We performed a comparison between Qualys Web Application Scanning and Rapid7 AppSpider 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."The simplicity of exporting reports and the simplicity and clarity of the reports included with the product are good."
"Its most valuable features are patch management, vulnerability management, and PCI compliance."
"QualysGuard web-based scanner is very useful for performing external penetration and PCI scans from remote locations."
"By using QualysGuard, we are able to finish external scans with assured results in half the time."
"Key features include: Cloud-based, so the installation is not so tedious. Easily deployed. Highly scalable. Comprehensive reporting."
"This product is designed for easy scalability and can easily scale up without major challenges."
"The product prevents possible vulnerabilities in our network."
"Qualys' process of updating signatures is something we really appreciate, and it's way ahead of its industry peers."
"Rapid7 AppSpider is good at managing different applications. It uses applets and generates reports to cover the PCA/GDPR compliance requirements."
"The entire solution is interactive and has a point-and-click user experience, which makes it easy to find items or drill down on information. You don't need specialized skills to use the product."
"The setup is usually straightforward."
"The most valuable feature is the reporting, which is compliant with international standards."
"It scans all the components developed within a web application."
"It is really accurate and the rate of false positives is very low."
"When it is set up properly, it can do scanning on web apps with multiple engines automatically."
"I would say that it is stable, as I am not aware of any major issues."
"The software’s pricing could be improved."
"There should be better visibility into the application."
"We procured around 110 licenses for Web Application Scanning, but we have issues running concurrent scans. I don't currently have the option to trigger scans for all 100-plus websites. The default limit is around 10 conference scans. It's not very scalable, to be honest, because of the limitation that they put on concurrent scans."
"There could be better management and faster scanning."
"The scanner reports a lot of false positives, which is something that needs to be improved."
"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."
"They should try to include business logic vulnerabilities in the scanner testing."
"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 tech support is responsive but issues remain unresolved."
"Implementing Rapid7 AppSpider requires scanning and self-identification mechanisms. You can add different types of authentication to each scan."
"One of the challenges I have with AppSpider is that it gives you a lot of false positives, especially when compared to other solutions."
"Integration could be better."
"The solution is too slow. It could take a full day to scan. Competitors are much faster."
"The product needs to be able to scale for large companies, like ours. We have millions of IP addresses that need to be scanned, and the scalability is not great."
"AppSpider has some problems with the RAM needed while scanning."
"This price of this solution is a little bit expensive."
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Qualys Web Application Scanning is ranked 14th in Application Security Testing (AST) with 31 reviews while Rapid7 AppSpider is ranked 25th in Application Security Testing (AST) with 13 reviews. Qualys Web Application Scanning is rated 7.8, while Rapid7 AppSpider is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Qualys Web Application Scanning writes "A stable solution that can be used for infrastructure vulnerability scanning and web application scanning". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rapid7 AppSpider writes "Useful vulnerability reporting data, flexible, and simple implementation". Qualys Web Application Scanning is most compared with OWASP Zap, Veracode, SonarQube and Fortify WebInspect, whereas Rapid7 AppSpider is most compared with Rapid7 InsightAppSec, OWASP Zap, Acunetix, Tenable.io Web Application Scanning and PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional. See our Qualys Web Application Scanning vs. Rapid7 AppSpider report.
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