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Best Application Control Software

Compare the Top Application Control Software as of October 2025

What is Application Control Software?

Application control software, sometimes referred to as application whitelisting software, provides organizations with the ability to monitor and manage applications installed on computers. It allows for the automated enforcement of regulatory compliance policies, including restricting user access to specific applications or functions. Application control software can also be used for enforcing cross-platform usage rights and tracking application resource utilization. Compare and read user reviews of the best Application Control software currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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    Airlock Digital

    Airlock Digital

    Airlock Digital

    Airlock Digital is an application control solution that enforces a Deny by Default security posture. It enables organizations to define trusted applications, scripts, libraries, and processes at a granular level using file hash, path, publisher, or parent process. Only those explicitly defined as trusted are allowed to execute. The platform supports Windows, macOS, and Linux systems, including legacy operating systems and operational technology (OT) environments. Airlock Digital includes allowlisting and blocklisting capabilities, integrated file reputation checks via VirusTotal, and detailed logging for audit and compliance. Exception management is supported through features such as rule-based overrides and time-bound One-Time Passwords (OTPs). Centralized policy management allows consistent enforcement across large and distributed environments. The platform is available as an on-premises deployment, in the cloud, or as a managed hosted service.
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    ThreatLocker

    ThreatLocker

    ThreatLocker

    The ThreatLocker suite of security tools are powerful and designed so that everyone from businesses to government agencies to academic institutions can directly control exactly what applications run on their networks. We envision a future in which all organizations can chart their own course free from the influence of cybercriminals and the damage their incursions cause, and our team of veteran cybersecurity professionals created ThreatLocker to make this vision a reality. The team at ThreatLocker has been developing cybersecurity tools for decades, including programs to enhance email and content security, and this is our most innovative and ambitious cybersecurity solution yet. We developed this unique cybersecurity system because we believe that organizations should have complete control of their networks and should not have to live in fear of the next malware attack. To learn more, visit ThreatLocker.com.
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    DriveLock

    DriveLock

    DriveLock

    Cyber threats are everywhere, but protecting your IT systems should be as natural as locking your front door. With DriveLock’s HYPERSECURE Platform, safeguarding your endpoints and business data is easier than ever. We integrate the latest security technologies and share our expertise, so you can focus on what matters—without worrying about data protection. Zero Trust Platform takes a proactive approach, eliminating security gaps before they become a risk. By enforcing centralized policies, DriveLock ensures employees and endpoints access only what they need—following the golden rule of cybersecurity: ''never trust, always verify''.
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    Heimdal Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
    Heimdal® Endpoint Detection and Response is our proprietary multi-solution service providing unique prevention, threat-hunting, and remediation capabilities. It combines some of the most advanced threat-hunting technologies: - Next-Gen Antivirus - Privileged Access Management - Application Control - Ransomware Encryption Protection - Patch & Asset Management - Email Security - Remote Desktop - Threat Prevention ( DNS based ) - Threat Hunting & Action Center With 9 modules working together seamlessly under one convenient roof, all within one agent and one platform, Heimdal Endpoint Detection and Response grants you access to all the essential cybersecurity layers your business needs to protect itself against both known and unknown online and insider threats. Our state-of-the-art product empowers you to quickly and effortlessly respond to sophisticated malware with stunning accuracy, protecting your digital assets and your reputation in the process as well.
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    Starting Price: $0/month
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    Securden Endpoint Privilege Manager
    Eliminate local administrator rights on Windows servers and endpoints. Seamlessly elevate applications for standard users. Enforce the principle of least privilege and zero trust with Endpoint Privilege Management. Automate PEDM using policy-based application control. •Eliminate local admin rights on Windows endpoints •Manage applications that require administrative privileges •Define who can access what applications & automate application control through whitelisting & blacklisting •Policy-based access, even for offline endpoints & remote employees •On-demand privilege elevation on online & offline endpoints •Grant temporary full administrator privileged for standard users when required •Track application usage & privilege elevation trends •Continuously monitor local admin accounts & detect if new local admin accounts are created •Ensure compliance with regulations with comprehensive audit trails •Highly scalable and enterprise ready
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    Securden Unified PAM
    Discover and consolidate all privileged account credentials into a centralized repository. Regulate access to all critical IT assets. Grant just-in-time access, and enforce least privilege on devices in the organization. • Enforce remote password resets on devices. • Manage Windows domain, service, local admin accounts & their dependencies. • Eliminate hardcoded-credentials from scripts and configuration files. • Automate password access for non-human identities with APIs. • Protect SSH keys, track usage & associate with UNIX devices. • Share accounts with granular access controls. • One-click remote access to assets without revealing passwords. • Grant Just-In-Time access to privileged accounts. • Shadow, Monitor & record live sessions. • Endpoint privilege management with application controls. • Integrate with AD, AzureAD for user provisioning. • Integrate with solutions for MFA, SIEM, ITSM & SSO. • Comply with regulations with audit trails & custom reports
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    Heimdal Application Control
    Heimdal Application Control is a novel approach to integrative application management and user rights curation. Modular and easy to set up, App Control empowers the system administrator to create all-encompassing rule-based frameworks, streamline auto-dismissal or auto-approval flows, and enforce individual rights per Active Directory group. The tool’s uniqueness comes from its ability to perfectly pair with a (PAM) Privileged Access Management solution, imparting the user with granular oversight of software inventories and hardware assets.
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    PC Matic

