counter them rapidly.

What do you dislike most about this product?

On the flip side, what I find unfavourable is that it tends to somewhat bring down the speed of the system, but that is a minor issue given the advantages of the tool.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Overall, it is advantageous and I will advise anyone seeking to improve a company’s security defense system to prefer VMware Carbon Black EDR. It helps identify threats before they happen, it has a friendly user interface and it could respond automatically to threats and thus it is an inevitable tool in the modern technological world. Do not leave this opportunity to go and use it today and enjoy the calm you get from protecting your valued data!

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Utilities
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2024

Powerful, competent, easy

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Inspires Innovation
Fair
Security Protects

Cons

Inhibits Innovation
Slower Product Innovation
Under Delivered

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Carbon Black EDR Ratings

86 Likeliness to Recommend

2 Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+90 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

Endpoint Isolation Ability to isolate compromised devices automatically or manually.

Endpoint Visibility Ability to collect and analyze endpoint telemetry related to processes, registry changes, file activity, users, and network activity.

Threat Hunting Ability to search endpoint telemetry and investigate indicators of compromise.

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.

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

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

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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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Paul A.

Incident Response and Remediation at its fines.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Jacob H.

Here, I will provide my insight of VMware Carbon B

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Powerful, competent, easy

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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