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Contrast Security Protect vs Xygeni comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Contrast Security Protect
Ranking in Application Security Tools
30th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Xygeni
Ranking in Application Security Tools
21st
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
Software Composition Analysis (SCA) (13th), Software Supply Chain Security (12th), Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Application Security Tools category, the mindshare of Contrast Security Protect is 1.0%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Xygeni is 0.5%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Security Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Xygeni0.5%
Contrast Security Protect1.0%
Other98.5%
Application Security Tools
 

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.
AI
Business development manager at RSsecurity
Unified monitoring has reduced alert noise and provides accurate, proactive application security
Xygeni was highly effective for us, but there are areas where improvements could be made. More customization options for dashboards and reports would help teams tailor the platform to their specific metrics and workflows. I also occasionally encounter DevOps tools that are not yet supported natively. Expanded coverage for niche or emerging tools would make onboarding even smoother. These points, however, are minor compared to the overall value the platform delivers, especially given the strength of its AI-driven detection, remediation, and supply chain protection capabilities. It would also be an improvement for licensing with regard to on-premise variants. Perhaps we could have an on-premise option for standard subscription.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The product gives a few false positives. We get 99 percent true positives."
"The solution has excellent real-time capabilities."
"The Protect solution allows applications to continue to run, even with known vulnerabilities, but will report or block attempts to exploit the vulnerabilities."
"Protect provides us with more in-depth visibility into ongoing attacks."
"Contrast Security's support is great. They're willing to spend a lot of time on your problem."
"The best Xygeni feature is the ability to filter what is truly important, which really helps me focus on the key vulnerabilities in the software that I am building."
"Since using Xygeni, the time to review vulnerabilities has decreased."
"The visibility of our open-source supply chain dependencies and real-time detection of vulnerabilities have been invaluable."
"Xygeni provides a comprehensive and developer-friendly approach to securing the entire software supply chain."
 

Cons

"We're not using it much anymore because we had some performance issues."
"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."
"There's room for improvement in the initial setup."
"Contrast Security Protect needs to improve integration."
"Xygeni could be improved if on-premise options were available starting from the starter packages, not only the enterprise models."
"Xygeni was highly effective for us, but there are areas where improvements could be made."
"There should be more configuration options that make it easier to target the issues that are more important in your organization's context."
"Xygeni can be more automated."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
22%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Construction Company
8%
Computer Software Company
5%
Comms Service Provider
24%
Security Firm
13%
Construction Company
11%
Retailer
11%
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Xygeni?
The pricing is reasonable. Xygeni provided me with the pricing list that is already public on the web, so it is very clear.
What needs improvement with Xygeni?
Xygeni can be more automated. The team is currently working on auto-remediation pipelines, which could be really helpful. There is probably room for improvement, but for me, it is one of the best t...
What is your primary use case for Xygeni?
I use Xygeni to perform SAST and SCA analysis, and to gain better understanding of how my deployment pipelines are configured. Xygeni helps me understand what I am deploying and the level of integr...
 

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Sample Customers

Williams-Sonoma, Autodesk, HUAWEI, Chromeriver, RingCentral, Demandware.
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