PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional Reviews

We use PortSwigger to find simple bugs via authorization and authentication testing. It's about preventing attacks. Burp Suite enables you to drill down and check all test cases, irrespective of the application on which it's built. We are customers of PortSwigger and I'm a consultant.

Port Swigger enables automation of different tasks such as authorization testing. New extensions come in every day which can be used in Burp Suite while testing. 

In general, there's not much to complain about but the stability of the tool is not good enough. I know that the RAM utilization is something they're working on but using a scan currently takes up too much memory. Resource utilization is an issue because when you're application testing, there are multiple threats and multiple application requests that are going in the backend.

I've been using this solution for four years. 

The stability could be improved. 

The scalability is quite good because PortSwigger can be used by multiple users through Jenkins and other things. 

The technical support is quite good. 

Positive

The initial setup is not that difficult because there's good documentation on the PortSwigger website. Our employees each installed on their own machine, it's an executable file. 

Return on investment is good because it's a globally known product. All our  customers know Burp Suite. There's a return on investment because it's a major tool necessary for performing any manual or automation testing.

The licensing cost depends on the number of users. One person can use the tool on a single laptop that can be shared between multiple users under a single license. We have around 15 users. We pay an annual license fee that includes technical support, it's not that expensive. They also provide a free community version. 

I recommend this solution and rate it seven out of 10 because it offers multiple features.

I am a penetration tester working for a private organization. I evaluate the security of applications companies develop. I check for security vulnerabilities in web applications, Android and iOS devices, and thick and thin clients using Burp Suite. I use it to prevent applications from being hacked by outsiders.

Burp Suite has been very useful in reducing the time needed for testing applications. Without using Burp Suite, testing could extend up to ten days or more. It provides a flexible way to evaluate vulnerabilities and mistakes developers make while developing applications.

Burp Suite is valuable since it provides automated scan facilities, including authenticated and unauthenticated scanning. It offers flexibility, macros, and features to reduce the effort required for authenticated sessions. It also makes it easy to find blind SQL injection and OOB attacks.

Integration is a big problem. Currently, it's more challenging to integrate Burp Suite into the CI/CD pipeline compared to SAP (which is open source with many plugins available). More technical knowledge is required for integration.

I have nearly more than five years of experience with Burp Suite.

I would rate stability an eight out of ten.

I am 100% confident in Burp Suite, so I would rate its scalability a ten out of ten.

Whenever we email, they respond back on time. The support is brilliant.

Positive

The setup is simple. You need Java JDK support of 11 or more and sufficient memory and space.

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.

SAP is a good alternative as a free version.

Burp Suite has started a certification called Burp Suite Certified Professional (BSCP) that I recommend to pursue as it provides good documentation.

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.

I have been using this solution for quite a long time. The features and request tampering are different. This solution helps us when testing applications. It is a flexible tool.

It is useful for scanning and tracing activities.

Improvement should be done as per the requirements of customers. 

I would rate the stability an eight out of ten. 

The solution is reasonably priced. 

Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten. 

I used this solution while working with a bank, and while it wasn't much of a DevSecOps tool, it was a good tool for penetration testing.

It is a good manual penetration tool. It was easy to learn.

If your application uses multi-factor authentication, registration management cannot be automated. There are also some session management issues we have found if we want to integrate it into the pipeline. There were also some authentication-related issues we found at the time. These issues were more specific to the enterprise edition. I have worked on a paid version of the standalone solution, which is best for manual penetration testing.

I rate Burp Suite's stability a ten out of ten.

I rate Burp Suite's scalability a seven out of ten. We wanted to have more scalability in my last company, where we wanted the enterprise edition, but there were some challenges we faced. We couldn't find a solution to the problem statements for most of our business use cases back then. We then dropped the idea of using Burp Suite Enterprise and opted for a standard one for manual penetration testing.

There were ten users in my unit working with Burp Suite.

Support-wise, the solution was also very good. Across the globe, all the manual penetration testers use Burp Suite. If we had any questions, we received good support from GitLab and other forums.

Whenever we raised any query, such as if we wanted to file an invoice for reimbursement at the organization level, the support was good at the nontechnical and technical levels.

Positive

The initial setup is easy, not only in the office, since I'm working on my laptop now with the community edition. The configuration is pretty straightforward.

Burp Suite is affordable. Admins can purchase the tool, which is affordable enough that college students can purchase it if they want to learn it.

The solution is not a good candidate for a DevSecOps tool.

