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Fortify on Demand vs Parasoft SOAtest comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 8, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Customer Service

No sentiment score available
Fortify on Demand's customer service is valued for excellence, but technical support responsiveness and coordination can sometimes falter.
Sentiment score
8.5
Parasoft SOAtest's service is generally satisfactory and responsive, but some report delays and communication issues in certain regions.
 

Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
5.4
Fortify on Demand needs better reporting, faster scans, expanded language support, streamlined UI, CI/CD integration, and improved customer support.
Sentiment score
4.8
Users want Parasoft SOAtest to be more user-friendly with improved reporting, guidance, optimization, UI testing, and code coverage.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.2
Fortify on Demand is highly scalable, flexible, and suitable for enterprises, despite occasional pricing and scan limitations.
Sentiment score
8.0
Parasoft SOAtest is scalable, well-integrated with CI/CD pipelines, and suits teams of various sizes, scoring 7-8 in ratings.
 

Setup Cost

No sentiment score available
Enterprise users report mixed pricing perceptions of Fortify on Demand, citing high cost but valuable features and scalability.
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<p>Parasoft SOAtest pricing is customizable starting from $5,000 annually, including support, training, and updates, based on enterprise needs.</p>
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.9
Fortify on Demand is stable and reliable, with minor issues, generally meeting user expectations with high stability scores.
Sentiment score
8.0
Parasoft SOAtest is rated 8/10 for stability, praised for being reliable, stable, and free from bugs or crashes.
 

Valuable Features

Sentiment score
8.5
Fortify on Demand enhances security and efficiency with code scanning, CI/CD integration, real-time dashboards, and detailed reporting.
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Parasoft SOAtest offers comprehensive testing, efficient automation, versatile data handling, scalability, and user-friendly features, including Service Virtualization.
 

Categories and Ranking

Fortify on Demand
Ranking in Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
8th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
59
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (9th)
Parasoft SOAtest
Ranking in Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
31st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
30
Ranking in other categories
Functional Testing Tools (23rd), API Testing Tools (9th), Test Automation Tools (23rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Static Application Security Testing (SAST) category, the mindshare of Fortify on Demand is 5.3%, up from 4.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Parasoft SOAtest is 0.5%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
 

Featured Reviews

Jonathan Steyn - PeerSpot reviewer
Source code analyzer, FPR file generation, reduction of false positives and generates compliance reports, for in-depth analysis
Not challenges with the product itself. The product is very reliable. It does have a steep learning curve. But, again, one thing that Fortify or OpenText does very well is training. There are a lot of free resources and training in the community forums, free training as well as commercial training where users can train on how to use the back-end systems and the scanning engines and how to use command-line arguments because some of the procedures or some of the tools do require a bit of a learning curve. That's the only challenge I've really seen for customers because you have to learn how to use the tool effectively. But Fortify has, in fact, improved its user interface and the way users engage the dashboards and the interfaces. It is intuitive. It's easy to understand. But in some regards, the cybersecurity specialist or AppSec would need a bit of training to engage the user interface and to understand how it functions. But from the point of the reliability index and how powerful the tool is, there's no challenge there. But it's just from a learning perspective; users might need a bit more skill to use the tool. The user interface isn't that tedious. It's not that difficult to understand. When I initially learned how to use the interfaces, I was able to master it within a week and was able to use it quite effectively. So training is required. All skills are needed to learn how to use the tool. I would like to see more enhancements in the dashboards. Dashboards are available. They do need some configuration and settings. But I would like to see more business intelligence capabilities within the tool. It's not particularly a cybersecurity function, but, for instance, business impact analysis or other features where you can actually use business intelligence capabilities within your security tool. That would be remarkable because not only do you have a cybersecurity tool, but you also have a tool that can give you business impact analysis and some other measurements. A bit more intelligence in terms of that from a cybersecurity perspective would be remarkable.
Ajit Kumar Rout - PeerSpot reviewer
Good API testing and RIT feature; clarity could be improved
In general, this is a hassle free, user friendly tool and it doesn't require much knowledge if you're using the manual testing. Automated testing is also good but requires some knowledge in that field. It has some great features. It's a good tool compared to some of the other paid tools; input and output can be stored before extension and there is also a verification assessment that can be implemented by using some different methodologies inside the tool. If the licensing cost is suitable then I recommend this solution. If you have automation people with in-depth knowledge in coding that will be helpful. I rate this solution a seven out of 10.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Computer Software Company
13%
Government
9%
Financial Services Firm
26%
Manufacturing Company
17%
Computer Software Company
12%
Government
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Micro Focus Fortify on Demand?
It helps deploy and track changes easily as per time-to-time market upgrades.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Micro Focus Fortify on Demand?
In comparison with other tools, they're competitive. It is not more expensive than other solutions, but their pricing is competitive. The licenses for Fortify On Demand are generally bought in unit...
What needs improvement with Micro Focus Fortify on Demand?
Not challenges with the product itself. The product is very reliable. It does have a steep learning curve. But, again, one thing that Fortify or OpenText does very well is training. There are a lot...
What do you like most about Parasoft SOAtest?
Since the solution has both command line and automation options, it generates good reports.
What needs improvement with Parasoft SOAtest?
Tuning the tool takes time because it gives quite a long list of warnings. Going through that is a challenge. It only happens in the initial stage when we are setting up the tool, but it can be imp...
 

Also Known As

Micro Focus Fortify on Demand
SOAtest
 

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Sample Customers

SAP, Aaron's, British Gas, FICO, Cox Automative, Callcredit Information Group, Vital and more.
Charter Communications, Sabre, Caesars Entertainment, Charles Schwab, ING, Intel, Northbridge Financial, Capital Services, WoodmenLife
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