We performed a comparison between Fortify Application Defender and Qualys Web Application Scanning 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 tool's most valuable feature is software composition analysis. This feature works well with my .NET applications, providing a better understanding of library vulnerabilities."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to automatically feed it rules what it's coupled with the WebInspect dynamic application scanning technology."
"The product saves us cost and time."
"The solution helped us to improve the code quality of our organization."
"We are able to provide out customers with a secure application after development. They are no longer left wondering if they are vulnerable to different threats within the market following deployment."
"Fortify Application Defender's most valuable features are machine learning algorithms, real-time remediation, and automatic vulnerability notifications."
"Its ability to find security defects is valuable."
"I find the configuration of rules in Fortify Application Defender useful. Its integration is also easy."
"We can do scanning and submit reports straight to the customers when there are new vulnerabilities, then tell them whether they are affected or not."
"The most valuable feature of Qualys Web Application Scanning is the effective scanning that can be done."
"It is a good product for website penetration testing to detect vulnerabilities."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is the progressive scan. It is good. It's done in 24 hours."
"It is a cloud-based solution, so it is easy to scale."
"Its most valuable features are patch management, vulnerability management, and PCI compliance."
"The most valuable feature is that we are able to scan the services and put credentials like a user ID password. We can verify the vulnerability level."
"The Qualys Web Application Scanning solution offers a single comprehensive console and consolidated reporting, covering all aspects from on-prem to cloud and compliance, etcetera."
"The workbench is a little bit complex when you first start using it."
"The false positive rate should be lower."
"The product should integrate industry-standard code review tools internally with its system. This would streamline the coding process, as developers wouldn't need multiple tools for code review and security checks. Many independent and open-source tools are available, from Apache to various libraries. Using multiple DevOps pipeline tools can slow the turnaround time."
"The biggest complaint that I have heard concerns additional platform support because right now, it only supports applications that are written in .NET and Java."
"I encountered many false positives for Python applications."
"Support for older compilers/IDEs is lacking."
"The licensing can be a little complex."
"The solution is quite expensive."
"The support could be faster."
"We receive false positives sometimes when using a solution that could be improved. However, the technical team provides us with the exact explanation why it was giving us that kind of error."
"The virus code updates are not frequent enough."
"Qualys Web Application Scanning is very complex to use, and its graphical interface is not very user-friendly."
"The GUI could be a little less complicated as it opens a lot of new windows for creating search lists, templates, reports, or for scanning purposes."
"There should be better visibility into the application."
"The scanner reports a lot of false positives, which is something that needs to be improved."
"They should try to include business logic vulnerabilities in the scanner testing."
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Fortify Application Defender is ranked 30th in Application Security Tools with 11 reviews while Qualys Web Application Scanning is ranked 18th in Application Security Tools with 31 reviews. Fortify Application Defender is rated 7.8, while Qualys Web Application Scanning is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Fortify Application Defender writes "Useful for fast code review in devOps pipelines ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Qualys Web Application Scanning writes "A stable solution that can be used for infrastructure vulnerability scanning and web application scanning". Fortify Application Defender is most compared with Checkmarx One, CAST Application Intelligence Platform, Coverity, SonarQube and Fortify on Demand, whereas Qualys Web Application Scanning is most compared with OWASP Zap, Veracode, SonarQube, PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional and Rapid7 AppSpider. See our Fortify Application Defender vs. Qualys Web Application Scanning report.
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