We performed a comparison between HCL AppScan and Tenable.io 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 UI was very intuitive."
"The product has valuable features for static and dynamic testing."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is Postman."
"I like the recording feature."
"There's extensive functionality with custom rules and a custom knowledge base."
"We leverage it as a quality check against code."
"This solution saves us time due to the low number of false positives detected."
"You can easily find particular features and functions through the UI."
"The solution is stable."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is very easy to use."
"We can get detailed information about vulnerabilities."
"It is fully automated."
"Tenable provides the end analysis results covering all the published vulnerabilities and information on the market."
"All the features are valuable to us as they offer cutting-edge scanning methods and address the latest issues with a contemporary approach. Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is highly stable. I rate it a nine out ten. Since the solution works on the Cloud, it's highly scalable. I rate the scalability a nine out of ten. The setup of the solution is straightforward. The Return on Investment is substantial. I recommend the solution to all."
"Our customers adopt this solution because of the replication testing and the vulnerability assessment it can do. It is a multi-faceted product."
"The dashboard, for AppScan or the Fortified fast tool, which we use needs to be improved."
"One thing which I think can be improved is the CI/CD Integration"
"There is not a central management for static and dynamic."
"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."
"The databases for HCL are small and have room for improvement."
"Scans become slow on large websites."
"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."
"There are so many lines of code with so many different categories that I am likely to get lost. "
"The platform's technical support services could be better."
"It isn't easy to manage vulnerabilities in Tenable."
"The solution's dashboards could be improved and made more user-friendly."
"Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is not very user-friendly and you need a lot of information to get proper reports. The tool's support is not very responsive."
"The cloud and the on-premises versions have their own controllers, and there is no way to centrally manage controllers."
"Tenable.io Web Application Scanning conducts a general scan, which wastes time. The scan needs to be specific."
"The dashboard could be more user-friendly."
"They have a general dashboard for web application scanning, but the dashboards and reporting can be improved. They probably have some features in their roadmap."
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HCL AppScan is ranked 15th in Application Security Tools with 40 reviews while Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is ranked 24th in Application Security Tools with 14 reviews. HCL AppScan is rated 7.6, while Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is rated 7.6. 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 Tenable.io Web Application Scanning writes "Highly Recommended Solution with Latest Scanning Methods". HCL AppScan is most compared with SonarQube, Veracode, Acunetix, OWASP Zap and Contrast Security Assess, whereas Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is most compared with Acunetix, Qualys Web Application Scanning, Fortify on Demand, PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional and ImmuniWeb. See our HCL AppScan vs. Tenable.io Web Application Scanning report.
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