If you’re looking for an integrity checker for your company,
this comparative study will guide you in your purchase intent. The study presents the advantages and disadvantages of two well-known integrity checkers on the market: HTTPCS Integrity and Distill.io.
The Headless technology can completely map web applications and websites, including dynamic content or content from external sources.
100% mapping and Headless technology through an Add-on for your browser
HTTPCS Integrity can check the integrity of any content, including the spaces after an authentication.
Grey Box testing available through an Add-on for your browser
Alerts are sent via API integration, by email, text, as well as on the user's console.
By email, SMS and various integrations via an API
The services is not based on a "credit" plan. On the contrary, alerts included in the plan are unlimited.
Limited to 5000 emails/month and 300 SMS/month
You can choose an unlimited number of recipients, with no extra cost. Your working teams will be able to work efficiently.
Unlimited recipients
INTEGRITY alerts its users in case of fraudulent change on their website or web application, on the basis of multiple criteria defined by the users. They can choose to only be alerted in case of fraudulent change.
Possibility to set rules
The users can easily see any fraudulent change thanks to a report or a "before/after" display of the elements modified.
Viewing of changes through a "before/after" display
Data storage (history of changes) is unlimited at HTTPCS, so you can create statistical studies on the long run.
Storage of the last 20 checks
There is no delay between each check with HTTPCS Integrity: the monitoring is performed in real-time.
Check frequency: from 5 seconds to 2 minutes depending on the monitor, limited to 160,000 checks/month
Analysis performed file by file, so it can send every internal error.
No error detection
All changes (including those hidden in the code) from internal and external sources are processed.
Visual check
Fraudulent traffic redirections from the company to a malicious website are detected in real-time.
No detection of fraudulent redirections
Thanks to its large database, HTTPCS Integrity can check for malware and corrupted files (Trojan Horse) within your application.
No detection of malware and corrupted files
Unlike its competitors, Integrity sends the changes and ranks them according to their level of criticality.
No ranking of the threats
The INTEGRITY solution is related to a Machine Learning technology. The intelligent robot constantly evolves over the audits and becomes more efficient with time.
No Machine Learning
If a modification comes from your internal team, you can "white-list" it to indicate that it's not fraudulent.
No white-list system
Integrity is compatible with the 3 other HTTPCS modules (Security, Monitoring and CyberVigilance). Therefore, the company's security management is centralized within a single ergonomic interface.
No specific complementarity
An efficient API is made available, just so the users can interconnect their tools.
API made available only in a private beta
The HTTPCS interface is available in French and English.
Multilingual interface, but poor translation
The interface of the HTTPCS console is intuitive, ergonomic, and easy to use. No installation is required because it is an SaaS platform.
Ergonomic SaaS solution
Within the console, websites can be categorized for a better management of check campaigns.
Possibility to mark the monitorings as a "Watchlist"
From 49 € to 59 € / month depending on a subscription with commitment or not. There is no extra cost with HTTPCS, the alerts and number of recipients are unlimited.
From $49 to $45 / month if you choose commitment + alert cost
HTTPCS technical support is available in 7 languages, including French and English. The service can be reach over the phone, by email and online chat. An FAQ is also made available.
English-speaking support is only available by online chat, and complete FAQ
Support can be reached during office hours over the phone (from 9am to 7pm) and 24/7 by email.
Reply within 1 business day
The HTTPCS console is based on a 100% SaaS model, so there is no installation fee. You just have to log with your login ID from any computer.
No installation fee
European leader in Cybersecurity, HTTPCS by Ziwit is a French company. Trust a company close to you that respect a privacy policy in compliance with the GDPR.
Company located in India, no indication about the GDPR
Headless and Grey Box
The integrity checker solutions on the market have many recurring features. Among them, the Headless technology is a feature included in the best offers on the market, because it can map the whole content of a website or web application.
Integrity by HTTPCS provides this feature in order to scan dynamic content, i.e. content adapting to some contexts. Distill.io also provides this technology, incorporated with an Add-on only working on the main browsers.
Some parts of an application, like a member area, require an authentication to be accessed to. Solutions like HTTPCS perform Grey Box testing to get access to the whole application for an optimum integrity checking. The Distill.io integrity checker cannot perform Grey Box testing within authenticated areas.
Headless and Grey Box
Headless and Grey Box
Frequency and URL limitation
Integrity by HTTPCS can check all the pages of an application with no limitation, unlike most competitors on the market.
