We performed a comparison between GitLab and HCL AppScan 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."CI/CD and GitLab scanning are the most valuable features."
"The most valuable features of GitLab are ease of use and highly intuitive UI and performance."
"The user interface is really good so that helps with huge teams who need to collaborate."
"The solution makes the CI/CD pipelines easy to execute."
"CI/CD is very good. The version control system is also good. These are the two features that we use."
"GitLab is kind of an image of GitHub, so it gives us the flexibility to monitor our changes in the repos."
"GitLab's best features are maintenance, branch integration, and development infrastructure."
"The initial setup of GitLab is pretty simple, with no complications."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution...The initial setup or installation of HCL AppScan is easy."
"The UI was very intuitive."
"Technical support is helpful."
"I like the recording feature."
"For me, as a manager, it was the ease of use. Inserting security into the development process is not normally an easy project to do. The ability for the developer to actually use it and get results and focuses, that's what counted."
"You can easily find particular features and functions through the UI."
"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."
"The documentation is confusing."
"As a partner, sometimes it's difficult to get support. They have a really complicated procedure for their support."
"GitLab's Windows version is yet not available and having this would be an improvement."
"The solution does not have many built-in functions or variables so scripting is required."
"We would like to have easier tutorials. Their tutorials are too technical for a user to understand. They should be more detailed but less technical."
"The only thing our company is really waiting on in terms of features is the development of metrics."
"I rate the support from GitLab a four out of five."
"GitLab could improve the patch repository. It does not have support for Conan patch version regions. Additionally, better support for Kubernetes deployment is needed as part of the package."
"Improving usability could enhance the overall experience with AppScan. It would be beneficial to make the solution more user-friendly, ensuring that everyone can easily navigate and utilize its features."
"The solution's scalability can be a matter of concern because one license runs on one machine only."
"The pricing has room for improvement."
"The penetration testing feature should be included."
"I would like to see the roadmap for this product. We are still waiting to see it as we have only so many resources."
"If HCL AppScan is able to alert the clients over email once the scan is complete, it would be great. Right now, HCL AppScan doesn't let me know if the scanning part is finished or not, because of which I have to come back and check mostly."
"A desktop version should be added."
"It has crashed at times."
GitLab is ranked 7th in Application Security Tools with 70 reviews while HCL AppScan is ranked 15th in Application Security Tools with 40 reviews. GitLab is rated 8.6, while HCL AppScan is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of GitLab writes "Powerful, mature, and easy to set up and manage". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HCL AppScan writes " A stable and scalable product useful for application security scanning". GitLab is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Bamboo, AWS CodePipeline, SonarQube and Tekton, whereas HCL AppScan is most compared with SonarQube, Veracode, Acunetix, PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional and Checkmarx One. See our GitLab vs. HCL AppScan report.
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