We performed a comparison between Ixia BreakingPoint and Qualys Web Application Scanning 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."There is a virtual version of the product which is scaled to 100s of virtual testing blades."
"It is a scalable solution."
"We use Ixia BreakingPoint for Layer 7 traffic generation. That's what we like."
"I like that we can test cloud applications."
"The solution has many protocols and options, making it very flexible."
"The most valuable feature of Ixia BreakingPoint is the ransomware and malware database for simulated attacks."
"The DDoS testing module is useful and quick to use."
"It is a good product for website penetration testing to detect vulnerabilities."
"We have experienced quick customer support. They have a complete list of our previous issues along with our history, which makes it faster for them to solve issues."
"Its most valuable features are patch management, vulnerability management, and PCI compliance."
"It combines both web application vulnerability management and internal vulnerability management on one platform and dashboard. Usually, you have to purchase separate tools."
"With our vulnerabilities under control, it's putting our services in compliance and minimizing our risk for exposure."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is the progressive scan. It is good. It's done in 24 hours."
"The most valuable feature is that we are able to scan the services and put credentials like a user ID password. We can verify the vulnerability level."
"We can do scanning and submit reports straight to the customers when there are new vulnerabilities, then tell them whether they are affected or not."
"They should improve UI mode packages for the users."
"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."
"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."
"When comparing this solution to Veracode, Veracode has good interactive features and gives a clear understanding of what the vulnerabilities are, which error line of the vulnerability is on and what can be done. It gives interactive features, whereas this solution does not give a clear understanding of where or how to fix the problem."
"The software’s pricing could be improved."
"We receive false positives sometimes when using a solution that could be improved. However, the technical team provides us with the exact explanation why it was giving us that kind of error."
"The reporting contains too many false positives."
"The GUI could be a little less complicated as it opens a lot of new windows for creating search lists, templates, reports, or for scanning purposes."
"The UI is not user-friendly and you don't have a yearly reporting facility where you can slice and dice in different jobs."
"Deployment can be complicated."
"They should try to include business logic vulnerabilities in the scanner testing."
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Ixia BreakingPoint is ranked 23rd in Application Security Testing (AST) with 8 reviews while Qualys Web Application Scanning is ranked 14th in Application Security Testing (AST) with 31 reviews. Ixia BreakingPoint is rated 8.4, while Qualys Web Application Scanning is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Ixia BreakingPoint writes "Works better for testing traffic, mix profile, and enrollment scenarios than other solutions". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Qualys Web Application Scanning writes "A stable solution that can be used for infrastructure vulnerability scanning and web application scanning". Ixia BreakingPoint is most compared with Spirent CyberFlood and Synopsys Defensics, whereas Qualys Web Application Scanning is most compared with OWASP Zap, Veracode, SonarQube, PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional and Fortify WebInspect. See our Ixia BreakingPoint vs. Qualys Web Application Scanning report.
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