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 solution is highly stable."
"We are able to create a report which shows the PCI DSS scoring and share it with the application teams. Then, they can correlate and see exactly what they need to fix, and why."
"The vulnerability scanning option for analyzing the security loopholes on the websites is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"Their technical support has been very active. If I have an issue, I can reach out to them and get an answer pretty quick."
"The most important feature is that it's a web-based graphical user interface. That is a great addition. Also, the ability to schedule scans is great."
"Our developers can run the attacks directly from their environments, desktops."
"Picks up weaknesses in our app setups."
"For us, the most valuable aspect of the solution is the log-sequence feature."
"You can download different plugins if you don't have them in the standard edition."
"The solution has a pretty simple setup."
"We use the solution for vulnerability assessment in respect of the application and the sites."
"The most valuable feature of PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is the Burp Intruder tool."
"The suite testing models are very good. It's very secure."
"The way they do the research and they keep their profile up to date is great. They identify vulnerabilities and update them immediately."
""The product is very good just the way it is; It has everything already well established and functions great. I can't see any way for this current version to be improved.""
"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."
"Acunetix needs to be dynamic with JavaScript code, unlike Netsparker which can scan complex agents."
"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."
"We have had issues during upgrades where their scans worked on some apps better with previous versions. Then, we had to work with their tech support, who were great, to get it fixed for the next version."
"In terms of what needs improvement, the way the licensing model is currently is not very convenient for us because initially, when we bought it, the licensing model was very flexible, but now it restricts us."
"Currently only supports web scanning."
"It should be easier to recreate something manually, with the manual tool, because Acunetix is an automatic tool. If it finds something, it should be easier to manually replicate it. Sometimes you don't get the raw data from the input and output, so that could be improved."
"The vulnerability identification speed should be improved."
"There is room for improvement in website authentication because I've seen other products that can do it much better."
"The scanner and crawler need to be improved."
"PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional could improve the static code review."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
"Scanning needs to be improved in enterprise and professional versions."
"The number of false positives need to be reduced on the solution."
"The pricing of the solution is quite high."
"It would be good if the solution could give us more details about what exactly is defective."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
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Acunetix is ranked 17th in Application Security Tools with 26 reviews while PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is ranked 9th in Application Security Tools with 57 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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