Why Choose Appknox

Over MobSF?

We’d Like to acknowledge the team at Appknox, They’ve built a great product preferred by enterprises and banks, commonly referred to as the most preferred alternative to MOBSF (MOBSF Alternative). If you are here to understand the difference between MOBSF vs Appknox you’re at the right place.

Try Appknox, a better alternative to MOBSF.

They Trust Us!

250+ Leading Enterprises across the world trust us for their compliance and security requirements.

Top 5 Reasons why companies choose Appknox over Mobsf

Better prioritization of vulnerabilities as per CVSS Scoring

At Appknox we rely on CVSS scoring to prioritize and indicate vulnerability found in your mobile application. CVSS scores are widely relied upon to gauge and prioritize a vulnerability.

CVSS Score Metrics

Basic Metric Group

Exploitability Metrics

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Priveleges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Impact Metrics

Compatibility Impact

Integrity Impact

Availability Impact

Scope

Temporal Metric Group

Remediation Level

Report Confidence

Environmental Metric Group

Confidentiality Requirement

Integrity Requirement

Availability Requirement

Modified Base Metrics

Run SAST, DAST, and APIT under 90 minutes using Appknox

It is evident that 90 % of security incidents result in hackers exploiting software bugs which can be fixed early in the development stage by prioritizing security assessments using SAST, DAST, and APIT security assessments at each stage of your development lifecycle.

Leverage best in class CXO Security Dashboard

Bring visibility into the process by providing critical insights to key stakeholders in your organization.
Understand critical risks or exposures due to noncompliance.
Necessary KPI’s for your security teams.
An extensible framework that adds new outcomes and KPI’s that should be taken into account based on industry and organizational growth.

Less than 1 % false positives and 0.0001 % false negatives

We ensure to deliver apps with less than 1 % false negatives and 0.001 % false negatives following OWASP Mobile security stands in your vulnerability assessment reporting compared with MOBSF.

Shorten your SDLC with Appknox CI-CD tool chain

Appknox promotes devsecops as an active process at every stage of your SDLC with continuous security integration at every stage of your development with Appknox CI-CD plugins[Jira , Jenkins, Github, and Bitrise] built into your security.

MOBSF Constraints

Mobsf is a completely open-sourced tool and runs with contributor support with a limited set of test cases in the ecosystem.
Mobsf is limited to SAST and DAST whereas Appknox supports SAST, DAST, and API level bulletproof security for your mobile apps.
Mobsf doesn’t support third-party code components imported from a third-party open-source library.
Delayed support in the resolution or adding new test cases.
Doesn’t support Frida or appium scripts.

Appknox VS MOBSF

For complete 360-degree mobile security assessment

AppKnox

MobSF

Works by uploading the binary of the application. We dissemble the application and rform scans on it

Works by uploading the binary of the application

OWASP, PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR and CWE, CVSSare included in Regulatory Compliance

CWE, CVSSare included in Regulatory Compliance

Organization & Team Option available

Organization & Team Option unavailable

API Access is available

JIRA, Github, CLI Integration with Eclipse, Android Studioare available Integrations

Only Docker Integration is available

Available on Cloud, On-Premise

Available on Local Installation, Docker

SAST is available

DAST runs on real devices

DAST is available only for Android and runs on simulator

UBA is available

No data

API Testing is available

API Testing is unavailable

Comparison with Previous Scans is available

Report and telephonic Remediation

Only report Remediation

Covers iOS and Android

Covers Android (SAST & DAST), iOS (SAST only)

1.35% False Positive and False Negative is less than 0.001%

False Positive is 6-7 %

CXO Dashboard is available

CXO Dashboard is unavailable

Detailed Analytics

Only a couple of data is shown in dashboard

Project Grouping is available

Project Grouping is unavailable

Account Security - 2FA, Account and Report Passwords are available

Account Security - 2FA, Account and Report Passwords are unavailable

Report Formats are available in PDF and Excel

Report Format is available only in PDF

We Lead

We got a G2 Satisfaction Score of 84 on the SAST Grid
report, leaving behind tools like Synopsys, Checkmarx, HCL
AppScan and others...

What They Say!

They’ve trusted us with their web application’s security.

Its great platform for mobile app security testing, Appknox has benefited us a lot in identifying and resolving the security issue, we regularly scan our apps and keep an close eye on our app security.

Praveen S

Product | Mobile Architect | Delivery

Simplr

The offering itself is great and has helped us keep our apps secure, static, dynamic, API, all in one tool. The ease of use of the service, responsiveness of the AppKnox team to our feedback/ suggestions, they are an absolute delight to work with.

Piyush R

CoFounder and CTO

Simplr

We used Appknox for Vulnerability and Penetration Testing. The team covered all major test cases and gave the result in a format presentable to clients.