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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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Check Point Application Con...

Ranking in Application Control

4th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

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 April 2025, in the Application Control category, the mindshare of Check Point Application Control is 5.7%, down from 9.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Carbon Black App Control is 24.6%, down from 32.9% 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 tool's most valuable features are VPN access, website defense, and maintenance."

"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."

"This platform has fully secured our applications with very powerful firewall security upgrades."

"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."

"Being able to choose specific applications in our policy rule base in order to better manage access and bandwidth utilization has had a significantly positive impact on our environment and saved a lot of management time."

"It has enhanced security posture."

"The ability to be able to do dynamic rate limiting on specific applications has been a valuable feature."

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

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

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

"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 API integration is 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 effectiveness of application whitelisting is very good."

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

"The visibility is valuable."

Cons

"I think that the pricing for the Check Point products should be reconsidered - we found it to be quite expensive to purchase and to maintain (the licenses and the support services need to be prolonged regularly), or create some additional bundles of the software blades with significant discounts in addition to the current Next Generation Threat Prevention & SandBlast (NGTX) and Next Generation Threat Prevention (NGTP) offers."

"Configuration and deployment are a little bit difficult."

"Check Point Application Control needs to ensure that they release up-to-date security patches regularly. It should release better documentation so end-users can use the product without depending on the support team."

"It would be nice if there was a platform and small application owners could come and send their own applications' name and IP information from there."

"There are many aspects we do not like about the solution and there are a lot of alternatives available on the market. Some of the settings are buried deep within the solution making it a challenge to navigate. It would be helpful if it was more intuitive. Additionally, there can be some settings that are in multiple places, this leaves the user not knowing what settings are needed to be modified for the wanted result. I have lost confidence because I do not know if I change a setting or if it is going to have the desired result I intended it to do."

"Seeing the capabilities and features that we are using today, we can say that we could expect an additional feature that could allow us to integrate this management and even security with APIs."

"The learning curve for new users is challenging since the integrated data models are complicated."

"The set performance monitoring systems are complex to interpret and scale down their operations."

More Check Point Application Control cons

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

"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."

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

"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 initial setup is somewhat complex."

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

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

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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

"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."

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

"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."

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

22%

Computer Software Company

10%

Construction Company

Government

Educational Organization

52%

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

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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