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Contrast Security Protect vs Virsec Security Platform comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Contrast Security Protect
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (31st)
Virsec Security Platform
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (90th), Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) (24th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Contrast Security Protect and Virsec Security Platform aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Contrast Security Protect is designed for Application Security Tools and holds a mindshare of 0.8%, up 0.5% compared to last year.
Virsec Security Platform, on the other hand, focuses on Vulnerability Management, holds 0.3% mindshare, up 0.1% since last year.
Application Security Tools Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Contrast Security Protect0.8%
SonarQube17.9%
Checkmarx One10.2%
Other71.1%
Application Security Tools
Vulnerability Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Virsec Security Platform0.3%
Wiz7.5%
Tenable Nessus5.2%
Other87.0%
Vulnerability Management
 

Featured Reviews

ToddMcAlister - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Application and Data Security Engineer at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees
It provides us with more in-depth visibility into ongoing attacks.
I rate Contrast Security Protect eight out of 10. Overall, it's a solid product, but I deduct a couple of points because of the interface and some shortcomings in the reporting. If you have a large enterprise where you're dealing with a lot of servers, then it makes sense not to use the internal MySQL database. You should use something like Oracle or Microsoft SQL, but if you don't have many transactions, the embedded MySQL database works great.
KevinMcCarthy - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Manager at Klearnow
Helps with Zero-day protection
We use the solution for Zero-day protection.  The solution stops any kind of remote code execution.  The tool's dashboard needs to load since it is not responsive and takes time to load.  I have been using the product for a year.  I would rate the tool's stability a six out of ten.  I would…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution has excellent real-time capabilities."
"Protect provides us with more in-depth visibility into ongoing attacks."
"The product gives a few false positives. We get 99 percent true positives."
"We use the solution for Zero-day protection."
 

Cons

"Contrast Security Protect needs to improve integration."
"There's room for improvement in the initial setup."
"Protect's reporting GUI is very basic. To get all statuses from the APIs, we needed to write our own KPI dashboard to provide reports."
"The tool's dashboard needs to load since it is not responsive and takes time to load."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I would rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
26%
Manufacturing Company
16%
Computer Software Company
7%
Insurance Company
4%
Manufacturing Company
32%
Healthcare Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
8%
University
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
No data available
 

Also Known As

Contrast Protect
Virsec
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Williams-Sonoma, Autodesk, HUAWEI, Chromeriver, RingCentral, Demandware.
Broadcom, Allstate, Department of Homeland Security
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