OpenText Fortify Software Security Platform vs Amazon Inspector

OFOpenText Fortify Software Security Platform9.2Visit Amazon Inspector9.0Visit

Higher score OF OpenText Fortify Software Security Platform #2 in AI Code Security Scanners 9.2/10 Pricing on request ✓ 0 of 3 features Visit Fortify

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Amazon Inspector #5 in AI Code Security Scanners 9.0/10 15-day trial Free trial✓ 0 of 3 features Try Amazon Inspector

• OpenText Fortify Software Security Platform fits best

  Large organizations needing broad AppSec

• Amazon Inspector fits best

  AWS-centric security teams

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Side by side

Feature	OFOpenText Fortify Software Security Platform 9.2/10 Visit ↗	Amazon Inspector 9.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	9.0
Ranking	#2 in AI Code Security Scanners	#5 in AI Code Security Scanners
Best for	Large organizations needing broad AppSec	AWS-centric security teams
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	15-day trial
Free plan	Not checked yet	—
Free trial	—	15 days
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Docs · 24/7	Docs
Compliance	ISO 27001, PCI DSS	PCI DSS
Integrations	9 integrations	4 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features OpenText Fortify Software Security Platform 0/3 · Amazon Inspector 0/3
Secrets detection	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Dependency scanning	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
AI fix suggestions	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
IDE integrations	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
CI integrations	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Deployment model	Hybrid	Cloud
Supported languages	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Covers SAST, DAST, SCA, IaC, container and Kubernetes scanning. Integrates with major IDEs, CI/CD systems and Jira. Adds policy enforcement, remediation reporting and AI guidance.	Continuously scans EC2, ECR, Lambda, repositories, and CI/CD images Combines SAST, SCA, IaC, network exposure, and CIS assessments Exports SBOMs and integrates with Security Hub and EventBridge
Cons	Pricing is sales-led rather than presented as fixed plans. Broad coverage may exceed teams seeking one focused scanner. The product is proprietary, not open source.	Paid service with no free plan Usage-based costs vary by workload and AWS Region Coverage is primarily cloud-focused; support is documentation-based
Our verdict	OpenText Fortify Software Security Platform brings application security testing and software security management into one portfolio for development, security, and compliance teams. It covers static and dynamic testing, open-source… Read the review →	Amazon Inspector is a cloud vulnerability management service for AWS and selected Azure workloads. It automatically discovers and scans Amazon EC2 instances, Amazon ECR container images, AWS Lambda functions, code repositories, CI/CD… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• OpenText Fortify Software Security Platform — where it wins

  • Covers SAST, DAST, SCA, IaC, container and Kubernetes scanning.
  • Integrates with major IDEs, CI/CD systems and Jira.
  • Adds policy enforcement, remediation reporting and AI guidance.

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing is sales-led rather than presented as fixed plans.
  • Broad coverage may exceed teams seeking one focused scanner.
  • The product is proprietary, not open source.

• Amazon Inspector — where it wins

  • Continuously scans EC2, ECR, Lambda, repositories, and CI/CD images
  • Combines SAST, SCA, IaC, network exposure, and CIS assessments
  • Exports SBOMs and integrates with Security Hub and EventBridge

  Where it doesn't

  • Paid service with no free plan
  • Usage-based costs vary by workload and AWS Region
  • Coverage is primarily cloud-focused; support is documentation-based

• OFOpenText Fortify Software Security Platform9.2/10 · Pricing on request

  A broad, hybrid AppSec suite for organizations standardizing security across the SDLC.

  Visit FortifyFull verdict →
• Amazon Inspector9.0/10 · 15-day trial

  Deep AWS workload scanning with usage-based pricing and cloud-focused coverage.

  Try Amazon InspectorFull verdict →