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OpenText Core Application Security vs Xygeni comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 19, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

OpenText Core Application S...
Ranking in Application Security Tools
14th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
60
Ranking in other categories
Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (12th)
Xygeni
Ranking in Application Security Tools
25th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Software Composition Analysis (SCA) (14th), Software Supply Chain Security (15th), Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Application Security Tools category, the mindshare of OpenText Core Application Security is 4.3%, down from 5.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Xygeni is 0.0%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Jonathan Steyn - PeerSpot reviewer
Source code analyzer, FPR file generation, reduction of false positives and generates compliance reports, for in-depth analysis
Not challenges with the product itself. The product is very reliable. It does have a steep learning curve. But, again, one thing that Fortify or OpenText does very well is training. There are a lot of free resources and training in the community forums, free training as well as commercial training where users can train on how to use the back-end systems and the scanning engines and how to use command-line arguments because some of the procedures or some of the tools do require a bit of a learning curve. That's the only challenge I've really seen for customers because you have to learn how to use the tool effectively. But Fortify has, in fact, improved its user interface and the way users engage the dashboards and the interfaces. It is intuitive. It's easy to understand. But in some regards, the cybersecurity specialist or AppSec would need a bit of training to engage the user interface and to understand how it functions. But from the point of the reliability index and how powerful the tool is, there's no challenge there. But it's just from a learning perspective; users might need a bit more skill to use the tool. The user interface isn't that tedious. It's not that difficult to understand. When I initially learned how to use the interfaces, I was able to master it within a week and was able to use it quite effectively. So training is required. All skills are needed to learn how to use the tool. I would like to see more enhancements in the dashboards. Dashboards are available. They do need some configuration and settings. But I would like to see more business intelligence capabilities within the tool. It's not particularly a cybersecurity function, but, for instance, business impact analysis or other features where you can actually use business intelligence capabilities within your security tool. That would be remarkable because not only do you have a cybersecurity tool, but you also have a tool that can give you business impact analysis and some other measurements. A bit more intelligence in terms of that from a cybersecurity perspective would be remarkable.
Óscar Jesús García Pérez - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides us with efficient security management without sacrificing operational speed
Xygeni offers a powerful combination of features: * ASPM with its centralized view and prioritization * Open-source security features help us identify and manage vulnerabilities in real time within our open-source dependencies. This proactive approach prevents security breaches that could originate from third-party code. * Secrets security, its secrets management features prevent accidental exposure of sensitive data, such as API keys or passwords, within our codebase. This eliminates a major security risk and protects our infrastructure from unauthorized access. Xygeni provides us with efficient security management without sacrificing operational speed. This empowers our team to build secure software with confidence and focus on core development activities.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable features are the detailed reporting and the ability to set up deep scanning of the software, both of which are in the same place."
"It is valuable in improving our overall security posture by catching significant errors."
"Fortify helps us to stay updated with the newest languages and versions coming out."
"The user interface is good."
"The most valuable feature is that it connects with your development platforms, such as Microsoft Information Server and Jira."
"The licensing was good."
"The source code analyzer is the most effective for identifying security vulnerabilities."
"We identified a lot of security vulnerability much earlier in the development and could fix this well before the product was rolled out to a huge number of clients."
"The visibility of our open-source supply chain dependencies and real-time detection of vulnerabilities have been invaluable."
 

Cons

"The products must provide better integration with build tools."
"This solution would be improved if the code-quality perspective were added to it, on top of the security aspect."
"Takes up a lot of resources which can slow things down."
"Primarily for a complex, advanced website, they don't really understand some of the functionalities. So for instance, they could tell us that there is a vulnerability because somebody could possibly do something, but they don't really understand the code to realize that we actually negate that vulnerability through some other mechanism in the program. In addition, the technical support is just not there. We have open tickets. They don't respond. Even if they respond, we're not seeing eye to eye. As the company got sold and bought, the support got worse."
"It's still a little bit too complex for regular developers. It takes a little bit more time than usual. I know static code scan is not the main focus of the tool, but the overall time span to scan the code, and even to set up the code scanning, is a bit overwhelming for regular developers."
"We would like a reduction in the time frame of scans. It takes us three to five days to run a scan now. We would like that reduced to under three days."
"They have a release coming out, which is full of new features. Based on their roadmap, there's nothing that I would suggest for them to put in it that they haven't already suggested. However, I am a customer, so I always think the pricing is something that could be improved. I am working with them on that, and they're very flexible. They work with their customers and kind of tailor the product to the customer's needs. So far, I am very happy with what they're able to provide. Their subscriptions could use a little bit of a reworking, but that would be about it."
"Micro Focus Fortify on Demand cannot be run from a Linux Agent. When we are coding the endpoint it will not work, we have to use Windows Agent. This is something they could improve."
"There should be more configuration options that make it easier to target the issues that are more important in your organization's context."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We are still using the trial version at this point but I can already see from the trial version alone that it is a good product. For others, I would say that Fortify on Demand might look expensive at the beginning, but it is very powerful and so you shouldn't be put off by the price."
"The product's cost depends on the type of license."
"Fortify on Demand is moderately priced, but its pricing could be more flexible."
"It is cost-effective."
"Fortify on Demand is affordable, and its licensing comes with a year of support."
"Buying a license would be feasible for regular use. For intermittent use, the cloud-based option can be used (Fortify on Demand)."
"It is quite expensive. Pricing and the licensing model could be improved."
"The licensing was good because the licenses have the heavy centralized server."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
19%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Computer Software Company
11%
Government
8%
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Micro Focus Fortify on Demand?
It helps deploy and track changes easily as per time-to-time market upgrades.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Micro Focus Fortify on Demand?
In comparison with other tools, they're competitive. It is not more expensive than other solutions, but their pricing is competitive. The licenses for Fortify On Demand are generally bought in unit...
What needs improvement with Micro Focus Fortify on Demand?
There are frequent complaints about false positives from Fortify. One day it may pass a scan with no issues, and the next day, without any code changes, it will report vulnerabilities such as passw...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Xygeni?
The setup is very easy. I highly recommend Xygeni to any organization looking to bolster its SDLC security.
What needs improvement with Xygeni?
There should be more configuration options that make it easier to target the issues that are more important in your organization's context. There are different kinds of scanners, each of them targe...
What is your primary use case for Xygeni?
We use Xygeni to harden our CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps. Our software is mainly in Python, but we also use Javascript and Csharp. Xygeni detects issues on our open-source third-party dependenci...
 

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