GitGuardian Platform vs OpenText Dynamic Application Security Testing comparison

GitGuardian and OpenText are both solutions in the DevSecOps category. GitGuardian is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.8, while OpenText is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.0. GitGuardian holds a 5.4% mindshare in DSO, compared to OpenText’s 6.3% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of GitGuardian users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 83% of OpenText users who would recommend it.

GitGuardian Platform

Read 32 GitGuardian Platform reviews

5,822 Views
757 Comparison Views

100% willing to recommend

OpenText Dynamic Applicatio...

Read 22 OpenText Dynamic Application Security Testing reviews

2,921 Views
555 Comparison Views

83% willing to recommend

GitGuardian Platform

OpenText Dynamic Applicatio...

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Download the report

Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 2, 2025

OpenText Dynamic Application Security Testing and GitGuardian Platform both compete in the application security domain. GitGuardian seems to have an advantage due to its extensive feature set and proactive security measures.

Features: OpenText Dynamic Application Security Testing offers a comprehensive suite focused on detailed application vulnerability assessments, effective user authentication scanning, and integration with Fortify code scanner. GitGuardian Platform includes advanced real-time code scanning, secret detection, and a responsive interface that helps prevent security breaches before they occur.

Room for Improvement: OpenText could benefit from enhancements in automation capabilities and better integration support for modern development environments. Additionally, expanding its user interface options may improve overall usability. GitGuardian might improve by optimizing its false-positive filtering and increasing support for legacy systems. Enhancements in deploying pre-receive hooks could further boost its effectiveness.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: OpenText emphasizes a straightforward deployment process and accessible support to improve user satisfaction. GitGuardian offers a more intuitive deployment model with outstanding support services, enhancing overall ease of use and customer satisfaction.

Pricing and ROI: OpenText appeals to budget-conscious organizations with cost-efficient setup and satisfactory ROI. Despite a higher initial cost, GitGuardian delivers significant ROI through advanced features and efficient risk mitigation, making it a valuable investment for organizations prioritizing security.

To learn more, read our detailed GitGuardian Platform vs. OpenText Dynamic Application Security Testing Report (Updated: December 2025).

Buyer's Guide

GitGuardian Platform vs. OpenText Dynamic Application Security Testing

December 2025

Download the complete report

Helped 881,114 peers since 2012

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

GitGuardian Platform

Ranking in DevSecOps

4th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Security Tools (8th), Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (4th), Data Loss Prevention (DLP) (8th), Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP) (5th), Software Supply Chain Security (5th), Non-Human Identity Management (NHIM) (2nd)

OpenText Dynamic Applicatio...

Ranking in DevSecOps

8th

Average Rating

7.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the DevSecOps category, the mindshare of GitGuardian Platform is 5.4%, up from 2.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText Dynamic Application Security Testing is 6.3%, down from 8.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

DevSecOps Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
GitGuardian Platform	5.4%
OpenText Dynamic Application Security Testing	6.3%
Other	88.3%

DevSecOps

Featured Reviews

Ney Roman

DevOps Engineer at Deuna App

Facilitates efficient secret management and improves development processes

Regarding the exceptions in GitGuardian Platform, we know that within the platform we have a way to accept a path or a directory from a repository, but it is not that visible at the very beginning. You have to figure out where to search for it, and once you have it, it is really good, but it is not that visible at the beginning. This should be made more exposed. The documentation could be better because it was not that comprehensively documented. When we started working with GitGuardian Platform, it was difficult to find some specific use cases, and we were not aware of that. It might have improved now, but at that time, it was not something we would recommend.

Read full review

ArnabPaul

Cyber Security Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Enhancements in manual testing align with reporting and integration features

WebInspect works efficiently with Java-based or .NET based applications. However, it struggles with Salesforce applications, where it requires approximately 20-24 hours to crawl and audit but produces minimal findings, necessitating manual verification. The solution offers customization features for crawling and vulnerability detection. It includes various security frameworks and allows selection of specific vulnerability types to audit, such as OWASP Top 10 or JavaScript-based vulnerabilities. When working with APIs, we can select OWASP API Top 10. The tool also supports custom audit features by combining different security frameworks. For on-premises deployment, the setup is complex, particularly regarding SQL server configuration. Unlike Burp Suite or OpenText Dynamic Application Security Testing, which have simpler setup processes, WebInspect requires SQL server setup to function.

