Checkmarx One vs Contrast Security Protect comparison

Checkmarx and Contrast Security are both solutions in the Application Security Tools category. Checkmarx is ranked #3 with an average rating of 7.9, while Contrast Security is ranked #33 with an average rating of 8.0. Checkmarx holds a 11.0% mindshare in AS, compared to Contrast Security’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of Checkmarx users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Contrast Security users who would recommend it.

Checkmarx One

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87% willing to recommend

Contrast Security Protect

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501 Comparison Views

100% willing to recommend

Checkmarx One

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 8, 2024

Checkmarx One and Contrast Security Protect compete in application security. Checkmarx One has an advantage in pricing and user support, whereas Contrast Security Protect stands out with strong features justifying its cost.

Features: Checkmarx One offers comprehensive vulnerability detection, multi-repository compatibility, and competitive pricing strategies. Contrast Security Protect provides real-time protection, continuous monitoring, and excellent integration capabilities.

Room for Improvement: Checkmarx One needs better performance speed, improved user training resources, and enhanced customer service. Contrast Security Protect requires more customization, scalability improvements, and a smoother deployment process.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Checkmarx One is easy to deploy, yet users seek better customer support. Contrast Security Protect, despite a challenging deployment, offers superior customer service, balancing its shortcomings.

Pricing and ROI: Checkmarx One is cost-effective with satisfactory ROI. Contrast Security Protect has higher initial costs, justified by its extensive feature set and substantial long-term ROI.

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Checkmarx One vs. Contrast Security Protect

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Categories and Ranking

Checkmarx One

Ranking in Application Security Tools

3rd

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (3rd), Vulnerability Management (22nd), Static Code Analysis (2nd), API Security (2nd), DevSecOps (2nd), Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (8th)

Contrast Security Protect

Ranking in Application Security Tools

33rd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

5.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the Application Security Tools category, the mindshare of Checkmarx One is 11.0%, down from 15.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Contrast Security Protect is 0.5%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Rohit Kesharwani

Manager, Engineering at 7-Eleven.

Provides good security analysis and security identification within the source code

We integrate Checkmarx into our software development cycle using GitLab's CI/CD pipeline. Checkmark has been the most helpful for us in the development stage. The solution's incremental scanning feature has impacted our development speed. The solution's vulnerability detection is around 80% to 90% accurate. I would recommend Checkmarx to other users because it is one of the good tools for doing security analysis and security identification within the source code. Overall, I rate Checkmarx a nine out of ten.

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ToddMcAlister

Lead Application and Data Security Engineer at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees

It provides us with more in-depth visibility into ongoing attacks.

I rate Contrast Security Protect eight out of 10. Overall, it's a solid product, but I deduct a couple of points because of the interface and some shortcomings in the reporting. If you have a large enterprise where you're dealing with a lot of servers, then it makes sense not to use the internal MySQL database. You should use something like Oracle or Microsoft SQL, but if you don't have many transactions, the embedded MySQL database works great.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The SAST component was absolutely 100% stable."

"The solution is always updating to continuously add items that create a level of safety from vulnerabilities. It's one of the key features they provide that's an excellent selling point. They're always ahead of the game when it comes to finding any vulnerabilities within the database."

"The most valuable feature is the application tracking reporting."

"Less false positive errors as compared to any other solution."

"The most valuable feature is the simple user interface."

"The report function is the solution's greatest asset."

"I like that you don't have to compile the code in order to execute static code analysis. So, it's very handy."

"We use the solution for dynamic application testing."

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"Protect provides us with more in-depth visibility into ongoing attacks."

"The product gives a few false positives. We get 99 percent true positives."

"The solution has excellent real-time capabilities."

Cons

"Its user interface could be improved and made more friendly."

"It provides us with quite a handful of false positive issues. If Checkmarx could reduce this number, it would be a great tool to use."

"Licensing models and Swift language support are the aspects in which this product needs to improve. Swift is a new language, in which major customers require support for lower prices."

"The interactive application security testing, or IAST, the interactive part where you're looking at an application that lives in a runtime environment on a server or virtual machine, needs improvement."

"Updating and debugging of queries is not very convenient."

