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HCL AppScanvsInvicti Platform

Compare buyer fit, pricing, capability depth, and purchase constraints within one buying category. A higher score is not a universal winner.

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How to choose

These conclusions apply to this subcategory and the buyer conditions shown here. They do not make one product universally better.

HCL AppScan

Consider when

Developers starting with free SAST in code-review workflows
Small and midsize teams buying hosted SAST, DAST, or SCA scans as needed

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Buyers requiring complete public pricing for every AppScan product and service
Teams expecting the 14-day trial to remain available as a free plan

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Invicti Platform

Consider when

Enterprise AppSec teams prioritizing proof-based DAST and API security
Programs consolidating code, dependency, container, IaC, secrets, and runtime findings

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Buyers requiring published numeric pricing or a permanent free plan
Small teams seeking the separate Acunetix product rather than an enterprise AppSec platform

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Dimension	HCL AppScan	Invicti Platform
Pricing and trial	CodeSweep $0 USD · per downloadable application · Developers at any skill level Professional $29.99 USD · per scan · per usage unit · Limited single-scan offer · promotional · minimum 1 scan · Professional credit-card purchase in a listed country; 1 to 100 scans per order $299 USD · per scan · per usage unit · Displayed regular reference price · reference · Professional plan reference price displayed beside the limited offer $699 USD · per 50-scan pack · per usage unit · Limited 50-scan pack · promotional · Professional credit-card purchase in a listed country; maximum two packs per order Enterprise Requires quote · custom quote · Midsize and large organizations purchasing through HCL AppScan sales Professional scan credits provide DAST, SAST, or SCA access for a stated one-year SaaS subscription, and unused scans expire when that subscription period ends. Enterprise is quote-based and adds broader technologies and deployment choices. Public payment timing, renewal price, taxes, implementation cost, support price, and minimum Enterprise purchase are not stated. Product-specific user, floating-user, application, and concurrent metrics are separate routes rather than additional core plans. HCL AppScan Marketplace: Direct download, scan-credit checkout, or sales-assisted purchase for the retained CodeSweep, Professional, and Enterprise plan ladder. HCL AppScan on Cloud direct sales: Hosted AppScan procurement by application, concurrent capacity, or scan through HCL sales; these metrics are routes, not additional plan names. HCL AppScan 360: Separate cloud-native, self-managed platform for on-premises, private, public, sovereign, air-gapped, or hybrid deployment. HCL AppScan Standard on AWS Marketplace: Separate AWS Marketplace AMI route for the AppScan Standard DAST product; it is not a Professional or Enterprise core-plan offer. HCL AppScan API Security: Separate sales-assisted product for continuous API discovery, testing, and posture governance beyond ordinary API scan ingestion. Full profile	Web + API Requires quote · custom quote AppSec Core Requires quote · custom quote AppSec Flex Requires quote · custom quote Web + API covers DAST-led web and API testing. AppSec Core adds code, supply-chain, and posture-management scope. AppSec Flex adds enterprise integrations, governance, and flexible deployment. Agentic Pentest, professional services, Premium Support, and Guided Success are not core plans. Invicti on AWS Marketplace: Invicti offers public and private AWS Marketplace procurement. The listing's public numeric dimensions are legacy Invicti Enterprise, Acunetix, support, or standalone ASPM entries rather than current Web + API, AppSec Core, or AppSec Flex offers, so none are repeated here. Full profile
Best for	Developers starting with free SAST in code-review workflows Small and midsize teams buying hosted SAST, DAST, or SCA scans as needed Enterprise AppSec programs needing multiple testing technologies, centralized governance, and deployment choice	Enterprise AppSec teams prioritizing proof-based DAST and API security Programs consolidating code, dependency, container, IaC, secrets, and runtime findings DevSecOps organizations needing CI/CD orchestration and two-way remediation workflows
Not for	Buyers requiring complete public pricing for every AppScan product and service Teams expecting the 14-day trial to remain available as a free plan Buyers unwilling to map AppScan product, deployment, metric, and add-on boundaries during procurement	Buyers requiring published numeric pricing or a permanent free plan Small teams seeking the separate Acunetix product rather than an enterprise AppSec platform Buyers unwilling to validate plan-specific IAST, target, deployment, support, and service scope through sales
Source check	97/100	98/100
Key features	SAST, DAST, SCA, IAST, API, secrets, container, and IaC coverage across the family IDE, source-control, CI/CD, API, and automation workflows AI-assisted finding analysis, prioritization, correlation, and remediation guidance Central dashboards, policies, reporting, compliance mapping, and risk governance Managed SaaS and self-managed on-premises, cloud, hybrid, sovereign, and air-gapped options	Proof-based DAST with runtime validation Multilayer API discovery and stateful API security testing Partner-supplied SAST with DAST and IAST runtime correlation Static and dynamic SCA, container security, IaC scanning, secrets detection, and SBOM with VEX ASPM, vulnerability management, deduplication, prioritization, and compliance reporting
Cons	The $29.99 Professional rate and $699 pack are explicitly promotional offers Unused Professional scans expire at the end of the subscription period Professional credit-card checkout is limited to the countries listed by HCL	No public numeric core-plan price, minimum, contract commitment, payment timing, renewal term, or implementation amount IAST is documented at platform level but not mapped to a current named plan SAST is partner-supplied, so engine coverage and entitlement should be confirmed
Category buying score	81Joint highest score	81Joint highest score
Rank	#2	#3
Context	Security & Privacy / Application Security Testing Software	Security & Privacy / Application Security Testing Software
Accuracy and validation	80Facilitates finding correlation and prioritization using AI-driven analytics, while actual false-positive rates remain unverified by public documentation.	88Reduces false positives using proof-based dynamic testing and correlating runtime behaviors with static code findings.
Testing scope and depth	88Testing scope includes SAST, DAST, SCA, IAST, API, secrets, container, and IaC across the family, with Professional focused on hosted SAST, DAST, or SCA credits and Enterprise expanding technologies and unlimited-scan entitlement under quote.	86Spans web, API, code, and infrastructure artifacts, though IAST plan availability is unconfirmed and SAST requires a third-party partner engine.
Developer workflow	85The AST offering includes IDE, source-control, CI/CD, API, and automation workflows, which can fit developer-centered security checks. The boundary is that the specific integration set and behavior depend on the chosen AppScan product and deployment route.	81Pipeline orchestration and two-way remediation into issue trackers can keep developers inside existing tools, provided SSO, CI/CD connectors, and tracker links are implemented for each team.
Remediation quality	79AI-assisted remediation guidance can shorten fix planning for developers, while separate RapidFix or advisory services may still need distinct entitlement confirmation before assuming packaged remediation help.	80Two-way remediation workflows, issue tracking, and runtime prioritization support practical follow-through on findings. The score is moderated because the exact remediation workflow depth and any bundled services must be confirmed in the quoted edition.
Risk prioritization	81Prioritizes vulnerabilities based on centralized policy rules and AI-assisted triage metadata managed through the platform dashboard.	84Runtime prioritization, ASPM correlation, and vulnerability management supply risk context across findings, while Flex can add CSPM, infrastructure VM, and bug-bounty sources when those systems are connected.
Governance and integrations	82Delivers centralized compliance reporting and dashboard consolidation, though mapping these tools into local ticketing workflows requires custom scoping.	78AppSec Flex adds CSPM, infrastructure vulnerability-management, and bug-bounty integrations, which can extend governance input into AST operations. The score stays below the top range because those integrations require compatible external systems and are not part of the base core scope.
Support and total cost	62The entry cost is low via a free tier, but overall TCO is impacted by expiring scan credits, high reference pricing step-ups, and unquoted enterprise rates.	58All current plans require a quote, and the supplied facts do not state public prices, commitments, minimums, or payment timing, which makes support and total cost hard to model upfront. Premium Support, Guided Success, and professional services are not established as core-plan inclusions, so buyers need a sales check to compare full ownership cost.
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Comparison summary

