We performed a comparison between OWASP Zap 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."It has evolved over the years and recently in the last year they have added, HUD (Heads Up Display)."
"Automatic scanning is a valuable feature and very easy to use."
"The solution is scalable."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten. I think it's stable enough. I don't see any crashes within the application, so its stability is high."
"The stability of the solution is very good."
"It updates repositories and libraries quickly."
"It has improved my organization with faster security tests."
"The solution has tightened our security."
"You can integrate your Burp Suite results and create an integrated report. Also, the way it shows the results - threats and exploit details - makes remediation very easy."
"It works with many different products."
"It is a good product for website penetration testing to detect vulnerabilities."
"The most valuable feature of Qualys Web Application Scanning is the effective scanning that can be done."
"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."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is the progressive scan. It is good. It's done in 24 hours."
"I have found the detection of vulnerabilities tool thorough with good results and the graphical display output to be wonderful and full of colors. It allows many types of outputs, such as bar and chart previews."
"The interface is user-friendly and easy to understand."
"It would be ideal if I could try some pre-built deployment scenarios so that I don't have to worry about whether the configuration sector team is doing it right or wrong. That would be very helpful."
"There's very little documentation that comes with OWASP Zap."
"It needs more robust reporting tools."
"The solution is somewhat unreliable because after we get the finding, we have to manually verify each of its findings to see whether it's a false positive or a true finding, and it takes time."
"Deployment is somewhat complicated."
"As security evolves, we would like DevOps built into it. As of now, Zap does not provide this."
"I would like to see a version of “repeater” within OWASP ZAP, a tool capable of sending from one to 1000 of the same requests, but with preselected modified fields, changing from a predetermined word list, or manually created."
"The technical support team must be proactive."
"In terms of the Policy Compliance model which they currently have, not all the platforms are being covered. If they could improve on the Policy Compliance model, since there are policies which are benchmarked against it, this will be helpful for us."
"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."
"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 support could be faster."
"The product's pricing could be better."
"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."
"It should have better automatic reporting."
"The solution needs to adjust its pricing. They should make it more affordable."
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OWASP Zap is ranked 8th in Application Security Testing (AST) with 37 reviews while Qualys Web Application Scanning is ranked 14th in Application Security Testing (AST) with 31 reviews. OWASP Zap is rated 7.6, while Qualys Web Application Scanning is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of OWASP Zap writes "Great for automating and testing and has tightened our security ". 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". OWASP Zap is most compared with SonarQube, Acunetix, PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional, Veracode and Checkmarx One, whereas Qualys Web Application Scanning is most compared with Veracode, SonarQube, PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional, Fortify WebInspect and Tenable.io Web Application Scanning. See our OWASP Zap vs. Qualys Web Application Scanning report.
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