What users are saying about

Acunetix vs Checkmarx

Acunetix
7 Ratings
Checkmarx
9 Ratings

Acunetix

7 Ratings
<a href='https://www.trustradius.com/static/about-trustradius-scoring' target='_blank' rel='nofollow noopener noreferrer'>trScore algorithm: Learn more.</a>
Score 6.8 out of 100

Based on 7 reviews and ratings

Checkmarx

9 Ratings
<a href='https://www.trustradius.com/static/about-trustradius-scoring' target='_blank' rel='nofollow noopener noreferrer'>trScore algorithm: Learn more.</a>
Score 9.3 out of 100

Based on 9 reviews and ratings

Likelihood to Recommend

Acunetix

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.

Read full review

Aaron Bryson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Aaron Bryson
View all 1 answers on this topic

Checkmarx

Checkmarx works really well when you actively work with it, rerunning it after change. It gets confused easily when lots of files get changes, and results in a lot of additional false positives.

Read full review

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Verified User
View all 1 answers on this topic

Pros

Acunetix

  • 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.

Read full review

Aaron Bryson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Aaron Bryson
View all 1 answers on this topic

Checkmarx

  • Supports a large number of languages
  • Finds a large variety of potential risks

Read full review

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Verified User
View all 1 answers on this topic

Cons

Acunetix

  • 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.

Read full review

Aaron Bryson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Aaron Bryson
View all 1 answers on this topic

Checkmarx

  • Lots of false positives
  • Hard to integrate with CI

Read full review

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Verified User
View all 1 answers on this topic

Alternatives Considered

Acunetix

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.

Read full review

Aaron Bryson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Aaron Bryson
View all 1 answers on this topic

Checkmarx

No answers on this topic

Return on Investment

Acunetix

  • 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.

Read full review

Aaron Bryson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Aaron Bryson
View all 1 answers on this topic

Checkmarx

  • Improved ability to provide high level of IA confidence
  • Improved confidence in application-level security

Read full review

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Verified User
View all 1 answers on this topic

Screenshots

Checkmarx

—

Pricing Details

Acunetix

General

Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—
Entry-level set up fee?
No

Checkmarx

General

Free Trial
—
Free/Freemium Version
—
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—
Entry-level set up fee?
No

Add comparison