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Aikido Security vs OpenText Static Application Security Testing comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 29, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
7.9
Companies achieved time and cost savings with Aikido Security, improving efficiency, compliance, and vulnerability management through automation and tool consolidation.
Sentiment score
6.8
OpenText Static Application Security Testing received mixed reviews, praising cost savings and partnerships, but highlighting challenges in quantifying ROI.
Aikido Security caught a critical remote code execution vulnerability in my Python machine learning pipelines before it reached production.
Product Manager at Zidio development
Since we got rid of that, our productivity has increased, I believe, by thirty-two percent.
SecOps Engineer at a real estate/law firm with 501-1,000 employees
We were expecting to complete the compliance in a month, but I figured out Aikido Security could do it within a week for all our 13 repositories.
Co-Founder & CTO at Mango Giraffe
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.7
Aikido Security provides quick, friendly support with practical guidance, earning high praise from users for integration and technical help.
Sentiment score
6.7
Generally positive with dedicated teams, though some seek improvements in ticket system and responsiveness for OpenText support.
Aikido Security was the easiest to use, the easiest to onboard, and the one with the most active customer support.
SecOps Engineer at a real estate/law firm with 501-1,000 employees
Their team proactively reached out after signup to ensure we were set up correctly.
Product Manager at Zidio development
Customer support is good; if you raise a query, hardly within a day, your issues get resolved.
Security Researcher at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The customer service and support for Fortify Static Code Analyzer are better than those for LoadRunner.
CTO at Marco Technology
The technical support has been good because we always received answers to our questions.
Manager at DTEK
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.1
Aikido Security excels in scalability, seamlessly integrating projects and teams with minimal performance issues, enhancing developer-focused security.
Sentiment score
7.8
OpenText SAST is scalable for various project sizes but needs improvement in speed and infrastructure management.
That kind of reliability becomes invisible when it works well, which is exactly what you want from a security tool running in your CI/CD pipelines.
Product Manager at Zidio development
Aikido Security scales well by supporting multiple projects, repositories, and development teams on a single platform.
Full Stack Developer at Sri Krishna Arts and Science
You can deploy it on your team, and if you have a large team, it works very well.
Security Researcher at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Fortify Static Code Analyzer integrates well and is scalable.
CTO at Marco Technology
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.8
Aikido Security is praised for its reliability, smooth integration, and accurate security findings with no major downtime issues.
Sentiment score
7.5
OpenText Static Application Security Testing is reliable and stable, with improvements since version 19.10, and benefits from proper training.
The platform has been reliable and provides accurate security findings.
Full Stack Developer at Sri Krishna Arts and Science
It remains stable even when generating a large amount of code.
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at Publicis Sapient
The stability of Fortify Static Code Analyzer is generally good.
CTO at Marco Technology
I would rate the product stability as an eight.
Lead Information Security Analyst at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

Users seek enhanced integrations, customization, and performance improvements, with focus on documentation, language support, and real-time tools.
OpenText SAST faces high costs, complex use, false positives, and needs better integration, language support, and feature enhancements.
I would love to see a Terraform module for Aikido Security.
SecOps Engineer at a real estate/law firm with 501-1,000 employees
I had a certain object with a UUID that was being considered as a private secret key or API key, which was not the case.
Co-Founder & CTO at Mango Giraffe
Aikido Security tells you what is vulnerable, but sometimes the fix suggestions are generic.
Product Manager at Zidio development
We would appreciate if the AI could give us more information about improvements and reduce the number of false positives, but this solution doesn't have this function yet.
Manager at DTEK
It should be easier to install, perhaps through a container-based approach where everything is combined into one image or pack of containers.
CTO at Marco Technology
It would be really helpful to include trending vulnerabilities and how to manage them.
Lead Information Security Analyst at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise users find OpenText Static Application Security Testing's pricing high but consider it economical compared to other major solutions.
I used the free trial, which was sufficient for evaluating the platform and its core features.
Full Stack Developer at Sri Krishna Arts and Science
Aikido Security has a plan for $4,200 annually for up to 10 users.
Technical leader at a government with 5,001-10,000 employees
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that the pricing is reasonable and based on the repository; they charge accordingly.
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at Publicis Sapient
The pricing of Fortify Static Code Analyzer is good, with a flexible model that allows customers to choose a setup that suits their needs.
CTO at Marco Technology
My experience with the pricing, setup costs, and licensing has been good.
Lead Information Security Analyst at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

