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

Attribute	Essential	Advanced	HCL AppScan
Focus	Native ASPM with In-house scanners	AI-powered PTaaS on top of native ASPM with In-house scanners	Native ASPM with In-house scanners
Extras	None	None	None
Headcount	136	Same	33
Headcount distribution	Engineering 40%, TI 15%, sales 13%, marketing 2%, operations 4% and others 26%	Same	Engineering 48%, TI 12%, marketing 3% and others 37%
Headcount growth	+3%, -2%, -7%	Same	+14%, +10%, +10%
Headquarters	86% CO	Same	67% IL
Countries	CO and US	Same	US
Reputation	9.79 from 161 reviews over 7 years on Gartner and Clutch	Same	8.84 from 322 reviews over 10 years on G2, Gartner, PeerSpot and TrustRadius
Followers	20K based on the following: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube	Same	15K based on the following: LinkedIn and X
Research Firms	None	None	Forrester and Gartner
Founded	2001	Same	2001
Funding	Bootstrapped	Same	No information available
Acquisitions	None	None	Acquired 3 times and made 1 acquisition
Revenue	5M to 10M	Same	No information available
CVE	257 CVEs reported to MITRE, ranked in the top 10 CVE labs worldwide	Same	291 CVEs reported to MITRE by HCL Software
Compliance	SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3	Same	ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/ICE 20243, ISO/IEC 22301, ISO/ICE 31000 and SOC 2 Type II
Bug bounty	Yes	Yes	No
Visits	19K per month. Top 3: 50% NL, 17% CO, 6% US and others 27%	Same	252K per month. Top 3: 20% JP, 13% IN, 12% US and others 55%
Authority	32 out of 100	Same	49 out of 100
Vulnerability database	Discovered	Same	None
Content	Blog, documentation, e-books, reports, videos, webinars and white papers	Same	Blog, documentation, newsroom and success cases
Knowledge base	13 KB sections, 6 in common and 7 additional	Same	6 KB sections, all in common
Community	Forum	Same	No
Sync training	No	No	No
Async training	3 product use courses, all free	Same	100 product use courses with certification (paid)
Distribution	Direct or with any of its 14 partners	Same	Direct or with any of its 97 partners
Marketplaces	AWS	Same	Azure
Freemium	No	No	No
Free trial	21-day free trial	PoV	30-day free trial and PoV
Demo	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pricing	Contact sales, marketplace and public web	Contact sales and public web	Contact sales, marketplace and public web
Pricing tiers	1 plan	1 plan	3 plans (silver, gold and platinum). All transparent
Minimum commit	Monthly	Monthly	Annually
Minimum payment period	Monthly	Monthly	Annually
Minimum capabilities	API security testing, ASPM, binary SAST, containers, CSPM, DAST, IaC, SAST, SCA and secrets	Same plus: PTaaS, RE and SCR	DAST, IAST, SAST and SCA
Minimum scope	1 group	1 author	1 scan
Pricing drivers	Groups	Authors	Scans or methods
Minimum monthly payment	1.529 USD	1.529 + 429 USD	17.167 USD

Service

Attribute	Essential	Advanced	HCL AppScan
PTaaS	No	Yes	No
Reverse engineering	No	Yes	No
Secure code review	No	Yes	No
Pivoting	No	Yes	No
Exploitation	No	Yes	No
Manual reattacks	Not applicable	Unlimited reattacks	Not applicable
Zero-day vulnerabilities	None	Continuous zero-day vulnerability research	None
SLA	Availability	Accuracy, availability and response	No information available
Min availability	>=99.95% per minute LTM	Same	No information available
After-sale guarantees	No	Yes	No
Accreditations	CNA and Penetration Testing by CREST	Same	CNA
Hacker certifications	Not applicable	202 from 59 different types	Not applicable
Type of contract	Employee	Same	Employee
Endpoint control	Not applicable	Total	Not applicable
Channel control	Not applicable	Total	Not applicable
Standards	Some requirements from 65 standards, 19 in common and 46 additional	All requirements from the same standards	37 standards, 19 in common and 18 additional
Detection method	Automated tools	Automated tools, AI and human intelligence	Automated tools
Remediation	5, 3 in common and 2 additional	Same, plus 1	3 remediation options, all in common
Outputs	5, 3 in common and 2 additional	Same, plus 2	8, 3 in common and 5 additional

Product

Attribute	Essential	Advanced	HCL AppScan
ASPM	Yes	Yes	Yes
API	GraphQL with JSON	Same	REST with JSON
IDE	5 functionalities, 1 in common and 2 additional	Same, plus 1 IDE functionality	2 functionalities, 1 in common and 1 additional
CLI	Yes	Yes	Yes
CI/CD	Breaks the build	Same	Breaks the build
Vulnerability sources	4 sources, 1 in common and 3 additional	Same	3 sources, 1 in common and 2 additional
Priority criteria	CVSS v4.0, CVSSF, EPSS and KEV	Same	CVSS v3.1
Custom prioritization	Priority score	Same	No
Scanner origin	In-house	In-house	In-house
SCA	24 package managers, 4 in common and 20 additional	Same	4 package managers, all in common
AI security	No	Yes	Yes
Reachability	12 languages	Same	No
Reachability type	Deterministic	Same	Not applicable
SBOM	22 package managers, 4 in common and 18 additional	Same	4 package managers, all in common
Malware detection	Yes	Yes	Yes
Autofix on components	No	No	No
Containers	4 distributions	Same	Yes. No information available
Source SAST (languages)	12, all in common	Same	29, 12 in common and 17 additional
Source SAST (frameworks)	22, 4 in common and 18 additional	Same	10, 4 in common and 6 additional
Custom rules	No	No	Workflows
IaC	6, 4 in common and 2 additional	4	4, all in common
Binary SAST	1 type of binary	Same, plus 2 types of binary	7 types of binaries, 2 in common and 5 additional
DAST	7 attack surface types, 7 in common and 3 additional	Same	8 attack surface types, 7 in common and 1 additional
API security testing	No	4 types of APIs	No
IAST	No	No	3 languages
CSPM	Yes	Yes	No
Environments	Left & Right (included)	No	Left & Right (included)
ASM	No	No	No
Secrets	15 secrets types, 7 in common and 8 additional	Same, plus verify other attack vectors and secrets exploitability	20 secrets types, 7 in common and 13 additional
AI	4 functions, 1 in common and 3 additional	Same	1 function in common
Open-source	MPL-2.0 license, totally equivalent to the paid version	Not applicable	No
Provisioning as Code	Yes	Yes	No
Deployment	SaaS	Same	SaaS and on-premises
Regions	US	Same	NA and WE
Status	Yes	Yes	Yes
Incidents	6 per year	Same	1.5 per year

Integrations

Attribute	Essential	Advanced	HCL AppScan
SCM	4, 2 in common and 2 additional	Same	2, all in common
Binary repositories	None	None	None
Ticketing	3, 2 in common and 1 additional	Same	3, 2 in common and 1 additional
ChatOps	None	None	None
IDE	2, all in common	Same	11, 2 in common and 9 additional
CI/CD	20, 7 in common and 13 additional	Same	7, all in common
SCA	Native	Same	Native
Container	Native	Same	Native
SAST	Native	Same	Native
DAST	Native	Same	Native
IAST	None	None	Native
Cloud	3	Same	None
CSPM	Native	Same	None
Secrets	Native	Same	None
Remediation	None	None	None
Bug bounty	None	None	None
Vulnerability management	None	None	3
Compliance	None	None	None

References were last checked on Aug 28, 2025.

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