Checkmarx One vs Software Risk Manager ASPM comparison

Checkmarx and Black Duck are both solutions in the Static Application Security Testing (SAST) category. Checkmarx is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.3, while Black Duck is ranked #34. Checkmarx holds a 9.9% mindshare in SAST, compared to Black Duck’s 0.4% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of Checkmarx users are willing to recommend the solution.

Checkmarx One

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0% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 15, 2025

Checkmarx One and Software Risk Manager ASPM compete in application security, with Checkmarx One having an advantage in threat analysis and integration, while Software Risk Manager ASPM excels in risk management solutions.

Features:Checkmarx One offers extensive code analysis, real-time feedback for developers, and seamless integration with various development environments. Software Risk Manager ASPM is known for predictive risk assessment, strategic security planning, and robust risk management capabilities.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service:Checkmarx One provides cloud-based deployment, minimizing setup time, with comprehensive support options. Software Risk Manager ASPM enables localized server installation for specific regulations, offering responsive and personalized customer service.

Pricing and ROI:Checkmarx One has a flexible pricing model emphasizing long-term ROI through security efficiency, with its comprehensive coverage balancing higher initial costs. Software Risk Manager ASPM features a modular pricing structure, allowing tailored feature selection for focused risk management, providing attractive ROI with cost control.

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Categories and Ranking

Checkmarx One

Ranking in Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

3rd

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Security Tools (3rd), Vulnerability Management (23rd), Container Security (22nd), Static Code Analysis (3rd), API Security (3rd), Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) (4th), DevSecOps (5th), Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (9th)

Software Risk Manager ASPM

Ranking in Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

34th

Average Rating

0.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Software Composition Analysis (SCA) (27th), Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) (11th)

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Static Application Security Testing (SAST) category, the mindshare of Checkmarx One is 9.9%, down from 12.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Software Risk Manager ASPM is 0.4%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Static Application Security Testing (SAST) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Checkmarx One	9.9%
Synopsys Software Risk Manager	0.4%
Other	89.7%

Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

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Syed Hasan

Specialist Leader at Deloitte

Partner experiences excellent technical support and seamless initial setup

In my opinion, if we are able to extract or show the report, and because everything is going towards agent tech and GenAI, it would be beneficial if it could get integrated with our code base and do the fix automatically. It could suggest how the code base is written and automatically populate the source code with three different solution options to choose from. This would be really helpful.

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Saravanan_Radhakrishnan

Senior Manager at Happiest Minds Technologies

Facilitates continuous assessment of applications, covering both static and dynamic security aspects

Code Dx lacks one aspect, the dynamic security part, known as DAST. It's not an on-premise solution; it's in the cloud now. There are compliance standards and data standards where the customer might need to have the data on-premises for dynamic security testing. So that is one shortfall. An area of improvement could be developing an on-premise DAST solution. The current one is a complete cloud-based solution, and that can be one of the areas of improvement.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution allows us to create custom rules for code checks."

"The solution improved the efficiency of our code security reviews. It helps tremendously because it finds hundreds of potential problems sometimes."

"Overall, the ability to find vulnerabilities in the code is better than the tool that we were using before."

"The most valuable features are the easy to understand interface, and it 's very user-friendly."

"Checkmarx pinpoints the vulnerability in the code and also presents the flow of malicious input across the application."

"The most valuable feature of Checkmarx is the user interface, it is very easy to use. We do not need to configure anything, we only have to scan to see the results."

"The setup is very easy. There is a lot of information in the documents which makes the install not difficult at all."

"The best thing about Checkmarx is the amount of vulnerabilities that it can find compared to other free tools."

More Checkmarx One pros

"The customers were looking for something around static security and dynamic security, and in all those areas, they were looking for an industry leader with a proven solution. Synopsys is a Gartner leader, so I position this particular technology for the technical pre-sales part of it."

Cons

"The interactive application security testing, or IAST, the interactive part where you're looking at an application that lives in a runtime environment on a server or virtual machine, needs improvement."

"Checkmarx needs improvement in its Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) and API security features."

"They can support the remaining languages that are currently not supported. They can also create a different model that can identify zero-day attacks. They can work on different patterns to identify and detect zero-day vulnerability attacks."

"I would like to see the DAST solution in the future."

"The product's reporting feature could be better. The feature works well for developers, but reports generated to be shared with external parties are poor, it lacks the details one gets when viewing the results directly from the Checkmarx One platform."

"Licensing models and Swift language support are the aspects in which this product needs to improve. Swift is a new language, in which major customers require support for lower prices."