Most material score differences

These are the stored dimension rationales returned with each score. They explain the buyer conditions behind the gap without speculating about hidden model reasoning.

Accuracy and validation

8 pts

HCL AppScan · 80/100: Facilitates finding correlation and prioritization using AI-driven analytics, while actual false-positive rates remain unverified by public documentation.
Invicti Platform · 88/100: Reduces false positives using proof-based dynamic testing and correlating runtime behaviors with static code findings.

Developer workflow

4 pts

HCL AppScan · 85/100: The AST offering includes IDE, source-control, CI/CD, API, and automation workflows, which can fit developer-centered security checks. The boundary is that the specific integration set and behavior depend on the chosen AppScan product and deployment route.
Invicti Platform · 81/100: Pipeline orchestration and two-way remediation into issue trackers can keep developers inside existing tools, provided SSO, CI/CD connectors, and tracker links are implemented for each team.

Governance and integrations

4 pts

HCL AppScan · 82/100: Delivers centralized compliance reporting and dashboard consolidation, though mapping these tools into local ticketing workflows requires custom scoping.
Invicti Platform · 78/100: AppSec Flex adds CSPM, infrastructure vulnerability-management, and bug-bounty integrations, which can extend governance input into AST operations. The score stays below the top range because those integrations require compatible external systems and are not part of the base core scope.

Research basis

This page uses stored product facts, official evidence, and category scoring rationales. It is not an account-based hands-on test, and third-party user ratings are not folded into the category buying score.

HCL AppScan: Fact confidence: 97% · Fact checked: 2026-08-10
Invicti Platform: Fact confidence: 98% · Fact checked: 2026-08-10

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