Indeed, Distill.io checks one page after another while Integrity can support, with just a click, the whole application and its external sources.
Integrity by HTTPCS is one the rare integrity checkers that performs real-time monitoring, which is a real advantage for companies that constantly create and share content.
With Distill.io, you can choose among two kinds of monitoring:
While HTTPCS fully scans a website in real-time, the numbers of checks performed by Distill.io is limited to 160,000/month per monitor. A user who has an application with 1,000 URLs and only one monitor will only be able to perform 160 complete checks.
Frequency and URL limitation
Frequency and URL limitation
Alerts
An integrity checker can also send notifications when a fraudulent change is detected.
Integrity by HTTPCS notifies its user by email or text, but also via an API with no limitation regarding the number of alerts sent. The users of the Integrity solution can also add as many recipients as they like.
Distill.io sends notifications by email, SMS, but also by push notifications or by API integration (Webhooks). However, the alerts are subjected to a monthly limitation: 5,000 notifications and 300 SMS alerts. The number of recipients is also limited to 4 users, even though you can add more for an extra cost.
Alerts
Alerts
Viewing and data storage
Letting the users monitor a change made on their website or web application is crucial for an integrity checker.
As for Integrity by HTTPCS, you just have to click on the alert details to view the detected changes. Just by looking at the “before/after”, the user can white-list the alert if it’s a normal change (made by internal working teams) or confirm if it’s a fraudulent change. The viewing of changes is more regular on Distill.io, since new elements are written in red on the representation of the monitored page.
Regarding users’ data storage:
Viewing and data storage
Viewing and data storage
Specificities
Each solution has its own specificities that differentiate them from other integrity checkers.
Choosing to perform integrity checks from its own devices is what differentiates Distill.io from its competitors. Compared to a regular monitor, the scan frequency performances are better. However, resorting to a Local Monitor implies additional expenses for a company regarding its infrastructure.
Regarding HTTPCS Integrity, checking external sources of a web application is a real strength.
The external sources are parts of a web application (an API integration, e.g.) from a third party. If the external source goes through a fraudulent attack, it will directly impact the website that hosts that source. Google will tell its users that your website is dangerous, which will negatively impact your e-reputation. In this context, the HTTPCS solution will keep you out of trouble.
Thanks to its new feature, Integrity can now detect malicious files, just like an antivirus. Besides, the solution is compatible and complementary with the rest of the HTTPCS cybersecurity suite (Monitoring, Security and CyberVigilance).
Specificities
Specificities
Interface
Just like the 3 other HTTPCS complementary modules (Security, Monitoring and CyberVigilance), the Integrity user interface is fully SaaS and ergonomic. It is eye-appealing, intuitive and efficient.
Easy to use, the product can be set up in accordance with the user’s needs: scan frequency, type of alert to detect, setting up recipients… You can even benefit from a tailored feature by reaching a dedicated account manager.
The Distill.io interface is intuitive and available in French, even though some parts are not translated. Simple and flowing, this interface gives an overall viewing of the management of operations.
Interface
Interface
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Pricing and support
Pricing and support
Integrity monthly plan costs $ 33 / month with a one-year commitment. For the same services, you can choose a $ 39 / month plan without commitment.
Distill.io proposes two monthly rates:
Even if the HTTPCS Integrity checker is based on a Headless inventive technology and on Grey Box testing, you also need to provide a customer service that matches up to your expertise. Its support is based on a high-quality customer service that can be reached over the phone, by email and online chat. Receptive, support is made available in 7 languages, including French and English.
Unlike HTTPCS, Distill.io support is only available in English. A complete FAQ is made available on their website. Distill.io support can be reached by email, with a 1-business day reply guarantee.
Pricing and support
Pricing and support
Final benchmark
Each feature studied in this comparative study was scored out of 5 to obtain a result out of 35. Here is the general recap:
Headless and Grey Box
Headless and Grey Box
Frequency and number of pages checked
Frequency and number of pages checked
Alerts
Alerts
Viewing of changes and data storage
Viewing of changes and data storage
Specificities
Specificities
Interface
Interface
Pricing and support
Pricing and support
Overall comparative rating
This comparative study revealed the strongest and weakest points of the two well-known integrity checker tools on the market. The Integrity by HTTPCS score is higher than Distill.io’s, with a grade of 34/35 against 22/35 for its competitor. The superiority of the HTTPCS solution is mainly justified by its high-quality customer service and by its full mapping that checks all the content (static and dynamic).
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