"We are trying to find out if there is a way to identify the run-time null values. I am analyzing different tools to check if there is any tool that supports run-time null value identification, but I don't think any of the tools in the market currently supports this feature. It would be helpful if Checkmarx can identify and throw an exception for a null value at the run time. It would make things a lot easier if there is a way for Checkmarx to identify nullable fields or hard-coded values in the code. The accessibility for customized Checkmarx rules is currently limited and should be improved. In addition, it would be great if Checkmarx can do static code and dynamic code validation. It does a lot of security-related scanning, and it should also do static code and dynamic code validation. Currently, for security-related validation, we are using Checkmarx, and for static code and dynamic code validation, we are using some other tools. We are spending money on different tools. We can pay a little extra money and use Checkmarx for everything."

"The statistics module has a function that allows you to show some statistics, but I think it's limited. Maybe it needs more information."

More Checkmarx One cons

"The initial setup is a bit challenging because things are not easy. It needs a lot of technology adaptability plus the customer's environment-specific use cases."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution's price is high and you pay based on the number of users."

"The pricing is competitive and provides a lower TCO (total cost of ownership) for achieving application security."

"It is a good product but a little overpriced."

"We got a special offer for a 30% reduction for three years, after our first year. I think for a real source-code scanning tool, you have to add a lot of money for Open Source Analysis, and AppSec Coach (160 Euro per user per year)."

"The solution is costly."

"Most of my customers opted for a perpetual license. They prefer to pay the highest amount up front for the perpetual license and then pay for additional support annually."

"The number of users and coverage for languages will have an impact on the cost of the license."

"Before implementing the product I would evaluate if it is really necessary to scan so many different languages and frameworks. If not, I think there must be a cheaper solution for scanning Java-only applications (which are 90% of our applications)."

More Checkmarx One pricing and cost advice

"It is more of an enterprise solution for budget-conscious customers. So, it's moderately priced. It's not for everybody."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

20%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Financial Services Firm

18%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Computer Software Company

10%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	30
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	38

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Questions from the Community

What alternatives are there for Fortify WebInspect and Fortify SCA?

I would like to recommend Checkmarx. With Checkmarx, you are able to have an all in one solution for SAST and SCA as well. Veracode is only a cloud solution. Hope this helps.

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What do you like most about Checkmarx?

Compared to the solutions we used previously, Checkmarx has reduced our workload by almost 75%.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Checkmarx?

The pricing is relatively expensive due to the product's quality and performance, but it is worth it.

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What do you like most about Synopsys Code Dx?

The customers were looking for something around static security and dynamic security, and in all those areas, they were looking for an industry leader with a proven solution. Synopsys is a Gartne...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Synopsys Code Dx?

I would rate the pricing model an eight out of ten, where one is low and ten is high. Because it is more of an enterprise solution for budget-conscious customers. So, it's moderately priced. It's n...

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What needs improvement with Synopsys Code Dx?

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Overview

Checkmarx One is an enterprise cloud-native application security platform focused on providing cross-tool, correlated results to help AppSec and developer teams prioritize where to focus time and resources.

Checkmarx One offers comprehensive application scanning across the SDLC:

Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
Software Composition Analysis (SCA)
API security
Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)
Container security
IaC security
Correlation, prioritization, and risk management
Codebashing secure code training
AI security
Tech partnerships extending AppSec into runtime analysis
Developer tool integrations including: CI/CD tools, development frameworks, feedback tools, IDEs, programming languages and SCMs

Checkmarx One provides everything you need to secure application development from the first line of code through deployment and runtime in the cloud. With an ever-evolving set of AppSec engines, correlation and prioritization features, and AI capabilities, Checkmarx One helps consolidate expanding lists of AppSec tools and make better sense of results. Its capabilities are designed to provide an improved developer experience to build trust with development teams and ensure the success of your AppSec program investment.

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Software Risk Manager is an application security posture management (ASPM) solution that enables security and development teams to manage their application security programs at enterprise scale. By unifying policy, test orchestration, correlation, prioritization, and built-in static application security testing (SAST) and software composition analysis (SCA) engines, organizations can streamline their security activities across the enterprise.

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Sample Customers

YIT, Salesforce, Coca-Cola, SAP, U.S. Army, Liveperson, Playtech Case Study: Liveperson Implements Innovative Secure SDLC

Discover why companies like: CGI said, "Synopsys and Software Risk Manager have provided the results we’re looking for".

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