"Checkmarx needs to improve the false positives and provide more accuracy in identifying vulnerabilities. It misses important vulnerabilities."

"Integration into the SDLC (i.e. support for last version of SonarQube) could be added."

"Meta data is always needed."

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"There's room for improvement in the initial setup."

"Contrast Security Protect needs to improve integration."

"Protect's reporting GUI is very basic. To get all statuses from the APIs, we needed to write our own KPI dashboard to provide reports."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Before implementing the product I would evaluate if it is really necessary to scan so many different languages and frameworks. If not, I think there must be a cheaper solution for scanning Java-only applications (which are 90% of our applications)."

"For around 250 users or committers, the cost is approximately $500,000."

"The pricing was not very good. This is just a framework which shouldn’t cost so much."

"Its price is fair. It is in or around the right spot. Ultimately, if the price is wrong, customers won't commit, but they do tend to commit. It is neither too cheap nor too expensive."

"It is the right price for quality delivery."

"The license has a vague language around P1 issues and the associated support. Make sure to review these in order to align them with your organizational policies."

"The solution is costly."

"The solution's price is high and you pay based on the number of users."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

21%

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Financial Services Firm

27%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Insurance Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What alternatives are there for Fortify WebInspect and Fortify SCA?

I would like to recommend Checkmarx. With Checkmarx, you are able to have an all in one solution for SAST and SCA as well. Veracode is only a cloud solution. Hope this helps.

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What do you like most about Checkmarx?

Compared to the solutions we used previously, Checkmarx has reduced our workload by almost 75%.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Checkmarx?

The pricing is relatively expensive due to the product's quality and performance, but it is worth it.

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What do you like most about Contrast Security Protect?

The product gives a few false positives. We get 99 percent true positives.

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What needs improvement with Contrast Security Protect?

Contrast Security Protect needs to improve integration.

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What is your primary use case for Contrast Security Protect?

We use the product for DevSecOps.

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Comparisons

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Compared 45% of the time

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Compared 12% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

OWASP Zap vs Checkmarx One

Compared 4% of the time

Coverity vs Checkmarx One

Compared 4% of the time

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Compared 43% of the time

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Compared 24% of the time

Fortify on Demand vs Contrast Security Protect

Compared 13% of the time

Sonatype Lifecycle vs Contrast Security Protect

Compared 13% of the time

Acunetix vs Contrast Security Protect

Compared 9% of the time

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Contrast Protect

Overview

Checkmarx One is an enterprise cloud-native application security platform focused on providing cross-tool, correlated results to help AppSec and developer teams prioritize where to focus time and resources.

Checkmarx One offers comprehensive application scanning across the SDLC:

Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
Software Composition Analysis (SCA)
API security
Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)
Container security
IaC security
Correlation, prioritization, and risk management
Codebashing secure code training
AI security
Tech partnerships extending AppSec into runtime analysis
Developer tool integrations including: CI/CD tools, development frameworks, feedback tools, IDEs, programming languages and SCMs

Checkmarx One provides everything you need to secure application development from the first line of code through deployment and runtime in the cloud. With an ever-evolving set of AppSec engines, correlation and prioritization features, and AI capabilities, Checkmarx One helps consolidate expanding lists of AppSec tools and make better sense of results. Its capabilities are designed to provide an improved developer experience to build trust with development teams and ensure the success of your AppSec program investment.

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Contrast Security is the world’s leading provider of security technology that enables software applications to protect themselves against cyberattacks, heralding the new era of self-protecting software. Contrast's patented deep security instrumentation is the breakthrough technology that enables highly accurate assessment and always-on protection of an entire application portfolio, without disruptive scanning or expensive security experts. Only Contrast has sensors that work actively inside applications to uncover vulnerabilities, prevent data breaches, and secure the entire enterprise from development, to operations, to production.

Contrast Security

Sample Customers

YIT, Salesforce, Coca-Cola, SAP, U.S. Army, Liveperson, Playtech Case Study: Liveperson Implements Innovative Secure SDLC

Williams-Sonoma, Autodesk, HUAWEI, Chromeriver, RingCentral, Demandware.

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