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."It blocks ransomware attacks that can affect performance-enhancing secure work environments with zero-day attacks."
"We can easily switch from a classical firewall to a next-gen firewall using application security."
"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."
"This solution is stable and we have not had any issues."
"They have an excellent support team. They are fast and it is easy to escalate any situation."
"It ensures that the health of each application can handle the set tasks and projects without any challenges."
"The best value we have is their actionable reports on user analytics, events, and activity that are extracted from their database."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is the category control."
"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."
"It's user-friendly. And if you are using a WatchGuard device and you want to test that side of the software, it's quite easy to get the license to test it."
"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."
"I found several features valuable in WatchGuard Application Control such as the HTTP Proxy, DNSWatch, VPN, and HTTPS Content Inspection."
"We have witnessed an ROI as it has helped with security measures."
"Zero-trust and threat-hunting services are most valuable."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is traffic management."
"Check Point is a fairly complete security vendor, however we would like to have a better SLA for technical support issues."
"Check Point licenses are somewhat expensive."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"The one feature that could be improved would be the ability to see implicit rules that are defaulted on the policy."
"The control software is currently only available for Windows, which can be a little annoying for Linux users."
"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."
"I believe there is room for improvement in policies, with the potential to enhance the margins further."
"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."
"The time they take to classify an application once they find that it is unknown can be better."
"The licensing can be a bit expensive."
"There should be more reports available on different subjects."
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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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