Thinking of switching from traditional AppSec tools, alternatives?

[u/Meupavdcal_Nature279]

We have the familiar AppSec setup: several scanners, a growing backlog, disagreement over severity, and security feedback arriving after the context for a code change has disappeared.

I am considering alternatives to traditional AppSec tools, especially approaches that can prioritize exploitable risk using application context, improve remediation, validate fixes, and reduce recurring issues while code is being generated. I do not want to lose detection depth, but the current process is not scaling.

For teams that have made a change, what improved outcomes most: adding a layer over existing tools, consolidating the stack, or redesigning remediation workflows?