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Airlock Digital Application Control vs VMware Carbon Black App Control comparison

 

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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
6.8
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
VMware Carbon Black App Con...
Ranking in Application Control
7th
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Application Control category, the mindshare of Airlock Digital Application Control is 11.2%, up from 4.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Carbon Black App Control is 10.3%, down from 22.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Control Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Airlock Digital Application Control11.2%
VMware Carbon Black App Control10.3%
Other78.5%
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.
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Security Administrator at EJADA
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.…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"What made Airlock Digital Application Control different is the features and options we had to approach a single problem."
"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."
"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."
"The best features of Airlock Digital Application Control are that it is easy to use, deploy, and manage."
"Airlock Digital Application Control brings many main benefits to the table that help improve the way the organization functions."
"Airlock Digital Application Control was found to be very light, very fast, and much better than the previous one."
"Airlock Digital Application Control is probably the easiest application control that I’ve come across; the product has a GUI-first, web interface-first approach to application control, and the way that it’s able to present exceptions or identify what those untrusted executions are is the best that I’ve seen in the field."
"I compare Airlock Digital Application Control very highly to other vendors like ThreatLocker, Microsoft, Ivanti, and Carbon Black."
"The visibility, reporting, and the ability to stop or prevent malicious or undesired applications from being installed are the most valuable features."
"Overall, this is a good product and one that I recommend."
"It offers a sense of security where anything that comes in, regardless of what it is, unless you approve it manually, it's not going to run."
"The API integration is good."
"The visibility is valuable."
"All the functions within VMware Carbon Black App Control are valuable."
"The effectiveness of application whitelisting is very good."
"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."
 

Cons

"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"Airlock Digital Application Control has room for improvement in detecting and setting a standard environment when updates for programs are released."
"Some of the vulnerabilities that are meant for CVEs specific to Airlock Digital Application Control need to be addressed in newer versions."
"Carbon Black does not use the database for identifying the file, the fields, or malware."
"The reporting is not good and needs to be improved."
"The initial setup is somewhat complex."
"I would like to see the addition of some more features that are in other, similar solutions."
"Its setup is very complex, and it requires guidance from the support team, but it is well worth the effort."
"Its initial setup is very complex. We got help from their implementation team because if it is not set up properly, you can really hinder the operation of your environment and things won't execute or run."
"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

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"Its price is reasonable and what is expected for these types of products."
"We pay a fee for support, which is renewed annually."
"The pricing for this product is competitive and our customers who told us that often, Carbon Back is the cheaper solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
18%
Construction Company
13%
Energy/Utilities Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Financial Services Firm
21%
Computer Software Company
9%
Government
8%
Healthcare Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise5
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Large Enterprise4
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Airlock Digital Application Control?
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 becau...
What is your primary use case for Airlock Digital Application Control?
My use case for Airlock Digital Application Control is application control.
What advice do you have for others considering Airlock Digital Application Control?
Approximately three thousand to four thousand devices use Airlock Digital Application Control. The users of Airlock Digital Application Control are global, not just based in India. I would recommen...
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Also Known As

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CB Protection, Carbon Black CB Protection
 

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Sample Customers

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