3 categories · RankedHCL AppScan
HCL AppScan is an application security testing product that covers dynamic application security testing, static application security testing and software composition analysis · hcl-software.com ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
OWASP ZAP is first at 51%.
Invicti is first at 33%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Invicti is first at 58%.
Why models recommend it
“HCL AppScan: ~2% false positives (best in class)”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Comparative question · alternative
“Legacy applications → HCL AppScan, Qualys WAS”MiniMax M2.5 · Comparative question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Only 4% positive recommendation rate with 14% negative labels in enterprise assessments”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Negative question · warning
“Avoid for Mid-Market: Heavy legacy enterprise suites (e.g., Veracode DAST, HCL AppScan)”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Direct question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as HCL AppScan, over the 61 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 22 | View → | |
| 34 | 1 | View → | |
| 29 | 5 | View → | |
| 27 | 3 | View → | |
| 25 | 0 | View → | |
| 24 | 3 | View → | |
| 24 | 1 | View → | |
| 21 | 1 | View → | |
| 18 | 5 | View → | |
| 18 | 3 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on HCL AppScan's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- Security & IT Compliance
- Free plan or trial
- Start a free trial
- Customers named
- Ipsen, Edison SPA, Penn Veterinary Supply, Augusta Sportswear
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 59 of the 61 answers that named HCL AppScan and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
211 of the 211 domain citations in answers naming HCL AppScan came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-11 to 2026-10 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 1,870 | 47 | 2026-09-29 | ITSM, DAST | |
| News or press | 166 | 1 | 2026-09-01 | ASPM, UEM | |
| Report or ebook | 54 | 1 | 2026-09-15 | DAST | |
| Conference or event | 45 | 0 | 2026-06-08 | SAST, SCA | |
| Case study | 25 | 1 | 2026-08-26 | ETL | |
| Comparison | 23 | 4 | 2026-09-10 | ITSM, ITAM | |
| Glossary or explainer | 18 | 4 | 2026-09-16 | ITSM, DEX | |
| Webinar or virtual event | 17 | 0 | 2025-10-10 | ||
| Template or tool | 14 | 1 | 2026-07-07 | ||
| Podcast or video | 1 | 0 | 2023-08-02 |
Most recent
- 2026-09-29Retail observability when peak season hits what breaks first blog
- 2026-09-28Digital sovereignty is the uk sleeping on a strategic risk blog
- 2026-09-28Hcl domino legacy it gds framework blog
- 2026-09-25Ai native full stack observability how to spot the real thing and avoid ai washing blog
- 2026-09-17Your move to hcl mosaic the phased migration path blog
- 2026-09-17Enterprise vibe coding from prototype to production blog
Events in person
- October 14, 2026 to October 15, 2026HCLSoftware Executive Summit 2026Marriott Stanton South Beach, Miami Beach, US · hosts
- June 3, 2026How AI Is Changing Enterprise Data SearchSheraton Grand Bengaluru Whitefield Hotel & Convention Center, Bengaluru, India · exhibited
As the event pages on hcl-software.com state them, read October 5, 2026.
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page hcl-software.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. Of its titles that name a category, most name ITSM (30); 21 name its categories the models place it in. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read October 5, 2026.