We performed a comparison between Fortify WebInspect and OWASP Zap based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Fortify WebInspect is a scalable solution, it is good for a lot of applications."
"The most valuable feature is the static analysis."
"The solution's technical support was very helpful."
"I've found the centralized dashboard the most valuable. For the management, it helps a lot to have abilities at the central level."
"Guided Scan option allows us to easily scan and share reports."
"It is scalable and very easy to use."
"It's a well-known platform for doing dynamic application scanning."
"The solution is able to detect a wide range of vulnerabilities. It's better at it than other products."
"We use the solution for security testing."
"The solution is good at reporting the vulnerabilities of the application."
"The solution is scalable."
"The solution has tightened our security."
"They offer free access to some other tools."
"The stability of the solution is very good."
"Simple and easy to learn and master."
"It's great that we can use it with Portswigger Burp."
"We have had a problem with authentification."
"Lately, we've seen more false negatives."
"It took us between eight and ten hours to scan an entire site, which is somewhat slow and something that I think can be improved."
"Fortify WebInspect could improve user-friendliness. Additionally, it is very bulky to use."
"Creating reports is very slow and it is something that should be improved."
"We have often encountered scanning errors."
"The installation could be a bit easier. Usually it's simple to use, but the installation is painful and a bit laborious and complex."
"It requires improvement in terms of scanning. The application scan heavily utilizes the resources of an on-premise server. 32 GB RAM is very high for an enterprise web application."
"It needs more robust reporting tools."
"If there was an easier to understand exactly what has been checked and what has not been checked, it would make this solution better. We have to trust that it has checked all known vulnerabilities but it's a bit hard to see after the scanning."
"Reporting format has no output, is cluttered and very long."
"I'd like to see a kind of feature where we can just track what our last vulnerability was and how it has improved or not. More reports that can have some kind of base-lining, I think that would be a good feature too. I'm not sure whether it can be achieved and implement but I think that would really help."
"I prefer Burp Suite to SWASP Zap because of the extensive coverage it offers."
"The automated vulnerability assessments that the application performs needs to be simplified as well as diversified."
"Zap could improve by providing better reports for security and recommendations for the vulnerabilities."
"The documentation needs to be improved because I had to learn everything from watching YouTube videos."
Fortify WebInspect is ranked 2nd in Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) with 17 reviews while OWASP Zap is ranked 8th in Application Security Testing (AST) with 37 reviews. Fortify WebInspect is rated 7.0, while OWASP Zap is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Fortify WebInspect writes "A powerful tool catering to multiple use cases that provides reasonably good technical support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OWASP Zap writes "Great for automating and testing and has tightened our security ". Fortify WebInspect is most compared with PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional, Fortify on Demand, Acunetix, HCL AppScan and Qualys Web Application Scanning, whereas OWASP Zap is most compared with SonarQube, Acunetix, PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional, Qualys Web Application Scanning and Invicti. See our Fortify WebInspect vs. OWASP Zap report.
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