Read full review

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 feature is the alerts when secrets are leaked and we can look at particular repositories to see if there are any outstanding problems. In addition, the solution's detection capabilities seem very broad. We have no concerns there."

"The secrets detection and alerting is the most important feature. We get alerted almost immediately after someone commits a secret. It has been very accurate, allowing us to jump on it right away, then figure out if we have something substantial that has been leaked or whether it is something that we don't have to worry about. This general main feature of the app is great."

"The Explore function is valuable for finding specific things I'm looking for."

"GitGuardian Platform has helped save significant time for the security team by eliminating the need to seek out development teams and work with them on exposed secrets, as much of this is now handled proactively."

"GitGuardian has many features that fit our use cases. We have our internal policies on secret exposure, and our code is hosted on GitLab, so we need to prevent secrets from reaching GitLab because our customers worry that GitLab is exposed. One of the great features is the pre-receive hook. It prevents commits from being pushed to the repository by activating the hook on the remotes, which stops the developers from pushing to the remote. The secrets don't reach GitLab, and it isn't exposed."

"Some of our teams have hundreds of repositories, so filtering by team saves a lot of time and effort."

"The stability of the GitGuardian Platform is excellent."

"What is particularly helpful is that having GitGuardian show that the code failed a check enables us to automatically pass the resolution to the author. We don't have to rely on the reviewer to assign it back to him or her. Letting the authors solve their own problems before they get to the reviewer has significantly improved visibility and reduced the remediation time from multiple days to minutes or hours. Given how time-consuming code reviews can be, it saves some of our more scarce resources."

More GitGuardian Platform pros

"I'm sorry, but there is no review content provided to extract a quote from."

"The accuracy of its scans is great."

"Fortify WebInspect is a scalable solution, it is good for a lot of applications."

"The solution is easy to use."

"Technical support has been good."

"The most valuable feature is the static analysis."

"It's a well-known platform for doing dynamic application scanning."

"When we are integrating it with SSC, we're able to scan and trace and see all of the vulnerabilities. Comparison is easy in SSC."

More OpenText Dynamic Application Security Testing pros

Cons

"There are some features that are lacking in GitGuardian. The more we grow and the more engineers we have, the more it will become difficult to assign an incident because the assignment is not automatic. I know they are working on that and we are waiting for it."

"GitGuardian's hook and dashboard scanners are the two entities. They should work together as one. We've seen several discrepancies where the hook is not being flagged on the dashboard. I still think they need to do some fine-tuning around that. We don't want to waste time."

"It took us a while to get new patterns introduced into the pattern reporting process."

"I would like to see improvement in some of the user interface features... When one secret is leaked in multiple files or multiple repositories, it will appear on the dashboard. But when you click on that secret, all the occurrences will appear on the page. It would be better to have one secret per occurrence, directly, so that we don't have to click to get to the list of all the occurrences."

"We have encountered occasional difficulties with the Single Sign-On process."

"One improvement that I'd like to see is a cleaner for Splunk logs. It would be nice to have a middle man for anything we send or receive from Splunk forwarders. I'd love to see it get cleaned by GitGuardian or caught to make sure we don't have any secrets getting committed to Splunk logs."

"There is room for improvement in its integration for bug-tracking. It should be more direct. They have invested a lot in user management, but they need to invest in integrations. That is a real lack."

"It would be nice if they supported detecting PII or had some kind of data loss prevention feature."

More GitGuardian Platform cons

"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."

"The main area for improvement in Fortify WebInspect is the price, as it is too high compared to the market rate."

"Creating reports is very slow and it is something that should be improved."

"The initial setup was complex."

