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Acunetix vs Digital.ai Release comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 7, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
6.8
Acunetix users report over 300% ROI, with enhanced security, time savings, and reduced manual testing for application vulnerability identification.
Sentiment score
5.5
Digital.ai Release improved deployment speed and accuracy, reduced staffing needs, and streamlined operations without reducing tools or staff.
It saves a significant amount of time by covering attack surfaces.
Information Security Engineer at Tübitak Bilgem
I have seen a return on investment, as Acunetix helps reduce the man-days and effort needed for scanning bulk applications through automated assessments.
Senior Engineer - Penetration Tester at a government with 10,001+ employees
Acunetix has helped reduce the time spent on manual security reviews and vulnerability identification, catching potential issues early in the deployment and development cycle.
full stack developer at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
Digital.ai Release has reduced the error rate up to 80%.
Cloud Platform at Futurescape
The best part is standardizing things, which in the long term will help me reduce costs and improve efficiency.
Application Architect at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.7
Acunetix customer support is praised for responsiveness and efficiency, despite occasional delays and varying reseller interactions.
Sentiment score
6.4
Digital.ai Release offers reliable customer support, ensuring high availability and effective issue resolution for large multinational organizations.
For high-severity issues, they reach out within two to three hours, and for critical issues, a response is received within 15 minutes.
Lead Cybersecurity at TBO
The technical support from Invicti is very good and fast.
Information Security Engineer at Tübitak Bilgem
Support staff not being familiar with the problem.
Senior Engineer - Penetration Tester at a government with 10,001+ employees
Regarding tech support from Digital.ai Release, I would rate them high because as a big multinational company working with people's money, it is crucial to have support, high availability, data integrity, and security, which this product ticks all the boxes.
Software Configuration Specialist at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
We have a release team to help us with Digital.ai Release.
Application Architect at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.0
Acunetix is scalable, adaptable to business growth, though desktop version limitations and licensing may affect its flexibility.
Sentiment score
6.2
Digital.ai Release is scalable with some hardware limitations, lacking auto-scaling, yet performs well in diverse deployments.
Acunetix can handle increasing workloads and more applications easily.
Senior Engineer - Penetration Tester at a government with 10,001+ employees
Acunetix scales effectively for growing web application security testing needs.
full stack developer at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
Digital.ai Release's scalability seems to be adequate.
Application Architect at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.2
Acunetix is highly praised for its stability, with minimal issues, effective tech support, and consistent performance.
Sentiment score
7.9
Digital.ai Release is stable and reliable, with minor errors often attributed to less stable deployment environments like IBM WebSphere.
My overall impression of the stability of Digital.ai Release is that it is good, although my problem lies with where we deploy to, which is currently not stable at the moment.
Software Configuration Specialist at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Digital.ai Release is very stable from my perspective.
Release Manager at a consultancy with 201-500 employees
 

Room For Improvement

Customers seek improved API testing, mobile scanning, pricing, integrations, collaboration features, faster scans, and better user support in Acunetix.
Digital.ai Release requires UI improvements, better onboarding, enhanced automation, integration options, and flexible pricing to optimize user experience.
The main concern is related to false positives; Acunetix needs to work on identifying valid and invalid findings.
Lead Cybersecurity at TBO
I could supply it with maybe a Swagger file or a JSON file, and Acunetix would pick it up, scan all the endpoints according to the OWASP Top Ten, and give me remediation and actionable remediation reports.
Team Lead, Application Security at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Acunetix should have better integration with newer tools such as GitHub and Azure DevOps.
CEO at Xcelliti
If we had an API that could be used on the user side, similar to the one in JIRA where we can create a personal token without granting full access to Digital.ai Release, I could have my script automate the process instead of fulfilling the template field by field, which would be excellent.
Release Manager at a consultancy with 201-500 employees
New users may take time to understand release pipelines and templates, so more guided onboarding tutorials and documentation would help them adapt easily.
Cloud Platform at Futurescape
I would appreciate standardized training material that would give me hands-on experience.
Application Architect at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Setup Cost

Acunetix pricing is high and complex, based on domains and targets, with mixed opinions on transparency and flexibility.
The pricing cost is affordable for small and mid-sized organizations, and when compared to Checkmarx, it is significantly affordable, as Checkmarx is quite expensive.
Lead Cybersecurity at TBO
We secured a special licensing model for penetration testing companies, which is cost-effective.
Information Security Engineer at Tübitak Bilgem
The pricing of Acunetix is pretty expensive and could be improved.
Senior Business Development Manager at Intouch World
Digital.ai Release is affordable in terms of pricing and setup cost.
Cloud Platform at Futurescape
 

