We performed a comparison between HCL AppScan and Sonatype Repository Firewall 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."It provides a better integration for our ecosystem."
"It comes with all of the templates that we need. For example, we are a company that is regulated by PCI. In order to be PCI compliant, we have a lot of checks and procedures to which we have to comply."
"The solution is cheap."
"IBM AppScan has made our work easy, as we can do four to five scans of websites at a time, which saves time when it comes to vulnerability."
"It has certainly helped us find vulnerabilities in our software, so this is priceless in the end."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the scanning or security part."
"The product is useful, particularly in its sensitivity and scanning capabilities."
"You can easily find particular features and functions through the UI."
"Another thing that I like about Sonatype is that if you download something today, and five days from today it becomes vulnerable, it will notify you."
"The product's network and intrusion protection features are valuable. It also has rules and compliance features for security."
"The penetration testing feature should be included."
"It's a little bit basic when you talk about the Web Services. If AppScan improved its maturity on Web Services testing, that would be good."
"Scans become slow on large websites."
"I would like to see the roadmap for this product. We are still waiting to see it as we have only so many resources."
"The solution needs to improve in some areas. The tool needs to add more languages. It also needs to improve its speed."
"A desktop version should be added."
"There are so many lines of code with so many different categories that I am likely to get lost. "
"The product has some technical limitations."
"The tool needs to improve its file systems. The product should also include zero test feature."
"What I don't like is the lack of an option to pick up the phone and call someone for support. That is something they need to improve on. They need to have a professional services package, or they need to include that option with their services."
HCL AppScan is ranked 14th in Application Security Tools with 41 reviews while Sonatype Repository Firewall is ranked 35th in Application Security Tools with 3 reviews. HCL AppScan is rated 7.8, while Sonatype Repository Firewall is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of HCL AppScan writes " A stable and scalable product useful for application security scanning". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sonatype Repository Firewall writes "You will get clean code every time, and that's a great achievement". HCL AppScan is most compared with SonarQube, Veracode, Acunetix, PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional and OWASP Zap, whereas Sonatype Repository Firewall is most compared with JFrog Xray, Cisco Secure Firewall, Black Duck, GitHub and Sonatype Lifecycle. See our HCL AppScan vs. Sonatype Repository Firewall report.
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