We performed a comparison between HCL AppScan and Tenable.io Web Application Scanning 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 scanning or security part."
"We use it as a security testing application."
"We are now deploying less defects to production."
"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"
"I like the recording feature."
"The reporting part is the most valuable feature."
"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."
"We can get detailed information about vulnerabilities."
"All the features are valuable to us as they offer cutting-edge scanning methods and address the latest issues with a contemporary approach. Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is highly stable. I rate it a nine out ten. Since the solution works on the Cloud, it's highly scalable. I rate the scalability a nine out of ten. The setup of the solution is straightforward. The Return on Investment is substantial. I recommend the solution to all."
"The most effective feature of the product is the ability to scan the entire environment."
"The most valuable feature is the reporting, which provides a good level of detail with respect to vulnerabilities."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is very easy to use."
"The solution's instant reports feature is the most effective for detecting threats."
"Our customers adopt this solution because of the replication testing and the vulnerability assessment it can do. It is a multi-faceted product."
"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."
"A desktop version should be added."
"In future releases, I would like to see more aggressive reports. I would also like to see less false positives."
"IBM Security AppScan needs to add performance optimization for quickly scanning the target web applications."
"IBM Security AppScan Source is rather hard to use."
"They should have a better UI for dashboards."
"If HCL AppScan is able to alert the clients over email once the scan is complete, it would be great. Right now, HCL AppScan doesn't let me know if the scanning part is finished or not, because of which I have to come back and check mostly."
"Many silly false positives are produced."
"They have a general dashboard for web application scanning, but the dashboards and reporting can be improved. They probably have some features in their roadmap."
"It isn't easy to manage vulnerabilities in Tenable."
"The solution's dashboards could be improved and made more user-friendly."
"The dashboard could be more user-friendly."
"Tenable.io Web Application Scanning conducts a general scan, which wastes time. The scan needs to be specific."
"The report customization needs to be better."
"The cloud and the on-premises versions have their own controllers, and there is no way to centrally manage controllers."
"The technical support should be improved. Currently, some attacks are detected while others are not."
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HCL AppScan is ranked 14th in Application Security Tools with 39 reviews while Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is ranked 24th in Application Security Tools with 14 reviews. HCL AppScan is rated 7.6, while Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is rated 7.6. 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 Tenable.io Web Application Scanning writes "Highly Recommended Solution with Latest Scanning Methods". HCL AppScan is most compared with SonarQube, Veracode, Acunetix, Checkmarx One and Contrast Security Assess, whereas Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is most compared with Acunetix, SonarQube, Qualys Web Application Scanning, PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional and Rapid7 AppSpider. See our HCL AppScan vs. Tenable.io Web Application Scanning report.
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