We performed a comparison between Acunetix and Rapid7 InsightVM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Security Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I haven't seen reporting of that level in any other tool."
"The solution is highly stable."
"It comes equipped with an internal applicator, which automatically identifies and addresses vulnerabilities within the program."
"Acunetix is the best service in the world. It is easy to manage. It gives a lot of information to the users to see and identify problems in their site or applications. It works very well."
"There is a lot of documentation on their website which makes setting it up and using it quite simple."
"The automated approach to these repetitive discovery attempts would take days to do manually and therefore it helps reduce the time needed to do an assessment."
"The usability and overall scan results are good."
"It's very user-friendly for the testing teams. It's very easy for them to understand things and to fix vulnerabilities."
"I rate InsightVM eight out of 10 for ease of setup. It takes two or three engineers to deploy. The solution requires some maintenance. It's mainly cleaning up data."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is its dashboards."
"It's easy to use. It's fast, it's a powerful easy to access tool."
"The reports in Rapid7 InsightVM are useful when compared to competitors."
"It's very scalable."
"The solution scales well."
"I really love the new platform. It is really easy to understand, use, and deploy."
"It is a stable solution."
"Acunetix needs to be dynamic with JavaScript code, unlike Netsparker which can scan complex agents."
"The pricing is a bit on the higher side."
"We want to see how much bandwidth usage it consumes. When we monitor traffic we have issues with the consumption and throttling of the traffic."
"In terms of what needs improvement, the way the licensing model is currently is not very convenient for us because initially, when we bought it, the licensing model was very flexible, but now it restricts us."
"Tools that would allow us to work more efficiently with the mobile environment, with Android and iOS."
"When monitoring the traffic we always have issues with the bandwidth consumption and the throttling of traffic."
"There is room for improvement in website authentication because I've seen other products that can do it much better."
"The only problem that they have is the price. It is a bit expensive, and you cannot change the number of applications for the whole year."
"There was functionality present previously, however, currently, we can't integrate directly with Jira Service Desk - only the cloud version."
"InsightVM is getting a little stale and is in danger of falling behind its competitors."
"Their customer support should be improved, and the effectiveness of scans also needs to be improved."
"One area I would like to improve in InsightVM is its integration with other solutions."
"This solution integrates with another module in Metasploit, that doesn't exist in the other solutions. It is subscribed to on our roadmap, but we chose to implement both Nexppose and AppSpider."
"There are end-user needs and expectations that are being overlooked in the development that could be addressed by appointing a customer advisory board."
"Rapid7 could be easier to manage."
"The product does not have the capability to do dynamic scanning of non-web applications."
Acunetix is ranked 17th in Application Security Tools with 26 reviews while Rapid7 InsightVM is ranked 4th in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management with 55 reviews. Acunetix is rated 7.6, while Rapid7 InsightVM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Acunetix writes "Fantastic reporting features hindered by slow scanning ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rapid7 InsightVM writes "You can scan a network, and receive recommendations to address vulnerabilities with the click of a button". Acunetix is most compared with OWASP Zap, Tenable.io Web Application Scanning, PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional, HCL AppScan and Fortify WebInspect, whereas Rapid7 InsightVM is most compared with Tenable Nessus, Qualys VMDR, Tenable Security Center, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management and Wiz. See our Acunetix vs. Rapid7 InsightVM report.
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