We performed a comparison between OWASP Zap and Rapid7 AppSpider based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Static Application Security Testing (SAST) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The product discovers more vulnerabilities compared to other tools."
"The best feature is the Zap HUD (Heads Up Display) because the customers can use the website normally. If we scan websites with automatic scanning, and the website has a web application firewall, it's very difficult."
"It updates repositories and libraries quickly."
"It scans while you navigate, then you can save the requests performed and work with them later."
"Simple and easy to learn and master."
"The interface is easy to use."
"The product helps users to scan and fix vulnerabilities in the pipeline."
"The scalability of this product is very good."
"The most valuable feature of Rapid7 AppSpider is the vulnerability reporting data. Additionally, the data is reported in a convenient way rather than seeing them as a PDF. We are able to generate all the reports exactly what we want in a flexible way."
"I like the ability the product has to detect vulnerabilities quickly, when it has been released in our environment, then displaying them to us."
"Rapid7 AppSpider is good at managing different applications. It uses applets and generates reports to cover the PCA/GDPR compliance requirements."
"The most valuable feature is the reporting, which is compliant with international standards."
"It scans all the components developed within a web application."
"The entire solution is interactive and has a point-and-click user experience, which makes it easy to find items or drill down on information. You don't need specialized skills to use the product."
"It is really accurate and the rate of false positives is very low."
"The initial deployment is very straightforward and simple. The product is stable if configured properly."
"It needs more robust reporting tools."
"The automated vulnerability assessments that the application performs needs to be simplified as well as diversified."
"As security evolves, we would like DevOps built into it. As of now, Zap does not provide this."
"The product should allow users to customize the report based on their needs."
"Deployment is somewhat complicated."
"ZAP's integration with cloud-based CICD pipelines could be better. The scan should run through the entire pipeline."
"They stopped their support for a short period. They've recently started to come back again. In the early days, support was much better."
"The forced browse has been incorporated into the program and it is resource-intensive."
"The tech support is responsive but issues remain unresolved."
"Support response times are slow and can be improved."
"The dashboard and interface are crucial and they need some improvement."
"One of the challenges I have with AppSpider is that it gives you a lot of false positives, especially when compared to other solutions."
"There are some glitches with stability, and it is an area for improvement."
"The product needs to be able to scale for large companies, like ours. We have millions of IP addresses that need to be scanned, and the scalability is not great."
"Integration could be better."
"Implementing Rapid7 AppSpider requires scanning and self-identification mechanisms. You can add different types of authentication to each scan."
OWASP Zap is ranked 7th in Static Application Security Testing (SAST) with 37 reviews while Rapid7 AppSpider is ranked 25th in Static Application Security Testing (SAST) with 13 reviews. OWASP Zap is rated 7.6, while Rapid7 AppSpider is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of OWASP Zap writes "Great for automating and testing and has tightened our security ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rapid7 AppSpider writes "Useful vulnerability reporting data, flexible, and simple implementation". OWASP Zap is most compared with SonarQube, Acunetix, Qualys Web Application Scanning, PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional and Contrast Security Assess, whereas Rapid7 AppSpider is most compared with Rapid7 InsightAppSec, Acunetix, Invicti, Qualys Web Application Scanning and Tenable.io Web Application Scanning. See our OWASP Zap vs. Rapid7 AppSpider report.
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