HCL AppScan vs Invicti
HCL AppScan
hcltech.com
Invicti
invicti.comSide by side
| Figure | HCL AppScan | Invicti |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 6 | 4 |
| Spec score · Interactive Application Security Testing Software | 8.9 (#2) | 7.4 (#8) |
| API security | API testing covers OpenAPI/Swagger, Postman and GraphQL and can discover shadow, zombie and undocumented APIs. | It discovers and tests REST, SOAP, and GraphQL APIs, including authorization flaws such as BOLA and BFLA. |
| Compliance reporting | AppScan Standard offers compliance and industry reports including PCI, HIPAA, OWASP Top 10, and SANS 25. | Invicti lists out-of-the-box reports for HIPAA, PCI DSS, OWASP Top 10, and other standards. |
| Deployment | AppScan offerings include cloud and on-premises deployment, and Enterprise also lists private cloud deployment. | Deployment options vary by package; AppSec Flex includes cloud, on-premises, Bring Any Cloud, and air-gapped options. |
| Integrations | HCL lists integrations with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI, Bitbucket, AWS CodePipeline, Jira, ServiceNow, Visual Studio, VS Code, Eclipse, JetBrains, and Android Studio. | The features page says Invicti integrates with more than 110 tools, including CI/CD platforms, issue trackers, and collaboration tools. |
| Purpose | HCL AppScan identifies, prioritizes, and helps remediate software vulnerabilities across the development lifecycle. | Invicti is an application security platform that helps organizations find, prioritize, and fix application risk. |
| Support | HCL says technical support is available, with pricing dependent on the customer's needs and other factors. | Subscriptions include support, with premium support, guided success, and professional services available depending on package. |
Plans
HCL AppScan
- CodeSweepFree
- Free TrialFree
- Professional$29.99, paid once
- Professional regular price$299, paid once
- 50-scan pack$699, paid once
- EnterprisePriced on request
Invicti
- Agentic Pentest$500, paid once
- AppSec CorePriced on request
- AppSec FlexPriced on request
- Web + APIPriced on request
In their own words
HCL AppScan
HCL AppScan identifies and prioritizes software vulnerabilities and helps teams remediate them across the development lifecycle. It combines static, dynamic, interactive and open-source composition analysis for source code, running applications, APIs and dependencies. API security testing supports OpenAPI/Swagger, Postman and GraphQL, and can uncover shadow, zombie and undocumented APIs. HCL says its AI-powered analysis reduces false positives and helps prioritize critical risks. Deployment options include cloud and on-premises; Enterprise also lists private cloud. Integrations include CI systems, code repositories, issue-management services and developer tools such as Android Studio. CodeSweep is a free on-prem GitHub extension for pull-request SAST scanning, with support for more than 35 languages. AppScan Standard is designed for security experts and penetration testers assessing web applications and APIs, and supports specified 64-bit Windows versions. The 14-day trial allows five scans in total, one at a time, with a four-hour limit per scan. Its summary reports omit issue details and remediation tasks; private-site scanning, regulatory reports and IAST are also excluded.
Invicti
Invicti is an application security platform for finding, prioritizing, and fixing application risk. Its testing engines cover DAST, SAST, software composition analysis, infrastructure as code, secrets, and container security. The platform discovers and tests REST, SOAP, and GraphQL APIs, including authorization flaws such as BOLA and BFLA. Invicti says Proof-Based Scanning confirms vulnerabilities with 99.98% accuracy. Findings are prioritized using runtime reachability, exploitability, business impact, and threat intelligence. DAST results can be correlated with SAST, developer ownership, reproduction context, and remediation guidance. Integrations include more than 110 tools, such as GitHub Actions, Jira, Jenkins, Azure Pipelines, ServiceNow, and Slack. Deployment varies by package; AppSec Flex includes cloud, on-premises, Bring Any Cloud, and air-gapped options. Compliance reports cover HIPAA, PCI DSS, OWASP Top 10, and other standards. Agentic Pentest costs $500, paid once for one application and its API suite, delivered within 24 hours with audit-ready PDF reports.