We performed a comparison between Qualys Web Application Scanning and SonarQube 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 vulnerability management feature is a strong one. And also the patch management feature."
"This product is designed for easy scalability and can easily scale up without major challenges."
"It is a very stable solution."
"QualysGuard web-based scanner is very useful for performing external penetration and PCI scans from remote locations."
"With our vulnerabilities under control, it's putting our services in compliance and minimizing our risk for exposure."
"The simplicity of exporting reports and the simplicity and clarity of the reports included with the product are good."
"The product prevents possible vulnerabilities in our network."
"The most valuable feature of Qualys Web Application Scanning is the effective scanning that can be done."
"We have worked with the support from SonarQube and we have had good experiences."
"The reporting and the results are quick. It gets integrated within the pipeline well."
"When comparing other static code analysis tools, SonarQube has fewer false-positive issues being reported. They have a lot of support for different tech stacks. It covers the entire developer community which includes Salesforce or it could be the regular Java.net project. It has actually sufficed all the needs in one tool for static code analysis."
"The solution's user interface is very user-friendly."
"The product is simple."
"SonarQube is useful for controlling all of our Azure task tracking and scanning."
"We consider it a handy tool that helps to resolve our issues immediately."
"The product has a friendly UI that is easy to use and understand."
"It should have better automatic reporting."
"The scanner reports a lot of false positives, which is something that needs to be improved."
"The product's pricing could be better."
"Qualys Web Application Scanning is very complex to use, and its graphical interface is not very user-friendly."
"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."
"Sometimes the response time is low because the handshake fails, and then you have to re-login and start again."
"Deployment can be complicated."
"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."
"Our developers have complained about the Quality Gates and the number of false positives that this product reports."
"SonarQube could improve by adding automatic creation of tasks after scanning and more support for the Czech language."
"The product's pricing could be lower."
"The documentation is not clear and it needs to be updated."
"SonarQube needs to improve its support model. They do not work 24/7, and they do not provide weekend support in case things go wrong. They only have a standard 8:00 am to 5:00 pm support model in which you have to raise a support ticket and wait. The support model is not effective for premium customers."
"SonarQube could be improved with more dynamic testing—basically, now, it's a static code analysis scan. For example, when the developer writes the code and does the corresponding unit test, he can cover functional and non-functional. So the SonarQube could be improved by helping to execute unit tests and test dynamically, using various parameters, and to help detect any vulnerabilities. Currently, it'll just give the test case and say whether it passes or fails—it won't give you any other input or dynamic testing. They could use artificial intelligence to build a feature that would help developers identify and fix issues in the early stages, which would help us deliver the product and reduce costs. Another area with room for improvement is in regard to automating things, since the process currently needs to be done manually."
"There needs to be a shareable reporting piece or something we can click and generate easily."
"This is a well-rounded solution, however, some features could be made available on the free version. The price of the solution could be reduced."
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Qualys Web Application Scanning is ranked 18th in Application Security Tools with 31 reviews while SonarQube is ranked 1st in Application Security Tools with 112 reviews. Qualys Web Application Scanning is rated 7.8, while SonarQube is rated 8.0. 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 SonarQube writes "Easy to integrate and has a plug-in that supports both C and C++ languages". Qualys Web Application Scanning is most compared with OWASP Zap, Veracode, PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional, Fortify WebInspect and Tenable.io Web Application Scanning, whereas SonarQube is most compared with Checkmarx One, SonarCloud, Coverity, Veracode and Snyk. See our Qualys Web Application Scanning vs. SonarQube report.
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