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Gartner de nes the Application Security Testing (AST) market as the buyers and sellers of products and services designed to analyze and test applications for
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security vulnerabilities. Gartner identi es four main styles of AST: (1) Static AST (SAST) (2) Dynamic AST (DAST) (3) Interactive ... See More

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Customers' Choice 2021

Veracode
Competitors and Alternatives
by Veracode
4.6 248 Ratings
Veracode vs Checkmarx
5 Star   65% Veracode vs Qualys
"Long time customer, familiar with current capabilities and new features, value the
4 Star   29% product" Veracode vs NTT Application
3 Star   4% Security
We've been a customer for four years, great suite of product options, and
2 Star   1%
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Customers' Choice 2021
4.6 209 Ratings
5 Star   66%
4 Star   30%
3 Star   2%
2 Star   1%
1 Star   0%
4.8 162 Ratings
5 Star   73%
4 Star   27%
3 Star   1%
2 Star   0%
1 Star   0%
Customers' Choice 2021
4.5 143 Ratings
5 Star   57%
4 Star   38%
3 Star   3%
2 Star   1%
1 Star   0%
4.3 141 Ratings
5 Star   45%
4 Star   46%
3 Star   9%
2 Star   0%
1 Star   1%
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Checkmarx SAST
Competitors and Alternatives
by Checkmarx
Checkmarx vs Veracode
Checkmarx vs Micro Focus
"Great product, and great company!"
Checkmarx vs Synopsys
We are a new Checkmarx customer, but our experience so far has been
nothing but positive. Cx has been very helpful during the ... See All Alternatives
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Burp Suite Professional
Competitors and Alternatives
by PortSwigger
PortSwigger vs Invicti
PortSwigger vs Rapid7
"Excellent security skills and capabilities through use of Burpsuite!"
PortSwigger vs Qualys
Very useful tool for security testing of Applications and APIs, overall
effective and easily operable features of the application ... See All Alternatives
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WhiteHat Sentinel Dynamic
Competitors and Alternatives
by NTT Application Security
NTT Application Security vs
Veracode
"Great product that meets our needs, excellent customer success and support
NTT Application Security vs Qualys
teams"
NTT Application Security vs Rapid7
Does what we need in providing independent scanning of our application for
our internal usage (development and operations), ... See All Alternatives
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Web Application Scanning (WAS)
Competitors and Alternatives
by Qualys
Qualys vs Rapid7
Qualys vs Invicti
"Improved security and risk management, Easy con guring and detailed reports."
Qualys vs PortSwigger
This has been very useful application for vulnerability reporting and tracking
for web applications, mostly internal applications. ... See All Alternatives
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4.6 129 Ratings
5 Star   60%
4 Star   34%
3 Star   6%
2 Star   0%
1 Star   0%
Customers' Choice 2021
4.7 122 Ratings
5 Star   72%
4 Star   27%
3 Star   0%
2 Star   1%
1 Star   0%
4.4 120 Ratings
5 Star   52%
4 Star   41%
3 Star   7%
2 Star   1%
1 Star   0%
4.3 111 Ratings
5 Star   41%
4 Star   50%
3 Star   5%
2 Star   3%
1 Star   0%
Acunetix
Competitors and Alternatives
by Invicti
Invicti vs Qualys
Invicti vs Rapid7
"One of the good solutions for web developers"
Invicti vs PortSwigger
With Acunetix, we can scan our products for vulnerabilities with every
release. It has an extensive scan module and scheduler. In ... See All Alternatives
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Contrast Application Security Platform
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by Contrast Security
Contrast Security vs Veracode
Contrast Security vs Checkmarx
"Very useful and interesting, I am impressed."
Contrast Security vs Synopsys
This is a very useful tool, pleasure to work with. We're still experimenting but
have already integrated CS Agents into CI/CD and ... See All Alternatives
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Netsparker
Competitors and Alternatives
by Invicti
Invicti vs Invicti
Invicti vs Rapid7
"Netsparker, a best DAST tool for beginners to Expert"
Invicti vs Qualys
The deployment and integration are very easy and do not require heavy
infrastructure. It can be installed like any other software even on ... See All Alternatives
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InsightAppSec
Competitors and Alternatives
by Rapid7
Rapid7 vs Qualys
Rapid7 vs Veracode
"The reliable security partner with less maintenance"
Rapid7 vs Invicti
We have been using this product for the past year, I am now con dent of the
product's capabilities. We are completely relying on it ... See All Alternatives
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4.4 97 Ratings Micro Focus Fortify Static Code Analyzer
Competitors and Alternatives
by Micro Focus
5 Star   42%
4 Star   44% Micro Focus vs Checkmarx
Veracode
"Best IDE support ever in a SAST solution that you can get in market today"
3 Star   10% Micro Focus vs Synopsys
2 Star   3%
Fortify Static code analyzer and its plugins are really outstanding compared
to other solution. Fortify easily integrates into Visual Studio, ... See All Alternatives
1 Star   0%

