We performed a comparison between PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional and Tenable.io Web Application Scanning 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."The way they do the research and they keep their profile up to date is great. They identify vulnerabilities and update them immediately."
"The suite testing models are very good. It's very secure."
"The most valuable feature is Burp Collaborator."
"The solution scans web applications and supports APIs, which are the main features I really like."
"There is no other tool like it. I like the intuitiveness and the plugins that are available."
"In my area of expertise, I feel like it has almost everything I could possibly require at this moment."
"The active scanner, which does an automated search of any web vulnerabilities."
"It was easy to learn."
"It is fully automated."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"All the features are valuable to us as they offer cutting-edge scanning methods and address the latest issues with a contemporary approach. Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is highly stable. I rate it a nine out ten. Since the solution works on the Cloud, it's highly scalable. I rate the scalability a nine out of ten. The setup of the solution is straightforward. The Return on Investment is substantial. I recommend the solution to all."
"The most valuable features of Tenable.io Web Application Scanning are the integration into specific use cases and scanning. All of the features of the solution are useful."
"Tenable provides the end analysis results covering all the published vulnerabilities and information on the market."
"Our customers adopt this solution because of the replication testing and the vulnerability assessment it can do. It is a multi-faceted product."
"The most effective feature of the product is the ability to scan the entire environment."
"We use the tool for our websites. We have a vulnerable subdomain. The tool helps to scan it for vulnerabilities."
"Currently, the scanning is only available in the full version of Burp, and not in the Community version."
"The use of system memory is an area that can be improved because it uses a lot."
"The biggest improvement that I would like to see from PortSwigger that today many people see as an issue in their testing. There might be a feature which might be desired."
"BurpSuite has some issues regarding authentication with OAT tokens that need to be improved."
"There needs to be better documentation provided. Currently, we need to buy books, or we need to review online some use cases from other professionals who have been using the solution to find out their experience. It is not easy to find out how to properly do a security assessment."
"The price could be better. The rest is fine."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"The number of false positives need to be reduced on the solution."
"Tenable.io Web Application Scanning could improve by offering faster fuzzing."
"Tenable.io Web Application Scanning conducts a general scan, which wastes time. The scan needs to be specific."
"I would like for them to add proxy filtering, where you can transfer and alter the package. It is fully automated. Other web application testers programs are actually proxy software, and the proxy software gives you the flexibility of modifying the outgoing package, which will actually help you in exploiting any vulnerability in detail."
"They have a general dashboard for web application scanning, but the dashboards and reporting can be improved. They probably have some features in their roadmap."
"It isn't easy to manage vulnerabilities in Tenable."
"The report customization needs to be better."
"It would be great if there were a dashboard that is more user-friendly."
"The technical support should be improved. Currently, some attacks are detected while others are not."
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PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is ranked 9th in Application Security Tools with 57 reviews while Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is ranked 24th in Application Security Tools with 14 reviews. PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is rated 8.6, while Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional writes "The solution is versatile and easy to deploy, but it needs to give more detailed security reports". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tenable.io Web Application Scanning writes "Highly Recommended Solution with Latest Scanning Methods". PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is most compared with OWASP Zap, Fortify WebInspect, Acunetix, HCL AppScan and Invicti, whereas Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is most compared with Acunetix, Qualys Web Application Scanning, Fortify on Demand, SonarQube and Invicti. See our PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional vs. Tenable.io Web Application Scanning report.
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