"The scanner could be better."

"One thing I would like to see them introduce is a cloud-based platform."

"Lately, we've seen more false negatives."

More OpenText Dynamic Application Security Testing cons

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing and licensing are fair. It isn't very expensive and it's good value."

"You get what you pay for. It's one of the more expensive solutions, but it is very good, and the low false positive rate is a really appealing factor."

"It's competitively priced compared to others. Overall, the secret detection sector is expensive, but we are very happy with the value we get."

"With GitGuardian, we didn't need any middlemen."

"The internal side is cheap per user. It is annual pricing based on the number of users."

"It could be cheaper. When GitHub secrets monitoring solution goes to general access and general availability, GitGuardian might be in a little bit of trouble from the competition, and maybe then they might lower their prices. The GitGuardian solution is great. I'm just concerned that they're not GitHub."

"The pricing for GitGuardian is fair."

"I compared the solution to a couple of other solutions, and I think it is very competitively priced."

More GitGuardian Platform pricing and cost advice

"This solution is very expensive."

"The pricing is not clear and while it is not high, it is difficult to understand."

"The price is okay."

"Our licensing is such that you can only run one scan at a time, which is inconvenient."

"Fortify WebInspect is a very expensive product."

"It’s a fair price for the solution."

"Its price is almost similar to the price of AppScan. Both of them are very costly. Its price could be reduced because it can be very costly for unlimited IT scans, etc. I'm not sure, but it can go up to $40,000 to $50,000 or more than that."

See which vendors are best for you

Use our free recommendation engine to learn which DevSecOps solutions are best for your needs.

See recommendations

881,114 professionals have used our research since 2012.

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Government

16%

Computer Software Company

11%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Government

15%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	10
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	13

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	15

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about GitGuardian Internal Monitoring ?

It's also worth mentioning that GitGuardian is unique because they have a free tier that we've been using for the first twelve months. It provides full functionality for smaller teams. We're a smal...

See all answers

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for GitGuardian Internal Monitoring ?

It's competitively priced compared to others. Overall, the secret detection sector is expensive, but we are happy with the value we get.

See all answers

What needs improvement with GitGuardian Internal Monitoring ?

GitGuardian Platform does what it is designed to do, but it still generates many false positives. We utilize the automated playbooks from GitGuardian Platform, and we are enhancing them. We will pr...

See all answers

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortify WebInspect?

While I am not directly involved with licensing, I can share that our project's license for 1-9 applications costs between $15,000 to $19,000. In comparison, Burp Suite costs approximately $500 to ...

See all answers

What needs improvement with Fortify WebInspect?

See all answers

What is your primary use case for Fortify WebInspect?

I am currently working with several tools. For Fortify, I use SCA and WebInspect. Apart from that, I use Burp Suite from PortSwigger. For API testing, I use Postman with Burp Suite or WebInspect fo...

See all answers

Comparisons

SonarQube vs GitGuardian Platform

Compared 9% of the time

SafeGuard Cyber Security vs GitGuardian Platform

Compared 9% of the time

Snyk vs GitGuardian Platform

Compared 8% of the time

Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention vs GitGuardian Platform

Compared 8% of the time

GitHub Advanced Security vs GitGuardian Platform

Compared 5% of the time

More GitGuardian Platform Competitors

PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional vs OpenText Dynamic Application Security Testing

Compared 18% of the time

Checkmarx One vs OpenText Dynamic Application Security Testing

Compared 6% of the time

Veracode vs OpenText Dynamic Application Security Testing

Compared 6% of the time

OWASP Zap vs OpenText Dynamic Application Security Testing

Compared 6% of the time

Acunetix vs OpenText Dynamic Application Security Testing

Compared 6% of the time

More OpenText Dynamic Application Security Testing Competitors

Product Reports

Buyer's Guide

GitGuardian Platform

January 2026

Download GitGuardian Platform product report

Buyer's Guide

OpenText Dynamic Application Security Testing

January 2026

OpenText Dynamic Application Security Testing report

Download OpenText Dynamic Application Security Testing product report

Also Known As

GitGuardian Internal Monitoring, GitGuardian Public Monitoring

Micro Focus WebInspect, WebInspect

Interactive Demo

GitGuardian

Demo not available

OpenText

Overview

GitGuardian is a comprehensive platform focused on enhancing Non-Human Identity security by integrating Secrets Security and Secrets Observability to detect and manage secrets across development environments.

