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

Find out in this report how the two Fuzz Testing Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
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"The feature that we have found most valuable is that it comes with pre-set configurations. They have a set of predefined options where you can pick one and start scanning. We also have the option of creating our own configurations, like how often do the applications need to be scanned.""I am impressed with the tool's detailed analysis for penetration testing. AppScan can give only visibility, but it can't do the PT part. But the PortSwigger Burp Application can do both, and it gives much more visibility on the PT rating.""The tool provides complimentary services. It allows you to add a lot of extensions, and you can get extensions quite often. It is quite a flexible application.""It was easy to learn.""The active scanner, which does an automated search of any web vulnerabilities.""I find the attack model quite amazing, where I can write my scripts and load my scripts as well, which helps quite a bit. All the active scanning that it can do is also quite a lot helpful. It speeds up our vulnerability assessment and penetration testing. Right now, I am enjoying its in-browser, which also helps quite a bit. I'm always confused about setting up some proxy, but it really is the big solution we all want.""The most valuable feature of PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is the dashboard. It is very informative and you can receive all the information you need in one place. It's clear, well-defined, and organized. Anybody without any cybersecurity can use it.""Enables automation of different tasks such as authorization testing."

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"We have found multiple issues in our embedded system network protocols, related to buffer overflow. We have reduced some of these issues.""The product is related to US usage with TLS contact fees, i.e. how more data center connections will help lower networking costs.""Whatever the test suit they give, it is intelligent. It will understand the protocol and it will generate the test cases based on the protocol: protocol, message sequence, protocol, message structure... Because of that, we can eliminate a lot of unwanted test cases, so we can execute the tests and complete them very quickly."

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"The Burp Collaborator needs improvement. There also needs to be improved integration.""If we're running a huge number of scans regularly, it slows down the tool.""The pricing of the solution is quite high.""The initial setup is a bit complex.""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.""Sometimes the solution can run a little slow.""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."

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"Codenomicon Defensics should be more advanced for the testing sector. It should be somewhat easy and flexible to install.""Sometimes, when we are testing embedded devices, when we trigger the test cases, the target will crash immediately. It is very difficult for us to identify the root cause of the crash because they do not provide sophisticated tools on the target side. They cover only the client-side application... They do not have diagnostic tools for the target side. Rather, they have them but they are very minimal and not very helpful.""It does not support the complete protocol stack. There are some IoT protocols that are not supported and new protocols that are not supported."

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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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    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.

    Defensics® fuzz testing is a comprehensive, powerful, and automated black box solution that enables organizations to effectively and efficiently discover and remediate security weaknesses in software. By taking a systematic and intelligent approach to negative testing, Defensics allows organizations to ensure software security without compromising on product innovation, increasing time to market, or inflating operational costs.

    Sample Customers
    Google, Amazon, NASA, FedEx, P&G, Salesforce
    Coriant, CERT-FI, Next Generation Networks
    Top Industries
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    Financial Services Firm22%
    Manufacturing Company22%
    Computer Software Company19%
    Comms Service Provider13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Government9%
    Manufacturing Company9%
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    Computer Software Company24%
    Manufacturing Company16%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Healthcare Company5%
    Company Size
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    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise21%
    Large Enterprise57%
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    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise64%
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    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise69%
    Buyer's Guide
    PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional vs. Synopsys Defensics
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional vs. Synopsys Defensics and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
    787,033 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is ranked 1st in Fuzz Testing Tools with 57 reviews while Synopsys Defensics is ranked 5th in Fuzz Testing Tools. PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is rated 8.6, while Synopsys Defensics is rated 8.6. 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 Synopsys Defensics writes "Technical support provided protocol-specific documentation to prove that some positives were not false". PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is most compared with OWASP Zap, Fortify WebInspect, Acunetix, HCL AppScan and Qualys Web Application Scanning, whereas Synopsys Defensics is most compared with Snyk, SonarQube, Fortify on Demand, Invicti and Checkmarx One. See our PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional vs. Synopsys Defensics report.

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