Why Checkmarx
Go with the AppSec experts – don’t leave your security with a company that doesn’t focus on security.
Benefits
Fortify is owned by OpenText, a company that focuses on information management – not security. We are AppSec experts.
Fortify by OpenText customers report poor support and slow response times, since Fortify is just one of OpenText’s 400+ solutions. Checkmarx has robust and responsive support offerings.
Integrations are difficult to setup, hard to maintain, and require a steep learning curve.
Checkmarx provides easy integration with your IDE, SCM, and feedback channels.
OpenText limits R&D spend into Fortify, resulting in disjointed point solutions offering a poor user experience.
Checkmarx One is a unified AppSec platform.
Generative AI recommends how to remove vulnerabilities in your application. Get AI-generated code to fix vulnerabilities, that can be automatically implemented with just the click of a button.
Checkmarx is the leader in cloud native application security. Discover why Checkmarx beats Fortify by OpenText.
Multiple Solutions Don’t Make a Platform
OpenText Fortify may have multiple AppSec solutions on paper, but only has limited integration and correlation between them.
Checkmarx protects more of your application across your entire SDLC —all in a seamless platform and with a single UI.
OpenText Fortify may have multiple AppSec solutions on paper, but only has limited integration and correlation between them.
Checkmarx protects more of your application across your entire SDLC —all in a seamless platform and with a single UI.
Scan Directly From Repositories
Without direct repository scanning, OpenText Fortify requires code to be compiled every time you want to scan.
With Checkmarx, scan directly from the repos and on check-in, so you can find and fix vulnerabilities before they end up in your application.
Without direct repository scanning, OpenText Fortify requires code to be compiled every time you want to scan.
With Checkmarx, scan directly from the repos and on check-in, so you can find and fix vulnerabilities before they end up in your application.
More Customization = Higher Accuracy
Fortify doesn’t provide the ability to customize queries.
Checkmarx lets you start fast out-of-the-box with our fast scan. For more precision, custom queries tailor your solution to your specific application requirements, and drive the highest accuracy.
Fortify doesn’t provide the ability to customize queries.
Checkmarx lets you start fast out-of-the-box with our fast scan. For more precision, custom queries tailor your solution to your specific application requirements, and drive the highest accuracy.
Technology That Builds #DevSecTrust
Fortify is a legacy solution that doesn’t prioritize developers. It lacks developer training, and integrations into the SDLC are clunky.
Checkmarx helps you design a developer experience that builds trust, enabling you to both find and fix vulnerabilities and reduce risk.
Fortify is a legacy solution that doesn’t prioritize developers. It lacks developer training, and integrations into the SDLC are clunky.
Checkmarx helps you design a developer experience that builds trust, enabling you to both find and fix vulnerabilities and reduce risk.
Third-Party Evaluation
See how Checkmarx SAST and SCA stacks up against a leading competitor in a third-party evaluation
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Checkmarx vs Fortify
| Feature | Feature | Fortify | Checkmarx |
|---|---|---|---|
| Security Focus | |||
| Security Focus | Fortify is just one of OpenText’s 400+ solutions | Checkmarx is 100% focused on application security and a pioneer and innovator | |
| Roadmap and Instability | |||
| Roadmap and Instability | Originally part of HP, the company has undergone multiple acquisitions leading to concerns about stability of product roadmap, support, and operations. | Checkmarx is an established AppSec company with a history of innovation | |
| Platform | |||
| Platform | Fortify is a legacy solution and customers complain about dated UI and disjointed experience. | Checkmarx One is a cloud-native AppSec platform built from the ground up and with a modern, seamless UI of scanners. | |
| SAST | |||
| SAST | High false positive rate | Checkmarx false positive rate is 30% lower than Fortify, and our accuracy rate is 25% higher. | |
| Lacks incremental scanning and ability to scan directly from the repository. | Incremental scanning, real-time in IDE scanning, auto-remediation, fast scan mode and high accuracy and customization. | ||
| SCA | |||
| SCA | No malicious package protection | Malicious package detection – 200K+ malicious packages identified to date | |
| Exploitable Path | |||
| Exploitable Path | No Exploitable Path feature | Checkmarx Exploitable Path supports all major repos and popular languages. | |
| Container Security | |||
| Container Security | No container security solution | Container image scanning | |
| Docker integration | |||
| Runtime context through integrations | |||
| IaC Security | |||
| IaC Security | Support Docker files only | Industry leader with >4m downloads with >20 languages supported | |
| Developer Experience | |||
| Developer Experience | Customers complain that the platform isn’t intuitive and difficult to integrate. | Checkmarx One seamlessly integrates into the SDLC, including CI/CD platforms, IDEs, and more. | |
| ASPM | |||
| ASPM | No ASPM solution | Works with Checkmarx, third-party, and competitive solutions | |
| AI Security | |||
| AI Security | Fortify lacks AI-driven capabilities even as OpenText invests in AI for their information management business. | AI Query Builder, auto-remediation and more to secure AI-generated code and manage internal IP. | |
| Pricing | |||
| Pricing | Analysts have noted that Fortify has one of the more complex pricing models. | Checkmarx has simplified our pricing model. | |
| Support | |||
| Support | Customers complain about “horrendous” and unresponsive customer support | Checkmarx offers extensive and flexible support options with clear, defined, and expedient SLAs. | |
“Checkmarx One definitely checks all my boxes from a security standpoint and has a great interface that’s engaging and easy to use. Some of the solutions we considered were more complicated. With Checkmarx One, it’s easy to get right to the problem with little to no learning curve.”
“Incorporating Checkmarx’s technology has revolutionized our development culture. It’s more than just technology; it serves as the foundation of our security strategy, ensuring that our applications are secure by design.”
“The success of our AppSec program can be directly attributed to the tooling, processes and support provided by Checkmarx managed services. Our mission revolves around providing secure and compliant lottery and gaming applications and services to our clients around the globe, and with Checkmarx SAST, SCA and associated components enhanced by their stellar service support, we deliver on this promise with confidence and certainty.”
“After nearly nine years of using Checkmarx’s SAST, CGI’s journey has been one of seamless integration and consistent satisfaction. The last three years have been particularly smooth, reflecting the solution’s reliability and our successful partnership.”
“By Far The Best AppSec Tooling Decision We Have Made!!”
“We were thrilled to find Checkmarx, which helped us improve the SLA for identifying and remediating risk, reduce risk and the number of vulnerabilities, and eliminate high- and medium-risk issues.”
“Checkmarx made security team and developers life easier.”
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