We performed a comparison between Fortify WebInspect and OWASP Zap based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."There are lots of small settings and tools, like an HTTP editor, that are very useful."
"Guided Scan option allows us to easily scan and share reports."
"The most valuable feature is the static analysis."
"The solution's technical support was very helpful."
"It is scalable and very easy to use."
"The solution is easy to use."
"Fortify WebInspect is a scalable solution, it is good for a lot of applications."
"The solution is able to detect a wide range of vulnerabilities. It's better at it than other products."
"We use the solution for security testing."
"The OWASP's tool is free of cost, which gives it a great advantage, especially for smaller companies to make use of the tool."
"It's great that we can use it with Portswigger Burp."
"Two features are valuable. The first one is that the scan gets completed really quickly, and the second one is that even though it searches in a limited scope, what it does in that limited scope is very good. When you use Zap for testing, you're only using it for specific aspects or you're only looking for certain things. It works very well in that limited scope."
"The HUD is a good feature that provides on-site testing and saves a lot of time."
"Automatic updates and pull request analysis."
"They offer free access to some other tools."
"This solution has improved my organization because it has made us feel safer doing frequent deployments for web applications. If we have something really big, we might get some professional company in to help us but if we're releasing small products, we will check it ourselves with Zap. It makes it easier and safer."
"We have had a problem with authentification."
"I'm not sure licensing, but on the pricing, it's a bit costly. It's a bit overpriced. Though it is an enterprise tool, there are other tools also with similar functionalities."
"The initial setup was complex."
"The installation could be a bit easier. Usually it's simple to use, but the installation is painful and a bit laborious and complex."
"One thing I would like to see them introduce is a cloud-based platform."
"The scanner could be better."
"Creating reports is very slow and it is something that should be improved."
"It requires improvement in terms of scanning. The application scan heavily utilizes the resources of an on-premise server. 32 GB RAM is very high for an enterprise web application."
"OWASP Zap needs to extend to mobile application testing."
"Deployment is somewhat complicated."
"It would be a great improvement if they could include a marketplace to add extra features to the tool."
"There's very little documentation that comes with OWASP Zap."
"The documentation needs to be improved because I had to learn everything from watching YouTube videos."
"It doesn't run on absolutely every operating system."
"If there was an easier to understand exactly what has been checked and what has not been checked, it would make this solution better. We have to trust that it has checked all known vulnerabilities but it's a bit hard to see after the scanning."
"The automated vulnerability assessments that the application performs needs to be simplified as well as diversified."
Fortify WebInspect is ranked 2nd in Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) with 17 reviews while OWASP Zap is ranked 8th in Application Security Testing (AST) with 37 reviews. Fortify WebInspect is rated 7.0, while OWASP Zap is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Fortify WebInspect writes "A powerful tool catering to multiple use cases that provides reasonably good technical support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OWASP Zap writes "Great for automating and testing and has tightened our security ". Fortify WebInspect is most compared with PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional, Fortify on Demand, Acunetix, HCL AppScan and Qualys Web Application Scanning, whereas OWASP Zap is most compared with SonarQube, Acunetix, PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional, Qualys Web Application Scanning and Invicti. See our Fortify WebInspect vs. OWASP Zap report.
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