We performed a comparison between HCL AppScan 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."It's generally a very user-friendly tool. Anyone can easily learn how to scan"
"The product is useful, particularly in its sensitivity and scanning capabilities."
"Compared to other tools only AppScan supports special language."
"The static scans are good, and the SaaS as well."
"Technical support is helpful."
"It was easy to set up."
"I like the recording feature."
"You can easily find particular features and functions through the UI."
"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."
"There is a virtual version of the product which is scaled to 100s of virtual testing blades."
"The DDoS testing module is useful and quick to use."
"I like that we can test cloud applications."
"The most valuable feature of Ixia BreakingPoint is the ransomware and malware database for simulated attacks."
"It is a scalable solution."
"A desktop version should be added."
"HCL AppScan needs to improve security."
"They have to improve support."
"The dashboard, for AppScan or the Fortified fast tool, which we use needs to be improved."
"The databases for HCL are small and have room for improvement."
"It has crashed at times."
"The solution often has a high number of false positives. It's an aspect they really need to improve upon."
"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 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 price could be better."
"They should improve UI mode packages for the users."
"The integration could improve in Ixia BreakingPoint."
"I would appreciate some preconfigured network neighborhoods, which are predefined settings for testing networks."
"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."
"The production traffic simulations are not realistic enough for some types of DDoS attacks."
HCL AppScan is ranked 12th in Application Security Testing (AST) with 39 reviews while Ixia BreakingPoint is ranked 23rd in Application Security Testing (AST) with 8 reviews. HCL AppScan is rated 7.6, while Ixia BreakingPoint is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of HCL AppScan writes " A stable and scalable product useful for application security scanning". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Ixia BreakingPoint writes "Works better for testing traffic, mix profile, and enrollment scenarios than other solutions". HCL AppScan is most compared with SonarQube, Veracode, Acunetix, Checkmarx One and PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional, whereas Ixia BreakingPoint is most compared with Spirent CyberFlood and Synopsys Defensics. See our HCL AppScan vs. Ixia BreakingPoint report.
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