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Check Point Application Control vs VMware Carbon Black App Control comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 29, 2025

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

Check Point Application Con...
Ranking in Application Control
2nd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
53
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 May 2026, in the Application Control category, the mindshare of Check Point Application Control is 5.3%, down from 6.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Carbon Black App Control is 11.0%, down from 24.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Control Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Check Point Application Control5.3%
VMware Carbon Black App Control11.0%
Other83.7%
Application Control
 

Featured Reviews

YeAung - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at ATG Systems
Check Point Application Control provides granular visibility and control over applications and web traffic to enhance security, productivity, and compliance.
Check Point Application Control can be improved with faster updates for emerging applications. While the signature database is comprehensive, new apps or app features sometimes appear before signatures are updated. A faster update process or a community-driven signature model could help keep policies current. Additionally, simpler policy management for large organizations is needed, as the policy interface can feel complex in environments with hundreds of rules and multiple user groups. Features like bulk editing, smart suggestions, or policy templates could reduce admin workload. An improvement in reporting and analytics is also essential, as reports are detailed but sometimes hard to digest at a glance. More visual dashboards, trend analysis, or predictive insights would help the team spot operations and issues faster.
AS
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

"This product logs & monitors event traffic for each application, giving us better visibility."
"Check Point Application Control has delivered excellent return on investment, as it has saved both money and time for our organization."
"Check Point Application Control is a one-stop shop for providing the strongest security to an organization's business verticals in the most efficient and effective manner."
"With Check Point Application Control we can say we improved our legacy and have made them more secure. Now we are able to allow specific applications on respective service and we are allowed those respective services only."
"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."
"Check Point Application Control offers a wide selection of applications, and even within those, you can configure uploads, downloads, et cetera, on a very granular level."
"We can control bandwidth and high-risk application access from our network using application control."
"At the time of implementation, we had a great feeling of satisfaction with the solution as it allowed us to have granularity across types of applications - by the network, identity, social networks, the function of the application, et cetera."
"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."
"All the functions within VMware Carbon Black App Control are valuable."
"We have been dealing with VMware Carbon Black App Control for one year, and during this time we have already made sure that this is the best solution to protect our user machines and servers."
"Carbon Black offers a total lockdown solution; it shows us the attacks that are being attempted against our infrastructure and how we are being protected."
"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."
"Overall, this is a good product and one that I recommend."
"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."
 

Cons

"If you want to use Application Control over your whole environment you have to license it for all gateways. Otherwise, you can only work with a subset of it. Therefore, pricing can be quite an issue."
"Configuration and deployment are a little bit difficult."
"I would like to have a periodic update of the applications, perhaps based on a predefined calendar."
"Check Point Application Control could be improved, particularly regarding the application categorization accuracy as we often face miscategorization issues."
"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."
"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."
"We would like the product to be a bit more user-friendly in general."
"It's important that there is the option to validate the policies before applying them since it is very annoying and causes a waste of time to apply a new policy or rule and afterward receive an error that the policy has failed."
"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."
"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."
"The initial setup is somewhat complex."
"The reporting is not good and needs to be improved."
"I would like to see the addition of some more features that are in other, similar solutions."
"I rate App Control six out of 10 for scalability."
"The initial setup is somewhat complex."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Check Point Application Control is expensive. The tool's licensing costs are yearly."
"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."
"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 price of Check Point Application Control is high. The support and ecosystem around the solution are expensive."
"Its price is reasonable and what is expected for these types of products."
"The pricing for this product is competitive and our customers who told us that often, Carbon Back is the cheaper solution."
"We pay a fee for support, which is renewed annually."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
53%
Computer Software Company
7%
Construction Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Financial Services Firm
23%
Computer Software Company
9%
Government
8%
Healthcare Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business36
Midsize Enterprise21
Large Enterprise20
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Large Enterprise4
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Check Point Application Control?
I was not part of the team concerning pricing, setup cost, and licensing as everything is handled by a different team.
What needs improvement with Check Point Application Control?
Based on my experience and the current work environment, I do not see anything lacking in the current features of Check Point Application Control. In the future, some artificial intelligence or mor...
What is your primary use case for Check Point Application Control?
Check Point Application Control is built for controlling application access to our organization network. It is an inbuilt feature of the security gateway of Check Point, where we have enabled this ...
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Also Known As

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CB Protection, Carbon Black CB Protection
 

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Sample Customers

SEB, Luma Arles, Terma, Aerospace, Midwest Rubber
Kaas Tailored, Core-Mark, Indeed, Hologic, Landmark Credit Union, Project Worldwide
Find out what your peers are saying about Check Point Application Control vs. VMware Carbon Black App Control and other solutions. Updated: April 2026.
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