We performed a comparison between HCL AppScan and ShiftLeft based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Sonar, Veracode, Checkmarx and others in Application Security Tools."This is a stable solution."
"The security and the dashboard are the most valuable features."
"It comes with all of the templates that we need. For example, we are a company that is regulated by PCI. In order to be PCI compliant, we have a lot of checks and procedures to which we have to comply."
"The HCL AppScan turnaround time for Burp Suite or any new feature request is pretty good, and that is why we are sticking with the HCL."
"There's extensive functionality with custom rules and a custom knowledge base."
"We leverage it as a quality check against code."
"The product has valuable features for static and dynamic testing."
"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."
"When it comes to ShiftLeft, the most valuable feature is definitely its ease of use and cost-effectiveness."
"The solution's scalability can be a matter of concern because one license runs on one machine only."
"The product has some technical limitations."
"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."
"One thing which I think can be improved is the CI/CD Integration"
"IBM Security AppScan needs to add performance optimization for quickly scanning the target web applications."
"It has crashed at times."
"Scans become slow on large websites."
"They should have a better UI for dashboards."
"Having support from senior management is crucial in making it mandatory for teams to collaborate with the security team throughout the development process."
HCL AppScan is ranked 15th in Application Security Tools with 40 reviews while ShiftLeft is ranked 26th in Application Security Tools with 1 review. HCL AppScan is rated 7.6, while ShiftLeft is rated 10.0. 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 ShiftLeft writes "Effectively in identify and fix bugs early in the development lifecycle". HCL AppScan is most compared with SonarQube, Veracode, Acunetix, PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional and Checkmarx One, whereas ShiftLeft is most compared with SonarQube, Black Duck and Semgrep Supply Chain.
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