We performed a comparison between GitLab 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 initial setup of GitLab is pretty simple, with no complications."
"GitLab is being used as a repository for our codebase and it is a one stop DevOps tool we use in our team."
"The SaaS setup is impressive, and it has DAST solutioning."
"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."
"I have had no problem with the stability of the solution."
"Their CI/CD engine is very mature. It's very comprehensive and flexible, and compared to other projects, I believe that GitLab is number one right now from that perspective."
"The most valuable functionality of GitLab, for me, is the DevOps. Besides the normal source control based on Git, I find the Auto DevOps features most important in the solution."
"Git hosting has an integration with ACD which is why we liked this solution in the first place."
"For me, as a manager, it was the ease of use. Inserting security into the development process is not normally an easy project to do. The ability for the developer to actually use it and get results and focuses, that's what counted."
"It provides a better integration for our ecosystem."
"The UI was very intuitive."
"We leverage it as a quality check against code."
"The solution is cheap."
"The product is useful, particularly in its sensitivity and scanning capabilities."
"Usually when we deploy the application, there is a process for ethical hacking. The main benefit is that, the ethical hacking is almost clean, every time. So it's less cost, less effort, less time to production."
"You can easily find particular features and functions through the UI."
"There is room for improvement in GitLab Agents."
"As GitLab is not perfect, what needs improvement in the solution is the Wiki feature of the groups or the repertories because currently, it's not searchable by default. You'll need an indexing service such as Elasticsearch to make it searchable, and that requires too much work, so for me, it's the main feature that should be improved in GitLab. In the next version of the solution, from the top of my head, the documentation could be improved. Besides the Wiki, it would be good if there's documentation that would be automatically generated based on the code repository. In other words, there should be some tutorials from GitLab for developers in the next release."
"We do face issues in our company when we run out of disk space."
"We would like to have easier tutorials. Their tutorials are too technical for a user to understand. They should be more detailed but less technical."
"Perhaps the integration could be better."
"Reporting could be improved."
"I would like to see better integration with project management tools such as Jira."
"I used Spring Cloud config and to connect that to GitLab was so hard."
"Visibility is an issue for us. Our partners do not know we have integrations with some of IBM products."
"They should have a better UI for dashboards."
"It's a little bit basic when you talk about the Web Services. If AppScan improved its maturity on Web Services testing, that would be good."
"I would like to see the roadmap for this product. We are still waiting to see it as we have only so many resources."
"We would like to see a check in the specific vulnerabilities in mobile applications or rooted devices, such as jailbreaking devices."
"Improving usability could enhance the overall experience with AppScan. It would be beneficial to make the solution more user-friendly, ensuring that everyone can easily navigate and utilize its features."
"Many silly false positives are produced."
"The databases for HCL are small and have room for improvement."
GitLab is ranked 7th in Application Security Tools with 70 reviews while HCL AppScan is ranked 15th in Application Security Tools with 41 reviews. GitLab is rated 8.6, while HCL AppScan 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 HCL AppScan writes " A stable and scalable product useful for application security scanning". GitLab is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Bamboo, SonarQube, AWS CodePipeline and Tekton, whereas HCL AppScan is most compared with SonarQube, Veracode, Acunetix, OWASP Zap and PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional. See our GitLab vs. HCL AppScan report.
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