Try our new research platform with insights from 80,000+ expert users

Synopsys Defensics vs w3af comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Synopsys Defensics
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
Fuzz Testing Tools (5th)
w3af
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (45th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Synopsys Defensics and w3af aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Synopsys Defensics is designed for Fuzz Testing Tools and holds a mindshare of 21.3%, up 13.1% compared to last year.
w3af, on the other hand, focuses on Application Security Tools, holds 0.1% mindshare, down 0.1% since last year.
Fuzz Testing Tools
Application Security Tools
 

Featured Reviews

it_user508521 - PeerSpot reviewer
Helps us complete testing more quickly by eliminating many unwanted test cases
Sometimes, when we are testing embedded devices, when we trigger the test cases, the target will crash immediately. It is very difficult for us to identify the root cause of the crash because they do not provide sophisticated tools on the target side. They cover only the client-side application, and from that we can generate automated test cases, but what happens on the target device, what is the reason for the crash, for that we have to do manual debugging. They do not have diagnostic tools for the target side. Rather, they have them but they are very minimal and not very helpful. They can improve a lot on that.
OS
It's buggy and seems to try to do too many things, but having this on a USB drive has been valuable.
I tried to install this on numerous systems and eventually, with help, I got it running. It needs far too many dependencies installed and there's too much messing about to be of much use. Once running, it's buggy and begs the question can it be relied upon? Even within Kali it reports website time-outs, yet Zap or Burp are able to do a successful scan. I wanted this to work so much and be able to use it as an additional check of my results but have now binned it.
report
Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Fuzz Testing Tools solutions are best for your needs.
838,713 professionals have used our research since 2012.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
21%
Manufacturing Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Healthcare Company
6%
No data available
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
No data available
 

Also Known As

Defensics, Codenomicon Defensics
No data available
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Coriant, CERT-FI, Next Generation Networks
Information Not Available