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Product	Burp Suite Community Edition by PortSwigger View product	OWASP ZAP by OWASP View product
Overview
What it is	Burp Suite Community Edition: HTTP/S interception proxy, Burp Repeater and Burp Decoder. Built for security education. Compare Application Security Testing alternatives.	OWASP ZAP from OWASP focuses on API security testing. Key capabilities: REST API control. Compare it with the leading Application Security Testing alternatives.
Product type	Web Application Vulnerability Proxy & Toolkit	Open-Source Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) Scanner
Best for	Cross-industry, Education, Technology, Cybersecurity Research, Software Development	Penetration Testers, DevSecOps, AppSec Teams, Developers
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	Cloud
Deployment details	Desktop Software; Desktop application (Windows, macOS, Linux)	Desktop Client; CLI; Container; CI/CD; Desktop GUI; CLI; Docker container; Automation framework
Data residency	Local machine	Local; Self-hosted
Key features
What it offers	HTTP/S interception proxy Burp Repeater Burp Decoder Burp Comparer Burp Sequencer WebSocket inspection Manual request tampering SSL/TLS certificate handling	Intercepting web proxy Automated active/passive vulnerability scanner REST API control CI/CD pipeline automation Community add-on marketplace Automated web vulnerability scanning Manual penetration testing proxy CI/CD DAST pipeline integration
Platform & access
API access	API access: no	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: no	SSO: no
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: no	RBAC: no
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: no	Multi-tenant: no
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Web applicationsHTTP/HTTPS servicesWebSockets	DesktopCI/CDCloudContainers
Compliance	EducationalSecurity research baseline	Open-source Apache 2.0OWASP Flagship Project
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Web browserslocal development proxies	GitHub ActionsGitLab CIJenkinsJiraPostmanSelenium
Industries	Cross-industryEducationTechnologyCybersecurity ResearchSoftware Development	Penetration TestersDevSecOpsAppSec TeamsDevelopers
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	PortSwigger	OWASP
Headquarters	Knutsford, United Kingdom	Global nonprofit organization
Company size	201-500	11-50
Founded	2008	2001

Burp Suite Community Edition

by PortSwigger

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OWASP ZAP

by OWASP

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Overview

What it is

Burp Suite Community Edition

Burp Suite Community Edition: HTTP/S interception proxy, Burp Repeater and Burp Decoder. Built for security education. Compare Application Security Testing alternatives.

OWASP ZAP

OWASP ZAP from OWASP focuses on API security testing. Key capabilities: REST API control. Compare it with the leading Application Security Testing alternatives.

Product type

Burp Suite Community Edition

Web Application Vulnerability Proxy & Toolkit

OWASP ZAP

Open-Source Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) Scanner

Best for

Burp Suite Community Edition

Cross-industry, Education, Technology, Cybersecurity Research, Software Development

OWASP ZAP

Penetration Testers, DevSecOps, AppSec Teams, Developers

Pricing

Pricing model

Burp Suite Community Edition

Contact Vendor

OWASP ZAP

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Burp Suite Community Edition

OWASP ZAP

Deployment

Deployment options

Burp Suite Community Edition

Cloud

OWASP ZAP

Cloud

Deployment details

Burp Suite Community Edition

Desktop Software; Desktop application (Windows, macOS, Linux)

OWASP ZAP

Desktop Client; CLI; Container; CI/CD; Desktop GUI; CLI; Docker container; Automation framework

Data residency

Burp Suite Community Edition

Local machine

OWASP ZAP

Local; Self-hosted

Key features

What it offers

Burp Suite Community Edition

HTTP/S interception proxy
Burp Repeater
Burp Decoder
Burp Comparer
Burp Sequencer
WebSocket inspection
Manual request tampering
SSL/TLS certificate handling

OWASP ZAP

Intercepting web proxy
Automated active/passive vulnerability scanner
REST API control
CI/CD pipeline automation
Community add-on marketplace
Automated web vulnerability scanning
Manual penetration testing proxy
CI/CD DAST pipeline integration

Platform & access

API access

Burp Suite Community Edition

OWASP ZAP

Single sign-on (SSO)

Burp Suite Community Edition

OWASP ZAP

Role-based access (RBAC)

Burp Suite Community Edition

OWASP ZAP

Multi-tenant

Burp Suite Community Edition

OWASP ZAP

Mobile app

Burp Suite Community Edition

OWASP ZAP

Supported platforms

Burp Suite Community Edition

Web applicationsHTTP/HTTPS servicesWebSockets

OWASP ZAP

DesktopCI/CDCloudContainers

Compliance

Burp Suite Community Edition

EducationalSecurity research baseline

OWASP ZAP

Open-source Apache 2.0OWASP Flagship Project

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Burp Suite Community Edition

Web browserslocal development proxies

OWASP ZAP

GitHub ActionsGitLab CIJenkinsJiraPostmanSelenium

Industries

Burp Suite Community Edition

Cross-industryEducationTechnologyCybersecurity ResearchSoftware Development

OWASP ZAP

Penetration TestersDevSecOpsAppSec TeamsDevelopers

Regions

Burp Suite Community Edition

Global

OWASP ZAP

Global

Vendor

Company

Burp Suite Community Edition

PortSwigger

OWASP ZAP

OWASP

Headquarters

Burp Suite Community Edition

Knutsford, United Kingdom

OWASP ZAP

Global nonprofit organization

Company size

Burp Suite Community Edition

201-500

OWASP ZAP

11-50

Founded

Burp Suite Community Edition

2008

OWASP ZAP

2001