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Defensics Protocol Fuzzing vs PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Defensics Protocol Fuzzing
Ranking in Fuzz Testing Tools
4th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
PortSwigger Burp Suite Prof...
Ranking in Fuzz Testing Tools
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
64
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (9th), Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Fuzz Testing Tools category, the mindshare of Defensics Protocol Fuzzing is 19.8%, down from 20.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is 31.4%, up from 30.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Fuzz Testing Tools Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional31.4%
Defensics Protocol Fuzzing19.8%
Other48.8%
Fuzz Testing Tools
 

Featured Reviews

SK
Senior Technical Lead at HCL Technologies
Product security tests for switches and router sections
Codenomicon Defensics should be more advanced for the testing sector. It should be somewhat easy and flexible to install. What I see in the documentation isn't that. Even if something doesn't malfunction, sometimes it is hard to install and execute. The product needs video documentation. This would help a lot more.
Arther Magaya - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of Information Security at Aura
AI-driven analyses improve efficiency and reliability
I find all the features of PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional most useful, particularly the AI enhancement for results and follow-up for retests. This feature helps me follow up on my results and perform retests step-by-step. The automation in AI verifies the findings, ensuring they are correct, and performs step-by-step testing. The Intruder tool enhances testing efficiency through intercepting information and analyzing it. It helps to analyze web applications and intercept the traffic.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Whatever the test suit they give, it is intelligent. It will understand the protocol and it will generate the test cases based on the protocol: protocol, message sequence, protocol, message structure... Because of that, we can eliminate a lot of unwanted test cases, so we can execute the tests and complete them very quickly."
"We have found multiple issues in our embedded system network protocols, related to buffer overflow. We have reduced some of these issues."
"The product is related to US usage with TLS contact fees, i.e. how more data center connections will help lower networking costs."
"It helps in API testing, where manual intervention was previously necessary for each payload."
"The most valuable features of PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional are its ease of use and its cost efficiency."
"We are mostly using it for scanning the entire website. So, we basically create a script with the entire website and then run it for different injections."
"The suite testing models are very good. It's very secure."
"It offers very good accuracy. You can trust the results."
"The most valuable features are Burp Intruder and Burp Scanner."
"The most valuable feature is Burp Collaborator."
"The automated scan is what I find most useful because a lot of customers will need it. Not every domain will be looking for complete security, they just need a stamp on the security key. For these kinds of customers, the scan works really well."
 

Cons

"Sometimes, when we are testing embedded devices, when we trigger the test cases, the target will crash immediately. It is very difficult for us to identify the root cause of the crash because they do not provide sophisticated tools on the target side. They cover only the client-side application... They do not have diagnostic tools for the target side. Rather, they have them but they are very minimal and not very helpful."
"Codenomicon Defensics should be more advanced for the testing sector. It should be somewhat easy and flexible to install."
"It does not support the complete protocol stack. There are some IoT protocols that are not supported and new protocols that are not supported."
"As with most automated security tools, too many false positives."
"I am from Brazil. The currency exchange rate from a dollar to a Brazilian Real is quite steep. It is almost six to one. It would be good if it can be sold in the local currency, and its price is cheaper for us."
"Mitigating the issues and low confluence issues needs some improvement. Implementing demand with the ChatGPT under the web solution is an additional feature I would like to see in the next release."
"BurpSuite has some issues regarding authentication with OAT tokens that need to be improved."
"The use of system memory is an area that can be improved because it uses a lot."
"The Burp Collaborator needs improvement. There also needs to be improved integration."
"The tool is very expensive."
"One area that can be improved, when compared to alternative tools, is that they could provide different reporting options and in different formats like PDF or something like that."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Licensing is a bit expensive."
"This solution requires a license. It is expensive but you receive a lot of functionality for the price."
"The platform's pricing is reasonable."
"The yearly cost is about $300."
"At $400 or $500 per license paid annually, it is a very cheap tool."
"It has a yearly license. I am satisfied with its price."
"The solution is reasonably priced."
"Our licensing cost is approximately $400 USD per year."
"The solution used to be expensive. However, they have reduced the price to approximately $400.00 which is reasonable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
17%
Manufacturing Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Retailer
7%
Government
11%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise35
 

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Also Known As

Codenomicon Defensics
Burp
 

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Sample Customers

Coriant, CERT-FI, Next Generation Networks
Google, Amazon, NASA, FedEx, P&G, Salesforce
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