Choose Checkmarx Over
Fortify by OpenText
We blend deep expertise with continuous innovation to secure your entire software development lifecycle.
Fortify Was Built For A World Before AI Wrote Code. Checkmarx Wasn’t.
Legacy scanners bolted together after an acquisition can’t keep pace with how software gets built today. Checkmarx One is the agentic AppSec platform engineered from day one for AI-speed development, deterministic accuracy, autonomous remediation, zero tool sprawl.
Fortify tells you what's wrong. Checkmarx fixes it.
Checkmarx’s AI-powered agents don’t just flag vulnerabilities, they generate the fix and ship it as a pull request your developer can merge with one click. Fortify lacks autonomous remediation with no native connection into the AI coding tools your developers are already using.
A Developer Experience Engineers Actually Use
Checkmarx One lives inside the IDE, SCM, and CI/CD, not bolted on after the fact. Instant feedback, AI-driven fixes, and policy enforcement happen where developers already are, so security stops being the thing that slows the team down.
Unified AppSec Coverage Built for the AI Era
Fortify was built for human speed, but your AI writes code in new languages every day, what Fortify’s fixed language list can’t keep up with. Checkmarx runs two engines concurrently: a deterministic engine covering 35 core languages with custom CxQL queries, tuned over two decades, plus a language-agnostic AI engine that covers whatever your AI tools generate next.
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See how Checkmarx compares to OpenText Fortify according to the actual user reviews on Gartner Peer Insights.
Why choose Checkmarx over Fortify by Open Text
Checkmarx is the leader in cloud native application security. Discover why customers prefer Checkmarx.
One Platform, Not a Product Bundle
Fortify’s SAST and DAST started life as separate acquisitions, you feel that seam every day you use them. Checkmarx provides everything you need to secure your entire application, complete coverage across every security domain, from code to runtime: SAST, DAST, Secrets, Containers, IaC, Malicious Packages, SCA, API Security, and Supply Chain Security.
Scan Directly From Repositories
Slow, non-incremental scanning drags developer velocity down exactly when speed matters most. Checkmarx enables you to fix it before it compiles, not after it ships. Findings surface the moment code hits the repo, with fast incremental scans that don’t punish you for shipping often.
Tuned to Your Codebase, Not a Generic Default
Fortify’s Custom Rules Editor means hand-authoring XML RulePacks just to tailor detection. Checkmarx does it with CxQL, a purpose-built query language mapped to your exact stack, no rule engineering required. Start fast out-of-the-box, then tune for accuracy as you go, leading fewer false positives, faster MTTR, and developers who trust the tool to focus on what matters.
Security Developers Trust, Not Security They Route Around
When a tool is fast, accurate, and fits the workflow, developers use it. When it isn’t, they find workarounds. Checkmarx helps you design a developer experience that builds trust, enabling you to both find and fix vulnerabilities and reduce risk.
Why the World’s Top Teams Choose Checkmarx
“We’ve seen an 80% noise reduction — our engineers now focus on the high-quality risks that matter.”Explore Best Buy Case Study
“By far the best AppSec tooling decision we have made”
“Checkmarx gave us a 90% reduction in vulnerabilities in just a few months.”
“Unifying our AppSec tools with Checkmarx gave us a single source of truth.”
“With 2.1B lines of code scanned monthly, Checkmarx gives us the scale and speed we need.”
“Checkmarx fits seamlessly into our DevOps pipelines—it’s a truly scalable solution.”
“From a buyer perspective, Checkmarx’s approach offers a structured and role-aware entry point into agentic security. ”
“Incorporating Checkmarx’s technology has revolutionized our development culture ”
“Checkmarx One made our security team and developers life easier.”
“The success of our AppSec program can be directly attributed to the tooling, processes and support provided by the Checkmarx managed services.”
“Bringing ASPM context directly into the IDE reflects a forward-looking approach to prioritizing security efforts based on risk earlier in the development process.”
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The Bottom Line
Where Checkmarx wins
Robust, fast support
Not the queue you join after the OpenText acquisition
Modern developer experience
IDE, SCM, CI/CD that developers actually adopt
Unified AppSec platform
SAST, SCA, IaC, API, Container, Supply Chain in one UX
Higher accuracy through customization
tune queries to your stack instead of drowning in noise
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