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Parasoft SOAtest vs PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional comparison

Parasoft and PortSwigger are both solutions in the Static Application Security Testing (SAST) category. Parasoft is ranked #20 with an average rating of 8.7, while PortSwigger is ranked #7 with an average rating of 9.0. Parasoft holds a 0.7% mindshare in SAST, compared to PortSwigger’s 2.1% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of Parasoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 98% of PortSwigger users who would recommend it.
Parasoft SOAtest
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93% willing to recommend
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98% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 8, 2024

Parasoft SOAtest and PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional offer solutions in software testing and web security. PortSwigger leads due to its unmatched security features and ROI benefit for penetration testers.

Features: Parasoft SOAtest provides comprehensive API testing, automation capabilities, and smooth integration with development environments. It offers testing granularity and coverage. PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is known for advanced security features, identifying vulnerabilities, and providing specialized tools for security testing.

Room for Improvement: Parasoft SOAtest users suggest simplifying the setup process, enhancing performance speed, and reducing resource intensity. PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional could benefit from improved reporting, user-friendliness, and better documentation for user guidance.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Parasoft SOAtest presents challenges in deployment due to complexity and technical expertise requirements, though customer service is supportive in resolving issues. PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional allows easier deployment but requires more proactive user support and guidance. Parasoft excels in customer service while PortSwigger wins in deployment ease.

Pricing and ROI: Parasoft SOAtest is often considered expensive with mixed ROI perceptions, fitting larger enterprises needing specific API tests. PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional, although pricey, is perceived as offering high ROI through robust security features, justifying the investment for security-focused businesses.

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Parasoft SOAtest vs. PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional
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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
6.7
Parasoft SOAtest enhances API testing efficiency and ROI with minimal coding, despite lacking a comprehensive metrics system.
Sentiment score
1.0
PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional offers significant ROI, enhancing client engagement and securing contracts for application security testing globally.
Tasks that previously took four or five minutes can now be completed in 20 to 30 seconds with the help of the tool.
reviewer2772063
Quality Specialist 2A at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
We found Parasoft SOAtest to be quick in building up test patterns, allowing us to create complex tests efficiently.
David-Whitehouse
QA Lead at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
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Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.7
Customer service is excellent, with fast responses and effective problem resolution, despite challenges with complex issues and regional availability.
Sentiment score
3.7
PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional offers praised customer service, responsive technical support, and comprehensive resources for user assistance.
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The technical support from PortSwigger is excellent.
Gintaras-Navickas
Cyber security manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The technical support for PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is pretty good, and I would give it a nine.
Srinivas Walikar
Senior Business Development Manager at Intouch World
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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.0
Parasoft SOAtest scales well with proper licensing, though larger tests and memory management need careful planning in CI/CD contexts.
Sentiment score
5.4
PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is scalable but faces licensing challenges, with some preferring the Enterprise version for extensive use.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.0
Parasoft SOAtest is generally stable, but memory consumption can cause occasional issues, especially with complex scenarios on low-end systems.
Sentiment score
8.4
PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is stable and reliable, with minor memory and update issues, rated highly for stability.
In particular use cases with numerous steps, it experiences crashes.
reviewer2772063
Quality Specialist 2A at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
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PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is very stable.
Abdullah Ozkan
Information Security Engineer at Tübitak Bilgem
PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is a very stable tool, and I would rate its stability as eight out of ten.
Srinivas Walikar
Senior Business Development Manager at Intouch World
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reviewer2772063 - PeerSpot reviewer
AO
SW
 

Room For Improvement

Parasoft SOAtest needs better reports, interface, performance, integration, automation, documentation, price, startup time, memory use, and user-friendliness.
PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional could improve interface, integration, and usability, while reducing false positives and enhancing reporting.
It did not support enough of the protocols or cryptography formats we needed, which led us to create our own solutions.
David-Whitehouse
QA Lead at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
One improvement would be to integrate it with modern technologies such as AI, so we can generate test cases by providing the details so that it can generate the structure, and later the person working can modify and enhance it.
reviewer2772063
Quality Specialist 2A at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
In terms of improvements for Parasoft SOAtest, some features could be added or perhaps existing areas could be improved, such as lowering prices.
Nghiêm Phương
CEO at SMOne
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Perhaps they could add some automation to things, to see what we do manually, which it has the tools to do manually, and perhaps enable with a click of a button to do things automatically.
Moti Huberman
Penetration Tester & Information Security Expert at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees
Some AI features might be added.
Abdullah Ozkan
Information Security Engineer at Tübitak Bilgem
The dashboard of PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional could be made more user-friendly.
Srinivas Walikar
Senior Business Development Manager at Intouch World
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DW
reviewer2772063 - PeerSpot reviewerNghiêm Phương - PeerSpot reviewer
MH
AO
SW
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise buyers find Parasoft SOAtest expensive but worthwhile due to robust features and scalability, despite complex licensing.
Burp Suite Professional is a budget-friendly, comprehensive web security tool with flexible licensing options suitable for various business sizes.
Parasoft SOAtest is expensive, but it was acquired because the company was dissatisfied with Quick Test Pro.
David-Whitehouse
QA Lead at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
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The pricing for PortSwigger is very cheap, and there are benefits in terms of time and cost savings.
Abdullah Ozkan
Information Security Engineer at Tübitak Bilgem
I find the price of PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional to be very cost-efficient.
Srinivas Walikar
Senior Business Development Manager at Intouch World
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DW
AO
SW
 

