We performed a comparison between Checkmarx One and OWASP Zap 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 setup is fairly easy. We didn't struggle with the process at all."
"The process of remediating software security vulnerabilities can now be performed (ongoing) as portions of the application are being built in advance of being compiled."
"The solution allows us to create custom rules for code checks."
"The solution is always updating to continuously add items that create a level of safety from vulnerabilities. It's one of the key features they provide that's an excellent selling point. They're always ahead of the game when it comes to finding any vulnerabilities within the database."
"The administration in Checkmarx is very good."
"The reports are very good because they include details on the code level, and make suggestions about how to fix the problems."
"Overall, the ability to find vulnerabilities in the code is better than the tool that we were using before."
"What I like best about Checkmarx is that it has fewer false positives than other products, giving you better results."
"Automatic scanning is a valuable feature and very easy to use."
"Simple to use, good user interface."
"It updates repositories and libraries quickly."
"They offer free access to some other tools."
"The stability of the solution is very good."
"It's great that we can use it with Portswigger Burp."
"The solution has tightened our security."
"The application scanning feature is the most valuable feature."
"Creating and editing custom rules in Checkmarx is difficult because the license for the editor comes at an additional cost, and there is a steep learning curve."
"They could work to improve the user interface. Right now, it really is lacking."
"Checkmarx could improve by reducing the price."
"We want to have a holistic view of the portfolio-level dashboard and not just an individual technical project level."
"When we first ran it on a big project, there wasn't enough memory on the computer. It originally ran with eight gigabytes, and now it runs with 32. The software stopped at some point, and while I don't think it said it ran out of memory, it just said "stopped" and something else. We had to go to the logs and send them to the integrator, and eventually, they found a memory issue in the logs and recommended increasing the memory. We doubled it once, and it didn't seem enough. We doubled it again, and it helped."
"It would be really helpful if the level of confidence was included, with respect to identified issues."
"With Checkmarx, normally you need to use one tool for quality and you need to use another tool for security. I understand that Checkmarx is not in the parity space because it's totally different, but they could include some free features or recommendations too."
"I really would like to integrate it as a service along with the SAP HANA Cloud Platform. It will then be easy to use it directly as a service."
"There are too many false positives."
"The automated vulnerability assessments that the application performs needs to be simplified as well as diversified."
"The ability to search the internet for other use cases and to use the solution to make applications more secure should be addressed."
"It doesn't run on absolutely every operating system."
"As security evolves, we would like DevOps built into it. As of now, Zap does not provide this."
"They stopped their support for a short period. They've recently started to come back again. In the early days, support was much better."
"Too many false positives; test reports could be improved."
"Lacks resources where users can internally access a learning module from the tool."
Checkmarx One is ranked 3rd in Static Application Security Testing (SAST) with 67 reviews while OWASP Zap is ranked 7th in Static Application Security Testing (SAST) with 37 reviews. Checkmarx One is rated 7.6, while OWASP Zap is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Checkmarx One writes "The report function is a great, configurable asset but sometimes yields false positives". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OWASP Zap writes "Great for automating and testing and has tightened our security ". Checkmarx One is most compared with SonarQube, Veracode, Fortify on Demand, Snyk and Fortify Application Defender, whereas OWASP Zap is most compared with SonarQube, Acunetix, Qualys Web Application Scanning, Veracode and Fortify WebInspect. See our Checkmarx One vs. OWASP Zap report.
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