Checkmarx One vs The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (powered by Signal Sciences) comparison

The compared Checkmarx and Fastly solutions aren't in the same category. Checkmarx is ranked #3 in AS , with an average rating of 7.7, and holds a 10.3% mindshare in the category. Fastly is ranked #27 in WAF , with an average rating of 7.7, and holds a 0.9% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of Checkmarx users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 50% of Fastly users who would recommend it.

Checkmarx One

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87% willing to recommend

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50% willing to recommend

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

Categories and Ranking

Checkmarx One

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Security Tools (3rd), Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (3rd), Vulnerability Management (24th), Static Code Analysis (2nd), API Security (4th), DevSecOps (2nd), Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (10th)

The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (po...

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Web Application Firewall (WAF) (27th)

Mindshare comparison

Checkmarx One and The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (powered by Signal Sciences) aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Checkmarx One is designed for Application Security Tools and holds a mindshare of 10.3%, down 14.8% compared to last year.
The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (powered by Signal Sciences), on the other hand, focuses on Web Application Firewall (WAF), holds 0.9% mindshare, up 0.7% since last year.

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Web Application Firewall (WAF)

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Rohit Kesharwani

Manager, Engineering at 7-Eleven

Provides good security analysis and security identification within the source code

We integrate Checkmarx into our software development cycle using GitLab's CI/CD pipeline. Checkmark has been the most helpful for us in the development stage. The solution's incremental scanning feature has impacted our development speed. The solution's vulnerability detection is around 80% to 90% accurate. I would recommend Checkmarx to other users because it is one of the good tools for doing security analysis and security identification within the source code. Overall, I rate Checkmarx a nine out of ten.

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Archana Heeralal

Security Engineer at Amazon

A good solution to implement web application firewall for applications

There are some lags in Signal Sciences for the web application firewalls. Even if we create some custom rules, Signal Sciences cannot capture some of the malicious traffic. There is a little bit of complexity with custom rules that should be removed. Signal Sciences should add a feature called rate limiting with multiple options, wherein I can create a rate limiting based on the cookie request or the IP.

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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

"One of the most valuable features is it is flexible."

"The tool's valuable features include integrating GPT and Copilot. Additionally, the UI web representation is very user-friendly, making navigation easy. GPT has made several improvements to my security code."

"The solution has good performance, it is able to compute in 10 to 15 minutes."

"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 process of remediating software security vulnerabilities can now be performed (ongoing) as portions of the application are being built in advance of being compiled."

"It is very useful because it fits our requirements. It is also easy to use. It is not complex, and we are satisfied with the results."

"The feature that I have found most valuable is that its number of false positives is less than the other security application platforms. Its ease of use is another good feature. It also supports most of the languages."

"Apart from software scanning, software composition scanning is valuable."

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"When configuring a web application firewall using Signal Sciences, we configure a rule whereby no one except a few people can access the application."

"The product's most valuable feature is its ability to set up the rules easily."

"Fastly (Signal Sciences) integrates and tags the intermittent traffic based on patterns. It generates signals and provides them in a dashboard where we can view them and decide whether to allow or deny traffic. It's a more advanced and easy-to-navigate dashboard."

Cons

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

"As the solution becomes more complex and feature rich, it takes more time to debug and resolve problems. Feature-wise, we have no complaints, but Checkmarx becomes harder to maintain as the product becomes more complex. When I talk to support, it takes them longer to fix the problem than it used to."

"I would like the product to include more debugging and developed tools. It needs to also add enhancements on the coding side."

"With Checkmarx, normally you need to use one tool for quality and you need to use another tool for security. I understand that Checkmarx is not in the parity space because it's totally different, but they could include some free features or recommendations too."

"Creating and editing custom rules in Checkmarx is difficult because the license for the editor comes at an additional cost, and there is a steep learning curve."

"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."

"I can't create a business case with multiple-factor authentication."

"I think the CxAudit tool has room for improvement. At the beginning you can choose a scan of a project, but in any event the project must be scanned again (wasting time)."

More Checkmarx One cons

"Fastly don't support caching for China users. That's the only feature lacking compared to Akamai."

"The areas that could be improved in Signal Sciences include the effectiveness of rules, as many didn't function optimally and required custom rule-writing to address bypasses for WAF."

"Even if we create some custom rules, Signal Sciences cannot capture some of the malicious traffic."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Checkmarx is not a cheap scanning tool, but none of the security tools are cheap. Checkmarx is a powerful scanning tool, and it’s essential to have one of these products."

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

"The solution is costly."

"I would rate the solution’s pricing an eight out of ten. The tool’s pricing is higher than others and it is for the license alone."

"The average deal size was usually anywhere between $120K to $175K on an annual basis, which could be divided across 12 months."

"It's relatively expensive."

"The license has a vague language around P1 issues and the associated support. Make sure to review these in order to align them with your organizational policies."

"It is an expensive solution."

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"The pricing is 50% less than Akamai."

"Signal Sciences is pretty cheap compared to other solutions."

"The product has an affordable cost."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

21%

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Educational Organization

15%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Company Size

By reviewers

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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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 Signal Sciences?

The product's most valuable feature is its ability to set up the rules easily.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Signal Sciences?

The pricing is 50% less than Akamai.

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What needs improvement with Signal Sciences?

Fastly don't support caching for China users. That's the only feature lacking compared to Akamai.

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Signal Sciences Next-Gen WAF, Signal Sciences RASP

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.

Checkmarx

The Fastly Next-Gen WAF (powered by Signal Sciences) provides web application and API protection, RASP, rate limiting, bot protection and DDoS purpose built to eliminate the challenges of legacy WAF.

Fastly

Sample Customers

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

Chef, Adobe, Datadog, Etsy, GrubHub, Vimeo, SendGrid, Under Armour, Duo, AppNexus

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