We performed a comparison between Fortify WebInspect and Synopsys API Security Testing based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about HCLTech, OpenText, Rapid7 and others in Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)."Good at scanning and finding vulnerabilities."
"The most valuable feature is the static analysis."
"The user interface is ok and it is very simple to use."
"Fortify WebInspect is a scalable solution, it is good for a lot of applications."
"The accuracy of its scans is great."
"It is scalable and very easy to use."
"When we are integrating it with SSC, we're able to scan and trace and see all of the vulnerabilities. Comparison is easy in SSC."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The most valuable features of Synopsys API Security Testing are the metrics, results, and threat vectors that it shares."
"The solution needs better integration with Microsoft's Azure Cloud or an extension of Azure DevOps. In fact, it should better integrate with any cloud provider. Right now, it's quite difficult to integrate with that solution, from the cloud perspective."
"Fortify WebInspect's shortcoming stems from the fact that it is a very expensive product in Korea, which makes it difficult for its potential customers to introduce the product in their IT environment."
"We have often encountered scanning errors."
"Lately, we've seen more false negatives."
"Our biggest complaint about this product is that it freezes up, and literally doesn't work for us."
"Not sufficiently compatible with some of our systems."
"The initial setup was complex."
"I'm not sure licensing, but on the pricing, it's a bit costly. It's a bit overpriced. Though it is an enterprise tool, there are other tools also with similar functionalities."
"The solution required us to use our team and we spoke to Synopsys API Security Testing's support to do the implementation. We use two people from our team for the implementation. and one person for maintenance."
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Fortify WebInspect is ranked 2nd in Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) with 17 reviews while Synopsys API Security Testing is ranked 30th in Static Application Security Testing (SAST). Fortify WebInspect is rated 7.0, while Synopsys API Security Testing is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Fortify WebInspect writes "A powerful tool catering to multiple use cases that provides reasonably good technical support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Synopsys API Security Testing writes "Useful threat vectors, beneficial results, but implementation needed support". Fortify WebInspect is most compared with PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional, Fortify on Demand, Acunetix, OWASP Zap and SonarCloud, whereas Synopsys API Security Testing is most compared with Seeker and OWASP Zap.
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