Check Point Application Control vs VMware Carbon Black App Control comparison

Check Point Application Control vs. VMware Carbon Black App Control

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Categories and Ranking

Check Point Application Con...

Ranking in Application Control

2nd

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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VMware Carbon Black App Con...

Ranking in Application Control

1st

Average Rating

9.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the Application Control category, the mindshare of Check Point Application Control is 5.9%, down from 9.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Carbon Black App Control is 26.0%, down from 33.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Control

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Evans Vs

Engineer at Digitaltrack

Very useful visibility, granular policy enforcement, and application risk assessment

The solution's primary use cases include application visibility and control, enforcement of security policies, risk mitigation, and bandwidth management. It has enhanced security posture, increased visibility and control, policy enforcement, and improved compliance, etc. The…

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Abul Atti M Salem

Cybersecurity Consultant at KAFD DMC

We can isolate problem machines and limit their access

We use App Control to scan the network for virtual machines that have unauthorized applications. We can isolate the problem VMs and control application access. More than two years. I rate Carbon Black App Control 10 out of 10 for stability. I rate App Control six out of 10 for scalability.…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most important feature, in my opinion, regarding Check Point Application Control is the granularity and the great variety of applications and sub-applications recognized."

"It improved the performance outcome for all our verticals due to more automation in system security, which helped in the identification and blockage of malware-affected applications and widgets."

"This product logs & monitors event traffic for each application, giving us better visibility."

"The most valuable thing about the solution is that we get real-time visibility into the usage of an application and the granular control of the application."

"Its implementation is simple."

"Check Point enables us to save internet bandwidth. The administration offers good guidance. We don't want the employees to access social networking on work computers because it will distract them from their jobs, so we can block that. It also helps us to implement changes very quickly and to get people to be more focused on the job."

"We can easily switch from a classical firewall to a next-gen firewall using application security."

"It has enhanced security posture."

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"I use the console to check for threats and I find it to be very user-friendly."

"The visibility, reporting, and the ability to stop or prevent malicious or undesired applications from being installed are the most valuable features."

"All the functions within VMware Carbon Black App Control are valuable."

"If any malicious activity, like VAT viruses, anything RNE, ZOD malware, or something similar, comes in we know that unless we approve it, it's going to be blocked."

"The visibility is valuable."

"The effectiveness of application whitelisting is very good."

"We use App Control to scan the network for virtual machines that have unauthorized applications. We can isolate the problem VMs and control application access."

"The API integration is good."

Cons

"Check Point is a fairly complete security vendor, however we would like to have a better SLA for technical support issues."

"Most of the business applications stopped working, we don't know why and we have already escalated to the top level but we still haven't gotten any corrective action on this. They always take logs but after that, there is no resolution."

"Usability needs to be improved."

"The guides used today are a bit complex, and we need efficient and simple access to them so that any administrative or technical person can solve, analyze, and configure each of the rules and identities seamlessly."

"SD-WAN functionality can be added."

"More and more product specifications should be infused with new incumbent features in the market to stay relevant and concurrent with the organization's needs."

"Improving the scalability and performance to handle larger networks and increasing traffic volumes would ensure consistent reliability under heavy usage conditions."

"The one feature that could be improved would be the ability to see implicit rules that are defaulted on the policy."

More Check Point Application Control cons

"The reporting is not good and needs to be improved."

"Its setup is very complex, and it requires guidance from the support team, but it is well worth the effort."

"I rate App Control six out of 10 for scalability."

"The initial setup is somewhat complex."

"I would like to see the addition of some more features that are in other, similar solutions."

"Carbon Black does not use the database for identifying the file, the fields, or malware."

"Another issue is that even sometimes if you approve, for example, Adobe as a publisher, you say any product or anything that's from Adobe has to run. It generally runs, but especially in a large environment and with a lot of users, sometimes, due to some certification validation issues or some other issue, it might stop the process from running. Genuine processes like Adobe and Chrome can get blocked. so that needs to be improved."

"The solution should have overhead in keeping lists of applications that you want don't want to run."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's a bit expensive and it could be cheaper, but it's part of business politics."

"The blade has its cost but you can take advantage of the license package to pay less for it."

"The price of Check Point Application Control is high. The support and ecosystem around the solution are expensive."

"Check Point Application Control is expensive. The tool's licensing costs are yearly."

"I think application control has become a basic feature and it should be enabled automatically, without having to purchase a separate license for it."

"The pricing for this product is competitive and our customers who told us that often, Carbon Back is the cheaper solution."

"Its price is reasonable and what is expected for these types of products."

"We pay a fee for support, which is renewed annually."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

21%

Computer Software Company

10%

Construction Company

Government

Educational Organization

52%

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Check Point Application Control?

It has many important features that have greatly helped the company and the IT department.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Check Point Application Control?

Based on the current market, everything looks good.

What needs improvement with Check Point Application Control?

At this time, Check Point Application control is the best on the market.

What do you like most about VMware Carbon Black App Control?

We use App Control to scan the network for virtual machines that have unauthorized applications. We can isolate the problem VMs and control application access.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VMware Carbon Black App Control?

Carbon Black App Control is expensive.

What is your primary use case for VMware Carbon Black App Control?

We use App Control to scan the network for virtual machines that have unauthorized applications. We can isolate the problem VMs and control application access.

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Overview

Check Point Application Control provides the industry’s strongest application security and identity control to organizations of all sizes. It enables IT teams to easily create granular policies, based on users or groups, to identify, block or limit usage of thousands of Web applications and widgets.

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Check Point Software Technologies

Carbon Black is a leading provider of next-generation endpoint security. Carbon Black serves more than 3,700 customers globally, including 33 of the Fortune 100. As a cybersecurity innovator, Carbon Black has a strong heritage of innovative technology leadership in multiple endpoint security categories, including application control, endpoint detection and response (EDR), and next-generation antivirus (NGAV). Leveraging its big data and analytics cloud platform - the Cb Predictive Security Cloud - Carbon Black solutions enable customers to defend against the most advanced cyber threats, including malware, ransomware, and non-malware attacks. Deployed via the cloud, on premise, or as a managed service, customers use Carbon Black solutions to lock down critical systems, hunt threats, and replace legacy antivirus.

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Sample Customers

SEB, Luma Arles, Terma, Aerospace, Midwest Rubber

Kaas Tailored, Core-Mark, Indeed, Hologic, Landmark Credit Union, Project Worldwide

Check Point Application Control vs. VMware Carbon Black App Control