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4.5 96 Ratings AppScan

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by HCL Technologies
5 Star   54% HCL Technologies vs Veracode
4 Star   39% HCL Technologies vs Invicti
"Protect your "Efforts" with HCL AppScan"
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2 Star   0% HCL AppScan is used by our team to perform various vulnerabilities on our
1 Star   1% product and make the product free of all the probable ... See All Alternatives

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4.4 89 Ratings GitLab

Competitors and Alternatives
by GitLab
5 Star   51% GitLab vs GitHub
4 Star   45% GitLab vs Micro Focus
"Great DevOps platform with continuous integration and deployments."
3 Star   4% GitLab vs HCL Technologies
2 Star   0% Very reliable application for development and great experience in agile
1 Star   0% devops of the critical applications. Easier setup implementation ... See All Alternatives

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4.3 83 Ratings Coverity SAST

Competitors and Alternatives
by Synopsys
5 Star   45% Synopsys vs Checkmarx
4 Star   48% Synopsys vs Veracode
"A technically excellent product that substantially improves our software"
3 Star   7% Synopsys vs Micro Focus
2 Star   0% Synopsys provides a technically excellent product that delivers in-depth
analysis results in a way that developers can understand. ... See All Alternatives
1 Star   0%

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4.3 74 Ratings Micro Focus Fortify on Demand

by Micro Focus Competitors and Alternatives
5 Star   41% Micro Focus vs Veracode
4 Star   45%
Micro Focus vs Checkmarx
3 Star   14% "Exceptional support team. Product is solid but needs to modernize." Micro Focus vs Qualys
2 Star   0% Overall, it does what we need it to do. Not exceptional, but better than
1 Star   1% average. What I like most about Fortify is actually the ... See All Alternatives

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4.5 58 Ratings GitHub Enterprise

Competitors and Alternatives
by GitHub
5 Star   59% GitHub vs GitLab
4 Star   38% GitHub vs Snyk

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"What you see is what you git, git used to it ! "
3 Star   3% GitHub vs Checkmarx
2 Star   0% "What you see is what you git" is our new philosophy. Git is our way to
1 Star   0% standardize, deploy and automate our activities. See All Alternatives
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4.3 54 Ratings Black Duck SCA

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by Synopsys
5 Star   43% Synopsys vs Checkmarx
4 Star   52% Synopsys vs Veracode
"Great for OS Library Scanning to mitigate security, operational and license risks"
3 Star   6% Synopsys vs Micro Focus
2 Star   0% One of the top product in the SCA space, and is easy to integrate with our CI
1 Star   0% Pipelines. Blackduck has su cient and necessary ... See All Alternatives

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4.1 41 Ratings Klocwork

Competitors and Alternatives
by Perforce
5 Star   27% Perforce vs GitLab
4 Star   59% Perforce vs Checkmarx
"Rough Install but great Product overall and excellent customer service"
3 Star   10% Perforce vs GitHub
2 Star   5% Klocwork has been great, especially the support team they always helped me
1 Star   0% quickly and e ciently. Getting Klocwork installed ... See All Alternatives

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ImmuniWeb AI
4.6 40 Ratings by ImmuniWeb
Competitors and Alternatives
5 Star   57%
"A highly customisable SaaS solution that suits business without big Cybersecurity
ImmuniWeb vs Invicti
4 Star   43%
team" ImmuniWeb vs Qualys
3 Star   0% ImmuniWeb vs Rapid7
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1 Star   0% ImmuniWeb provides a highly customisable solution that monitors our asset See All Alternatives
24/7 and the customer support replies very quick before ...

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4.5 36 Ratings Micro Focus Fortify WebInspect

Competitors and Alternatives
by Micro Focus
5 Star   39% Micro Focus vs Rapid7
4 Star   44% Micro Focus vs Veracode
"High degree of Accuracy and Great ndings "
3 Star   17% Micro Focus vs Qualys

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2 Star   0% We use the Webinspect dynamic scanner in our QA cycle for automating
1 Star   0% security scans. Its a tool that simulate real hacker scenarios to ... See All Alternatives

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4.8 34 Ratings edgescan

Competitors and Alternatives
by edgescan
5 Star   91% edgescan vs Qualys
4 Star   9% edgescan vs Rapid7
"False Positive Removal Worth It's Weight in Gold"
3 Star   0% edgescan vs Invicti
2 Star   0% Edgescan's service o oads security testing to experts, allowing developers
1 Star   0% to focus on developing code and xing true ndings. ... See All Alternatives

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