We performed a comparison between Check Point Application Control and WatchGuard Application Control based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Control solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The overall security of the environment has been greatly improved by the Check Point NGFWs. Before implementing the Check Point solutions, we relied on the Cisco ACLs and Zone-Based firewalls configured on the switches and routers, which in fact a simple stateful firewall, and currently appear to be not an efficient solution for protecting from the advanced threats."
"The most valuable feature of Check Point Application Control is VPN access and the ability to lock out sites we do not want users to have access. The reporting monitoring software in Check Point Application Control is fantastic. For example, log filtering is beneficial."
"The most outstanding feature is the Check Point APK wiki."
"The product offers easy-to-install policies and makes it simple to troubleshoot application-related traffic."
"The best value we have is their actionable reports on user analytics, events, and activity that are extracted from their database."
"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."
"We can easily switch from a classical firewall to a next-gen firewall using application security."
"The tool's most valuable features are VPN access, website defense, and maintenance."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is traffic management."
"It does the job of what it says it does. We set it to what we want it to block and then it blocks it."
"The most valuable feature is the category control."
"We have witnessed an ROI as it has helped with security measures."
"Zero-trust and threat-hunting services are most valuable."
"I found several features valuable in WatchGuard Application Control such as the HTTP Proxy, DNSWatch, VPN, and HTTPS Content Inspection."
"Centralization is a crucial feature for me as it allows me to have all sites and customers accessible under a single click, not limited to just one."
"The solution is very stable. We've never had any problems with stability. Once a year we do a reboot just as a precaution. The solution never stops running otherwise."
"The learning curve for new users is challenging since the integrated data models are complicated."
"Most of the business applications stopped working, we don't know why and we have already escalated to the top level but we still haven't gotten any corrective action on this. They always take logs but after that, there is no resolution."
"The guides used today are a bit complex, and we need efficient and simple access to them so that any administrative or technical person can solve, analyze, and configure each of the rules and identities seamlessly."
"Check Point licenses are somewhat expensive."
"The one feature that could be improved would be the ability to see implicit rules that are defaulted on the policy."
"Something important to mention is the improvement at the support level. It could be more advanced."
"The whitelisting approach should only be on very specific applications. In which only a server should access a certain application and nothing else. If you miss something, you will have to always be investigating why it doesn't have access or why an application is not working."
"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."
"They could expand the amount of applications that are on the list, but it's pretty intensive anyway, so it's pretty good."
"There is no message displayed for the user on the desktop informing them that access to a web page has been blocked by Application Control."
"There should be more reports available on different subjects."
"I believe there is room for improvement in policies, with the potential to enhance the margins further."
"What could be improved in WatchGuard Application Control is its price. It could be cheaper. You always want the best price for any solution, but for security products, pricing is usually on the higher side."
"The control software is currently only available for Windows, which can be a little annoying for Linux users."
"The time they take to classify an application once they find that it is unknown can be better."
"The solution needs to improve the interface. I'm not able to easily find things using it."
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Check Point Application Control is ranked 1st in Application Control with 34 reviews while WatchGuard Application Control is ranked 5th in Application Control with 9 reviews. Check Point Application Control is rated 8.8, while WatchGuard Application Control is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Check Point Application Control writes "Reliable, reduces management requirements, and lessens manual interventions". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WatchGuard Application Control writes "Reliable with good blocking capabilities for enhanced security". Check Point Application Control is most compared with VMware Carbon Black App Control and Ivanti Application Control, whereas WatchGuard Application Control is most compared with . See our Check Point Application Control vs. WatchGuard Application Control report.
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