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PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional
Read 57 PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional reviews
4,908 views|3,247 comparisons
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Pierre Lend
A time-saver application for scanning vulnerabilities and test SQL injection
We have a quick firewall before PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional to test for SQL injection. Suppose the firewall is blocking some special... Read more →
Omar Sánchez (Mr.Tech)
It's buggy and seems to try to do too many things, but having this on a USB drive has been valuable.
We've been able to do lots of tests and have gotten lots of useful results.
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  • "This is a value for money product."
  • "The cost is approximately $500 for a single license, and there are no additional costs beyond the standard licensing fees."
  • "Our licensing cost is approximately $400 USD per year."
  • "The yearly cost is about $300."
  • "There is no setup cost and the cost of licensing is affordable."
  • "Licensing costs are about $450/year for one use. For larger organizations, they're able to test against multiple applications while simultaneously others might have multiple versions of applications which needs to be tested which is why we have the enterprise edition."
  • "There are different licenses available that include a free version."
  • "At $400 or $500 per license paid annually, it is a very cheap tool."

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    Top Answer:The solution helped us discover vulnerabilities in our applications.
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    9th
    out of 74 in Application Security Tools
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    4,908
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    3,247
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    22
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    8.8
    41st
    out of 74 in Application Security Tools
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    331
    Comparisons
    171
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    Overview

    Burp Suite Professional, by PortSwigger, is the world’s leading toolkit for web security testing. Over 52,000 users worldwide, across all industries and organization sizes, trust Burp Suite Professional to find more vulnerabilities, faster. With expertly-engineered manual and automated tooling, you're able to test smarter - not harder.

    PortSwigger is the web security company that is enabling the world to secure the web. Over 50,000 security engineers rely on our software and expertise to secure their world.

    w3af is a Web Application Attack and Audit Framework. The project's goal is to create a framework to help you secure your web applications by finding and exploiting all web application vulnerabilities. Our framework is proudly developed using Python to be easy to use and extend, and licensed under GPLv2.0.
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    Google, Amazon, NASA, FedEx, P&G, Salesforce
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    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm22%
    Manufacturing Company22%
    Computer Software Company19%
    Comms Service Provider13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Government9%
    Comms Service Provider9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm18%
    Computer Software Company17%
    Media Company12%
    Comms Service Provider8%
    Company Size
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    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise21%
    Large Enterprise57%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise63%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business27%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise60%
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    PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is ranked 9th in Application Security Tools with 57 reviews while w3af is ranked 41st in Application Security Tools. PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is rated 8.6, while w3af is rated 8.0. 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 w3af writes "It's buggy and seems to try to do too many things, but having this on a USB drive has been valuable". PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is most compared with OWASP Zap, Fortify WebInspect, Acunetix, HCL AppScan and Qualys Web Application Scanning, whereas w3af is most compared with Acunetix.

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