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We performed a comparison between Contrast Security Assess and Ixia BreakingPoint based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Application Security Testing (AST) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Contrast Security Assess vs. Ixia BreakingPoint Report (Updated: March 2024).
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"The solution is very accurate in identifying vulnerabilities. In cases where we are performing application assessment using Contrast Assess, and also using legacy application security testing tools, Contrast successfully identifies the same vulnerabilities that the other tools have identified but it also identifies significantly more. In addition, it has visibility into application components that other testing methodologies are unaware of.""No other tool does the runtime scanning like Contrast does. Other static analysis tools do static scanning, but Contrast is runtime analysis, when the routes are exercised. That's when the scan happens. This is a tool that has a very unique capability compared to other tools. That's what I like most about Contrast, that it's runtime.""It is a stable solution...Contrast Security Assess is one of the first players in this market, so they have experience and customers, especially abroad. Overall, it's a good product.""We use the Contrast OSS feature that allows us to look at third-party, open-source software libraries, because it has a cool interface where you can look at all the different libraries. It has some really cool additional features where it gives us how many instances in which something has been used... It tells us it has been used 10 times out of 20 workloads, for example. Then we know for sure that OSS is being used.""The most valuable feature is the continuous monitoring aspect: the fact that we don't have to wait for scans to complete for the tool to identify vulnerabilities. They're automatically identified through developers' business-as-usual processes.""In our most critical applications, we have a deep dive in the code evaluation, which was something we usually did with periodic vulnerability assessments, code reviews, etc. Now, we have real time access to it. It's something that has greatly enhanced our code's quality. We have actually embedded a KPI in regards to the improvement of our code shell. For example, Contrast provides a baseline where libraries and the usability of the code are evaluated, and they produce a score. We always aim to improve that score. On a quarterly basis, we have added this to our KPIs.""The accuracy of the solution in identifying vulnerabilities is better than any other product we've used, far and away. In our internal comparisons among different tools, Contrast consistently finds more impactful vulnerabilities, and also identifies vulnerabilities that are nearly guaranteed to be there, meaning that the chance of false positives is very low.""This has changed the way that developers are looking at usage of third-party libraries, upfront. It's changing our model of development and our culture of development to ensure that there is more thought being put into the usage of third-party libraries."

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"The DDoS testing module is useful and quick to use.""There is a virtual version of the product which is scaled to 100s of virtual testing blades.""The solution has many protocols and options, making it very flexible.""We use Ixia BreakingPoint for Layer 7 traffic generation. That's what we like.""It is a scalable solution.""I like that we can test cloud applications.""The most valuable feature of Ixia BreakingPoint is the ransomware and malware database for simulated attacks."

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"I think there was activity underway to support the centralized configuration control. There are ways to do it, but I think they were productizing more of that.""Regarding the solution's OSS feature, the one drawback that we do have is that it does not have client-side support. We'll be missing identification of libraries like jQuery or JavaScript, and such, that are client-side.""The solution should provide more details in the section where it shows that third-party libraries have CVEs or some vulnerabilities.""Personalization of the board and how to make it appealing to an organization is something that could be done on their end. The reports could be adaptable to the customer's preferences.""Contrast's ability to support upgrades on the actual agents that get deployed is limited. Our environment is pretty much entirely Java. There are no updates associated with that. You have to actually download a new version of the .jar file and push that out to your servers where your app is hosted. That can be quite cumbersome from a change-management perspective.""The out-of-the-box reporting could be improved. We need to write our own APIs to make the reporting more robust.""The product's retesting part needs improvement. The tool also needs improvement in the suggestions provided for fixing vulnerabilities. It relies more on documentation rather than on quick fixes.""I would like to see them come up with more scanning rules."

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"The quality of the traffic generation could be improved with Ixia BreakingPoint, i.e. to get closer to being accurate in what a real user will do.""They should improve UI mode packages for the users.""The price could be better.""The solution originally was hard to configure; I'm not sure if they've updated this to make it simpler, but if not, it's something that could be streamlined.""The production traffic simulations are not realistic enough for some types of DDoS attacks.""I would appreciate some preconfigured network neighborhoods, which are predefined settings for testing networks.""The integration could improve in Ixia BreakingPoint."

