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Product	Burp Scanner by PortSwigger View product	Acunetix by Invicti View product
Overview
What it is	Burp Scanner, from PortSwigger, provides API scanning and authenticated crawling. Common uses: automated web scanning. Check deployment options and top DAST competitors.	Acunetix by Invicti: reports and DeepScan DOM crawler. Ideal for Web Application Security. Deployment: cloud. See how it compares with top DAST alternatives.
Product type	Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) Engine	Automated Web Vulnerability Scanner
Best for	Technology, Financial Services, E-commerce, Healthcare, Retail	Technology, Banking, Enterprise, E-commerce
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudHybridOn-Premise	SaaSCloud
Deployment details	Cloud; On-premises; Hybrid; Managed cloud engine; Private cloud agent; Self-hosted container	Cloud (SaaS); Windows Desktop; Cloud SaaS; Windows desktop
Data residency	Customer environment / Cloud region dependent	Global; US; EU
Key features
What it offers	Automated web vulnerability scanning Embedded Chromium crawler OAST via Burp Collaborator API scanning Authenticated crawling Customized attack insertion points CI/CD integration Remediation advice	Automated DAST scanning DeepScan DOM crawler AcuSensor IAST agent 7,000+ vulnerability checks Reports DAST Web Application Security Vulnerability Scanning
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Web applicationsREST APIsSOAP APIsMicroservices	WebsitesWeb appsHTML5APIs
Compliance	OWASP Top 10PCI DSSISO 27001SOC 2	PCI-DSSISO 27001HIPAAOWASP Top 10
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	JenkinsGitLabGitHub ActionsTeamCityAzure DevOpsJiraREST API	JiraGitHubGitLabAzure DevOps
Industries	TechnologyFinancial ServicesE-commerceHealthcareRetail	TechnologyBankingEnterpriseE-commerce
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	PortSwigger	Invicti
Headquarters	Knutsford, United Kingdom	Austin, Texas, USA
Company size	201-500	500+
Founded	2008	2013

Burp Scanner

by PortSwigger

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Acunetix

by Invicti

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Overview

What it is

Burp Scanner

Burp Scanner, from PortSwigger, provides API scanning and authenticated crawling. Common uses: automated web scanning. Check deployment options and top DAST competitors.

Acunetix

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

Product type

Burp Scanner

Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) Engine

Acunetix

Automated Web Vulnerability Scanner

Best for

Burp Scanner

Technology, Financial Services, E-commerce, Healthcare, Retail

Acunetix

Technology, Banking, Enterprise, E-commerce

Pricing

Pricing model

Burp Scanner

Contact Vendor

Acunetix

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Burp Scanner

Acunetix

Deployment

Deployment options

Burp Scanner

CloudHybridOn-Premise

Acunetix

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

Burp Scanner

Cloud; On-premises; Hybrid; Managed cloud engine; Private cloud agent; Self-hosted container

Acunetix

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

Data residency

Burp Scanner

Customer environment / Cloud region dependent

Acunetix

Global; US; EU

Key features

What it offers

Burp Scanner

Automated web vulnerability scanning
Embedded Chromium crawler
OAST via Burp Collaborator
API scanning
Authenticated crawling
Customized attack insertion points
CI/CD integration
Remediation advice

Acunetix

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

Platform & access

API access

Burp Scanner

Acunetix

Single sign-on (SSO)

Burp Scanner

Acunetix

Role-based access (RBAC)

Burp Scanner

Acunetix

Multi-tenant

Burp Scanner

Acunetix

Mobile app

Burp Scanner

Acunetix

Supported platforms

Burp Scanner

Web applicationsREST APIsSOAP APIsMicroservices

Acunetix

WebsitesWeb appsHTML5APIs

Compliance

Burp Scanner

OWASP Top 10PCI DSSISO 27001SOC 2

Acunetix

PCI-DSSISO 27001HIPAAOWASP Top 10

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Burp Scanner

JenkinsGitLabGitHub ActionsTeamCityAzure DevOpsJiraREST API

Acunetix

JiraGitHubGitLabAzure DevOps

Industries

Burp Scanner

TechnologyFinancial ServicesE-commerceHealthcareRetail

Acunetix

TechnologyBankingEnterpriseE-commerce

Regions

Burp Scanner

Global

Acunetix

Global

Vendor

Company

Burp Scanner

PortSwigger

Acunetix

Invicti

Headquarters

Burp Scanner

Knutsford, United Kingdom

Acunetix

Austin, Texas, USA

Company size

Burp Scanner

201-500

Acunetix

500+

Founded

Burp Scanner

2008

Acunetix

2013