Aikido Security offers ease of use, integration, and a unified dashboard, enhancing productivity and security with minimal false positives.
OpenText SAST enhances security by automating vulnerability detection, integrating across tools, and providing detailed remediation and compliance guidance.
We were able to get all codebase vulnerability fixes within a week for all our 13 or 14 repositories that we had.
Co-Founder & CTO at Mango Giraffe
Security shifted left, meaning issues were caught during development rather than after deployment.
Product Manager at Zidio development
My favorite feature is the dependency vulnerability scanning because it quickly identifies the risk in third-party packages, which saves me time in finding vulnerabilities.
Full Stack Developer at Sri Krishna Arts and Science
Fortify Static Code Analyzer has the capability of giving fewer false positives compared to other tools.
Lead Information Security Analyst at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
The most valuable feature of Fortify Static Code Analyzer is its extensive language support, covering many languages from legacy ones to the newest.
CTO at Marco Technology
The most impactful feature of Fortify Static Code Analyzer in identifying vulnerabilities is the ratio of total number of vulnerabilities to false positives.
Manager at DTEK
 

Categories and Ranking

Aikido Security
Ranking in Static Code Analysis
8th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (15th), Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (8th), Web Application Firewall (WAF) (22nd), Container Security (22nd), Software Composition Analysis (SCA) (8th), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (16th), Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) (6th), DevSecOps (8th), Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) (6th)
OpenText Static Application...
Ranking in Static Code Analysis
7th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Static Code Analysis category, the mindshare of Aikido Security is 4.9%, up from 2.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText Static Application Security Testing is 4.5%, down from 10.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Static Code Analysis Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
OpenText Static Application Security Testing4.5%
Aikido Security4.9%
Other90.6%
Static Code Analysis
 

Featured Reviews

Tarun Goswami_ - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Manager at Zidio development
Security has shifted left and now catches vulnerabilities early in our development workflow
There are a few areas for improvement. The first is scan speed. For large repositories, initial scans can be slow. Incremental scanning helps, but full scans still take considerable time. The second thing is the false positive rate. While Auto-Triage is good, it is not perfect. Occasionally, genuine issues get filtered out and real false positives slip through. The third one is remediation guidance. Aikido Security tells you what is vulnerable, but sometimes the fix suggestions are generic. More specific, actionable remediation steps would save developer time. The fourth one is IDE integrations. It currently works best in CI/CD pipelines. A proper VS Code or JetBrains plugin for real-time scanning while coding would be a significant improvement. From a customer point of view, the following things could change. The first thing is documentation for custom rules. Aikido Security allows you to create custom scanning rules, but the documentation for this feature is surprisingly thin. I spent considerable time in community forums and with trial and error just to configure basic custom rules. Step-by-step guides with real-world examples would make this feature much more accessible. The second thing is better Slack and communication integrations. Currently, security alerts come through email and dashboard notifications, but our team lives in Slack. A more configurable Slack integration that sends contextual alerts directly to the relevant developer, not just a generic channel notification, would dramatically improve response time. The third one is historical trend reporting. While Aikido Security shows current vulnerability status well, generating historical reports showing security posture improvement over time is limited. For presenting security progress to management or stakeholders, better exportable trend reports would be very valuable.
DK
Lead Information Security Analyst at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Focuses on detailed scans to find critical vulnerabilities while ensuring minimal false positives
I think Fortify Static Code Analyzer could be improved by updating the number of rule packs according to the latest vulnerabilities we find each year. We have updated to a version that is one less than the current latest version. It would be really helpful to include trending vulnerabilities and how to manage them. While it includes all the OWASP top factors, AI has come into the picture, so those updates should also be considered. I haven't thought much about additional features for improvement since I am using it daily. Most of our work revolves around scanning and providing the results, which sometimes feels like a crunch. However, I believe rule pack updates should be implemented. It feels easy to upgrade to the latest version as well.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
25%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise5
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise11
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Aikido Security?
Aikido Security could be improved by allowing us to scan the entire network, not just the applications, but also devices such as computers and servers, to have all vulnerability reports for my enti...
What is your primary use case for Aikido Security?
My main use case for Aikido Security is vulnerability scanning of our internal applications. We have a development department, and we scan those applications for vulnerabilities and other security ...
What advice do you have for others considering Aikido Security?
My advice for others looking into using Aikido Security is to take into account that they will get a robust solution with AI capabilities and a perspective aligned with a security framework, which ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortify Static Code Analyzer?
My experience with the pricing, setup costs, and licensing has been good. We have the scan machines, and we are planning to request more from Micro Focus now. We have calls every month or every oth...
What needs improvement with Fortify Static Code Analyzer?
I think Fortify Static Code Analyzer could be improved by updating the number of rule packs according to the latest vulnerabilities we find each year. We have updated to a version that is one less ...
What is your primary use case for Fortify Static Code Analyzer?
Our main use cases for Fortify Static Code Analyzer typically involve trying to figure out the critical vulnerabilities. It depends on the type of scans that we are doing, whether it is a release s...
 

Also Known As

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Fortify Static Code Analysis SAST
 

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Sample Customers

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