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Ixia BreakingPoint vs Synopsys Defensics comparison

 

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Executive Summary

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
7.6
Ixia BreakingPoint offers scalable virtual testing, effective for multiple users, but performance varies with blade deployment and user presence.
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Valuable Features

Sentiment score
8.1
Ixia BreakingPoint excels in Layer 7 traffic simulation, DDoS testing, cloud app testing, and offers extensive protocol options efficiently.
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Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
Ixia BreakingPoint is largely stable with few issues, HTML5 components excel, and users rate its stability highly.
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Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
6.0
Ixia BreakingPoint requires REST API enhancements, improved simulations, simplified configuration, realistic DDoS, better integration, pricing, and a webinar portal.
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Customer Service

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Ixia BreakingPoint's customer service is responsive and precise, but issue resolution speed could improve, with satisfaction rated six.
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Setup Cost

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Ixia BreakingPoint's pricing varies by company size, with options from €10K annually; larger firms can pay $12K-$25K.
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Categories and Ranking

Ixia BreakingPoint
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (26th)
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. Ixia BreakingPoint is designed for Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and holds a mindshare of 0.2%, up 0.2% 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

Sai Prasad - PeerSpot reviewer
Works better for testing traffic, mix profile, and enrollment scenarios than other solutions
Once, when I raised a ticket regarding a hardware or software issue, the solution's support team visited our company to discuss and find out ways to solve the problem. Sometimes, they asked us to send several photos from the back and front end to identify the issue. It was time-consuming as we were occupied with some other testing simultaneously. Instead, it would have been great if they could have visited our company and rectified the problem.
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
Computer Software Company
21%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Retailer
5%
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 Ixia BreakingPoint?
The most valuable feature of Ixia BreakingPoint is the ransomware and malware database for simulated attacks.
What needs improvement with Ixia BreakingPoint?
The integration could improve in Ixia BreakingPoint. The vendor should provide a portal for webinars.
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Also Known As

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Defensics, Codenomicon Defensics
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Corsa Technology
Coriant, CERT-FI, Next Generation Networks
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