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CAST Application Intelligence Platform vs Checkmarx One comparison

The compared CAST and Checkmarx solutions aren't in the same category. CAST is ranked #3 in SDA , with an average rating of 7.0, and holds a 6.7% mindshare in the category. Checkmarx is ranked #2 in AS , with an average rating of 8.2, and holds a 9.9% mindshare. Additionally, 83% of CAST users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of Checkmarx users who would recommend it.
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88% willing to recommend

Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

CAST Application Intelligen...
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.0
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
Software Development Analytics (3rd)
Checkmarx One
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
81
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (2nd), Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (3rd), Vulnerability Management (17th), Container Security (15th), Static Code Analysis (2nd), API Security (3rd), Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) (2nd), DevSecOps (2nd), Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (7th), Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) (3rd), AI Security (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Application Lifecycle Management solutions, they serve different purposes. CAST Application Intelligence Platform is designed for Software Development Analytics and holds a mindshare of 6.7%, down 9.6% compared to last year.
Checkmarx One, on the other hand, focuses on Application Security Tools, holds 9.9% mindshare, down 11.4% since last year.
Software Development Analytics Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
CAST Application Intelligence Platform6.7%
SonarQube41.5%
Snyk33.5%
Other18.299999999999997%
Software Development Analytics
Application Security Tools Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Checkmarx One9.9%
SonarQube16.9%
Snyk5.6%
Other67.6%
Application Security Tools
 

Featured Reviews

VG
Vishal-Goyal
Chief Architect at Peristent Systems
Has a security dashboard that's helpful because it gives compliance checks based on some of the leading frameworks in the industry
The overall coverage of rules could be improved in the CAST Application Intelligence Platform because it does not cater to or cover all. For example, 2022 CWE coverage is still not available in the CAST Application Intelligence Platform. The solution also covers some NIST rules, but it does not cater to all rules. An additional feature I'd like to see in the next update of the CAST Application Intelligence Platform is for it to provide source code developer and contributor details, especially information on which areas of code were touched. This would be a good insight as the CAST Application Intelligence Platform looks into the source code.
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Shahzad Shahzad - PeerSpot reviewer
Shahzad Shahzad
Senior Solution Architect | L3+ Systems & Cloud Engineer | SRE Specialist at Canada Cloud Solution
Enable secure development workflows while identifying opportunities for faster scans and improved AI guidance
Checkmarx One is a very strong platform, but there are several areas where it can improve to support modern DevSecOps workflows even better. For example, better real-time developer guidance is needed. The IDE plugin should offer richer AI-powered auto-fixes similar to SNYK Code or GitHub Copilot Security, as current guidance is good but not deeply contextual for large-scale enterprise codebases. This matters because it reduces developer friction and accelerates shift-left adoption. More transparency control over the correlation engines is another need. The correlation engine is powerful but not fully transparent. Users want to understand why vulnerabilities were correlated or de-prioritized, which helps AppSec teams trust the prioritization logic. Faster SAST scan and more language coverage is needed since SAST scan can still be slow for very large mono-repos and there is limited deep support for new language frameworks like Rust and Go, along with advanced coverage for serverless-specific frameworks. This matters because large organizations want sub-minute scans in CI/CD as cloud-native ecosystems evolve fast. A strong API security module is another area for enhancement. API security scanning could be improved with active testing, API discovery, full Swagger, OpenAPI, drift detection, and schema-based fuzzing. This is important as API attacks are one of the biggest AppSec risks in 2025. Checkmarx One is strong, but I see a few areas for improvement including faster SAST scanning for large mono-repos, deeper language framework support, more transparent correlation logic, and stronger API security that includes discovery and runtime context. The IDE plugin could offer more AI-assisted fixes, and the SBOM lifecycle tracking can evolve further. Enhancing integration with SIEM and SOAR would also make enterprise adoption smoother, and these improvements would help developers and AppSec teams move faster with more accuracy.
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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"CAST's risk and security flow detection capabilities are highly effective, particularly in identifying security vulnerabilities. It is one of the most important and valuable features of the platform."
"It supports most programming languages."
"Our clients use CAST Highlight for cloud migration. This allows them to remove or remediate the blockers which are highlighted. This part of the solution shows improvement in quality and captures feedback for our clients."
"The most valuable feature of the CAST Application Intelligence Platform is its security dashboard which is a dedicated dashboard that's pretty helpful because it gives compliance checks based on some of the leading frameworks in the industry, such as ISO 5055, OWASP, CWE Top 25, and NIST security guidelines. I find the security dashboard of the solution and the information it provides pretty useful. The security dashboard of the CAST Application Intelligence Platform is a feature that stands out."
"Used for controlling the technical debt and code quality."
"We were using HPE Security Fortify to scan code for security vulnerabilities, but it can scan only after a successful compile. If the code has dependencies or build errors, the scan fails. With Checkmarx, pre-compile scanning is seamless. This allows us to scan more code."
"Checkmarx offers many valuable features, including Static Application Security Testing (SAST), Software Composition Analysis (SCA), Infrastructure as Code (IAC), Supply Chain Security, and API Security."
"It allows for SAST scanning of uncompiled code. Further, it natively integrates with all key repos formats (Git, TFS, SVN, Perforce, etc)."
"What I like best about Checkmarx is that it has fewer false positives than other products, giving you better results."
"Apart from software scanning, software composition scanning is valuable."
"The UI is user-friendly."
"The features and technologies are very good. The flexibility and the roadmap have also been very good. They're at the forefront of delivering the additional capabilities that are required with cloud delivery, etc. Their ability to deliver what customers require and when they require is very important."
"The solution improved the efficiency of our code security reviews. It helps tremendously because it finds hundreds of potential problems sometimes."
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Cons

