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

Nuclei

by ProjectDiscovery

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Acunetix

by Invicti

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Overview

What it is

Nuclei

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

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

Nuclei

Fast Community-Driven Vulnerability Scanner

Acunetix

Automated Web Vulnerability Scanner

Best for

Nuclei

AppSec Engineers, Pentesters, AppSec, Security Researchers, DevOps

Acunetix

Technology, Banking, Enterprise, E-commerce

Pricing

Pricing model

Nuclei

Contact Vendor

Acunetix

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Nuclei

Acunetix

Deployment

Deployment options

Nuclei

Cloud

Acunetix

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

Nuclei

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

Acunetix

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

Data residency

Nuclei

Local / Operator Controlled

Acunetix

Global; US; EU

Key features

What it offers

Nuclei

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

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

Nuclei

Acunetix

Single sign-on (SSO)

Nuclei

Acunetix

Role-based access (RBAC)

Nuclei

Acunetix

Multi-tenant

Nuclei

Acunetix

Mobile app

Nuclei

Acunetix

Supported platforms

Nuclei

Linux CLImacOS CLIWindows CLIDockerCI/CD Pipelines

Acunetix

WebsitesWeb appsHTML5APIs

Compliance

Nuclei

Open Source (MIT License)

Acunetix

PCI-DSSISO 27001HIPAAOWASP Top 10

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Nuclei

GitHubCI/CDLinux CLIDocker

Acunetix

JiraGitHubGitLabAzure DevOps

Industries

Nuclei

AppSec EngineersPentestersAppSecSecurity ResearchersDevOps

Acunetix

TechnologyBankingEnterpriseE-commerce

Regions

Nuclei

Global

Acunetix

Global

Vendor

Company

Nuclei

ProjectDiscovery

Acunetix

Invicti

Headquarters

Nuclei

Global / Remote

Acunetix

Austin, Texas, USA

Company size

Nuclei

11-50

Acunetix

500+

Founded

Nuclei

2019

Acunetix

2013