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Airlock Digital Application Control vs Application Control comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 1, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Airlock Digital Application...
Ranking in Application Control
6th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Application Control
Ranking in Application Control
11th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.2
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Application Control category, the mindshare of Airlock Digital Application Control is 10.5%, up from 6.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Application Control is 4.0%, up from 2.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Control Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Airlock Digital Application Control10.5%
Application Control4.0%
Other85.5%
Application Control
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2841993 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager, Security Engineering Biocryst at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Centralized control has reduced shadow IT and improved endpoint security visibility
What I dislike about Airlock Digital Application Control is that the whole endpoint management concept as implemented there is silly, and they need to have a better flow so you can appropriately do that type of work at the access control layer, not at the machine layer. If you simply take local admin away from everyone in the company, it is a way of taking local admin away without telling people you are doing that, and I think that is kind of silly. But the biggest challenge is the tool does not let you migrate information between groups, and its export function is not stellar, though it is markedly better than it was when we first started with it. If I built a group and we grew and we decided we need to change how that was organized, I had to take a buttload of screenshots to capture all of the information because there was not a way to migrate them into a new structure. That is one of the things they are working on, and it was due to be released soon, and I got laid off about eight weeks ago now, so maybe they have released it now. But that was a pain because there was no way to export it, even as a CSV, and that was annoying because it did not screenshot easily.
Andre Lourens - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical at Gemini Networks
Stable performance and effective control over user access to specific applications and websites
I'm not sure about its scalability since most of my deployments are for small to medium-sized companies. I haven't faced any scalability issues so far. It runs smoothly. I don't use dedicated appliances; instead, I have it running on existing PCs. And it works fine. I haven't experienced any throughput issues or similar problems. I have around five or six different clients using Untangle Application Control.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Using the policy management tool provided by Airlock Digital Application Control is very beneficial and completely aligns with the compliance and governance expectations of the client."
"The best features of Airlock Digital Application Control are that it is easy to use, deploy, and manage."
"Airlock Digital Application Control is taking that Carbon Black concept, making it cloud-based, making it much more dynamic and scalable, and more reactive in terms of the reporting."
"Airlock Digital Application Control has positively impacted my organization by boosting our confidence in security, drastically cutting down on Shadow IT issues, smoothing audits, and significantly reducing downtime from security incidents, making it a major win for operational stability."
"Airlock Digital Application Control brings many main benefits to the table that help improve the way the organization functions."
"What made Airlock Digital Application Control different is the features and options we had to approach a single problem."
"I compare Airlock Digital Application Control very highly to other vendors like ThreatLocker, Microsoft, Ivanti, and Carbon Black."
"Airlock Digital Application Control has positively impacted my organization because I now have more visibility on my application security areas, which is giving my business confidence about the security and confidentiality."
"Content filtering is really easy to use. We have rules for content filtering. One of the rules that we have is that if it is not an SSL site, it should block the site. It scans, and if it finds a bad site, it is not going to allow it. We can also block based on what the company wants us to block. If the company wants us to block porn, we'll block porn. If the company wants to block social media, we're going to block social media."
"The fact that I can limit access to certain apps is the most valuable feature for me. For example, I can restrict access to specific websites or certain functions within websites."
"One of the features that I like overall on their firewall is that they've got free cloud management that comes with your subscription."
"Application filter features are the most valuable for us."
 

Cons

"The main improvement for Airlock Digital Application Control is that the initial rollout required a bit of a learning curve for less technical folks."
"What I dislike about Airlock Digital Application Control is that the whole endpoint management concept as implemented there is silly, and they need to have a better flow so you can appropriately do that type of work at the access control layer, not at the machine layer."
"The first thing is that the new version release schedule is quite repetitive, deploying a new agent within a couple of months, which makes it difficult for us to keep in touch because we have a controlled environment and everything must be done via change management."
"Some of the vulnerabilities that are meant for CVEs specific to Airlock Digital Application Control need to be addressed in newer versions."
"Airlock Digital Application Control has room for improvement in detecting and setting a standard environment when updates for programs are released."
"In Airlock Digital Application Control, there are areas for improvement which, more specifically being a security tool, relate to the performance issues that end-user devices are experiencing because of the tool."
"At nine months in with Airlock Digital Application Control, I think we’re still not seeing a return on investment, and that’s partially because the need for application control was more important or timely than the processes were able to keep up with."
"The only thing that they need to improve is that they drop sessions. Currently, if you see a session come in, such as a DHCP session or a VPN session, you don't have the ability to click on that session, hit drop, and have them re-negotiate. It would be a really nice feature, and they are working on it. This is the only feature that is missing."
"The only thing that they need to improve is that they drop sessions."
"Reporting functionality could be improved to provide more comprehensive insights."
"There is room for improvement in blocking torrents."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I use the free version of Untangle."
"Everything is included on the firewall at one price point, and we sell it for $70 a month, which includes the hardware."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
19%
Construction Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Energy/Utilities Company
9%
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Company Size

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Small Business
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Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise5
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Airlock Digital Application Control?
I think there are features that are coming down the pipeline that we don’t have yet; one of which is the ability to have a managed installer process. There is that capability currently, but it’s re...
What is your primary use case for Airlock Digital Application Control?
Application whitelisting has become increasingly important, and ensuring that we’re not running code unknown to our organization is crucial. The organizations I work for have been using it to effec...
What advice do you have for others considering Airlock Digital Application Control?
I think the user experience is quite good for a modern product; the reporting is getting better with every release, and at this stage, I don’t have any specific points on the reporting that I would...
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Sample Customers

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Bridger Valley Electric, Rathbone Group, Cerebral Palsy of North Jersey (CPNJ), Brown County Schools
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