"Implementation could be made more simpler as it is complex."
"The overall coverage of rules could be improved in the CAST Application Intelligence Platform because it does not cater to or cover all. For example, 2022 CWE coverage is still not available in the CAST Application Intelligence Platform. The solution also covers some NIST rules, but it does not cater to all rules. An additional feature I'd like to see in the next update of the CAST Application Intelligence Platform is for it to provide source code developer and contributor details, especially information on which areas of code were touched. This would be a good insight as the CAST Application Intelligence Platform looks into the source code."
"Areas for improvement in CAST AIP include enhancing support for implementation in complex environments and improving technical support to address organizational challenges alongside engineering issues."
"It has very few plugins to access different code repositories, so source code has to be fed."
"The integration of this solution could be improved."
"The Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) feature should be better."
"In terms of dashboarding, the solution could provide a little more flexibility in terms of creating more dashboards. It has some of its own dashboards that come out of the box. However, if I have to implement my own dashboards that are aligned to my organization's requirements, that dashboarding feature has limited capability right now."
"The lack of ability to review compiled source code. It would then be able to compete with other scanning tools, such as Veracode."
"This product requires you to create your own rulesets. You have to do a lot of customization."
"One area for improvement in Checkmarx is pricing, as it's more expensive than other products."
"Checkmarx could improve the solution reports and false positives. The false positives could be reduced. For example, we have alerts that are tagged as vulnerabilities but when you drill down they are not."
"The solution sometimes reports a false auditable code or false positive."
"The plugins for the development environment have room for improvements such as for Android Studio and X code."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I do know how the CAST Application Intelligence Platform is licensed, but I'm not able to give the cost because the price is not listed. My company works with individual vendors, so pricing is on a case-to-case basis, but the vendors give specialized pricing because of the enterprise deployment, though my team is aware of product pricing based on lines of code, based on the number of applications, etc., I'm unable to give the exact licensing costs of the CAST Application Intelligence Platform. My company doesn't have to pay extra for some features or services because all are included as part of the enterprise license. On a scale of one to five, with five being very cheap and one being very expensive, I would rate the CAST Application Intelligence Platform as three out of five."
"I would rate the solution’s pricing an eight out of ten. The tool’s pricing is higher than others and it is for the license alone."
"The pricing was not very good. This is just a framework which shouldn’t cost so much."
"It is the right price for quality delivery."
"The tool's pricing is fine."
"​Checkmarx is not a cheap scanning tool, but none of the security tools are cheap. Checkmarx is a powerful scanning tool, and it’s essential to have one of these products."
"Be cautious of the one-year subscription date. Once it expires, your price will go up."
"We're using a commercial version of Checkmarx, and we paid for the solution for one year. The price is high and could be reduced."
"We have a subscription license that is on a yearly basis, and it's a pretty competitive solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
21%
Computer Software Company
14%
Government
9%
Retailer
5%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business32
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise46
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about CAST Application Intelligence Platform?
CAST's risk and security flow detection capabilities are highly effective, particularly in identifying security vulnerabilities. It is one of the most important and valuable features of the platfor...
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What needs improvement with CAST Application Intelligence Platform?
Areas for improvement in CAST AIP include enhancing support for implementation in complex environments and improving technical support to address organizational challenges alongside engineering iss...
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What is your primary use case for CAST Application Intelligence Platform?
CAST AIP is a valuable solution for quality metrics and application security. It is beneficial for software architecture detection.
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What alternatives are there for Fortify WebInspect and Fortify SCA?
I would like to recommend Checkmarx. With Checkmarx, you are able to have an all in one solution for SAST and SCA as well. Veracode is only a cloud solution. Hope this helps.
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What do you like most about Checkmarx?
Compared to the solutions we used previously, Checkmarx has reduced our workload by almost 75%.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Checkmarx?
Checkmarx One is a premium solution, so budget accordingly. Make sure you understand how licensing scales with additional applications and users. I advise negotiating multi-year contracts or bundle...
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Comparisons

