Contrast Secure Code Platform vs. Competition
Intelligent protection from the inside-out
Contrast transforms how businesses approach application security by embedding intelligent agents directly into the code, instrumenting applications with thousands of smart sensors that detect real vulnerabilities with game-changing accuracy and precision–left through the development pipeline and right into production, wherever your applications are deployed
Contrast’s embedded approach to secure coding enables continuous observability of your entire application portfolio - from development, to production, to cloud-native.
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Developer Integrations
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Integrate secure coding within native IDE, CI/CD and testing tools.
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Full Code Analysis (Custom & Third-Party)
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Vulnerability details across custom and open source code within the same workflow - no separate tooling needed.
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Full Lifecycle Observability (Dev, Test, & Production)
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Real-time security feedback across the entire software lifecycle with attack prevention
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Threat Modeling
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Visualize how apps, libraries, and servers interconnect to understand your true risk surface.
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Runtime Library Usage
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Save time chasing patches or updates by prioritizing which libraries are invoked at runtime.
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Serverless Application Security
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Purpose built security for custom and open source code in cloud-native applications.
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Zero-Day Protection
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Embedded protection in real-time against targeted attacks and zero-day events.
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Contrast is the clear customers' choice
Contrast is named a Customers’ Choice in the 2021 Gartner Peer Insights “Voice of the Customer”: Application Security Testing report. With the highest percentage of 5-star ratings, this is the third consecutive year Contrast has received this powerful endorsement from customers.

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FASTER SCAN
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World’s fastest scanner delivering at least 10x faster scan times
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MORE ACCURATE
RESULTS
Identify vulnerabilities at DevOps speed (zero code scan time)
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FASTER TO FIX
DEFECTS
Find and fix in real-time the vulnerabilities that matter in your code
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