We performed a comparison between Acunetix and HCL AppScan 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 most valuable feature of the solution is the speed at which it can scan multiple domains in just a few hours."
"For us, the most valuable aspect of the solution is the log-sequence feature."
"It can operate both as a standalone and it can be integrated with other applications, which makes it a very versatile solution to have."
"It comes equipped with an internal applicator, which automatically identifies and addresses vulnerabilities within the program."
"The usability and overall scan results are good."
"We use the solution for the scanning of vulnerabilities like SQL injections."
"Picks up weaknesses in our app setups."
"The tool's most valuable feature is performance."
"Compared to other tools only AppScan supports special language."
"The product has valuable features for static and dynamic testing."
"It comes with all of the templates that we need. For example, we are a company that is regulated by PCI. In order to be PCI compliant, we have a lot of checks and procedures to which we have to comply."
"It identifies all the URLs and domains on its own and then performs tests and provides the results."
"It's generally a very user-friendly tool. Anyone can easily learn how to scan"
"The solution is easy to use."
"The UI was very intuitive."
"The most valuable feature of HCL AppScan is scanning QR codes."
"I had some issues with the JSON parameters where it found some strange vulnerabilities, but it didn't alert the person using it or me about these vulnerabilities, e.g., an error for SQL injection."
"When monitoring the traffic we always have issues with the bandwidth consumption and the throttling of traffic."
"Currently only supports web scanning."
"The solution can be improved by adding the ability to scan subdomains automatically, and by providing reports that can be exported to external databases to share with other solutions."
"We want to see how much bandwidth usage it consumes. When we monitor traffic we have issues with the consumption and throttling of the traffic."
"The solution limits the number of scans. It would be much better if we could have unlimited scans."
"Acunetix needs to be dynamic with JavaScript code, unlike Netsparker which can scan complex agents."
"The pricing is a bit on the higher side."
"They have to improve support."
"I think being able to search across more containers, especially some of the docker elements. We need a little tighter integration there. That's the only thing I can see at this point."
"The pricing has room for improvement."
"One thing which I think can be improved is the CI/CD Integration"
"There is not a central management for static and dynamic."
"IBM Security AppScan Source is rather hard to use."
"HCL AppScan needs to improve security."
"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."
Acunetix is ranked 17th in Application Security Tools with 26 reviews while HCL AppScan is ranked 14th in Application Security Tools with 41 reviews. Acunetix is rated 7.6, while HCL AppScan is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Acunetix writes "Fantastic reporting features hindered by slow scanning ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HCL AppScan writes " A stable and scalable product useful for application security scanning". Acunetix is most compared with OWASP Zap, Tenable.io Web Application Scanning, PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional, Fortify WebInspect and Veracode, whereas HCL AppScan is most compared with SonarQube, Veracode, PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional, OWASP Zap and Fortify on Demand. See our Acunetix vs. HCL AppScan report.
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