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 most outstanding feature is the Check Point APK wiki."
"Its implementation is simple."
"This solution is stable and we have not had any issues."
"The most important feature, in my opinion, regarding Check Point Application Control is the granularity and the great variety of applications and sub-applications recognized."
"We can easily switch from a classical firewall to a next-gen firewall using application security."
"Its initial setup is very simple and straightforward."
"One of the greatest capacities and the benefits it gives us is the ability to control applications based on defining access or denial policies in specific applications, groups, or category profiles."
"The automatic updates of new applications and signatures guarantee protection at all times without the need to apply a change manually."
"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."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is traffic management."
"Zero-trust and threat-hunting services are most valuable."
"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."
"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."
"We have witnessed an ROI as it has helped with security measures."
"The most valuable feature is the category control."
"The blocking characteristics for filtering content currently are not so customizable."
"The initial setup was a bit difficult."
"At the moment I don't see the need to add new features. That said, you always have to be one step ahead."
"The learning curve for new users is challenging since the integrated data models are complicated."
"It is expensive."
"I would like this layer to be faster to install in the future."
"Custom applications for internal applications must be defined frequently."
"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."
"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."
"The solution needs to improve the interface. I'm not able to easily find things using it."
"I believe there is room for improvement in policies, with the potential to enhance the margins further."
"The licensing can be a bit expensive."
"They could expand the amount of applications that are on the list, but it's pretty intensive anyway, so it's pretty good."
"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."
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Check Point Application Control is ranked 2nd 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 , whereas WatchGuard Application Control is most compared with . See our Check Point Application Control vs. WatchGuard Application Control report.
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