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Cequence Security vs Checkmarx One comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Cequence Security
Ranking in Application Security Tools
23rd
Ranking in API Security
7th
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.4
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Bot Management (5th)
Checkmarx One
Ranking in Application Security Tools
3rd
Ranking in API Security
5th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
71
Ranking in other categories
Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (3rd), Vulnerability Management (24th), Static Code Analysis (3rd), DevSecOps (5th), Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Application Security Tools category, the mindshare of Cequence Security is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Checkmarx One is 9.9%, down from 14.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

reviewer2395431 - PeerSpot reviewer
Detect and mitigate attacks with API protection
Compliance with standards like those in Europe often requires ensuring that APIs adhere to OAuth and other security protocols. Many organizations need to verify that their APIs meet these compliance requirements. We can include information about where an API was first recorded and create a detailed chart. Some competitors already offer this feature. It is simple to integrate. Overall, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
Syed Hasan - PeerSpot reviewer
Partner experiences excellent technical support and seamless initial setup
In my opinion, if we are able to extract or show the report, and because everything is going towards agent tech and GenAI, it would be beneficial if it could get integrated with our code base and do the fix automatically. It could suggest how the code base is written and automatically populate the source code with three different solution options to choose from. This would be really helpful.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It uses machine learning algorithms to detect attacks and manage API inventory."
"The solution is scalable, but other solutions are better."
"The most valuable feature is that it actually identifies the different criteria you can set to meet whatever standards you're trying to get your system accredited for."
"The best thing about Checkmarx is the amount of vulnerabilities that it can find compared to other free tools."
"I have seen a return on investment from Checkmarx One."
"The product's most valuable feature is static code and supply chain effect analysis. It provides a lot of visibility."
"Both automatic and manual code review (CxQL) are valuable."
"The UI is user-friendly."
"It gives the proper code flow of vulnerabilities and the number of occurrences."
 

Cons

"It is expensive."
"The interactive application security testing, or IAST, the interactive part where you're looking at an application that lives in a runtime environment on a server or virtual machine, needs improvement."
"I think the CxAudit tool has room for improvement. At the beginning you can choose a scan of a project, but in any event the project must be scanned again (wasting time)."
"Implementing a blackout time for any user or teams: Needs improvement."
"Updating and debugging of queries is not very convenient."
"It is an expensive solution."
"I would like to see the DAST solution in the future."
"This product requires you to create your own rulesets. You have to do a lot of customization."
"Integration into the SDLC (i.e. support for last version of SonarQube) could be added."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Most of my customers opted for a perpetual license. They prefer to pay the highest amount up front for the perpetual license and then pay for additional support annually."
"It is the right price for quality delivery."
"Before implementing the product I would evaluate if it is really necessary to scan so many different languages and frameworks. If not, I think there must be a cheaper solution for scanning Java-only applications (which are 90% of our applications)."
"The interface used to create custom rules comes at an additional cost."
"The solution is costly."
"For around 250 users or committers, the cost is approximately $500,000."
"We have purchased an annual license to use this solution. The price is reasonable."
"​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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Educational Organization
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
21%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

How does Cequence Security establish a baseline of normal application behavior and detect anomalies?
Cequence Security employs advanced machine learning and AI techniques to analyze the behavior of our applications in real-time. By continuously monitoring and processing data from user interactions...
What is Cequence Security's API Spartan and how can it help defend our company's infrastructure from bot attacks?
Cequence Security's behavior-based bot defense relies on the industry's largest threat database of bot behaviors, enabling users to track and block automated attacks with unparalleled efficacy rate...
What is API inventory and how does Cequence Security utilize it?
API inventory processes are essential, and Cequence Security recognizes their significance, both from a security and management perspective. The developers of the solution understand that you canno...
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.
What do you like most about Checkmarx?
Compared to the solutions we used previously, Checkmarx has reduced our workload by almost 75%.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Checkmarx?
The pricing is relatively expensive due to the product's quality and performance, but it is worth it.
 

Also Known As

Cequence ASP, Cequence Unified API Protection Platform
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Sample Customers

American Express, Lbrands, Ulta Beauty
YIT, Salesforce, Coca-Cola, SAP, U.S. Army, Liveperson, Playtech Case Study: Liveperson Implements Innovative Secure SDLC
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