    PC Matic

    PC Matic

    PC Matic Pro's application whitelisting is a critical preventative layer of cyber-protection that resides on top of other endpoint security solutions. zero trust whitelisting solutions prevent hacking and cyber-attacks. Block all malware, ransomware, and malicious scripts from executing. Protect your business data, users, and network with our whitelist cybersecurity solution. PC Matic Pro represents a long overdue shift in the cybersecurity industry to absolute prevention. Today's threats to critical infrastructure, industry, and all levels of government demand nothing less. PC Matic Pro provides a patented default-deny security layer at the device that blocks all unknown executions without introducing headaches for IT. Unlike traditional security solutions, customer infections aren’t required to strengthen the whitelist architecture. Local overrides can be added after prevention with a focus on accuracy and without concern for responding to an already active infection.
    Starting Price: $50 per year
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    PolicyPak

    PolicyPak

    Netwrix

    The PolicyPak Platform gives organizations with different management and security requirements the flexibility to choose an edition right for them. In today's hybrid work environment, users access their desktops at the office, at home, traveling, through a kiosk, and virtually. Managing and securing these environments creates a challenge because not all management systems were designed for modern management scenarios. PolicyPak provides solutions that modernize and extend the power of your existing infrastructure. Using PolicyPak with your Active Directory simplifies how you manage and secure Active Directory joined computers with Microsoft Group Policy. Microsoft Group Policy is a powerful technology you rely upon day after day. But it needs a boost to meet your modern enterprise's management, security, reporting, and automation needs.
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    Check Point Application Control
    Application Control provides the industry’s strongest application security and identity control to organizations of all sizes. Integrated into the Check Point Next Generation Firewalls (NGFW), Application Control enables businesses to easily create granular policies based on users or groups, to identify, block or limit the usage of applications and widgets. Applications are classified into categories, based on diverse criteria such as application type, security risk level, resource usage, productivity implications, and more. Granular control of social networks, applications, and application features, identify, allow, block, or limit the usage. Leverages the world’s largest application library, grouping apps into categories to simplify policy creation and protect against threats and malware. Integrated into Next Generation Firewalls enables consolidation of security controls decreasing costs. Only the right users and devices can access your protected assets.
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    Trellix Application Control
    Advanced persistent threats (APTs) to control points, servers, and fixed devices via remote attack or social engineering make it increasingly difficult to protect your business. Trellix Application Control helps you outsmart cybercriminals and keeps your business secure and productive. Ensure that only trusted applications run on devices, servers, and desktops. As users demand more flexibility to use applications in their social and cloud-enabled business world, Trellix Application Control gives organizations options to maximize their whitelisting strategy for threat prevention. For unknown applications, Trellix Application Control provides IT with multiple ways to enable users to install new applications: User Notifications and user self-approvals. Prevents zero-day and APT attacks by blocking the execution of unauthorized applications. Use inventory search and pre-defined reports to quickly find and fix vulnerabilities, compliance, and security issues in your environment.
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