We performed a comparison between Check Point CloudGuard WAF and HCL AppScan 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 solution offers continuous security monitoring and alerting, which can help organizations detect and respond to security incidents in real time."
"We have not had any incidents. We could realize its benefits immediately. We watched and monitored the traffic, and it was amazing to see the results."
"The app control is very sensitive, and the threat detection and prevention is better than other Check Point solutions. There is a centralized management console for threat protection and self-inspection."
"It is a highly scalable solution with a quick turnaround time for deployment and running of the software across any IT system."
"Whenever there was a new CVE, Check Point CloudGuard WAF used to block them."
"The portal is quite intuitive."
"The tool performs device health checkups and updates us. It helps us to be compliant with regulatory policies."
"It provides advanced analytics that gives each team time to prepare for any threat that might occur in the future."
"It provides a better integration for our ecosystem."
"We are now deploying less defects to production."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the scanning or security part."
"This solution saves us time due to the low number of false positives detected."
"It has certainly helped us find vulnerabilities in our software, so this is priceless in the end."
"The reporting part is the most valuable feature."
"I like the recording feature."
"Improving the process for handling licensing renewals would be a welcome enhancement."
"The trial version should be extended further so that QA test engineers can actually test the utilities in a real sense and can provide the maximum amount of feedback for enhancements."
"CloudGuard for Application Security, like the other Check Point applications, has been presenting major latency problems when entering their administrative portal."
"They need improved latency in the main window."
"I have encountered issues with Check Point CloudGuard Application Security's technical support. It also has missing configuration features."
"The documentation of each of the tools that they offer needs to be better."
"I have faced issues with the tool's blocking aspects. It is hard to open or block web services due to the multitude of cloud centers. I have to do the process manually at times. We have a bug which is hard to solve."
"I feel like I need more clarity in understanding pricing for DDoS protection."
"The solution needs to improve in some areas. The tool needs to add more languages. It also needs to improve its speed."
"They should have a better UI for dashboards."
"I would like to see the roadmap for this product. We are still waiting to see it as we have only so many resources."
"The solution could improve by having a mobile version."
"One thing which I think can be improved is the CI/CD Integration"
"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."
"There are so many lines of code with so many different categories that I am likely to get lost. "
"IBM Security AppScan needs to add performance optimization for quickly scanning the target web applications."
Check Point CloudGuard WAF is ranked 11th in Application Security Tools with 30 reviews while HCL AppScan is ranked 15th in Application Security Tools with 40 reviews. Check Point CloudGuard WAF is rated 9.0, while HCL AppScan is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Check Point CloudGuard WAF writes "Automation capabilities also help streamline security processes and smooths down API integration processes and detects API availability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HCL AppScan writes " A stable and scalable product useful for application security scanning". Check Point CloudGuard WAF is most compared with SonarQube and Checkmarx One, whereas HCL AppScan is most compared with SonarQube, Veracode, Acunetix, OWASP Zap and PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional. See our Check Point CloudGuard WAF vs. HCL AppScan report.
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