Valuable Features

Acunetix offers fast, automated web vulnerability detection with user-friendly management, centralized reporting, and efficient multi-domain handling.
Digital.ai Release offers orchestration, automation, template reusability, and integration, enhancing release efficiency with real-time notifications and role-based approvals.
Its most valuable role is in enhancing security by identifying potential vulnerabilities efficiently.
Senior Business Development Manager at Intouch World
The solution is excellent at detecting SQL injection and cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.
CEO at Xcelliti
The best feature Acunetix offers is the centralized dashboard and the quality of reports it generates, which includes various options for selecting reports and developer options for directly sharing the reports with developers.
Senior Engineer - Penetration Tester at a government with 10,001+ employees
We don't need to make a specific deployment artifact for dev, test, or production; it is all the same artifact using environment variables, ensuring what we take to production is what was tested.
Software Configuration Specialist at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Digital.ai Release standardizes the release process across teams.
Cloud Platform at Futurescape
Involving both infrastructure and application teams in the same pipeline has genuinely helped my process, as we have one specific person starting the pipeline, another approving it, and another coordinating as DevOps or monitoring all processes from the infrastructure side, providing excellent assistance because we have different and clearly separated responsibilities.
Release Manager at a consultancy with 201-500 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Acunetix
Ranking in DevSecOps
5th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
38
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (8th), Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (5th), Vulnerability Management (21st)
Digital.ai Release
Ranking in DevSecOps
6th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
Build Automation (15th), Release Automation (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the DevSecOps category, the mindshare of Acunetix is 5.8%, down from 9.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Digital.ai Release is 4.7%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
DevSecOps Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Acunetix5.8%
Digital.ai Release4.7%
Other89.5%
DevSecOps
 

Featured Reviews

Rahul Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Engineer - Penetration Tester at a government with 10,001+ employees
Identifies vulnerabilities across bulk web applications but needs better support and cleaner reports
The best feature Acunetix offers is the centralized dashboard and the quality of reports it generates, which includes various options for selecting reports and developer options for directly sharing the reports with developers. The centralized dashboard of Acunetix gives visibility into the security aspects of mass applications; for instance, with more than 200 applications, it provides a valuable overview of findings and necessary fixes, along with a high-level summary that helps us achieve compliance through monthly and sometimes weekly scanning. In terms of reporting, Acunetix is excellent because it can generate different types of reports, such as an executive summary report, detailed reports, and developer reports that can be shared directly with developers. Acunetix positively impacts my organization by helping identify outdated libraries and applications, including legacy applications vulnerable to old attacks based on OWASP Top 10, thus aiding in compliance checks for PCI DSS and OWASP. Acunetix provides a centralized report with compliance-related aspects and a vulnerability timeline, effectively helping reduce vulnerabilities and save time.
reviewer1442733 - PeerSpot reviewer
Application Architect at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Standardized releases have reduced errors and now streamline our cloud resource management
To improve Digital.ai Release, I think the user interface could be improved. For example, I have a plan phase before my build phase, and sometimes the toggle button is hidden. I have to toggle it before the step can be executed, or it will be skipped. Many people who did not use Digital.ai Release before do not even know there is a toggle button, and the first time when they run into that phase, they will definitely skip that step. Regarding needed improvements, I did not do extensive reading on documentation or training material directly from Digital.ai Release. My knowledge comes from the team who has been using it. However, I would appreciate standardized training material that would give me hands-on experience.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Financial Services Firm
24%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Insurance Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business18
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise19
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise7
 

Questions from the Community

What is your primary use case for Acunetix Vulnerability Scanner?
In a typical enterprise environment, Acunetix is mainly used for visibility, detection, and investigation across network traffic. The main use cases usually fall into a few core areas, with primary...
What advice do you have for others considering Acunetix Vulnerability Scanner?
I advise that Acunetix is the best option. Invest time in proper initial configuration and scope definitions. The tool is powerful, but its effectiveness depends heavily on how the authenticated ar...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Acunetix?
Everything is perfect and good, including the pricing and all related aspects.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Digital.ai Release ?
Digital.ai Release is affordable in terms of pricing and setup cost. The integration was easy, and the pricing was good, though not ideal for small teams.
What needs improvement with Digital.ai Release ?
One improvement for Digital.ai Release could be to simplify the user interface for beginners. New users may take time to understand release pipelines and templates, so more guided onboarding tutori...
What is your primary use case for Digital.ai Release ?
Digital.ai Release orchestrates and automates the application release pipelines in our organization. When a new application build is ready, Digital.ai Release coordinates the deployment pipeline au...
 

Also Known As

AcuSensor
XL Release, XebiaLabs XL Release
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Joomla!, Digicure, Team Random, Credit Suisse, Samsung, Air New Zealand
3M, GE, John Deere, Deutsche Telekom, Cable & Wireless, Xerox, and Société Générale, Liberty Mutual, EA, Rabobank
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