Heimdal Application Control vs. VMware AppDefense (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Heimdal Application Control
Score 9.0 out of 10
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A whitelisting and blacklisting tool, Heimdal Application Control is presented as a simple way to gain full control over the files that run on corporate endpoints. The solution allows sysadmins to approve or deny application executions in multiple ways. Filtering can be achieved according to file path, publisher, certificate, vendor name, software name, MD5, and more, to give users complete authority over the application landscape in a network. Heimdal Application…N/A
VMware AppDefense (discontinued)
Score 4.0 out of 10
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VMware AppDefense was a hypervisor-native workload protection platform for enterprise virtualization and security teams, used to deliver a secure virtual infrastructure and simplify micro-segmentation planning by providing application visibility, reputation scoring, and security. The product is discontinued, and no longer available.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
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8.4
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Support Rating
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8.5
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
in our work space it has helped us curtail difficulties with fiscal management
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I believe that the product is priced well enough that a small business that is concerned with data center security can justify using the product. My environment hasn't scaled up very far yet, but I am a little concerned that when we get to a certain point, the management console will get full and be more difficult to track. An enterprise customer might see that as a problem.
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Pros
  • Fiscal management
  • data registry
  • applications control
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  • Provides detailed process and command-line information.
  • Provides visibility into what connections are being made to/from a specific server/service.
  • Ability to group multiple VMs into service groups for proper correlation.
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Cons
  • market accessibility
  • market expansion
  • local reach
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  • Steep learning and a lot of moving pieces
  • Very new product and Carbon Black is the only 3rd party vendor that can integrate
  • Limited information and training. We've never been to VMworld but it was barely mentioned at the VMUG UserCons we've attended
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Support Rating
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Their support chat system is very responsive, and if they don't resolve it quickly with that method, then they will remote in and help that way.
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Alternatives Considered
I select it because i want easy access and application for my work spaces and it provides exactly what i need
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We were advised that vShield will be retired and its functionality was being integrated with App Defense. Carbon Black is or was the only AV vendor that integrated with it. A priority for us was to use a VMware supported solution. Sophos Intercept X was creating their own module. Trend Micro Deep Security didn't have any plans in place to move from vShield.
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Return on Investment
  • so far so good, it has impacted us positively
  • we are yet to observe any serious difficulties
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  • For the cost of the upgrade to vSphere Platinum compared to the costs we were already paying for vSphere Enterprise Plus with Operations Management was comparable. It made sense to upgrade and with that, we received the added features of AppDefense.
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ScreenShots

Heimdal Application Control Screenshots

Screenshot of the Application Control DashboardScreenshot of Application Control - zero trust moduleScreenshot of Application Control - total intercepted applicationsScreenshot of Application Control - elevate privileges