We performed a comparison between Fortify WebInspect and PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional 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."It is scalable and very easy to use."
"The solution is able to detect a wide range of vulnerabilities. It's better at it than other products."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is the static analysis."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the ability to make our customers more secure."
"Guided Scan option allows us to easily scan and share reports."
"The solution's technical support was very helpful."
"Fortify WebInspect is a scalable solution, it is good for a lot of applications."
"It offers very good accuracy. You can trust the results."
"The solution helped us discover vulnerabilities in our applications."
"This solution has helped a lot in finding bugs and vulnerabilities, and the scanner is good enough for simple web apps."
"The active scanner, which does an automated search of any web vulnerabilities."
"I have found this solution has more plugins than other competitors which is a benefit. You are able to attach different plugins to the security scan to add features. For example, you can check to see if there are any payment systems that exist on a server, or username and password brute force analysis."
"It's good testing software."
"The most valuable feature of PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is the dashboard. It is very informative and you can receive all the information you need in one place. It's clear, well-defined, and organized. Anybody without any cybersecurity can use it."
"The solution is stable."
"Fortify WebInspect's shortcoming stems from the fact that it is a very expensive product in Korea, which makes it difficult for its potential customers to introduce the product in their IT environment."
"I'm not sure licensing, but on the pricing, it's a bit costly. It's a bit overpriced. Though it is an enterprise tool, there are other tools also with similar functionalities."
"The solution needs better integration with Microsoft's Azure Cloud or an extension of Azure DevOps. In fact, it should better integrate with any cloud provider. Right now, it's quite difficult to integrate with that solution, from the cloud perspective."
"Fortify WebInspect could improve user-friendliness. Additionally, it is very bulky to use."
"Our biggest complaint about this product is that it freezes up, and literally doesn't work for us."
"Creating reports is very slow and it is something that should be improved."
"The installation could be a bit easier. Usually it's simple to use, but the installation is painful and a bit laborious and complex."
"Not sufficiently compatible with some of our systems."
"There needs to be better documentation provided. Currently, we need to buy books, or we need to review online some use cases from other professionals who have been using the solution to find out their experience. It is not easy to find out how to properly do a security assessment."
"One area that can be improved, when compared to alternative tools, is that they could provide different reporting options and in different formats like PDF or something like that."
"I need the solution to be more user-friendly. The solution needs to be user-friendly."
"PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional could improve the static code review."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"If we're running a huge number of scans regularly, it slows down the tool."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
"PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional can improve by having more features in the free version for beginners to try."
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Fortify WebInspect is ranked 2nd in Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) with 17 reviews while PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is ranked 9th in Application Security Tools with 55 reviews. Fortify WebInspect is rated 7.0, while PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is rated 8.6. 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 PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional writes "The solution is versatile and easy to deploy, but it needs to give more detailed security reports". Fortify WebInspect is most compared with Fortify on Demand, Acunetix, OWASP Zap, HCL AppScan and Qualys Web Application Scanning, whereas PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is most compared with OWASP Zap, Acunetix, HCL AppScan, Qualys Web Application Scanning and SonarQube. See our Fortify WebInspect vs. PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional report.
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