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Contrast Security Assess vs Synopsys Defensics comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.3
Contrast Security Assess provides scalable application deployment in various environments, adapting to cloud and on-premises with robust change management.
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Valuable Features

Sentiment score
8.2
Contrast Security Assess excels in IAST, reducing false positives, offering real-time insights and seamless security integration for developers.
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Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
5.0
Contrast Security Assess needs better documentation, tech support, agent upgrades, scanning rules, reporting, and improved setup for comprehensive usability.
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Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.8
Contrast Security Assess is praised for stability, easy deployment, and minimal downtime, despite ColdFusion support challenges.
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Customer Service

Sentiment score
9.0
Contrast Security Assess offers responsive support with knowledgeable staff, but some users seek improved response times for complex issues.
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Setup Cost

Sentiment score
2.0
Contrast Security Assess offers flexible, cost-effective pricing based on applications or servers, suitable for various enterprise environments.
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Categories and Ranking

Contrast Security Assess
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (29th), Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (24th)
Synopsys Defensics
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
Fuzz Testing Tools (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Quality Assurance solutions, they serve different purposes. Contrast Security Assess is designed for Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and holds a mindshare of 0.4%, down 0.5% compared to last year.
Synopsys Defensics, on the other hand, focuses on Fuzz Testing Tools, holds 19.8% mindshare, up 12.6% since last year.
Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
Fuzz Testing Tools
 

Featured Reviews

Mustufa Bhavnagarwala - PeerSpot reviewer
A stable solution that provides lots of details on web-based vulnerabilities and source code reviews
Technical support for the solution should be faster. We have to further analyze what kind of CVEs are in the reported libraries and what part of the code is affected. That analysis can be added to the report that Contrast Security Assess gives. Further analysis should be done of the third-party libraries report that it gives. The solution should provide more details in the section where it shows that third-party libraries have CVEs or some vulnerabilities. The onboarding or the setup of Contrast Security Assess can get a little easier.
it_user586716 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical support provided protocol-specific documentation to prove that some positives were not false.
A security assurance engineer was able to perform due diligence across all network-facing protocols. My prior organization designed, developed and deployed a Network Attached Storage (NAS) appliance. A key part of the company wide security assurance program for all products, is to perform penetration testing against all network facing IP ports. For the web, SSL and RESTful APIs, there are very good COTS and open source tools to perform Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) testing. Unfortunately for NAS protocols like SMB, NFS, CIFS, and iSCSI, I researched and found that Codenomicon Defensics was the only viable source to satisfy our DAST requirements. Through the use of Selenium for automated web testing, it was easily found out that Codenomicon Defensics could be integrated into our Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CI / CD) Agile processes, specific to automated testing. Also, like many of the other application security testing products, Defensics incorporates automatic update support and works on Windows, MacOS and Linux desktops.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
22%
Manufacturing Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Healthcare Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Contrast Security Assess?
When we access the application, it continuously monitors and detects vulnerabilities.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Contrast Security Assess?
The product's pricing is low. I would rate it a two out of ten.
What needs improvement with Contrast Security Assess?
Technical support for the solution should be faster. We have to further analyze what kind of CVEs are in the reported libraries and what part of the code is affected. That analysis can be added to ...
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Also Known As

Contrast Assess
Defensics, Codenomicon Defensics
 

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Sample Customers

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