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Compared 11% of the time
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Veracode vs CAST Application Intelligence Platform
Compared 9% of the time
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Fortify Application Defender vs CAST Application Intelligence Platform
Compared 8% of the time
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Compared 7% of the time
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SonarQube vs Checkmarx One Logo
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Compared 47% of the time
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Veracode vs Checkmarx One
Compared 4% of the time
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Checkmarx SAST vs Checkmarx One
Compared 4% of the time
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OpenText Core Application Security vs Checkmarx One
Compared 3% of the time
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Compared 2% of the time
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Product Reports

Buyer's Guide
CAST Application Intelligence Platform vs. SonarQube
December 2025
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Buyer's Guide
Checkmarx One
February 2026
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Also Known As

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Overview

CAST Application Intelligence Platform (AIP), a result of over $130M in R&D investment over two decades, is an enterprise-grade software measurement and quality analysis solution designed to analyze multi-tiered, multi-technology applications for technical vulnerabilities and adherence to architectural and coding standards and then provide business relevant information to the IT organization through various dashboards and products built with end users in mind.

  • Application Analytics Dashboard (CAST AAD): Provides IT executives with accurate business relevant analytics to drive their organization
  • Application Engineering Dashboard (CAST AED): Provides engineering and QA teams with powerful code and system level structural flaw insight and remediation guidance
  • Enlighten: Delivers to developers a powerful deep understanding of their application’s structure
  • Architecture Checker: Gives architects a reliable, automated solution to enforce architectures that deliver stability and performance of their critical applications

CAST’s underlying system-level analysis technology assesses both the health of an application, as measured through numerous health factors, as well as specific structural and system-level defects that drive performance and stability issues providing true system level analysis.

CAST

Checkmarx One is an enterprise cloud-native application security platform focused on providing cross-tool, correlated results to help AppSec and developer teams prioritize where to focus time and resources.

Checkmarx One offers comprehensive application scanning across the SDLC:

  • Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
  • Software Composition Analysis (SCA)
  • API security
  • Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)
  • Container security
  • IaC security
  • Correlation, prioritization, and risk management
  • Codebashing secure code training
  • AI security
  • Tech partnerships extending AppSec into runtime analysis
  • Developer tool integrations including: CI/CD tools, development frameworks, feedback tools, IDEs, programming languages and SCMs

Checkmarx One provides everything you need to secure application development from the first line of code through deployment and runtime in the cloud. With an ever-evolving set of AppSec engines, correlation and prioritization features, and AI capabilities, Checkmarx One helps consolidate expanding lists of AppSec tools and make better sense of results. Its capabilities are designed to provide an improved developer experience to build trust with development teams and ensure the success of your AppSec program investment.

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Sample Customers

Steria, T-Systems MMS, Atos Origin, Accenture, Capgemini
YIT, Salesforce, Coca-Cola, SAP, U.S. Army, Liveperson, Playtech Case Study: Liveperson Implements Innovative Secure SDLC

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