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Product	Acunetix by Invicti View product	Nuclei by ProjectDiscovery View product
Overview
What it is	Acunetix by Invicti: reports and DeepScan DOM crawler. Ideal for Web Application Security. Deployment: cloud. See how it compares with top DAST alternatives.	Looking for Vulnerability Management software? Nuclei by ProjectDiscovery provides community templates for Security Testing. Compare features and alternatives.
Product type	Automated Web Vulnerability Scanner	Fast Community-Driven Vulnerability Scanner
Best for	Technology, Banking, Enterprise, E-commerce	AppSec Engineers, Pentesters, AppSec, Security Researchers, DevOps
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloud	Cloud
Deployment details	Cloud (SaaS); Windows Desktop; Cloud SaaS; Windows desktop	CLI; Open Source; Go; Open-source CLI binary
Data residency	Global; US; EU	Local / Operator Controlled
Key features
What it offers	Automated DAST scanning DeepScan DOM crawler AcuSensor IAST agent 7,000+ vulnerability checks Reports DAST Web Application Security Vulnerability Scanning	Configurable YAML vulnerability templates Fast scanning engine Community templates Custom rule writing DAST Vulnerability Management Security Testing Continuous Scanning
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: no
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: no
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: no
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: no
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	WebsitesWeb appsHTML5APIs	Linux CLImacOS CLIWindows CLIDockerCI/CD Pipelines
Compliance	PCI-DSSISO 27001HIPAAOWASP Top 10	Open Source (MIT License)
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	JiraGitHubGitLabAzure DevOps	GitHubCI/CDLinux CLIDocker
Industries	TechnologyBankingEnterpriseE-commerce	AppSec EngineersPentestersAppSecSecurity ResearchersDevOps
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Invicti	ProjectDiscovery
Headquarters	Austin, Texas, USA	Global / Remote
Company size	500+	11-50
Founded	2013	2019

Acunetix

by Invicti

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Nuclei

by ProjectDiscovery

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Overview

What it is

Acunetix

Acunetix by Invicti: reports and DeepScan DOM crawler. Ideal for Web Application Security. Deployment: cloud. See how it compares with top DAST alternatives.

Nuclei

Looking for Vulnerability Management software? Nuclei by ProjectDiscovery provides community templates for Security Testing. Compare features and alternatives.

Product type

Acunetix

Automated Web Vulnerability Scanner

Nuclei

Fast Community-Driven Vulnerability Scanner

Best for

Acunetix

Technology, Banking, Enterprise, E-commerce

Nuclei

AppSec Engineers, Pentesters, AppSec, Security Researchers, DevOps

Pricing

Pricing model

Acunetix

Contact Vendor

Nuclei

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Acunetix

Nuclei

Deployment

Deployment options

Acunetix

SaaSCloud

Nuclei

Cloud

Deployment details

Acunetix

Cloud (SaaS); Windows Desktop; Cloud SaaS; Windows desktop

Nuclei

CLI; Open Source; Go; Open-source CLI binary

Data residency

Acunetix

Global; US; EU

Nuclei

Local / Operator Controlled

Key features

What it offers

Acunetix

Automated DAST scanning
DeepScan DOM crawler
AcuSensor IAST agent
7,000+ vulnerability checks
Reports
DAST
Web Application Security
Vulnerability Scanning

Nuclei

Configurable YAML vulnerability templates
Fast scanning engine
Community templates
Custom rule writing
DAST
Vulnerability Management
Security Testing
Continuous Scanning

Platform & access

API access

Acunetix

Nuclei

Single sign-on (SSO)

Acunetix

Nuclei

Role-based access (RBAC)

Acunetix

Nuclei

Multi-tenant

Acunetix

Nuclei

Mobile app

Acunetix

Nuclei

Supported platforms

Acunetix

WebsitesWeb appsHTML5APIs

Nuclei

Linux CLImacOS CLIWindows CLIDockerCI/CD Pipelines

Compliance

Acunetix

PCI-DSSISO 27001HIPAAOWASP Top 10

Nuclei

Open Source (MIT License)

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Acunetix

JiraGitHubGitLabAzure DevOps

Nuclei

GitHubCI/CDLinux CLIDocker

Industries

Acunetix

TechnologyBankingEnterpriseE-commerce

Nuclei

AppSec EngineersPentestersAppSecSecurity ResearchersDevOps

Regions

Acunetix

Global

Nuclei

Global

Vendor

Company

Acunetix

Invicti

Nuclei

ProjectDiscovery

Headquarters

Acunetix

Austin, Texas, USA

Nuclei

Global / Remote

Company size

Acunetix

500+

Nuclei

11-50

Founded

Acunetix

2013

Nuclei

2019