As cybersecurity threats increasingly target NHIs like service accounts and applications, GitGuardian offers a robust solution by supporting over 450 types of secrets and deploying honeytokens for additional defense. Trusted by leading organizations and developers, its monitoring and quick alert system enable effective detection and management of sensitive data, strengthening operational security across platforms.

What are the key features of GitGuardian?

Secrets Detection: Identifies various secrets types such as AWS keys and passwords.
Quick Alerts: Provides timely notifications for immediate risk management.
Integration: Seamlessly integrates with development tools and workflows.
Dev in the Loop: Facilitates rapid issue resolution.
Historical Scanning: Enhances security through thorough scanning practices.

What benefits and ROI should companies consider?

Efficiency: Streamlined remediation processes with minimal false positives.
Customizability: Adaptable detection features cater to specific needs.
Risk Reduction: Proactive management of sensitive data threats.
Team Integration: Improved collaboration through connected workflows.
Development Continuity: Maintains seamless operation during security processes.

In the tech industry, GitGuardian is employed to safeguard APIs and sensitive credentials across code repositories like GitHub. Companies benefit from instant alerts and integrations with tools like Slack, effectively managing risks and enhancing security policies. While popular in sectors dependent on development agility, there is room for further improvement in customization and integration to meet specific industry needs.

GitGuardian

OpenText Dynamic Application Security Testing offers robust scalability, ease of use, and high accuracy in scanning, making it a valuable tool for enterprises.

This security testing platform is known for its centralized dashboard, guided scans, and comprehensive reporting. It integrates seamlessly with tools like Fortify code scanner and supports extensive vulnerability detection and analysis, enhancing efficiency in security management. Despite its strengths, users suggest improvements in cloud integration, cost-effectiveness, and installation processes. Faster scans, reduced false positives, and improved mobile testing features are also desired.

What are the key features of OpenText Dynamic Application Security Testing?

Scalability: Easily adapts to changing enterprise needs.
Ease of Use: User-friendly interface with guided scans.
Comprehensive Reporting: Detailed vulnerability analysis and reporting.
Integration Capabilities: Works with Fortify code scanner and user authentication scanning.
Wide Vulnerability Detection: Identifies extensive security vulnerabilities.

What benefits should users expect from reviews?

Efficient Vulnerability Management: Streamlines security management in development environments.
Detailed Analysis: Provides in-depth insights into security issues.
Quick Setup: Easy to deploy within existing systems.
Enterprise Preference: Supports enterprise environments efficiently.

In industries like BFSI, OpenText Dynamic Application Security Testing is employed for performance network application testing, dynamic and static application security testing, and code checks. Security and QA teams use it in development processes to ensure application security prior to release, proving integral in both enterprise and testing environments.

OpenText

Sample Customers

Widely adopted by developer communities, GitGuardian is used by over 600 thousand developers and leading companies, including Snowflake, Orange, Iress, Mirantis, Maven Wave, ING, BASF, and Bouygues Telecom.

Aaron's

Buyer's Guide

GitGuardian Platform vs. OpenText Dynamic Application Security Testing

December 2025

Free Report: GitGuardian Platform vs. OpenText Dynamic Application Security Testing

Find out what your peers are saying about GitGuardian Platform vs. OpenText Dynamic Application Security Testing and other solutions. Updated: December 2025.

DOWNLOAD NOW

881,114 professionals have used our research since 2012.

See our GitGuardian Platform vs. OpenText Dynamic Application Security Testing report.

See our list of best DevSecOps vendors.

We monitor all DevSecOps reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.