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VMware Carbon Black pricing
VMware Carbon Black publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 30 August 2026, VMware Carbon Black pricing is free across 3 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Not on record
VMware Carbon Black plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| CB Endpoint Standard | Free | 4 | Entry tier |
| CB Endpoint Advanced | Free | 4 | +$0/month, 4 more features |
| CB Endpoint Enterprise | Free | 4 | +$0/month, 4 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
CB Endpoint Standard
FreeThe entry tier. It covers ngav, behavioral edr, device control, contact sales for pricing.
CB Endpoint Advanced
FreeOver CB Endpoint Standard, this tier adds:
- All Standard features
- Threat hunting
- Audit and remediation
- Vulnerability management
CB Endpoint Enterprise
FreeOver CB Endpoint Advanced, this tier adds:
- All Advanced features
- Advanced threat hunting
- Live response
- Custom watchlists
Where VMware Carbon Black stops being free
CB Endpoint Standard, Free
- NGAV
- Behavioral EDR
- Device control
- Contact sales for pricing
No paid tier on record
VMware Carbon Black lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full VMware Carbon Black feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Endpoint Standard
- Enterprise EDR
- Audit and Remediation
- Single sensor
- Live Response
- Workload protection
- Container security
- Watchlists and feeds
- Policy groups
- REST API
People bring VMware Carbon Black in for a soc that wants unfiltered endpoint telemetry to hunt over rather than only vendor-generated alerts, a vsphere estate that wants workload protection deployed through the hypervisor instead of installing an agent in every guest, replacing signature antivirus after an incident where the incumbent product had no record of what the attacker did, an organisation already inside a broadcom or symantec enterprise agreement that can consolidate endpoint onto an existing contract. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to VMware Carbon Black are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Cybersecurity
Too few cybersecurity tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMware Carbon Black (this page) | Free | subscription | - | |
| Hanwha Vision | On request | One-time purchase | - | vs VMware Carbon Black |
| BeyondTrust | On request | quote | - | vs VMware Carbon Black |
| Feedzai | On request | quote | - | vs VMware Carbon Black |
| IDnow | On request | quote | - | vs VMware Carbon Black |
| Eagle Eye Networks | On request | Per camera per month | - | vs VMware Carbon Black |
| iDenfy | On request | Per verification | - | vs VMware Carbon Black |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the VMware Carbon Black badges page.
Before you pay for VMware Carbon Black
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between Free and Free, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare VMware Carbon Black against the tools that do have one before committing.
VMware Carbon Black runs on desktop, api, and is published by Broadcom (formerly VMware) of Palo Alto, California, USA. The full record is on the VMware Carbon Black review, and the rest of the category is under best cybersecurity tools.
VMware Carbon Black pricing questions
- How much does VMware Carbon Black cost?
- VMware Carbon Black publishes 3 tiers, from Free for CB Endpoint Standard up to Free for CB Endpoint Enterprise. The cheapest paid tier is Free.
- Does VMware Carbon Black have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: VMware Carbon Black is listed as subscription. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between CB Endpoint Standard and CB Endpoint Advanced on VMware Carbon Black?
- CB Endpoint Advanced costs Free against Free, and adds all standard features, threat hunting, audit and remediation, vulnerability management.
- Which cybersecurity tools can I use without paying?
- 1 of the 8 cybersecurity tools listed alongside VMware Carbon Black have a free tier: Google Authenticator.
- What am I actually paying for with VMware Carbon Black?
- The record lists 10 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a soc that wants unfiltered endpoint telemetry to hunt over rather than only vendor-generated alerts, a vsphere estate that wants workload protection deployed through the hypervisor instead of installing an agent in every guest, replacing signature antivirus after an incident where the incumbent product had no record of what the attacker did.
- Does VMware Carbon Black charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these VMware Carbon Black prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare VMware Carbon Black against before paying?
- The closest cybersecurity tools in this directory are Hanwha Vision, BeyondTrust, Feedzai, IDnow. Each has a side-by-side comparison with VMware Carbon Black covering price, platforms and features.