We performed a comparison between Acunetix and PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional 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 scalability is good. The scalability is more than good because it can operate both as a standalone and it can be integrated as part of applications. So that really makes it a very, very versatile solution to have."
"The usability and overall scan results are good."
"Our developers can run the attacks directly from their environments, desktops."
"Their technical support has been very active. If I have an issue, I can reach out to them and get an answer pretty quick."
"It comes equipped with an internal applicator, which automatically identifies and addresses vulnerabilities within the program."
"For us, the most valuable aspect of the solution is the log-sequence feature."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the speed at which it can scan multiple domains in just a few hours."
"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."
"The automated scan is what I find most useful because a lot of customers will need it. Not every domain will be looking for complete security, they just need a stamp on the security key. For these kinds of customers, the scan works really well."
"BurpSuite helps us to identify and fix silly mistakes that are sometimes introduced by our developers in their coding."
"We use the solution for vulnerability assessment in respect of the application and the sites."
"The active scanner, which does an automated search of any web vulnerabilities."
"The solution is stable."
"With the Extender Tab, if you know how to code then you can create a plugin and add it to Burp."
"The suite testing models are very good. It's very secure."
"The solution is quite helpful for session management and configuration."
"The solution can be improved by adding the ability to scan subdomains automatically, and by providing reports that can be exported to external databases to share with other solutions."
"Tools that would allow us to work more efficiently with the mobile environment, with Android and iOS."
"It would be nice to have a feature to "retest" only a single vulnerability that the customer reports as patched, and delete it from the next scans since it has already been patched."
"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."
"Acunetix needs to include agent analysis."
"When monitoring the traffic we always have issues with the bandwidth consumption and the throttling of traffic."
"I had some issues with the JSON parameters where it found some strange vulnerabilities, but it didn't alert the person using it or me about these vulnerabilities, e.g., an error for SQL injection."
"The vulnerability identification speed should be improved."
"Scanning needs to be improved in enterprise and professional versions."
"I need the solution to be more user-friendly. The solution needs to be user-friendly."
"There is not much automation in the tool."
"The one feature that I would like to see in Burp is active scanning of REST based web services. A lot of organizations are providing APIs to access their services to support different business models like SaaS. Scanning these APIs is still a challenge for many security product companies."
"The Auto Scanning features should be updated more frequently and should include the latest attack vectors."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
"You can have many false positives in Burp Suite. It depends on the scale of the penetration testing."
"PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional can improve by having more features in the free version for beginners to try."
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Acunetix is ranked 16th in Application Security Tools with 26 reviews while PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is ranked 9th in Application Security Tools with 55 reviews. Acunetix is rated 7.6, while PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Acunetix writes "Fantastic reporting features hindered by slow scanning ". On the other hand, 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". Acunetix is most compared with OWASP Zap, Tenable.io Web Application Scanning, HCL AppScan, Fortify WebInspect and Veracode, whereas PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is most compared with OWASP Zap, Fortify WebInspect, HCL AppScan, Qualys Web Application Scanning and SonarQube. See our Acunetix vs. PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional report.
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