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We performed a comparison between Parasoft SOAtest and PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Application Security Testing (AST) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Parasoft SOAtest vs. PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional Report (Updated: March 2024).
765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"Parasoft SOAtest has improved the quality of our automated web services, which can be easily implemented through service chaining and service virtualization.""Generating new messages, based on the existing .EDN and .XML messages, is a crucial part or the testing project that I’m currently in.""Technical support is helpful.""The testing time is shortened because we generate test data automatically with SOAtest.""Good write and read files which save execution inputs and outputs and can be stored locally.""Since the solution has both command line and automation options, it generates good reports.""Every imaginable source in the entire world of information technology can be accessed and used.""Automatic testing is the most valuable feature."

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"The most valuable feature of PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is the advanced features, user-friendly interface, and integration with other tools.""I have found this solution has more plugins than other competitors which is a benefit. You are able to attach different plugins to the security scan to add features. For example, you can check to see if there are any payment systems that exist on a server, or username and password brute force analysis.""The solution has a pretty simple setup.""This tool is more accurate than the other solutions that we use, and reports fewer false positives.""It is a time-saver application.""PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is one of the best user-friendly solutions for getting the proxy set up.""The Spider is the most useful feature. It helps to analyze the entire web application, and it finds all the passes and offers an automated identification of security issues.""In my area of expertise, I feel like it has almost everything I could possibly require at this moment."

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"During the process of working with SOAtest and building test cases, the .TST files will grow. A negative side effect is that saving your changes takes more time.""The product is very slow to start up, and that is a bit of a problem, actually.""Tuning the tool takes time because it gives quite a long list of warnings.""Enabling/disabling an optional element of an XML request is only possible if a data source (e.g., Excel sheet) is connected to the test. Otherwise, the option is not available at all in the drop-down menu.""Reporting facilities can be better.""Parasoft SOAtest has an internal refresh function where you can refresh the software to show the changes you’ve made in your projects. Unfortunately this function does not work properly, because it often does not show the changes after you’ve hit te refresh button a few times.""From an automation point of view, it should have better clarity and be more user friendly.""The feedback that we received from the DevOps of our organization was that the tool was a little heavy from the transformation perspective."

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"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.""In the Professional version, we cannot link it with the CI/CD process.""The Iran market does not have after-sales support. PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional needs to provide after-sales support.""We wish that the Spider feature would appear in the same shape that it does in previous versions.""I would like to see the return of the spider mechanism instead of the crawling feature. Burp Suite's earlier version 1.7 had an excellent spider option, and it would be beneficial if Burp incorporated those features into the current version. The crawling techniques used in the current version are not as efficient as those used in earlier versions.""I would like to see a more optimized solution, as it currently uses a lot of CPU power and memory.""Scanning APIs using PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional takes a lot of time.""There is a lot to this product, and it would be good if when you purchase the tool, they can provide us with a more extensive user manual."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "From what I understand, Parasoft SOAtest isn't the cheapest option. But it has a lot to offer."
  • "The cost of Parasoft seems to have gotten higher with a projection that wasn't really stipulated for our company. They've done a tremendous job at negotiating those deals."
  • "I think it would be a great step to decrease the price of the licenses."
  • "It is an expensive product, so think carefully about whether it fits your purposes and is the right tool for you."
  • "We are completed satisfied with Parasoft SOAtest. The ROI is more than 95%."
  • "The license price is a little expensive, but it provides a better outcome in terms of the end-to-end automation process."
  • "They do have a confusing licensing structure."
  • "The price is around $5,000 USD."
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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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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Since the solution has both command line and automation options, it generates good reports.
    Top Answer:Tuning the tool takes time because it gives quite a long list of warnings. Going through that is a challenge. It only happens in the initial stage when we are setting up the tool, but it can be… more »
    Top Answer:OWASP Zap and PortSwigger Burp Suite Pro have many similar features. OWASP Zap has web application scanning available with basic security vulnerabilities while Burp Suite Pro has it available with… more »
    Top Answer:You can download different plugins if you don't have them in the standard edition.
    Top Answer:We pay a yearly licensing fee for the solution, which is neither cheap nor expensive.
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    Overview

    Parasoft SOAtest delivers fully integrated API and web service testing capabilities that automate end-to-end functional API testing. Streamline automated testing with advanced codeless test creation for applications with multiple interfaces (REST & SOAP APIs, microservices, databases, and more).

    SOAtest reduces the risk of security breaches and performance outages by transforming functional testing artifacts into security and load equivalents. Such reuse, along with continuous monitoring of APIs for change, allows faster and more efficient testing.

    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.

    Sample Customers
    Charter Communications, Sabre, Caesars Entertainment, Charles Schwab, ING, Intel, Northbridge Financial, Capital Services, WoodmenLife
    Google, Amazon, NASA, FedEx, P&G, Salesforce
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    Financial Services Firm43%
    Government14%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Energy/Utilities Company7%
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    Financial Services Firm32%
    Manufacturing Company14%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Government4%
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    Financial Services Firm22%
    Manufacturing Company22%
    Computer Software Company19%
    Comms Service Provider13%
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    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Comms Service Provider9%
    Government9%
    Company Size
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    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise69%
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    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise76%
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    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise21%
    Large Enterprise57%
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    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise64%
    Buyer's Guide
    Parasoft SOAtest vs. PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional
    March 2024
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    765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Parasoft SOAtest is ranked 28th in Application Security Testing (AST) with 30 reviews while PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is ranked 5th in Application Security Testing (AST) with 54 reviews. Parasoft SOAtest is rated 8.2, while PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Parasoft SOAtest writes "Reliable with a good interface but uses too much memory". 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". Parasoft SOAtest is most compared with Postman, SonarQube, Coverity, Polyspace Code Prover and Tricentis Tosca, whereas PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is most compared with OWASP Zap, Fortify WebInspect, Acunetix, HCL AppScan and Qualys Web Application Scanning. See our Parasoft SOAtest vs. PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional report.

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