We performed a comparison between Fortify WebInspect and Synopsys API Security Testing based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about HCLTech, OpenText, Rapid7 and others in Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)."The most valuable feature is the static analysis."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the ability to make our customers more secure."
"It is scalable and very easy to use."
"The solution is easy to use."
"Fortify WebInspect is a scalable solution, it is good for a lot of applications."
"The solution's technical support was very helpful."
"The accuracy of its scans is great."
"Good at scanning and finding vulnerabilities."
"The most valuable features of Synopsys API Security Testing are the metrics, results, and threat vectors that it shares."
"Lately, we've seen more false negatives."
"It took us between eight and ten hours to scan an entire site, which is somewhat slow and something that I think can be improved."
"We have had a problem with authentification."
"Creating reports is very slow and it is something that should be improved."
"It requires improvement in terms of scanning. The application scan heavily utilizes the resources of an on-premise server. 32 GB RAM is very high for an enterprise web application."
"The solution needs better integration with Microsoft's Azure Cloud or an extension of Azure DevOps. In fact, it should better integrate with any cloud provider. Right now, it's quite difficult to integrate with that solution, from the cloud perspective."
"Fortify WebInspect could improve user-friendliness. Additionally, it is very bulky to use."
"The initial setup was complex."
"The solution required us to use our team and we spoke to Synopsys API Security Testing's support to do the implementation. We use two people from our team for the implementation. and one person for maintenance."
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Fortify WebInspect is ranked 2nd in Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) with 17 reviews while Synopsys API Security Testing is ranked 35th in Static Application Security Testing (SAST). Fortify WebInspect is rated 7.0, while Synopsys API Security Testing is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Fortify WebInspect writes "A powerful tool catering to multiple use cases that provides reasonably good technical support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Synopsys API Security Testing writes "Useful threat vectors, beneficial results, but implementation needed support". Fortify WebInspect is most compared with PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional, Fortify on Demand, Acunetix, OWASP Zap and SonarCloud, whereas Synopsys API Security Testing is most compared with Seeker and OWASP Zap.
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