We performed a comparison between Checkmarx One and Contrast Security Protect based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Security Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The setup is fairly easy. We didn't struggle with the process at all."
"It shows in-depth code of where actual vulnerabilities are."
"The process of remediating software security vulnerabilities can now be performed (ongoing) as portions of the application are being built in advance of being compiled."
"Less false positive errors as compared to any other solution."
"Both automatic and manual code review (CxQL) are valuable."
"Compared to the solutions we used previously, Checkmarx has reduced our workload by almost 75%."
"Overall, the ability to find vulnerabilities in the code is better than the tool that we were using before."
"The most valuable features of Checkmarx are the automation and information that it provides in the reports."
"The solution has excellent real-time capabilities."
"The product gives a few false positives. We get 99 percent true positives."
"Protect provides us with more in-depth visibility into ongoing attacks."
"We would like to be able to run scans from our local system, rather than having to always connect to the product server, which is a longer process."
"The solution's user interface could be improved because it seems outdated."
"Creating and editing custom rules in Checkmarx is difficult because the license for the editor comes at an additional cost, and there is a steep learning curve."
"We want to have a holistic view of the portfolio-level dashboard and not just an individual technical project level."
"Micro-services need to be included in the next release."
"We have received some feedback from our customers who are receiving a large number of false positives."
"Its pricing model can be improved. Sometimes, it is a little complex to understand its pricing model."
"The validation process needs to be sped up."
"There's room for improvement in the initial setup."
"Protect's reporting GUI is very basic. To get all statuses from the APIs, we needed to write our own KPI dashboard to provide reports."
"Contrast Security Protect needs to improve integration."
Checkmarx One is ranked 3rd in Application Security Tools with 67 reviews while Contrast Security Protect is ranked 32nd in Application Security Tools with 3 reviews. Checkmarx One is rated 7.6, while Contrast Security Protect is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Checkmarx One writes "The report function is a great, configurable asset but sometimes yields false positives". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Contrast Security Protect writes "It provides us with more in-depth visibility into ongoing attacks". Checkmarx One is most compared with SonarQube, Veracode, Fortify on Demand, Snyk and Coverity, whereas Contrast Security Protect is most compared with SonarQube, Fortify on Demand, Snyk, Tenable.io Web Application Scanning and Sonatype Lifecycle. See our Checkmarx One vs. Contrast Security Protect report.
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