HCL AppScan
How does Fluid Attacks' solution compare to HCL AppScan's? The following comparison
table enables you to discern the performance of both providers across various attributes essential for meeting
your company's cybersecurity needs. To better understand each attribute, read their descriptions in the
dedicated page.
Organization
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Attribute
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Essential
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Advanced
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HCL
AppScan
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Focus
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Extras
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None
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None
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None
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Headcount
|
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Headcount distribution
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Headcount growth
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Headquarters
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Countries
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Reputation
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Same
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Followers
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Same
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Research Firms
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None
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None
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Founded
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2001 | ||
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Funding
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Bootstrapped
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Same
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No information available
|
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Acquisitions
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None |
None
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Acquired 3 times and made 1 acquisition
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Revenue
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No information available
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CVE
|
291 CVEs reported to MITRE by
HCL Software
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Compliance
|
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Bug bounty
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Visits
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No information available
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Authority
|
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Vulnerability database
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Discovered | None | |
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Content
|
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Knowledge base
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13 KB sections, 6
in common and 7 additional
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6 KB
sections, all in common
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Community
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Forum |
Same
|
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Sync training
|
No
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No | No |
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Async training
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3 product use
courses, all free
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Certification platform and 7 product use
courses (subscription-based)
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Distribution
|
Same
|
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| Marketplaces | AWS and Azure | ||
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Freemium
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No
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No
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No
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Free trial
|
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Demo
|
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Open Demo
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No
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No
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No
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Pricing
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Pricing tiers
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1 plan
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1 plan
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3 plans
(silver, gold and platinum). All transparent
|
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Minimum commit
|
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Minimum payment period
|
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Minimum capabilities
|
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Minimum scope
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1 group
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1 author
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1 concurrent scan and 1 scanning technique
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Pricing drivers
|
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Minimum monthly payment
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No information available
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Service
|
Attribute
|
Essential
|
Advanced
|
HCL AppScan
|
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PTaaS
|
No
|
No
|
|
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Reverse engineering
|
No
|
Yes | No |
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Secure code review
|
No
|
No
|
|
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Pivoting
|
No
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No
|
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Exploitation
|
No
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No
|
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Manual reattacks
|
Not applicable
|
Not applicable
|
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Zero-day
vulnerabilities
|
None
|
None
|
|
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SLA
|
No |
||
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Min availability
|
>=99.95%
per minute LTM
|
>=99.9% per month
|
|
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After-sale guarantees
|
No
|
Yes |
No
|
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Accreditations
|
CNA (HCL Software)
|
||
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Hacker certifications
|
Not
applicable
|
Not
applicable
|
|
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Type of contract
|
Employee
|
Same
|
|
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Endpoint control
|
Not applicable
|
Total
|
Not applicable
|
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Channel control
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Not applicable
|
Total
|
Not applicable
|
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Standards
|
Some
requirements from
65 standards, 19
in common and 46
additional
|
All requirements from the same standards
|
|
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Detection method
|
Automated
tools and AI
|
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Remediation
|
5, 3 in
common and 2 additional
|
Same, plus 1
|
3, all in
common
|
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Outputs
|
5, 3 in
common and 2 additional
|
Same, plus 2
|
8, 3 in common and
5 additional
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Product
|
Attribute
|
Essential
|
Advanced
|
HCL
AppScan
|
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ASPM
|
Yes | ||
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API
|
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IDE
|
Same, plus 1 IDE
functionality
|
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CLI
|
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CI/CD
|
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Vulnerability sources
|
4 sources,
1 in common and 3 additional
|
3 sources,
1 in common and 2 additional
|
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Priority criteria
|
|||
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Custom prioritization
|
No
|
||
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Scanner origin
|
|||
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SCA
|
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|
AI security
|
No
|
||
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Reachability
|
12 languages
|
No
|
|
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Reachability type
|
Not applicable
|
||
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SBOM
|
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Malware detection
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
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Autofix on components
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
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Containers
|
Yes. No
information available
|
||
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Source SAST
(languages)
|
12, all in
common
|
29, 12 in
common and 17 additional
|
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Source SAST
(frameworks)
|
22, 4 in common and 18
additional
|
10, 4 in common and 6 additional |
|
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Custom rules
|
No
|
No
|
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IaC
|
6,
4 in common and 2 additional
|
4,
all in common
|
|
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Binary SAST
|
1 type of binary
|
Same,
plus 2 types of binary
|
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DAST
|
7 attack surface
types, 5 in common and 2
additional
|
6 attack surface types, 5 in common and 1 additional |
|
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API security testing
|
No
|
Yes. No information available
|
|
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IAST
|
No
|
No
|
|
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CSPM
|
Yes |
No
|
|
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ASM
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
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Secrets
|
Same, plus verify other
attack vectors and secrets exploitability
|
20 secrets
types,
7 in common and 13 additional
|
|
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AI
|
3 functions, 1 in
common and 2 additional
|
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MCP
|
No
|
||
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Open-source
|
Not applicable
|
No
|
|
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Provisioning as Code
|
No
|
||
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Deployment
|
SaaS
and
on-premises
|
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| Regions | |||
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Status
|
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Incidents
|
Integrations
|
Attribute
|
Essential
|
Advanced
|
HCL
AppScan
|
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SCM
|
6, 2 in common and 4 additional
|
2, all in
common
|
|
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Binary repositories
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
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Ticketing
|
3, 2 in common and 1
additional
|
3, 2 in common and 1 additional |
|
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ChatOps
|
None |
None
|
None |
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IDE
|
2, all in
common
|
11, 2 in common and 9 additional |
|
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CI/CD
|
20, 7 in common and 13
additional
|
7, all in common
|
|
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SCA
|
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Container
|
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SAST
|
|||
|
DAST
|
|||
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IAST
|
None |
None
|
|
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Cloud
|
None
|
||
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CSPM
|
None | ||
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Secrets
|
None |
||
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Remediation
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
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Bug bounty
|
None
|
None
|
None |
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Vulnerability management
|
None
|
None
|
|
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Compliance
|
None
|
None
|
None
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References were last checked on Sep 17, 2025.
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