We performed a comparison between HCL AppScan and Visual Studio Test Professional based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Sonar, Veracode, Checkmarx and others in Application Security Tools."The most valuable feature of HCL AppScan is its integration with the SDLC, particularly during the coding phase."
"It provides a better integration for our ecosystem."
"The solution offers services in a few specific development languages."
"We use it as a security testing application."
"It has certainly helped us find vulnerabilities in our software, so this is priceless in the end."
"The static scans are good, and the SaaS as well."
"The UI was very intuitive."
"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."
"The product is good to create big or small projects fastly. It is one of the leaders in the area."
"The initial setup is easy. It's easy to configure."
"The solution is easy to use and they have also integrated with Microsoft."
"The debugging feature is valuable."
"Code testing is the most valuable feature of this solution for developing software."
"The most valuable features of Visual Studio Test Professional are the IntelliSense and the ease of adding the NuGet packages."
"It is very easy to use. You can handle a lot of things together at once in one package, which is a good point for us."
"What I like most about Visual Studio Test Professional is the way people publish templates and publish integration."
"One thing which I think can be improved is the CI/CD Integration"
"The solution's scalability can be a matter of concern because one license runs on one machine only."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing model."
"In future releases, I would like to see more aggressive reports. I would also like to see less false positives."
"HCL AppScan needs to improve security."
"The pricing has room for improvement."
"I would like to see the roadmap for this product. We are still waiting to see it as we have only so many resources."
"Sometimes it doesn't work so well."
"I would like to see more integration in the solution."
"The price could be improved."
"Over the years, I haven't identified any specific enhancements that I desire; Visual Studio has consistently met my requirements seamlessly and flawlessly."
"The vendor must release a lightweight version of the solution."
"The database administration could be better; you should be able to choose new tools with the development environment in Visual Studio. It could be easier to use."
"It is hard to learn, and you need to invest time to understand it."
"The solution can improve the startup time."
"The data flow can be improved."
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HCL AppScan is ranked 15th in Application Security Tools with 40 reviews while Visual Studio Test Professional is ranked 7th in Functional Testing Tools with 46 reviews. HCL AppScan is rated 7.6, while Visual Studio Test Professional 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 Visual Studio Test Professional writes "Customization is a key feature as is the ability to integrate with third-party services ". HCL AppScan is most compared with SonarQube, Veracode, Acunetix, PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional and OWASP Zap, whereas Visual Studio Test Professional is most compared with TFS, Apache JMeter, Tricentis NeoLoad, SmartBear TestComplete and TestRail.
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