HCL AppScan
Last updated: Mar 25, 2026
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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.
This comparison focuses exclusively on the product itself, even though it belongs to a larger parent company. All information collected is based on the product’s technical, functional, and theoretical capabilities, not on attributes of the parent company.
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 | 157 | Same | 34 |
| Headcount distribution | Engineering 40%, IT 14%, sales 15%, marketing 2%, operations 4% and others 25% | Same | Engineering 50%, IT 12%, marketing 3%, operations 6% and others 29% |
| Headcount growth | +14%, +15%, -1% | Same | -6%, +10%, +3% |
| Headquarters | CO and US | Same | US |
| Countries | AR, BO, CA, CL, CO, DO, MX, PA, PE and US | Same | IL, IN and US |
| Reputation | 9.76 from 228 reviews over 8 years on Gartner and Clutch | Same | 8.63 from 339 reviews over 10 years on G2, Gartner, PeerSpot and TrustRadius |
| Followers | 22K based on the following: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube | Same | Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) |
| Research firms | None | None | Forrester |
| Founded | 2001 | Same | 2019 |
| Funding | Bootstrapped | Same | Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) |
| Acquisitions | None | None | Acquired 3 times and made 1 acquisition |
| Revenue | 10M to 15M | Same | Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) |
| CVEs as CNA Researcher | 289 CVEs reported to MITRE, ranked in the top 10 CVE labs worldwide | Same | 413 CVEs reported to MITRE by HCL Software |
| Compliance | SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3 | Same | ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017 and SOC 2 Type II |
| Bug bounty | Yes | Yes | No |
| Visits | 27K per month. Top 3: 34% PE, 33% CO, 6% CL. Others 27% | Same | Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) |
| Authority | 31 out of 100 | Same | Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) |
| Public vulnerability DB | Discovered and third-party | Same | None |
| Content | Blog, documentation, e-books, glossary, reports, success stories, videos, webinars and white papers | Same | Blog, documentation, newsroom and success cases |
| Comprehensive documentation | 13 documentation sections, 6 in common and 7 additional | Same | 6 documentation sections, all in common |
| Community | Forum | Same | Forum by HCL Software |
| Sync training | 1 workshop | Same | No |
| Async training | 3 product use courses, all free | Same | Certification platform and 7 product use courses by HCL Software (subscription-based) |
| Distribution | Direct or with any of its 14 partners | Same | Direct or with any of its 95 partners |
| Marketplaces | AWS | Same | AWS and Azure |
| Freemium | No | No | No |
| Free trial | 21-day free trial | PoV | 30-day free trial and PoV |
| Demo | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Open demo | No | No | No |
| Pricing | Contact sales and marketplace | Contact sales | Contact sales, marketplace and public web |
| Pricing tiers | 1 plan | 1 plan | 3 plans (silver, gold and platinum). All transparent |
| Minimum term | Monthly | Monthly | Annually |
| Minimum payment period | Monthly | Monthly | Annually |
| Minimum capabilities | ASPM, binary SAST, DAST, IaC, SAST, SCA and secrets | Same plus: AI SAST, API security testing, PTaaS, RE and SCR | One of the following techniques: DAST, IAST, SAST or SCA |
| Minimum scope | 1 author | Same | 1 concurrent scan and 1 scanning technique |
| Pricing drivers | Authors | Same | Concurrency and scanning technique |
| Free implementation | Yes | Yes | No information available |
| Free support | Yes | Yes | No |
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 | Availability |
| Minimum availability | 99.95% per year | Same | 99.9% per month |
| After-sale guarantees | No | Yes | No |
| Accreditations | CNA and Penetration Testing by CREST | Same | CNA (as HCL Software) |
| Pentester certifications | Not applicable | 202 from 59 different types | Not applicable |
| Type of contract | Employee | Same | Employee |
| Endpoint control | No | Total | Not applicable |
| Channel control | No | Total | Not applicable |
| Standards | Some requirements from 67 standards, 19 in common and 48 additional | All requirements from the same standards | 37 standards, 19 in common and 18 additional |
| Detection method | Automated tools | AI, Automated tools and human intelligence | Automated tools and AI |
| Remediation | 5, 3 in common and 2 additional | Same, plus 1 | 3, all in common |
| Output | 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 4 additional | Same, plus 1 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 |
| Threat model alignment | Yes | Yes | No |
| 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 | 19 package managers, 9 in common and 10 additional | Same | 12 package managers, 9 in common and 3 additional |
| AI security | No | Yes | Yes |
| Reachability | 12 languages | Same | No |
| Reachability type | Deterministic | Same | Not applicable |
| SBOM | 22 package managers, 8 in common and 14 additional | Same | 12 package managers, 8 in common and 4 additional |
| Malware detection | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Autofix on components | No | No | No |
| Source SAST (languages) | 12, all in common | Same | 30, 12 in common and 18 additional |
| Source SAST (frameworks) | 22, 10 in common and 12 additional | Same | 19, 10 in common and 9 additional |
| Custom rules | No | No | Patterns |
| IaC | 6, 4 in common and 2 additional | 4 | 4, all in common |
| Binary SAST | 1 type of binary in common | Same, plus 2 types of binaries, 1 in common and 1 additional | 7 types of binaries, 2 in common and 5 additional |
| DAST | 7 attack surface types, 5 in common and 2 additional | Same | 6 attack surface types, 5 in common and 1 additional |
| API security testing | No | 4 types of APIs | Yes. No information available |
| IAST | No | No | 3 languages |
| 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 |
| MCP | Yes | Yes | No |
| Open-source | MPL-2 license, totally equivalent to the paid version | Not applicable | No |
| Provisioning as code | Yes | Yes | No |
| Deployment | SaaS (multi-tenant) | Same | SaaS + on-premises (no tenancy information) |
| Regions | US | Same | NA and WE |
| Status | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Incidents | 3 per year | Same | 1.5 per year |
Integrations
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | HCL AppScan |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCM | 6, 2 in common and 4 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 | 3, 2 in common and 1 additional | Same | 11, 2 in common and 9 additional |
| CI/CD | 21, 7 in common and 14 additional | Same | 7, all in common |
| SCA | Native | Same | Native |
| SAST | Native | Same | Native |
| DAST | Native | Same | Native |
| IAST | None | None | Native |
| Secrets | Native | Same | None |
| Remediation | None | None | None |
| Bug bounty | None | None | None |
| Vulnerability management | None | None | 1 |
| Compliance | None | None | None |
The latest update to this comparison was on Mar 17, 2026. The primary sources of information were hcl-software.com and help.hcl-software.comm, which were supplemented by specialized information-gathering sites, social media, and other sources.
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