I recommend this solution for manual penetration testers. It is the best tool with the best support. PortSwigger has added plugins to efficiently catch bugs, for example, HTTP request smuggling. There are a lot of plugins, such as how to hide the JWT token. These plugins minimize the effort required by manual penetration testers so they can find bugs quickly with the help of these plugins. They have good support if anybody wants to learn how to use and install plugins. There is a lot of documentation available online.

I rate PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional an eight out of ten.

I mainly use Burp Suite for manual testing, using it as a proxy to do my manual pen test.

Burp Suite gives you a very good automated scanning tool, which gives you around sixty to seventy percent security coverage without having to use a security resource. Once the developer gets the report, they've got the PortSwigger lab to explain the vulnerability and have a POC right there, so it's very beneficial for developers.

The most valuable feature is Burp Collaborator.

BurpSuite has some issues regarding authentication with OAT tokens that need to be improved.

I've been using this solution for around seven years.

The Professional version is not very scalable because you need to buy licenses for each user, but the Enterprise version takes care of that.

The support for the Enterprise solution isn't the best (I'd rate it as three out of five), but the Professional version provides all the documentation and the PortSwigger labs, so it's much better.

Positive

I previously used OS SAP, but I switched to Burp Suite when the support for that solution stopped.

The initial setup is very easy because Burp Suite has very good documentation. Setup took less than an hour, though it might take a less-experienced person longer to install a mobile application because of the application-level security.

I would say Burp Suite has now surpassed SAP as a tool. The main aspect of Burp Suite is that it's like an army knife for a hacker, it's not just the automation or the scanning that it brings. For a person with 80-90% knowledge of application security, this tool is a must-have. I would rate Burp Suite nine out of ten.

I was working in internet banking in the Middle East and we used Zap for light testing and we used Burp Suite for more deep protocol and package review of the security.

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. You are able to do many different types of scans, such as SQL injection. There are a lot of deep packages analyzing functions that make this solution have more usability.

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. The user interface is pretty basic and if you want to do more advanced operations you need to know more technical details, which are not publicly available. You need to get in touch with different engineers or somebody that publishes their experience in a book to be able to get the knowledge in how to use this solution to its fullest.

I have been using this solution for approximately four years.

This is a stable solution when comparing it to competitors.

I have used Zap and it is lightweight compare to this solution's functions. 

The setup is a bit complex.

This solution requires a license. It is expensive but you receive a lot of functionality for the price.

My advice to others is if you have one small web server and static pages, you can easily use Zap. However, if it is a more complex environment, with a payment system, with a lot of content, and has many defined user rules, it is better to use Burp Suite.

I rate PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional a nine out of ten.

We use the solution for penetration testing, web application testing, etc.

We use the tool to test the application security, like APIs. It is one of the major tool for any security or to test web applications.

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.

Reporting could be improved. If you use any AI feature, you can go out and take and provide more in-depth information.

I have been using PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional for over ten years. We are using the latest version of the solution.

The product is highly stable.

I rate the solution’s stability an eight out of ten.

The solution is scalable.

Five users are using this solution.

I rate the solution’s scalability an eight out of ten.

Customer support respond immediately.

Positive

The initial setup is easy and take you around ten minute, provided you have downloaded the application.

I rate the initial setup a nine out of ten, where one is difficult, and ten is easy.

The tool was deployed in-house.

worth the money spent.

Yes, there many tools, and also a free tool i.e ZAP

it does give you ability to run easily  various attack types , such as Sniper, Pitchfork attack, Battering RAM, Cluster bomb and various other attack types, which can be used to test Web application. 
Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

The solution is used for penetration testing of any kind of application. We use it for security testing workflow daily.

PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is a very good tool. The solution helped us discover vulnerabilities in our applications. Vulnerability elimination is the most important feature.

The intercept feature is valuable. It helps us intercept the traffic and make manual changes. We can find vulnerabilities that are not detected by other products. Burp Intruder is applicable only when there are no blockers on the websites. Burp Repeater impacts the testing outcomes. We use it if we have multiple visits for a specific request. Everything is well-defined.

The tool is very expensive.

I have been using the solution for five years. I am using the 2023 version.

The tool is highly stable. I rate the stability a ten out of ten.

The tool is highly scalable. I rate the scalability a nine out of ten. We have four to five customers. We work with medium-sized businesses.

The setup can be done easily. I rate the ease of setup a ten out of ten. It is a stress-free process. The deployment takes two to three days. The deployment process is very simple. We just do the installation setup and install the key.

I rate the pricing a ten out of ten. There are no additional costs associated with the product.

Burp Intruder does not work if there are multiple requests for a single API. I will recommend the tool to others. Overall, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.