We performed a comparison between Qualys Web Application Scanning and Rapid7 InsightAppSec 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."It works with many different products."
"It is a cloud-based solution, so it is easy to scale."
"This product is designed for easy scalability and can easily scale up without major challenges."
"We can do scanning and submit reports straight to the customers when there are new vulnerabilities, then tell them whether they are affected or not."
"The vulnerability management feature is a strong one. And also the patch management feature."
"The most valuable feature of Qualys Web Application Scanning is the effective scanning that can be done."
"Qualys' process of updating signatures is something we really appreciate, and it's way ahead of its industry peers."
"With our vulnerabilities under control, it's putting our services in compliance and minimizing our risk for exposure."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the graphical interface."
"We have seen measurable decrease in the mean time to respond to threats by 20 percent."
"It's very easy to use and user-friendly. It does the job."
"The initial setup for us was easy enough. We didn't face too many issues. Deployment took maybe 30 minutes. It's quite quick and doesn't cause too much trouble at the outset."
"You have various attack modules, and you also have the Attack Replay feature for the attack sequence. You can reproduce an attack and see it. That is a very good feature I noticed in this solution. It helps developers as well."
"The templates feature is very easy. You just choose the kind of attack you want on your web application, and you run it against that template and receive a report. It's great."
"It is very convenient to get reports from the tool, which offers high-level environmental statistics."
"It uses a signature-based method to check for problems with your code and will provide an alert if anything is found."
"Sometimes the response time is low because the handshake fails, and then you have to re-login and start again."
"The support could be faster."
"The UI is not user-friendly and you don't have a yearly reporting facility where you can slice and dice in different jobs."
"The solution needs to adjust its pricing. They should make it more affordable."
"Deployment can be complicated."
"It should have better automatic reporting."
"We procured around 110 licenses for Web Application Scanning, but we have issues running concurrent scans. I don't currently have the option to trigger scans for all 100-plus websites. The default limit is around 10 conference scans. It's not very scalable, to be honest, because of the limitation that they put on concurrent scans."
"There could be better management and faster scanning."
"The reporting is definitely an aspect of the solution that's in need of some work. We found that we'd try to use widgets, but often getting them to work for us wasn't very clear. They need to be more user friendly or offer better instructions."
"The interface should be a little bit easier to manage. Sometimes, the logic that they use is kind of strange. They need to work a little bit more on their interface to make it more understandable. The interface is the only problem. I'm using Rapid7, which is very intuitive. There are other applications available in the market with a better interface. They can include more techniques or options to test different types of security because the templates are limited. It would be great to see them follow the MITRE ATT&CK framework or what is there in tools like Veracode and Synopsys."
"The only concern I have with Rapid7 is that it does not provide enough information about vulnerabilities within AppSec."
"In the future, if they can have integration with a lot of ticketing systems then it would be amazing."
"I would like more details of what the product can do."
"We'd like to see integrations with WAF solutions."
"The number of web applications we can scan is limited."
"Rapid7 InsightAppSec needs improvement in detecting phishing pages."
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Qualys Web Application Scanning is ranked 19th in Application Security Tools with 31 reviews while Rapid7 InsightAppSec is ranked 3rd in Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) with 12 reviews. Qualys Web Application Scanning is rated 7.8, while Rapid7 InsightAppSec is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Qualys Web Application Scanning writes "A stable solution that can be used for infrastructure vulnerability scanning and web application scanning". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rapid7 InsightAppSec writes "A highly scalable and robust product that enables users to automate scans". Qualys Web Application Scanning is most compared with OWASP Zap, Veracode, SonarQube, PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional and Fortify WebInspect, whereas Rapid7 InsightAppSec is most compared with Rapid7 AppSpider, OWASP Zap, PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional, Fortify WebInspect and Checkmarx One. See our Qualys Web Application Scanning vs. Rapid7 InsightAppSec report.
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