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  • "I like the per-application licensing model... We just license the app and we look at different vulnerabilities on that app and we remediate within the app. It's simpler."
  • "You only get one license for an application. Ours are very big, monolithic applications with millions of lines of code. We were able to apply one license to one monolithic application, which is great. We are happy with the licensing. Pricing-wise, they are industry-standard, which is fine."
  • "The good news is that the agent itself comes in two different forms: the unlicensed form and the licensed form. Unlicensed gives use of that software composition analysis for free. Thereafter, if you apply a license to that same agent, that's when the instrumentation takes hold. So one of my suggestions is to do what we're doing: Deploy the agent to as many applications as possible, with just the SCA feature turned on with no license applied, and then you can be more choosy and pick which teams will get the license applied."
  • "For what it offers, it's a very reasonable cost. The way that it is priced is extremely straightforward. It works on the number of applications that you use, and you license a server. It is something that is extremely fair, because it doesn't take into consideration the number of requests, etc. It is only priced based on the number of onboarded applications. It suits our model as well, because we have huge traffic. Our number of applications is not that large, so the pricing works great for us."
  • "It's a tiered licensing model. The more you buy, as you cross certain quantity thresholds, the pricing changes. If you have a smaller environment, your licensing costs are going to be different than a larger environment... The licensing is primarily per application. An application can be as many agents as you need. If you've got 10 development servers and 20 production servers and 50 QA servers, all of those agents can be reporting as a single application that utilizes one license."
  • "The product's pricing is low. I would rate it a two out of ten."
  • "The solution is expensive."
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  • "There is no differentiation in licenses for Breaking Point. For one license, you will get all the features. There is no complexity in that."
  • "We have a one year subscription license for $25,000 US Dollars."
  • "or us, the pricing is somewhere around $12,000 a year. I'm unsure as to what new licenses now cost."
  • "The price is high. We pay for the license monthly."
  • "The solution is expensive."
  • "The price of the solution is expensive."
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    Top Answer:When we access the application, it continuously monitors and detects vulnerabilities.
    Top Answer:The product's pricing is low. I would rate it a two out of ten.
    Top Answer:Technical support for the solution should be faster. We have to further analyze what kind of CVEs are in the reported libraries and what part of the code is affected. That analysis can be added to the… more »
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature of Ixia BreakingPoint is the ransomware and malware database for simulated attacks.
    Top Answer:The integration could improve in Ixia BreakingPoint. The vendor should provide a portal for webinars.
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    Overview

    Contrast Security is the world’s leading provider of security technology that enables software applications to protect themselves against cyberattacks, heralding the new era of self-protecting software. Contrast's patented deep security instrumentation is the breakthrough technology that enables highly accurate assessment and always-on protection of an entire application portfolio, without disruptive scanning or expensive security experts. Only Contrast has sensors that work actively inside applications to uncover vulnerabilities, prevent data breaches, and secure the entire enterprise from development, to operations, to production.

    By simulating real-world legitimate traffic, distributed denial of service (DDoS), exploits, malware, and fuzzing, BreakingPoint validates an organization’s security infrastructure, reduces the risk of network degradation by almost 80%, and increases attack readiness by nearly 70%.

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    Williams-Sonoma, Autodesk, HUAWEI, Chromeriver, RingCentral, Demandware.
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    Financial Services Firm17%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Insurance Company9%
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    Computer Software Company24%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Educational Organization7%
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    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise27%
    Large Enterprise55%
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    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise75%
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    Small Business70%
    Large Enterprise30%
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    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise66%
    Buyer's Guide
    Contrast Security Assess vs. Ixia BreakingPoint
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Contrast Security Assess vs. Ixia BreakingPoint and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Contrast Security Assess is ranked 22nd in Application Security Testing (AST) with 11 reviews while Ixia BreakingPoint is ranked 23rd in Application Security Testing (AST) with 8 reviews. Contrast Security Assess is rated 8.8, while Ixia BreakingPoint is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Contrast Security Assess writes "We're gathering vulnerability data from multiple environments in real time, fundamentally changing how we identify issues in applications". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Ixia BreakingPoint writes "Works better for testing traffic, mix profile, and enrollment scenarios than other solutions". Contrast Security Assess is most compared with Veracode, Fortify WebInspect, Seeker, Checkmarx and OWASP Zap, whereas Ixia BreakingPoint is most compared with Spirent CyberFlood, Synopsys Defensics and Qualys Web Application Scanning. See our Contrast Security Assess vs. Ixia BreakingPoint report.

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