No more typing reviews! Try our Samantha, our new voice AI agent.

Pentest-Tools.com vs PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Pentest-Tools.com
Ranking in Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
47th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
3.8
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Penetration Testing Services (23rd)
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 (10th), Fuzz Testing Tools (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Static Application Security Testing (SAST) category, the mindshare of Pentest-Tools.com is 0.5%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is 3.0%, up from 2.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Static Application Security Testing (SAST) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional3.0%
Pentest-Tools.com0.5%
Other96.5%
Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
 

Featured Reviews

JagdishPrasad - PeerSpot reviewer
ML Professor at Pune University, Pune
Centralized automation has streamlined vulnerability assessments and improved stakeholder communication
I think that Pentest-Tools.com can be improved in a few ways. As I mentioned before, every software has areas for improvement. Pentest-Tools.com is a strong and mature platform overall, but one area for improvement is deeper customization and workflow automation because while the platform already offers a wide range of scanning capabilities, advanced users would benefit from granular control over the scanning configurations, testing profiles, and automated workflows. Additional options for tailoring assessments to specific environment and organizational requirements could further improve the efficiency and flexibility of the software. Another opportunity lies in expanding the integration with enterprise security ecosystems because many organizations operate complex security environments that include SIEM platforms, ticketing systems, vulnerability management solutions, and DevOps and DevSecOps pipelines. Broader and more seamless integration with these technologies would help organizations to incorporate Pentest-Tools.com more effectively into their existing security operations and continuous monitoring processes. I would also like to see enhancements in historical analysis and trend reporting capabilities. While the current reporting is very useful, additional dashboards that provide long-term visibility into vulnerability trends, remediation progress, and recurring issues and overall security posture improvements would offer valuable strategic insight for management and security leadership teams. Another potential enhancement could be more extensive collaboration features for larger security teams; improving the mechanisms for assigning findings and tracking remediation ownership, managing the review workflow, and facilitating communication among team members could strengthen Pentest-Tools.com's value for enterprise-scale deployment. Overall, these suggestions are intended as enhancements rather than criticisms. Pentest-Tools.com already provides substantial value and performs its core functionality effectively. But the improvements I would like to see include expanded enterprise integration, richer historical analytics, and greater support for modern application architecture along with more advanced automation features that further streamline the security assessment lifecycle. I have tried to cover as much as possible in terms of improvements from my end, and nothing else is coming to mind after that.
MH
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Pentest-Tools.com has positively impacted my organization in two significant ways."
"Pentest-Tools.com has had a very positive impact by improving the efficiency, consistency, and overall effectiveness of our security assessment processes."
"The initial setup is simple."
"Burp Suite gives you a very good automated scanning tool, which gives you around sixty to seventy percent security coverage without having to use a security resource."
"The solution scans web applications and supports APIs, which are the main features I really like."
"Enables automation of different tasks such as authorization testing."
"With the Extender Tab, if you know how to code then you can create a plugin and add it to Burp."
"This tool is more accurate than the other solutions that we use, and reports fewer false positives."
"The crawling capability is excellent."
"The solution has a pretty simple setup."
 

Cons

"Pentest-Tools.com could improve in a couple of areas. First, the reporting flexibility could be enhanced."
"One area for improvement is deeper customization and workflow automation because while the platform already offers a wide range of scanning capabilities, advanced users would benefit from granular control over the scanning configurations, testing profiles, and automated workflows."
"The solution is not easy to set it up. You need a lot of knowledge."
"There should be a heads up display like the one available in OWASP Zap."
"The tool is very expensive."
"The technical support team's response time is mostly delayed and should be improved."
"Even though I started working with PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional, I think I may have run the Scanner once, but I prefer to run ZAP because I'm more used to it and I think it checks many more vulnerabilities."
"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."
"Improvement should be done as per the requirements of customers."
"The Iran market does not have after-sales support. PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional needs to provide after-sales support."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

Information not available
"Pricing is not very high. It was around $200."
"For a country such as Sri Lanka, the pricing is not reasonable."
"This is a value for money product."
"PortSwigger is reasonably-priced. It's fair."
"The pricing of the solution is reasonable. We only need to pay for the annual subscription. I rate the pricing five out of ten."
"PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is an expensive solution."
"We pay a yearly licensing fee for the solution, which is neither cheap nor expensive."
"It is a cheap solution, but it may not be cheaper than other solutions."
report
Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Static Application Security Testing (SAST) solutions are best for your needs.
900,644 professionals have used our research since 2012.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
14%
Comms Service Provider
14%
Healthcare Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business17
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise35
 

Questions from the Community

Ask a question
Earn 20 points
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 ...
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.
What needs improvement with PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional?
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...
 

Also Known As

No data available
Burp
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

1. Google 2. Microsoft 3. Amazon 4. Facebook 5. Apple 6. IBM 7. Oracle 8. SAP 9. Cisco 10. HP 11. Dell 12. VMware 13. Red Hat 14. SUSE 15. Ubuntu 16. CentOS 17. Fedora 18. Arch Linux 19. Gentoo 20. Slackware 21. Mageia 22. OpenSUSE 23. Manjaro 24. PopOS 25. elementary OS 26. Linux Mint 27. Ubuntu MATE 28. Zorin OS 29. Deepin
Google, Amazon, NASA, FedEx, P&G, Salesforce
Find out what your peers are saying about SonarSource Sàrl, Checkmarx, Veracode and others in Static Application Security Testing (SAST). Updated: May 2026.
900,644 professionals have used our research since 2012.