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Product	Burp Scanner by PortSwigger View product	Bright STAR by Bright Security 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.	Bright STAR: BOLA & SSRF detection and automated exploit validation. Built for automated dynamic security testing. Compare Application Security Testing alternatives.
Product type	Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) Engine	Dynamic Application Security Testing & Remediation Engine
Best for	Technology, Financial Services, E-commerce, Healthcare, Retail	DevSecOps, Software Engineering Teams, High-Tech
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; CI/CD Pipeline Plugin; Cloud Platform + Local Scanner Agent
Data residency	Customer environment / Cloud region dependent	United States; Europe
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	Contextual dynamic vulnerability scanning Automated exploit validation BOLA & SSRF detection CI/CD quality gate enforcement Automated dynamic security testing Proof-of-concept exploit generation Rapid vulnerability remediation
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	Modern Web AppsCI/CD PipelinesGit Repositories
Compliance	OWASP Top 10PCI DSSISO 27001SOC 2	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	JenkinsGitLabGitHub ActionsTeamCityAzure DevOpsJiraREST API	JenkinsAzure DevOpsJiraGitHubBugcrowd
Industries	TechnologyFinancial ServicesE-commerceHealthcareRetail	DevSecOpsSoftware Engineering TeamsHigh-Tech
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	PortSwigger	Bright Security
Headquarters	Knutsford, United Kingdom	San Rafael, California, USA
Company size	201-500	51-200
Founded	2008	2018

Burp Scanner

by PortSwigger

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Bright STAR

by Bright Security

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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.

Bright STAR

Bright STAR: BOLA & SSRF detection and automated exploit validation. Built for automated dynamic security testing. Compare Application Security Testing alternatives.

Product type

Burp Scanner

Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) Engine

Bright STAR

Dynamic Application Security Testing & Remediation Engine

Best for

Burp Scanner

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

Bright STAR

DevSecOps, Software Engineering Teams, High-Tech

Pricing

Pricing model

Burp Scanner

Contact Vendor

Bright STAR

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Burp Scanner

Bright STAR

Deployment

Deployment options

Burp Scanner

CloudHybridOn-Premise

Bright STAR

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

Burp Scanner

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

Bright STAR

Cloud SaaS; CI/CD Pipeline Plugin; Cloud Platform + Local Scanner Agent

Data residency

Burp Scanner

Customer environment / Cloud region dependent

Bright STAR

United States; Europe

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

Bright STAR

Contextual dynamic vulnerability scanning
Automated exploit validation
BOLA & SSRF detection
CI/CD quality gate enforcement
Automated dynamic security testing
Proof-of-concept exploit generation
Rapid vulnerability remediation

Platform & access

API access

Burp Scanner

Bright STAR

Single sign-on (SSO)

Burp Scanner

Bright STAR

Role-based access (RBAC)

Burp Scanner

Bright STAR

Multi-tenant

Burp Scanner

Bright STAR

Mobile app

Burp Scanner

Bright STAR

Supported platforms

Burp Scanner

Web applicationsREST APIsSOAP APIsMicroservices

Bright STAR

Modern Web AppsCI/CD PipelinesGit Repositories

Compliance

Burp Scanner

OWASP Top 10PCI DSSISO 27001SOC 2

Bright STAR

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Burp Scanner

JenkinsGitLabGitHub ActionsTeamCityAzure DevOpsJiraREST API

Bright STAR

JenkinsAzure DevOpsJiraGitHubBugcrowd

Industries

Burp Scanner

TechnologyFinancial ServicesE-commerceHealthcareRetail

Bright STAR

DevSecOpsSoftware Engineering TeamsHigh-Tech

Regions

Burp Scanner

Global

Bright STAR

Global

Vendor

Company

Burp Scanner

PortSwigger

Bright STAR

Bright Security

Headquarters

Burp Scanner

Knutsford, United Kingdom

Bright STAR

San Rafael, California, USA

Company size

Burp Scanner

201-500

Bright STAR

51-200

Founded

Burp Scanner

2008

Bright STAR

2018