We performed a comparison between HCL AppScan and Kiuwan 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 product has valuable features for static and dynamic testing."
"Usually when we deploy the application, there is a process for ethical hacking. The main benefit is that, the ethical hacking is almost clean, every time. So it's less cost, less effort, less time to production."
"It is easy it is to use. It is quick to find things, because of the code scanning tools. It's quite simple to use and it is very good the way it reports the findings."
"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 provides a better integration for our ecosystem."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution...The initial setup or installation of HCL AppScan is easy."
"It highlights, with several grades of severity, the types of vulnerabilities, so we can focus on the most severe security vulnerabilities in the code."
"The solution is easy to use."
"I find it immensely helpful because it's not just about generating code; it's about ensuring efficiency in the execution."
"I've found the reporting features the most helpful."
"Software analytics for a lot of different languages including ABAP."
"I personally like the way it breaks down security vulnerabilities with LoC at first glance."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is quick when processing and giving an output or generating a report."
"The solution offers very good technical support."
"We are using this solution to increase the quality of our software and to test the vulnerabilities in our tools before the customers find them."
"We use Kiuwan to locate the source of application vulnerabilities."
"There is not a central management for static and dynamic."
"IBM Security AppScan needs to add performance optimization for quickly scanning the target web applications."
"They should have a better UI for dashboards."
"Visibility is an issue for us. Our partners do not know we have integrations with some of IBM products."
"The pricing has room for improvement."
"The tool should improve its output. Scanning is not a challenge anymore since there are many such tools available in the market. The product needs to focus on how its output is being used by end users. It should be also more user-friendly. One of the major challenges is in the tool's integration with applications that need to be scanned. Sometimes, the scanning is not proper."
"We would like to see a check in the specific vulnerabilities in mobile applications or rooted devices, such as jailbreaking devices."
"IBM Security AppScan Source is rather hard to use."
"The product's UI has certain shortcomings, where improvements are required."
"The development-to-delivery phase."
"Kiuwan's support has room for improvement. You can only open a ticket is through email, and the support team is outside of our country. They should have a support number or chat."
"It would be beneficial to streamline calls and transitions seamlessly for improved functionality."
"The configuration hasn't been that good."
"The solution seems to give us a lot of false positives. This could be improved quite a bit."
"The QA developer and security could be improved."
"I would like to see better integration with the Visual Studio and Eclipse IDEs."
HCL AppScan is ranked 15th in Application Security Tools with 41 reviews while Kiuwan is ranked 22nd in Application Security Tools with 23 reviews. HCL AppScan is rated 7.8, while Kiuwan is rated 8.6. 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 Kiuwan writes "Though a stable tool, the UI needs improvement". HCL AppScan is most compared with SonarQube, Veracode, Acunetix, PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional and OWASP Zap, whereas Kiuwan is most compared with SonarQube, Checkmarx One, Snyk, Veracode and Fortify on Demand. See our HCL AppScan vs. Kiuwan report.
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