We performed a comparison between Ixia BreakingPoint and Qualys Web Application Scanning based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Static Application Security Testing (SAST) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."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."
"It is a scalable solution."
"I like that we can test cloud applications."
"The most valuable feature of Ixia BreakingPoint is the ransomware and malware database for simulated attacks."
"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."
"The simplicity of exporting reports and the simplicity and clarity of the reports included with the product are good."
"Its most valuable features are patch management, vulnerability management, and PCI compliance."
"With our vulnerabilities under control, it's putting our services in compliance and minimizing our risk for exposure."
"Key features include: Cloud-based, so the installation is not so tedious. Easily deployed. Highly scalable. Comprehensive reporting."
"QualysGuard web-based scanner is very useful for performing external penetration and PCI scans from remote locations."
"It is a very stable solution."
"We have experienced quick customer support. They have a complete list of our previous issues along with our history, which makes it faster for them to solve issues."
"It combines both web application vulnerability management and internal vulnerability management on one platform and dashboard. Usually, you have to purchase separate tools."
"The integration could improve in Ixia BreakingPoint."
"The production traffic simulations are not realistic enough for some types of DDoS attacks."
"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 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."
"They should improve UI mode packages for the users."
"The price could be better."
"I would appreciate some preconfigured network neighborhoods, which are predefined settings for testing networks."
"In terms of the Policy Compliance model which they currently have, not all the platforms are being covered. If they could improve on the Policy Compliance model, since there are policies which are benchmarked against it, this will be helpful for us."
"The product's pricing could be better."
"The scanner reports a lot of false positives, which is something that needs to be improved."
"The area of false positives could be improved. There are quite a number of false positives as compared to other solutions. They could probably fine tune the algorithm to be able to reduce the number of false positives being detected."
"In certain cases, this product does have false positives, which the company should work on."
"There should be better visibility into the application."
"There's a distinction between internal and external scanning processes that could be streamlined. Currently, for internal scanning, specific configurations and scanner appliances need to be deployed within the network, which differs from the simpler setup for external scans. This dual process complicates the setup for comprehensive scanning coverage."
"The reporting contains too many false positives."
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Ixia BreakingPoint is ranked 23rd in Static Application Security Testing (SAST) with 8 reviews while Qualys Web Application Scanning is ranked 14th in Static Application Security Testing (SAST) with 31 reviews. Ixia BreakingPoint is rated 8.4, while Qualys Web Application Scanning is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Ixia BreakingPoint writes "Works better for testing traffic, mix profile, and enrollment scenarios than other solutions". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Qualys Web Application Scanning writes "A stable solution that can be used for infrastructure vulnerability scanning and web application scanning". Ixia BreakingPoint is most compared with Spirent CyberFlood and Synopsys Defensics, whereas Qualys Web Application Scanning is most compared with OWASP Zap, SonarQube, Veracode, PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional and Fortify WebInspect. See our Ixia BreakingPoint vs. Qualys Web Application Scanning report.
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