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Fortra Tripwire IP360 vs HCL AppScan comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Fortra Tripwire IP360
Average Rating
7.0
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (49th)
HCL AppScan
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
42
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (13th), Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (12th), Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

Fortra Tripwire IP360 and HCL AppScan aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Fortra Tripwire IP360 is designed for Vulnerability Management and holds a mindshare of 0.4%, down 0.4% compared to last year.
HCL AppScan, on the other hand, focuses on Application Security Tools, holds 2.6% mindshare, down 2.8% since last year.
Vulnerability Management
Application Security Tools
 

Featured Reviews

Corey Cole - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 12, 2023
The solution helps users to manage their entire IP range, but it's unreliable and very expensive to maintain
Only the administrator was using the product. He used it to read reports as part of our compliance programs. It wasn't heavily used by a lot of users. The tool comes in at a large scale, and we tried to scale it down. The scaling did not apply to us. It was neither difficult nor easy. I rate the scalability a five out of ten. We had some challenges while scaling it down. It could do 10,000 devices, and we wanted to use it for ten devices. The process was difficult and expensive. We did not need the product anymore.
Gladwin Christian - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 29, 2023
A useful tool to scan applications that can be easily installed
Given that we have been using HCL AppScan for many years, I think the setup process is not difficult at all. Sometimes, some issues stop or prevent my company from moving forward with the product's setup phase. We have to call HCL's support team and engage in long discussions to smoothly carry out the setup phase. In general, the product's setup phase is not difficult in our company. The solution is deployed on an on-premises model. The licenses for the solution are available only on cloud deployments nowadays. The solution is already installed in our environment. Every time a new release or software comes out from HCL, our company does a scan, which takes maybe a day or two.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We could manage our entire IP range with the solution."
"Tripwire IP360 is a very stable solution."
"It's become the pinnacle point for anything that enters the network or anything that's passing through to production to first be affected by IP360, hardened, and up to standard. For our integrity management, one was deployed in the bank about two years ago and that's still going to expand the usage and the product itself. That will go hand in hand with training and expanding the product as for where it's deployed."
"It provides a better integration for our ecosystem."
"The most valuable feature of HCL AppScan is its integration with the SDLC, particularly during the coding phase."
"It is easy it is to use. It is quick to find things, because of the code scanning tools. It's quite simple to use and it is very good the way it reports the findings."
"The UI was very intuitive."
"You can easily find particular features and functions through the UI."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is Postman."
"The solution is cheap."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the scanning or security part."
 

Cons

"We need to dedicate time and resources to keep it running."
"I am not very impressed by the technical support."
"The reporting functions can use improvement. There is room for growth because reporting functions differ a lot depending on what you're going to output. It depends on whether it's for technical or senior management and how it's interpreted. There could be growth within the reporting functionality side."
"The tool should improve its output. Scanning is not a challenge anymore since there are many such tools available in the market. The product needs to focus on how its output is being used by end users. It should be also more user-friendly. One of the major challenges is in the tool's integration with applications that need to be scanned. Sometimes, the scanning is not proper."
"A desktop version should be added."
"Visibility is an issue for us. Our partners do not know we have integrations with some of IBM products."
"Sometimes it doesn't work so well."
"The databases for HCL are small and have room for improvement."
"The penetration testing feature should be included."
"Improvement can be done as per customer requirements."
"The product has some technical limitations."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I believe the price compares well within the market."
"The product was expensive for us."
"HCL AppScan is expensive."
"The solution is moderately priced."
"With the features, that they offer, and the support, they offer, AppScan pricing is on a higher level."
"Our clients are willing to pay the extra money. It is expensive."
"I rate the product's price a seven on a scale of one to ten, where one is low, and ten is high. HCL AppScan is an expensive tool."
"The solution is cheap."
"The tool was expensive."
"Pricing was the main reason that we went ahead with this solution as they were the lowest in the market."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
13%
Media Company
9%
Government
8%
Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Tripwire IP360?
We could manage our entire IP range with the solution.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Tripwire IP360?
The product was expensive for us. It was not cost-effective for how we used it to do the job. We didn't think it was worth the money.
What needs improvement with Tripwire IP360?
It's an enterprise-level tool. If we’re not putting it in everything, it's very expensive to maintain in terms of people and time. We need to dedicate time and resources to keep it running. It was ...
What do you like most about HCL AppScan?
The most valuable feature of HCL AppScan is its integration with the SDLC, particularly during the coding phase.
What needs improvement with HCL AppScan?
They could incorporate AI to enhance vulnerability detection and improve the product's reporting capabilities.
What is your primary use case for HCL AppScan?
We use AppScan primarily for security testing and performance monitoring across our systems.
 

Also Known As

IP360
IBM Security AppScan, Rational AppScan, AppScan
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

1. Aetna 2. Accenture 3. Adidas 4. AIG 5. Airbus 6. Akamai 7. Amazon 8. American Express 9. Aon 10. Apple 11. ATT 12. Autodesk 13. Bank of America 14. Barclays 15. Bayer 16. Bechtel 17. BlackRock 18. Boeing 19. BNP Paribas 20. Cisco 21. CocaCola 22. Comcast 23. Dell 24. Deutsche Bank 25. eBay 26. ExxonMobil 27. FedEx 28. Ford 29. General Electric 30. Google 31. HP 32. IBM
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