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PROS

Check Point Application Control improves security by allowing granular control over application access, enhancing productivity by ensuring only legitimate business applications are utilized.
With automatic updates for new applications and signatures, Check Point Application Control ensures continuous protection without manual intervention, benefiting organizations with streamlined security operations.
The robust support team at Check Point provides fast escalation and resolution of issues, enhancing user experience and system reliability.
Real-time monitoring and reporting improve visibility into application usage patterns, aiding in proactive threat responses and organizational security posture enhancement.
Check Point Application Control's superior granularity allows organizations to effectively manage bandwidth and prioritize business-critical applications, optimizing productivity and resource allocation.

CONS

Initial setup was difficult and many business applications stopped working without explanation.
Pricing is a concern, deemed expensive for licensing, purchasing, and maintaining.
There is a need for more customizable blocking characteristics and better policy validation.
Greater scalability and performance improvements are required, particularly for larger networks and increased traffic.
False positives impact efficiency, and there is a need for faster updates and better documentation.
 

Check Point Application Control Pros review quotes

YeAung - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at ATG Systems
Sep 4, 2025
Using Check Point Application Control has definitely improved productivity and saved time for my team.
Tarun Bhatia - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Manager at BT - British Telecom
Aug 21, 2025
Check Point Application Control has positively impacted our organization because productivity has increased through putting bandwidth limits and restrictions to non-legit or less productive applications.
Nitesh Dhage - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Specialist at Wysetek Systems Technologists Pvt. Ltd.
Aug 25, 2025
Check Point Application Control is very useful for the organization to control application usage and bandwidth, especially because when users are using major bandwidth, it consumes backhauling switching, allowing us to control bandwidth usage.
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Abnet Tsegaye Belay - PeerSpot reviewer
Cybersecurity Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Sep 24, 2025
Check Point Application Control has positively impacted my organization by allowing us to segment internet access groups into social media access, organizational applications access, and working applications in the in-house developed applications.
Suraj Varma - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Security Engineer at DigitalTrack Solutions Pvt Ltd
Oct 13, 2025
After deploying Check Point Application Control, we have successfully controlled URL access, web access, and malicious website access for users.
reviewer2753559 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Solution Engineer at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Aug 29, 2025
Bandwidth management with Check Point Application Control allows the organization to prioritize business-critical traffic such as Microsoft Teams, Office 365, and similar applications, ensuring that critical applications remain fast and reliable during peak hours.
RK
Inside Sales Manager at Digitaltrack Solutions Pvt Ltd
Oct 24, 2025
Check Point Application Control has positively impacted my organization by controlling application access; previously, all the users had full internet access, and now we have controlled their application access based on this solution.
Jivesh Sharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Support Executive at Softcell Technologies Limited
Jun 17, 2025
We can say that 4,000 users are now accessing only legitimate business applications rather than wasting time on other applications that utilize unnecessary bandwidth.
NT
Team Lead Infra - West Region at Digitaltrack
Oct 23, 2025
Check Point Application Control provides excellent granular control; for example, when allowing YouTube access, we can easily control downloading videos or posting content, restricting users to accessing only particular channels.
Yash Dubey - PeerSpot reviewer
Pre-sales Consultant at Velocis Systems
Oct 14, 2025
The best features Check Point Application Control offers include granular access level and good visibility, and it is also easy for deployment.
 

Check Point Application Control Cons review quotes

YeAung - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at ATG Systems
Sep 4, 2025
Check Point Application Control can be improved with faster updates for emerging applications.
Tarun Bhatia - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Manager at BT - British Telecom
Aug 21, 2025
There is some performance lag on the device itself when we turn on Check Point Application Control features.
Nitesh Dhage - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Specialist at Wysetek Systems Technologists Pvt. Ltd.
Aug 25, 2025
While the user interface is already good, there are many complications while using the smart console, making it very difficult to configure a VPN, such as a route-based VPN for someone transitioning from other technologies to Check Point.
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Abnet Tsegaye Belay - PeerSpot reviewer
Cybersecurity Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Sep 24, 2025
Check Point Application Control could be improved by differentiating the network access segment section in the policy from the application URL filtering.
Suraj Varma - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Security Engineer at DigitalTrack Solutions Pvt Ltd
Oct 13, 2025
Sometimes by enabling the application inspection, the firewall throughput becomes high in the older versions.
reviewer2753559 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Solution Engineer at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Aug 29, 2025
Sometimes there are many false positives, which impacts user efficiency.
RK
Inside Sales Manager at Digitaltrack Solutions Pvt Ltd
Oct 24, 2025
The costing could be better for smaller organizations, as sometimes they feel they are not able to purchase these features due to pricing.
Jivesh Sharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Support Executive at Softcell Technologies Limited
Jun 17, 2025
The pricing, setup cost, and licensing of Check Point Application Control are higher than other vendors, but it justifies the features offered.
NT
Team Lead Infra - West Region at Digitaltrack
Oct 23, 2025
Sometimes Check Point Application Control provides false positives. We allow some websites or domains, but it still blocks them under certain categories.
Yash Dubey - PeerSpot reviewer
Pre-sales Consultant at Velocis Systems
Oct 14, 2025
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was that the cost was high, and I think the cost should be improved for competitor pricing.