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IBM Resilient vs VMware Carbon Black Endpoint comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 2, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

IBM Resilient
Ranking in Security Incident Response
5th
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
18
Ranking in other categories
Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (20th)
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint
Ranking in Security Incident Response
6th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
64
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (35th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (36th), Ransomware Protection (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Security Incident Response category, the mindshare of IBM Resilient is 7.3%, down from 10.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is 4.5%, down from 8.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Security Incident Response Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IBM Resilient7.3%
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint4.5%
Other88.2%
Security Incident Response
 

Featured Reviews

Usman Bhatti - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Officer Security Operations Center at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Simple deployment, scalable, but lacking third-party solution compatibility
Integrating IBM Resilient with other applications can be very difficult and technically challenging. Often, they use the excuse that you are using the latest version of an application, such as an endpoint security system, and they don't have an API or support for it at the moment. There is no automation in the SOAR solution. It's worth noting that many third-party add-on applications needed to be purchased separately to integrate with IBM Resilient. While there were built-in applications available for incident remediation, the selection was limited. Additionally, integrating third-party applications was often a difficult and time-consuming process due to the technical complexity involved.
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It's really simple and has a flexible interface."
"As a whole, the product is stable...Technical support is very good."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"The most valuable thing about it is how easy it is to navigate the user interface."
"This is a good solution that we recommend for customers."
"The solution is simple to use and to integrate with IBM QRadar."
"The solution is reliable in our usage."
"The portal is easy to use and manage."
"The solution has a library where we can have multiple threat intels onboarded. We just have to subscribe to a particular site intel and they'll provide us with all of the truncated details so that we can create IOCs and alerts on the basis of those IOCs."
"The data analysis is the most valuable because of the whitelist database. It is different than standard IDS solutions."
"Some of the valuable features I have found are the online documentation of the solution is well organized and thorough. I like the simplicity of bypass and the visualization of the active components."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"The intelligent threat hunting capabilities have impacted my customers' cybersecurity efforts by giving them the edge to be prepared well in advance."
"One of the most valuable features is that it will block vulnerable sites. If there was a connection between one of our devices to a known malware site, it will block it."
"VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is a highly stable solution."
 

Cons

"One thing to improve is how it handles data formats, which currently might require scripting for conversion to CSV before uploading."
"It is not very straightforward to set up custom integrations, especially with services like Azure. You need an additional server for integration."
"IBM Resilient could integrate better with my tools."
"The ability to analyze incidents needs to be improved in the solution."
"Integration with some devices, including Cisco PowerPower and certain antivirus products, has limitations."
"Its price needs improvement."
"The initial setup is complex."
"The product must provide more integration with other tools."
"A search bar in the investigation page and some AI-related tasks like outgoing alerts, or recent tactics that are being used in the market, must be embedded in the tool so that it's easier to find alerts."
"It is difficult to extract reports for ongoing scans"
"The solution would be more effective if there was a way to block automatically based on behavior."
"In our company, we also wanted to have network detection, like a host-based IDS on VMware Carbon Black Endpoint, but we did not get it."
"In the next release, it would help if we can get better control over containers."
"The EDR portion could be better. I'm not a big fan, but it works."
"With the on-prem one, the bug has been reported by the community in early January or February, something like that, at the beginning of the year, and it's still not addressed. They have released two versions since then, and yet neither of them addresses this specific issue."
"The GUI and reporting should be addressed and the product's administration features need fine tuning."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The cost of the product is quite high."
"There are no costs except for the support services that our company pays in addition to the licensing charges attached to the solution."
"Pricing for the solution is good, in my opinion."
"It is very expensive."
"There is a license you need to pay for in order to use this product."
"I would rate the tool’s pricing a three out of ten. The tool’s pricing is on a yearly basis."
"We could create unlimited users using the license we had purchased."
"The licensing cost for IBM Resilient is not too expensive, but it's not affordable, so it's moderately expensive. Regarding price, I'm rating the solution seven out of ten. The company pays for the license yearly, based on the number of users. Apart from the cost of the license you need to pay for each user, you also need to spend an initial investment for the base platform. You also have to pay for IBM Resilient support."
"Its pricing was very good, which is one of the reasons I went to it as an alternative. It is on a yearly basis. There are no additional fees."
"The cost is a considerable factor, but the benefit factor is the most important. When you compare it with other products, the price is high. Carbon Black will negotiate the price."
"This is a really expensive product and we pay licensing fees on a yearly basis."
"The pricing [is] more or less the same as other similar solutions."
"In terms of licensing costs, Carbon Black CB Defense was all associated with CROW and the services my company is using with them, so it came all-inclusive."
"VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is an expensive product."
"​The cost/benefit factor has great relevance in Cb Defense implementations​."
"The solution has almost the same price as other different kinds of infrastructures, but it offers a lot of different features."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
32%
Government
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise7
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business31
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise31
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Resilient?
I am not the one in charge of pricing, so I am not sure about the costs.
What needs improvement with IBM Resilient?
Integration with some devices, including Cisco PowerPower and certain antivirus products, has limitations.
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...
 

Also Known As

No data available
Carbon Black CB Defense, Bit9, Confer
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Golden Living, Health Equity, USA Funds
Netflix, Progress Residential, Indeed, Hologic, Gentle Giant, Samsung Research America
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