We performed a comparison between HCL AppScan and IBM Rational Performance Tester based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Sonar, Veracode, Checkmarx and others in Application Security Tools."It identifies all the URLs and domains on its own and then performs tests and provides the results."
"The solution offers services in a few specific development languages."
"You can easily find particular features and functions through the UI."
"This solution saves us time due to the low number of false positives detected."
"AppScan is stable."
"Technical support is helpful."
"The solution is easy to use."
"It's generally a very user-friendly tool. Anyone can easily learn how to scan"
"Technical support is very good. I'm very satisfied with the assistance we've received so far."
"It can support both web applications and mobile applications, and in certain cases, it can also support testing of desktop applications or software-based applications. You can write web applications, mobile applications, and software-based applications."
"I would like to see the roadmap for this product. We are still waiting to see it as we have only so many resources."
"There is not a central management for static and dynamic."
"The solution could improve by having a mobile version."
"They could add a software component analysis tool."
"IBM Security AppScan needs to add performance optimization for quickly scanning the target web applications."
"Improving usability could enhance the overall experience with AppScan. It would be beneficial to make the solution more user-friendly, ensuring that everyone can easily navigate and utilize its features."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing model."
"Many silly false positives are produced."
"There are some features that Micro Focus LoadRunner provides, but they are not available in IBM Rational Performance Tester. They should include such features. It can also have more reports similar to what HP provides. It might also need some improvement in terms of the tools and support for other technology areas. Certain technologies are not supported by every tool. They need to support all sorts of technologies and platforms on which web applications and mobile applications are built. They need complete support for all sorts of technologies."
"The solution is not easily scalable. If you want to extend the solution, you need to purchase a different kind of license. You also have to work with the IBM team to assist in scaling."
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HCL AppScan is ranked 15th in Application Security Tools with 40 reviews while IBM Rational Performance Tester is ranked 25th in Test Management Tools. HCL AppScan is rated 7.6, while IBM Rational Performance Tester is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of HCL AppScan writes " A stable and scalable product useful for application security scanning". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Rational Performance Tester writes "We can edit captured transactions and organize them by those for which we require performance metrics, but it lacks a set of manuals or guides that would take out some guess work". HCL AppScan is most compared with SonarQube, Veracode, Acunetix, PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional and Checkmarx One, whereas IBM Rational Performance Tester is most compared with Apache JMeter, OpenText LoadRunner Professional, Tricentis NeoLoad and OpenText LoadRunner Cloud.
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