G2 Vendor Directory

Carbon Black EDR vs. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricCarbon Black EDR

by Broadcom

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

by Microsoft

Overall rating4.44.4
Review count87312
Ease of use8.68.8
Ease of setup8.18.7
Quality of support8.88.7
Meets requirements9.18.8
NPS61.44578358.745875
Small Business8.0%27.2%
Mid-Market51.7%34.6%
Enterprise40.2%38.2%
Total page views197757
Total LLM citations6395,773

Carbon Black EDR

Carbon Black EDR is a market-leading incident response and threat hunting solution designed to provide responders with the most information possible, accompanied by expert threat analysis and armed with real-time response capabilities to stop attacks, minimize damage and close security gaps. Carbon Black EDR makes these teams more efficient, reducing investigations from days to hours, and more effective, enabling them to discover threats before attacks can exploit them.

Pros

  • Protection
  • Threat Detection
  • Automation
  • Antivirus Protection
  • Integrations
  • Ease of Use

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a complete endpoint security solution that delivers preventative protection, post-breach detection, automated investigation, and response. With Defender for Endpoint, you have: Agentless, cloud powered - No additional deployment or infrastructure. No delays or update compatibility issues. Always up to date. Unparalleled optics - Built on the industry’s deepest insight into Windows threats and shared signals across devices, identities, and information.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Threat Detection
  • Security
  • Protection
  • Cybersecurity Protection
  • Features