We performed a comparison between GitLab and Qualys 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."I like that you can use GitLab as a double-sided solution for both DevOps and version management. It's a good product for working in these two areas, and the user interface makes it easy to understand."
"The important feature is the entire process of versioning source code maintenance and easy deployment. It is a necessity for the CI/CD pipeline."
"Everything is easy to configure and easy to work with."
"This is a scalable solution. We had around 200 users working with it."
"I find the features and version control history to be most valuable for our development workflow. These aspects provide us with a clear view of changes and help us manage requests efficiently."
"Key features allow creation of well-presented Wiki that includes ideas, development, and domains."
"The most valuable features of GitLab are the review, patch repo, and plans are in YAML."
"It speeds up our development, it's faster, safer, and more convenient."
"Licensing is the most valuable. Qualys provides the best licensing for companies. It is the best product for the development purposes of web applications. The product has a lot of integrations."
"It combines both web application vulnerability management and internal vulnerability management on one platform and dashboard. Usually, you have to purchase separate tools."
"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."
"QualysGuard web-based scanner is very useful for performing external penetration and PCI scans from remote locations."
"It is a very stable solution."
"Key features include: Cloud-based, so the installation is not so tedious. Easily deployed. Highly scalable. Comprehensive reporting."
"By using QualysGuard, we are able to finish external scans with assured results in half the time."
"This product is designed for easy scalability and can easily scale up without major challenges."
"I rate the support from GitLab a four out of five."
"We do face issues in our company when we run out of disk space."
"Merge conflicts and repository maintenance could improve. If there is someone new to the system they would not know if there is a conflict."
"I'm new to GitLab, so I would appreciate more documentation about the code and commands."
"The tool should include a feature that helps to edit the code directly."
"It should be used by a larger number of people. They should raise awareness."
"The only thing our company is really waiting on in terms of features is the development of metrics."
"Atlassian offers more products than GitLab. GitLab offers source control management, version control and collaboration between developers. Atlassian offers features on top of this as well as more integration points for developers."
"The support could be faster."
"In certain cases, this product does have false positives, which the company should work on."
"There's a distinction between internal and external scanning processes that could be streamlined. Currently, for internal scanning, specific configurations and scanner appliances need to be deployed within the network, which differs from the simpler setup for external scans. This dual process complicates the setup for comprehensive scanning coverage."
"We receive false positives sometimes when using a solution that could be improved. However, the technical team provides us with the exact explanation why it was giving us that kind of error."
"The reporting contains too many false positives."
"The software’s pricing could be improved."
"The UI is not user-friendly and you don't have a yearly reporting facility where you can slice and dice in different jobs."
"There should be better visibility into the application."
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GitLab is ranked 7th in Application Security Tools with 70 reviews while Qualys Web Application Scanning is ranked 18th in Application Security Tools with 31 reviews. GitLab is rated 8.6, while Qualys Web Application Scanning is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of GitLab writes "Powerful, mature, and easy to set up and manage". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Qualys Web Application Scanning writes "A stable solution that can be used for infrastructure vulnerability scanning and web application scanning". GitLab is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Bamboo, SonarQube, AWS CodePipeline and Tekton, whereas Qualys Web Application Scanning is most compared with OWASP Zap, Veracode, SonarQube, PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional and Rapid7 AppSpider. See our GitLab vs. Qualys Web Application Scanning report.
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