Valuable Features

Parasoft SOAtest provides rapid functional testing setup, extensive API support, seamless integration, and comprehensive validation tools for scalable end-to-end testing.
PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional offers customizable testing tools, community plugins, a user-friendly interface, and efficient automation for affordable security assessment.
Parasoft SOAtest improves the quality of the application, increases security and security compliance, and it is a cost-effective tool.
Nghiêm Phương
CEO at SMOne
Parasoft SOAtest is very good at ensuring tests don't pass or fail until they genuinely pass or fail.
David-Whitehouse
QA Lead at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
The best feature of Parasoft SOAtest is the extension tool where we can write our custom scripts.
reviewer2772063
Quality Specialist 2A at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
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The most valuable features of PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional are its ease of use and its cost efficiency.
Srinivas Walikar
Senior Business Development Manager at Intouch World
The most valuable feature of Burp Suite Professional is its ability to schedule tasks for scanning websites.
Gintaras-Navickas
Cyber security manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
One of the best things in PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is that it has its own browser.
Moti Huberman
Penetration Tester & Information Security Expert at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees
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Nghiêm Phương - PeerSpot reviewer
DW
reviewer2772063 - PeerSpot reviewer
SW
GN
MH
 

Categories and Ranking

Parasoft SOAtest
Ranking in Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
20th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
33
Ranking in other categories
Functional Testing Tools (16th), API Testing Tools (9th), Test Automation Tools (14th)
PortSwigger Burp Suite Prof...
Ranking in Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
7th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
65
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (9th), Fuzz Testing Tools (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Static Application Security Testing (SAST) category, the mindshare of Parasoft SOAtest is 0.7%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is 2.1%, up from 2.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Static Application Security Testing (SAST) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional2.1%
Parasoft SOAtest0.7%
Other97.2%
Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2772063 - PeerSpot reviewer
reviewer2772063
Quality Specialist 2A at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Has reduced manual testing effort with customization options but occasionally crashes during complex executions
One improvement would be to integrate it with modern technologies such as AI, so we can generate test cases by providing the details so that it can generate the structure, and later the person working can modify and enhance it. We can add more customized tools, and reporting can be enhanced. Currently, the reporting part is at a step level, and it does not give details for a particular test case, so improvements in those areas would be beneficial. There are performance issues where the tool crashes sometimes. In particular use cases with numerous steps, it experiences crashes. I have encountered stability and performance issues with it.
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MH
Moti Huberman
Penetration Tester & Information Security Expert at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees
Dedicated browser and repeater have improved my proxy testing and manual vulnerability checks
I'm hoping perhaps for something to make it easier, such as to define things where if a message or a response is such and such, automatically make a request that is such and such. Perhaps something like this because otherwise, nowadays we have to do it manually. Perhaps they can automate it a bit more. Perhaps they could add some automation to things, to see what we do manually, which it has the tools to do manually, and perhaps enable with a click of a button to do things automatically. I'm not too sure which, but I'm sure they can from a product management point of view, do things that we need to do two, three, or four steps manually regarding specific testing. For instance, we want to check something specific if it's this or if it's that. Perhaps to define it once and have it more automatic, perhaps.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Computer Software Company
9%
University
6%
Government
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise23
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business17
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise35
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Parasoft SOAtest?
I am not involved in the pricing aspect, setup cost, or licensing cost of Parasoft SOAtest. Our dedicated tools and support teams handle those aspects.
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What needs improvement with Parasoft SOAtest?
One improvement would be to integrate it with modern technologies such as AI, so we can generate test cases by providing the details so that it can generate the structure, and later the person work...
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What is your primary use case for Parasoft SOAtest?
We use Parasoft SOAtest for API testing and service virtualization with responder setup. Service virtualization is very helpful in our testing. When any downstream system is not available or we are...
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Is OWASP Zap better than PortSwigger Burp Suite Pro?
OWASP Zap and PortSwigger Burp Suite Pro have many similar features. OWASP Zap has web application scanning available with basic security vulnerabilities while Burp Suite Pro has it available with ...
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What do you like most about PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional?
The solution helped us discover vulnerabilities in our applications.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional?
The cost of PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is reasonable at approximately $500 per year per user.
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Also Known As

SOAtest
Burp
 

Overview

Parasoft SOAtest delivers fully integrated API and web service testing capabilities that automate end-to-end functional API testing. Streamline automated testing with advanced codeless test creation for applications with multiple interfaces (REST & SOAP APIs, microservices, databases, and more).

SOAtest reduces the risk of security breaches and performance outages by transforming functional testing artifacts into security and load equivalents. Such reuse, along with continuous monitoring of APIs for change, allows faster and more efficient testing.

Parasoft

Burp Suite Professional, by PortSwigger, is the world’s leading toolkit for web security testing. Over 52,000 users worldwide, across all industries and organization sizes, trust Burp Suite Professional to find more vulnerabilities, faster. With expertly-engineered manual and automated tooling, you're able to test smarter - not harder.

PortSwigger is the web security company that is enabling the world to secure the web. Over 50,000 security engineers rely on our software and expertise to secure their world.

PortSwigger
 

Sample Customers

Charter Communications, Sabre, Caesars Entertainment, Charles Schwab, ING, Intel, Northbridge Financial, Capital Services, WoodmenLife
Google, Amazon, NASA, FedEx, P&G, Salesforce
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