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Likelihood to Recommend

9.0
Acunetix by Invicti
90%
1 Rating

6.0
Checkmarx
60%
2 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Acunetix by Invicti
It is suited well for ad-hoc and scheduled application vulnerability scans. You must review the results to manually filter out false-positives. You must always keep in mind that this is only a vulnerability scan. It can only find a certain class of vulnerabilities, and it can only do that so well. You should definitely not rely on this tool alone for identifying problems. That being said, I have used it along with every other major commercial vulnerability scanner and find it to the best overall ROI compared to more expensive commercial scanners that don't necessarily give you a better user experience or better vulnerability results. I rarely need support from the vendor, but when I do, they have been responsive and able to solve the issue quickly.
Director - Red Team (Application, Mobile, Cloud, IoT security, etc.)
Cylance, Inc.Computer & Network Security, 1001-5000 employees
Checkmarx
It is well suited in cases where you wanna share reports with people that do not have a lot of knowledge in security concepts. It would help as the report has elaborate content explaining the issues and fix recommendations. If you want a SAST tool that gives fewer false positives, there are better options compared to Checkmarx. In cases where you want to do SAST scans regularly and quickly, Checkmarx may hold you back with its high count of false positives and lengthy reports.

Verified User
Engineer in Research & Development
Public Relations & Communications Company, 1001-5000 employeesPros
Acunetix by Invicti
- Fast.
- Easy-to-use.
- Great customer support.
- Reporting features.
- Supports importing state files from other popular application testing tools.
- Has other features built-in beyond just scanning for vulnerabilities.
Director - Red Team (Application, Mobile, Cloud, IoT security, etc.)
Cylance, Inc.Computer & Network Security, 1001-5000 employees
Checkmarx
- Supports a large number of languages
- Finds a large variety of potential risks

Verified User
Team Lead in Research & Development
Internet Company, 11-50 employeesCons
Acunetix by Invicti
- Does not support multiple endpoints well (e.g. apps and services that do not reside at the same URL).
- Has authentication problems with modern enterprise apps which involve a lot of redirects to unrelated endpoints, federated IDs, SSO, etc. This is related to the first point.
- The vulnerability detection capability is not as robust as Burp Suite Pro + extensions, Metasploit + auxiliary modules, Nmap + scripts, etc.
Director - Red Team (Application, Mobile, Cloud, IoT security, etc.)
Cylance, Inc.Computer & Network Security, 1001-5000 employees
Checkmarx
- Scan duration
- False positives
- Integration with other tools like Jenkins comes with some inconveniences.

Verified User
Engineer in Research & Development
Public Relations & Communications Company, 1001-5000 employeesPricing Details
Acunetix by Invicti
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$0
Acunetix by Invicti Editions & Modules
Edition
Websites Scanned: 5 | $4,500 |
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Websites Scanned: 6-10 | $7,200 |
Websites Scanned: 11-20 | $10,800 |
Websites Scanned: 21-35 | $22,540 |
Websites Scanned: 36-50 | $26,600 |
Websites Scanned: Over 50 | Contact for quote |
- none
Additional Pricing Details
—Checkmarx
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Checkmarx Editions & Modules
—
Additional Pricing Details
—Alternatives Considered
Acunetix by Invicti
Every year, we re-evaluate the tools we are using and licensing. We balance the ever-changing vendor licensing-models, costs, tool features/usability, etc. For the last few years, this has been the best overall commercial tool for our specific use case. However, this is only one of many tools that we use and need.
Director - Red Team (Application, Mobile, Cloud, IoT security, etc.)
Cylance, Inc.Computer & Network Security, 1001-5000 employees
Checkmarx
We actually use Checkmarx along with the other tools. However, the reason we chose Checkmarx is its wide support for languages and useful fix recommendations. The flowcharts help better understand the data flow and give a clear picture of what needs to be fixed and how. Also, developers can make a note of what should be avoided in the future. Overall, it's a great tool and would be a good investment to make.

Verified User
Engineer in Research & Development
Public Relations & Communications Company, 1001-5000 employeesReturn on Investment
Acunetix by Invicti
- Saved money compared to other commercial scanners, especially over the long run.
- Scan speed seems to be pretty good compared to some of the bulkier commercial products out there. However, that largely has to do with proper configuration.
- A downside is that is requires a bit of extra work just to get it set up to scan APIs, web services, etc.
Director - Red Team (Application, Mobile, Cloud, IoT security, etc.)
Cylance, Inc.Computer & Network Security, 1001-5000 employees
Checkmarx
- Improved ability to provide high level of IA confidence
- Improved confidence in application-level security

Verified User
Team Lead in Research & Development
Internet Company, 11-50 employees