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FRISS vs VMware Carbon Black

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FRISS

Insurance

Trust automation for insurance

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On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
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VMware Carbon Black

Cybersecurity

Cloud-delivered endpoint protection and EDR, now owned by Broadcom and positioned alongside Symantec.

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On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: FRISS no pricing plans, tiers, or costs are published on the website; VMware Carbon Black broadcom's enterprise model concentrates direct sales and support on its largest accounts and moves everyone else to resellers, so a mid-size customer can lose named support contacts and face a substantially repriced renewal with limited notice.
  • They diverge on capability: FRISS covers Underwriting risk scoring, VMware Carbon Black covers Endpoint Standard.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 30 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which FRISS and VMware Carbon Black actually diverge.

Attributes where FRISS and VMware Carbon Black differ
AttributeFRISSVMware Carbon Black
PlatformsWeb, ApiDesktop, Api
CategoryInsuranceCybersecurity
Founded20062002

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in FRISS

  • Underwriting risk scoring
  • Claims fraud detection
  • Network analysis
  • Real-time decisioning
  • Third-party data enrichment
  • Case management
  • Predictive analytics
  • Compliance monitoring

Only in VMware Carbon Black

  • Endpoint Standard
  • Enterprise EDR
  • Audit and Remediation
  • Single sensor
  • Live Response
  • Workload protection
  • Container security
  • Watchlists and feeds

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

FRISS

  • Fraud detectionnot VMware Carbon Black
  • Risk assessmentnot VMware Carbon Black
  • Underwriting automationnot VMware Carbon Black
  • Claims investigationnot VMware Carbon Black
  • Compliancenot VMware Carbon Black

VMware Carbon Black

  • A SOC that wants unfiltered endpoint telemetry to hunt over rather than only vendor-generated alertsnot FRISS
  • A vSphere estate that wants workload protection deployed through the hypervisor instead of installing an agent in every guestnot FRISS
  • Replacing signature antivirus after an incident where the incumbent product had no record of what the attacker didnot FRISS
  • An organisation already inside a Broadcom or Symantec enterprise agreement that can consolidate endpoint onto an existing contractnot FRISS

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

FRISS

  • No pricing plans, tiers, or costs are published on the website
  • Requires direct contact through 'Let's talk' call-to-action for pricing inquiries

VMware Carbon Black

  • Broadcom's enterprise model concentrates direct sales and support on its largest accounts and moves everyone else to resellers, so a mid-size customer can lose named support contacts and face a substantially repriced renewal with limited notice.
  • Continuous EDR recording is retained for a defined window and longer retention is a paid tier, so the investigation you most need is often the one whose telemetry has already aged out, and that is discovered during the incident rather than before it.
  • The product assumes an operator: watchlists, policy tuning and alert triage are ongoing work, and organisations without a dedicated analyst or an MDR contract typically leave policies in monitor mode and pay for telemetry that is never reviewed.
  • The sensor operates in the same kernel and file-filter territory as other endpoint agents, so running it alongside an incumbent antivirus, DLP or backup agent commonly produces performance complaints and requires maintained exclusion lists on both sides.
  • Linux sensor support is tied to specific distribution and kernel versions, so a routine operating system upgrade can leave hosts without a supported sensor until a matching build ships, and anything outside the supported list gets no coverage at all.

Pricing, plan by plan

FRISS

On request
  • Underwriting$undefined/year
    • Risk scoring
    • Application fraud detection
    • Real-time assessment
  • Claims$undefined/year
    • Claims fraud detection
    • Network analysis
    • Investigation prioritization
  • Enterprise Platform$undefined/year
    • All modules
    • Custom models
    • Advanced analytics

VMware Carbon Black

On request
  • CB Endpoint StandardFree
    • NGAV
    • Behavioral EDR
    • Device control
  • CB Endpoint AdvancedFree
    • All Standard features
    • Threat hunting
    • Audit and remediation
  • CB Endpoint EnterpriseFree
    • All Advanced features
    • Advanced threat hunting
    • Live response

Which should you pick?

Choose FRISS if

  • You need underwriting risk scoring.
  • You work on Web, Api.
  • You also want claims fraud detection.
FRISS review

Choose VMware Carbon Black if

  • You need endpoint standard.
  • You work on Desktop, Api.
  • You also want enterprise edr.
VMware Carbon Black review

Questions people ask

Is FRISS or VMware Carbon Black better?
Neither clearly leads. FRISS starts at On request and VMware Carbon Black at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, FRISS or VMware Carbon Black?
FRISS starts at On request and VMware Carbon Black at On request.
Does FRISS or VMware Carbon Black run on more platforms?
FRISS runs on Web, Api. VMware Carbon Black runs on Desktop, Api.
What is FRISS best used for?
FRISS is most often used for fraud detection, risk assessment, underwriting automation, claims investigation. Of those, fraud detection and risk assessment are not what VMware Carbon Black is typically brought in for.
What can FRISS do that VMware Carbon Black cannot?
FRISS covers Underwriting risk scoring, Claims fraud detection, Network analysis, Real-time decisioning. VMware Carbon Black covers Endpoint Standard, Enterprise EDR, Audit and Remediation, Single sensor.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

FRISS: How does FRISS publish pricing information?

FRISS does not publicly disclose pricing on their website. The company directs interested parties to contact their sales team directly for pricing and licensing details.

Source
VMware Carbon Black: Who owns Carbon Black now?

Broadcom. It acquired VMware in November 2023, and Carbon Black now sits in Broadcom's enterprise security business alongside Symantec. VMware branding is being phased out.

FRISS: What pricing model does FRISS use?

FRISS does not specify their pricing model on publicly available pages, requiring direct contact with their sales team to discuss pricing structure and implementation costs.

Source
VMware Carbon Black: Why do the docs use names I do not recognise?

The product has been renamed repeatedly. CB Defense is now Endpoint Standard, CB ThreatHunter is Enterprise EDR and CB LiveOps is Audit and Remediation. Older community answers and runbooks still use the previous names.

VMware Carbon Black: Does it replace my existing antivirus?

Yes on supported Windows, macOS and Linux versions, and running it alongside another antivirus is not recommended because the two agents contend for the same hooks. Check your compliance requirements, as some auditors still ask for a named antivirus product.

VMware Carbon Black: Do I need a full-time analyst to run it?

To get value from Enterprise EDR, effectively yes. The prevention tier can run with part-time attention, but the hunting and recording capability is only worth its cost if somebody is querying it, which is why many customers buy it through an MDR provider.

VMware Carbon Black: How is it licensed?

Per endpoint, per year, with the capability tier determining the rate and workload and container protection priced separately. Extended EDR data retention is an additional line item.

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