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Product	HCL AppScan Standard by HCLSoftware View product	Bright STAR by Bright Security View product
Overview
What it is	Looking for SCA software? HCL AppScan Standard by HCLSoftware provides compliance reports for black-box vulnerability assessment. Compare features and alternatives.	Bright STAR: BOLA & SSRF detection and automated exploit validation. Built for automated dynamic security testing. Compare Application Security Testing alternatives.
Product type	Desktop Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) Tool	Dynamic Application Security Testing & Remediation Engine
Best for	Penetration Testers, Security Auditors, AppSec Specialists, Cybersecurity Consulting, Financial Services, Healthcare, Enterprise IT	DevSecOps, Software Engineering Teams, High-Tech
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	SaaSCloud
Deployment details	Installable Desktop Software; Windows Workstation/Server; Installable Desktop Software Application	Cloud SaaS; CI/CD Pipeline Plugin; Cloud Platform + Local Scanner Agent
Data residency	Customer workstation data sovereignty	United States; Europe
Key features
What it offers	Desktop Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) SPA and JavaScript crawling REST API testing via OpenAPI Automated login recorder Compliance reports Black-box vulnerability assessment API penetration testing Pre-release security validation	Contextual dynamic vulnerability scanning Automated exploit validation BOLA & SSRF detection CI/CD quality gate enforcement Automated dynamic security testing Proof-of-concept exploit generation Rapid vulnerability remediation
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: no	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Running Web ApplicationsWeb ServicesRESTful APIsSPAs	Modern Web AppsCI/CD PipelinesGit Repositories
Compliance	PCI-DSS 4.0OWASP Top 10HIPAAISO 27001CWE Top 25	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	JiraJenkinsAzure DevOpsPostmanHCL AppScan 360	JenkinsAzure DevOpsJiraGitHubBugcrowd
Industries	Penetration TestersSecurity AuditorsAppSec SpecialistsCybersecurity ConsultingFinancial ServicesHealthcare+1 more	DevSecOpsSoftware Engineering TeamsHigh-Tech
Regions	Global availability	Global
Vendor
Company	HCLSoftware	Bright Security
Headquarters	Noida, India	San Rafael, California, USA
Company size	10,000+	51-200
Founded	2017	2018

HCL AppScan Standard

by HCLSoftware

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Bright STAR

by Bright Security

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Overview

What it is

HCL AppScan Standard

Looking for SCA software? HCL AppScan Standard by HCLSoftware provides compliance reports for black-box vulnerability assessment. Compare features and alternatives.

Bright STAR

Bright STAR: BOLA & SSRF detection and automated exploit validation. Built for automated dynamic security testing. Compare Application Security Testing alternatives.

Product type

HCL AppScan Standard

Desktop Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) Tool

Bright STAR

Dynamic Application Security Testing & Remediation Engine

Best for

HCL AppScan Standard

Penetration Testers, Security Auditors, AppSec Specialists, Cybersecurity Consulting, Financial Services, Healthcare, Enterprise IT

Bright STAR

DevSecOps, Software Engineering Teams, High-Tech

Pricing

Pricing model

HCL AppScan Standard

Contact Vendor

Bright STAR

Contact Vendor

Free trial

HCL AppScan Standard

Bright STAR

Deployment

Deployment options

HCL AppScan Standard

Cloud

Bright STAR

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

HCL AppScan Standard

Installable Desktop Software; Windows Workstation/Server; Installable Desktop Software Application

Bright STAR

Cloud SaaS; CI/CD Pipeline Plugin; Cloud Platform + Local Scanner Agent

Data residency

HCL AppScan Standard

Customer workstation data sovereignty

Bright STAR

United States; Europe

Key features

What it offers

HCL AppScan Standard

Desktop Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)
SPA and JavaScript crawling
REST API testing via OpenAPI
Automated login recorder
Compliance reports
Black-box vulnerability assessment
API penetration testing
Pre-release security validation

Bright STAR

Contextual dynamic vulnerability scanning
Automated exploit validation
BOLA & SSRF detection
CI/CD quality gate enforcement
Automated dynamic security testing
Proof-of-concept exploit generation
Rapid vulnerability remediation

Platform & access

API access

HCL AppScan Standard

Bright STAR

Single sign-on (SSO)

HCL AppScan Standard

Bright STAR

Role-based access (RBAC)

HCL AppScan Standard

Bright STAR

Multi-tenant

HCL AppScan Standard

Bright STAR

Mobile app

HCL AppScan Standard

Bright STAR

Supported platforms

HCL AppScan Standard

Running Web ApplicationsWeb ServicesRESTful APIsSPAs

Bright STAR

Modern Web AppsCI/CD PipelinesGit Repositories

Compliance

HCL AppScan Standard

PCI-DSS 4.0OWASP Top 10HIPAAISO 27001CWE Top 25

Bright STAR

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

HCL AppScan Standard

JiraJenkinsAzure DevOpsPostmanHCL AppScan 360

Bright STAR

JenkinsAzure DevOpsJiraGitHubBugcrowd

Industries

HCL AppScan Standard

Penetration TestersSecurity AuditorsAppSec SpecialistsCybersecurity ConsultingFinancial ServicesHealthcare+1 more

Bright STAR

DevSecOpsSoftware Engineering TeamsHigh-Tech

Regions

HCL AppScan Standard

Global availability

Bright STAR

Global

Vendor

Company

HCL AppScan Standard

HCLSoftware

Bright STAR

Bright Security

Headquarters

HCL AppScan Standard

Noida, India

Bright STAR

San Rafael, California, USA

Company size

HCL AppScan Standard

10,000+

Bright STAR

51-200

Founded

HCL AppScan Standard

2017

Bright STAR

2018