We performed a comparison between Fortify WebInspect and Synopsys API Security Testing based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about HCLTech, OpenText, Rapid7 and others in Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)."Good at scanning and finding vulnerabilities."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the ability to make our customers more secure."
"The solution is able to detect a wide range of vulnerabilities. It's better at it than other products."
"I've found the centralized dashboard the most valuable. For the management, it helps a lot to have abilities at the central level."
"Technical support has been good."
"The accuracy of its scans is great."
"The solution's technical support was very helpful."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The most valuable features of Synopsys API Security Testing are the metrics, results, and threat vectors that it shares."
"Our biggest complaint about this product is that it freezes up, and literally doesn't work for us."
"Lately, we've seen more false negatives."
"The scanner could be better."
"Not sufficiently compatible with some of our systems."
"Fortify WebInspect could improve user-friendliness. Additionally, it is very bulky to use."
"One thing I would like to see them introduce is a cloud-based platform."
"Fortify WebInspect's shortcoming stems from the fact that it is a very expensive product in Korea, which makes it difficult for its potential customers to introduce the product in their IT environment."
"I'm not sure licensing, but on the pricing, it's a bit costly. It's a bit overpriced. Though it is an enterprise tool, there are other tools also with similar functionalities."
"The solution required us to use our team and we spoke to Synopsys API Security Testing's support to do the implementation. We use two people from our team for the implementation. and one person for maintenance."
Earn 20 points
Fortify WebInspect is ranked 2nd in Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) with 17 reviews while Synopsys API Security Testing is ranked 35th in Static Application Security Testing (SAST). Fortify WebInspect is rated 7.0, while Synopsys API Security Testing is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Fortify WebInspect writes "A powerful tool catering to multiple use cases that provides reasonably good technical support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Synopsys API Security Testing writes "Useful threat vectors, beneficial results, but implementation needed support". Fortify WebInspect is most compared with PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional, Fortify on Demand, Acunetix, OWASP Zap and SonarCloud, whereas Synopsys API Security Testing is most compared with Seeker and OWASP Zap.
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