Ján J.
JJ
Ján J.
SQA Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Great Automation and UI, But Needs Better Kotlin Support"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Checkmarx?

Helps to automate a security review of a codebase. Easy to implement into existing repositories. Nice intuitive user interface and good vulnerability descriptions with a hints where in code and how to fix. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Checkmarx?

Unfortunately Checkmarx reported a huge number of false positives for Kotlin based projects. Probably this language is poorly supported because there were no such issues in more popular languages like Java or Javascript. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

uday n.
UN
uday n.
System Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Seamlessly Integrates Security Into the Development Lifecycle"
5/5
What do you like best about Checkmarx?

its ability to integrate security directly into software development life cycle Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Checkmarx?

deeper security analysis can sometimes increase scan duration Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Shane McLaughlin of Checkmarx

Thanks Uday, in addition to the SDLC we recently announced general availability of Checkmarx AI Inventory, a new capability that gives continuous visibility into the AI components running in applications, (like models, agents, MCP servers, AI libraries, and SDKs.) From that inventory, it generates an AI-BOM (AI Bill of Materials): the policy controls and audit-ready documentation for every AI component it discovers. Thanks for your review!

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Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Proactive Security and Smooth Cross-Team Collaboration"
4/5
What do you like best about Checkmarx?

Its proactive approach to security.. I like how it enables you to collaborate with other teams. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Checkmarx?

the only concern I had initially was the complexity the platform has a steep learning curve. and the Cost Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Shane McLaughlin of Checkmarx

Thank you for your review!

We recognize that both platform complexity and cost can be concerns. That’s why our recent innovations are focused on making AppSec simpler, more efficient, and more cost-effective.

Our AI-powered Triage Assist and Remediation Assist agents will help automate tasks that traditionally take hours, reducing the learning curve and accelerating remediation directly within developer workflows.

Combined with our new hybrid scanning architecture—which has already demonstrated a 60–70% reduction in false positives—these advancements help teams spend less time on manual validation, reduce operational overhead, and ultimately lower the overall cost of securing applications.

Happy to chat more, and thanks again for your review!

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Verified User in Retail
AR
Verified User in Retail
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Brilliant Code to Cloud Application"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Checkmarx?

Is so user friendly and it is very easy to become familiar with all the numerous features. Although I wasn't around for the implementation, I've found that it is relatively straightforward to integrate further functionality. The Scanning tools (IaC, SAST, SCA, API etc.) are all excellent and provide us with all the staus and visibility that we require. If we ever have issues that can't be resolved the Customer Support team at Checkmarx always are there to help us out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Checkmarx?

The dahsboards layour and display could be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Abhineet S.
AS
Abhineet S.
DevSecOps Engineer II
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Best in class SAST solution in the market"
5/5
What do you like best about Checkmarx?

I like the SAST-ification thing in overall, it is having all offering varies from source code scans to sca, to license scanning and does a great job finding vulnerabilities. It is easy to use and visually easy to look around for the bugs. Similarly very optimized so that we can integrate with the CI/CD pipelines Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Checkmarx?

The cost acquiring in all of the modules is pretty high. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

TM
Tharindu M.
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Good Tool with good interfaces and edveloper friendly environment"
4/5
What do you like best about Checkmarx?

UI implementations are really good (Data Flow Matrixes)

suggestions are provided for the most suitable place to fix a set of vulnerabilities.

Most of the integrations are working seamlessly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Checkmarx?

Support service is getting delayed sometimes

Some of the findings tend to be false positives

Scanning time is slow when compared with other tools.

Some of the IDE integrations aren't working as intended. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer & Network Security
UC
Verified User in Computer & Network Security
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"A good alternative in a fierceful market"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Checkmarx?

Integration with CI/CD is pretty fetatureful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Checkmarx?

High number of false positives unless you carefully tailor it to each project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

sanjay s.
SS
sanjay s.
Security Analyst
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Checkmarx Review"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Checkmarx?

Checkmarx Tool Scans the code pretty well. Gives accurate results in-depth analysis can be done because checkmarx provides Flow of code from source till the values getting executed Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Checkmarx?

Checkmarx reports false positives issues a lot. If it's a big application code base it's tough to control the number of false positive issues to analyse.Reporting can also be improved Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pankaj W.
PW
Pankaj W.
Specialist - Information Security
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Best tool for Source code scanning"
5/5
What do you like best about Checkmarx?

The most valuable features are the easy to understand interface, and it 's very user-friendly. Reduce the code using cxsast plugin. It will scan code line by line and find most of vulnerabilities. Very easy to use. Vulnerability report is awesome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Checkmarx?

UI should update. Reduce the false positive. Please upgrade rules set to avoid the false positive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sujeet S.
SS
Sujeet S.
Technology Lead
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Impressed with the Codebashing platform and AppSec awareness"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Checkmarx?

Checkmarx has an impressive Codebashing feature that has the edge over SonarQube. The application tracking-reporting feature is good too. I like the "delta-scan" feature as it is really good for cases when there are very frequent scans needed (e.g. with every major code commit, we don't want the entire source code scan to happen again). Having used both tools extensively (SonarQube and Checkmarx), I prefer Checkmarx overall. Checkmarx also fares better compared to peers when it comes to finding any vulnerabilities within the database. Since ours is a user-information driven applicaiton, it becomes even more imminent to identify the data-specfic vulnerabilities at the earliest. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Checkmarx?

Dashboarding could be better. The UI to show the current issue and the descriptive/suggestive text for the potential fix could be more "obvious" to the end-users. SonarQube scores over checkmarx in this regard.

Also, dashboarding could provide a little more flexibility towards the creation of new widgets.

One ore thing that I disliked about Checkmarx is that I could not find a free version in the market. Even for making an initial comparison, I had to contact the sales rep (the sales rep were pretty quick to respond, though). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.