We performed a comparison between HCL AppScan and Visual Studio Test Professional based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Sonar, Veracode, Checkmarx and others in Application Security Tools."The UI was very intuitive."
"The static scans are good, and the SaaS as well."
"It provides a better integration for our ecosystem."
"The product has valuable features for static and dynamic testing."
"It comes with all of the templates that we need. For example, we are a company that is regulated by PCI. In order to be PCI compliant, we have a lot of checks and procedures to which we have to comply."
"The solution is cheap."
"It has certainly helped us find vulnerabilities in our software, so this is priceless in the end."
"The solution offers services in a few specific development languages."
"The most valuable features are tools like IntelliSense and ReSharper."
"The most valuable features of Visual Studio Test Professional are the IntelliSense and the ease of adding the NuGet packages."
"It is very easy to use. You can handle a lot of things together at once in one package, which is a good point for us."
"The documentation is easy, and it helps us solve our problems."
"The ability to quickly make your own components has been valuable."
"You can easily write code, test, and deploy within the same environment. It is a mature tool. It regularly receives new updates and versions. In my opinion, it's one of the best products by Microsoft for developers."
"Visual Studio Test Professional is a user-friendly solution."
"Code testing is the most valuable feature of this solution for developing software."
"The solution's scalability can be a matter of concern because one license runs on one machine only."
"I think being able to search across more containers, especially some of the docker elements. We need a little tighter integration there. That's the only thing I can see at this point."
"Improving usability could enhance the overall experience with AppScan. It would be beneficial to make the solution more user-friendly, ensuring that everyone can easily navigate and utilize its features."
"One thing which I think can be improved is the CI/CD Integration"
"Many silly false positives are produced."
"IBM Security AppScan Source is rather hard to use."
"In future releases, I would like to see more aggressive reports. I would also like to see less false positives."
"The tool should improve its output. Scanning is not a challenge anymore since there are many such tools available in the market. The product needs to focus on how its output is being used by end users. It should be also more user-friendly. One of the major challenges is in the tool's integration with applications that need to be scanned. Sometimes, the scanning is not proper."
"The service right now is far too expensive. You need to pay per user."
"The vendor must release a lightweight version of the solution."
"It would be great to support other languages and applications, and that is one of the things we can improve."
"Visual Studio Test Professional should include more automation."
"Over the years, I haven't identified any specific enhancements that I desire; Visual Studio has consistently met my requirements seamlessly and flawlessly."
"The database administration could be better; you should be able to choose new tools with the development environment in Visual Studio. It could be easier to use."
"The solution can improve the startup time."
"The solution's documentation could be improved for beginners."
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HCL AppScan is ranked 14th in Application Security Tools with 41 reviews while Visual Studio Test Professional is ranked 6th in Functional Testing Tools with 48 reviews. HCL AppScan is rated 7.8, while Visual Studio Test Professional is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of HCL AppScan writes " A stable and scalable product useful for application security scanning". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Visual Studio Test Professional writes "Customization is a key feature as is the ability to integrate with third-party services ". HCL AppScan is most compared with SonarQube, Veracode, Acunetix, PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional and OWASP Zap, whereas Visual Studio Test Professional is most compared with TFS, Apache JMeter, Tricentis NeoLoad, SmartBear TestComplete and Tricentis Tosca.
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