We performed a comparison between HCL AppScan and Ixia BreakingPoint based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Security Testing (AST) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."You can easily find particular features and functions through the UI."
"The reporting part is the most valuable feature."
"It highlights, with several grades of severity, the types of vulnerabilities, so we can focus on the most severe security vulnerabilities in the code."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is Postman."
"The security and the dashboard are the most valuable features."
"The most valuable feature of HCL AppScan is its integration with the SDLC, particularly during the coding phase."
"It's generally a very user-friendly tool. Anyone can easily learn how to scan"
"The solution is easy to install. I would rate the product's setup between six to seven out of ten. The deployment time depends on the applications that need to be scanned. We have a development and operations team to take care of the product's maintenance."
"I like that we can test cloud applications."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The solution has many protocols and options, making it very flexible."
"We use Ixia BreakingPoint for Layer 7 traffic generation. That's what we like."
"The DDoS testing module is useful and quick to use."
"There is a virtual version of the product which is scaled to 100s of virtual testing blades."
"The most valuable feature of Ixia BreakingPoint is the ransomware and malware database for simulated attacks."
"AppScan is too complicated and should be made more user-friendly."
"The penetration testing feature should be included."
"There are so many lines of code with so many different categories that I am likely to get lost. "
"In future releases, I would like to see more aggressive reports. I would also like to see less false positives."
"The solution could improve by having a mobile version."
"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."
"It's a little bit basic when you talk about the Web Services. If AppScan improved its maturity on Web Services testing, that would be good."
"A desktop version should be added."
"They should improve UI mode packages for the users."
"The quality of the traffic generation could be improved with Ixia BreakingPoint, i.e. to get closer to being accurate in what a real user will do."
"The price could be better."
"The solution originally was hard to configure; I'm not sure if they've updated this to make it simpler, but if not, it's something that could be streamlined."
"The integration could improve in Ixia BreakingPoint."
"I would appreciate some preconfigured network neighborhoods, which are predefined settings for testing networks."
"The production traffic simulations are not realistic enough for some types of DDoS attacks."
HCL AppScan is ranked 12th in Application Security Testing (AST) with 40 reviews while Ixia BreakingPoint is ranked 23rd in Application Security Testing (AST) with 8 reviews. HCL AppScan is rated 7.6, while Ixia BreakingPoint is rated 8.4. 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 Ixia BreakingPoint writes "Works better for testing traffic, mix profile, and enrollment scenarios than other solutions". HCL AppScan is most compared with SonarQube, Veracode, Acunetix, PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional and Checkmarx One, whereas Ixia BreakingPoint is most compared with Spirent CyberFlood and Synopsys Defensics. See our HCL AppScan vs. Ixia BreakingPoint report.
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