Fortify Application Defender vs Fortra's Digital Defense Frontline WAS comparison

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We performed a comparison between Fortify Application Defender and Fortra's Digital Defense Frontline WAS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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  • "The base licensing costs for the SaaS platform is about $900 USD per application, per year."
  • "The price of this solution could be less expensive."
  • "The licensing is very complex, it's project based and can range from $10,000 to $200,000+ depending on the project type and size."
  • "Fortify Application Defender is very expensive."
  • "The product’s price is much higher than other tools."
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    Also Known As
    HPE Fortify Application Defender, Micro Focus Fortify Application Defender
    Frontline WAS, Frontline Web Application Scanning
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    Overview

    Micro Focus Security Fortify Application Defender is a runtime application self-protection (RASP) solution that helps you manage and mitigate risk from homegrown or third-party applications. It provides centralized visibility into application use and abuse while protecting from software vulnerability exploits and other violations in real time.

    Fortra's Digital Defense Frontline Web Application Scanner (WAS) is an easy-to-use security solution that provides prioritized vulnerability reporting and technical recommendations so your remediation team can tackle the biggest threats, first. Frontline WAS easily runs dynamic web application tests with accurate results, not matter how much your web apps change.

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    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise56%
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    Fortify Application Defender is ranked 34th in Application Security Tools with 9 reviews while Fortra's Digital Defense Frontline WAS is ranked 57th in Application Security Tools. Fortify Application Defender is rated 7.8, while Fortra's Digital Defense Frontline WAS is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of Fortify Application Defender writes "Reliable solution with excellent machine learning algorithms but expensive and lacking support". On the other hand, Fortify Application Defender is most compared with Checkmarx, Coverity, SonarQube, CAST Application Intelligence Platform and Fortify on Demand, whereas Fortra's Digital Defense Frontline WAS is most compared with .

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