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PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional vs w3af comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is scalable across projects but requires individual licenses and has limited automation and reporting.
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Valuable Features

Sentiment score
8.3
PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is a user-friendly, cost-effective tool for penetration testing with powerful features and continuous updates.
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The most valuable feature of Burp Suite Professional is its ability to schedule tasks for scanning websites.
 

Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
5.1
Users seek improvements in Burp Suite: false positives, CI/CD integration, UI, API testing, cost, documentation, stability, authentication.
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Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.6
PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is generally stable, excelling in proxy tasks despite occasional minor issues and update-related instabilities.
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Customer Service

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PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional's support is efficient, with praised documentation and forums, despite occasional delays in direct assistance.
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The technical support from PortSwigger is excellent.
 

Setup Cost

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PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional offers competitive pricing and value, with licensing options and a free community version available.
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Categories and Ranking

PortSwigger Burp Suite Prof...
Ranking in Application Security Tools
8th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
61
Ranking in other categories
Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (6th), Fuzz Testing Tools (1st)
w3af
Ranking in Application Security Tools
46th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
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Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Application Security Tools category, the mindshare of PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is 1.8%, down from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of w3af is 0.1%, down from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Anton Krivonosov - PeerSpot reviewer
A special tool for penetration testers or security specialists to conduct security assessments
We use the solution for security assessments. It's a special tool for penetration testers or security specialists PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is a standard tool in the security industry. It's a stable solution that has many features. You can download different plugins if you don't have…
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It's buggy and seems to try to do too many things, but having this on a USB drive has been valuable.
I tried to install this on numerous systems and eventually, with help, I got it running. It needs far too many dependencies installed and there's too much messing about to be of much use. Once running, it's buggy and begs the question can it be relied upon? Even within Kali it reports website time-outs, yet Zap or Burp are able to do a successful scan. I wanted this to work so much and be able to use it as an additional check of my results but have now binned it.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

Is OWASP Zap better than PortSwigger Burp Suite Pro?
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 ...
What do you like most about PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional?
The solution helped us discover vulnerabilities in our applications.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional?
I would rate the pricing a six out of ten. It's not as flexible here as it might be in European or American markets.
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Sample Customers

Google, Amazon, NASA, FedEx, P&G, Salesforce
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