We performed a comparison between Qualys Web Application Scanning and Trustwave App Scanner [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Sonar, Veracode, Checkmarx and others in Application Security Tools."The vulnerability management feature is a strong one. And also the patch management feature."
"By using QualysGuard, we are able to finish external scans with assured results in half the time."
"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."
"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."
"The interface is user-friendly and easy to understand."
"The Qualys Web Application Scanning solution offers a single comprehensive console and consolidated reporting, covering all aspects from on-prem to cloud and compliance, etcetera."
"Qualys Web Application Scanning has multiple features like threat protection and container security scanning in one box."
"QualysGuard web-based scanner is very useful for performing external penetration and PCI scans from remote locations."
"The stability is great. We haven't had any issues at all with it."
"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."
"There should be better visibility into the application."
"Sometimes the response time is low because the handshake fails, and then you have to re-login and start again."
"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."
"In certain cases, this product does have false positives, which the company should work on."
"The product should allow users to upload their payloads."
"The software’s pricing could be improved."
"The area of false positives could be improved. There are quite a number of false positives as compared to other solutions. They could probably fine tune the algorithm to be able to reduce the number of false positives being detected."
"I would like to see a little more flexibility with regards to setting up profiles for vulnerabilities."
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Qualys Web Application Scanning is ranked 19th in Application Security Tools with 31 reviews while Trustwave App Scanner [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Application Security Tools. Qualys Web Application Scanning is rated 7.8, while Trustwave App Scanner [EOL] is rated 7.6. 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 Trustwave App Scanner [EOL] writes "It helps us troubleshoot failed scans and incomplete statuses". Qualys Web Application Scanning is most compared with OWASP Zap, Veracode, SonarQube, PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional and Fortify WebInspect, whereas Trustwave App Scanner [EOL] is most compared with .
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