PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional Reviews

I'm a junior cybersecurity analyst, and I'm helping the seniors to do some testing. Meanwhile, I'm also getting trained with the tool. I mostly use it for vulnerable apps assessment and some auditing. Other analysts use it for penetration testing.

We are using the latest version. We downloaded it three days ago.

I find the attack model quite amazing, where I can write my scripts and load my scripts as well, which helps quite a bit. All the active scanning that it can do is also quite a lot helpful. It speeds up our vulnerability assessment and penetration testing. Right now, I am enjoying its in-browser, which also helps quite a bit. I'm always confused about setting up some proxy, but it really is the big solution we all want.

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. 

I have been using PortSwigger Burp for six months now.

I have found no issues so far with its stability. I can't complain anything about it.

I can't say much about that because we are going to transition to cloud management. I don't know for sure how it is going to scale up. We are still in the testing and planning stages. We currently have approximately five users, and our team is still growing.

I haven't yet used their technical support.

The initial setup is completely easy. It took a day to deploy.

It is expensive for us in Brazil because the currency exchange rate from a dollar to a Brazilian Real is quite steep.

It is a really big solution. There are so many modules. You got to have some training to do it properly and go through a lot of documentation.

I would rate PortSwigger Burp a nine out of ten. I haven't found anything to complain about, but there is always some room for improvement.

We use this solution when we develop any of our software applications and host it with the website for external clients. All of the applications go through the vulnerability scanner.

Burp Suite is very helpful. The extension that it provides with the community version for the skills mapping is excellent.

The interface for external clients needs improvement.

Currently, the scanning is only available in the full version of Burp, and not in the Community version.

I would like the scanning included for free also.

We have been using this solution for a year and a half.

It's a stable solution. We have not had any issues.

I have not contacted technical support. 

We have not experienced any issues where we couldn't resolve them using our internal team.

We have not required any technical support.

When we compare it to other programs that we have such as OWAP Zap, we found Burp to be more suitable.

The initial setup is straightforward.

It is very easy to automate. It requires some configuration that has you follow step by step instructions. 

It can take four to five hours to go live.

Anyone with minimal knowledge and training can use this tool.

We are using the community version, which is free.

We evaluated OWASP Zap, which was fully open-source.

We use the community version and found that Burp was easier and more useful.

The interface is better in PortSwigger Burp.

I would rate PortSwigger Burp an eight out of ten.

We are an auditing company. We use this solution for auditing purposes for the infrastructure of our customers.

The reporting part is the most valuable. It also has very good features. We use almost all of the features for different kinds of customers and needs. 

One thing that is not up to the mark in PortSwigger is web application testing. I found some issues with its performance and reporting. They should work on these and give us a better outcome.

I have been using this solution for more than a year.

It is stable. We didn't have any issues.

Its scalability is great. We have almost five users who are using the product, and they're happy with this product. 

We've got very good support from their team.

We previously used some open-source applications, but later on, we found out that, unfortunately, they are not good products. We had to use the applications of all other products separately in our environment, but PortSwigger can do all things itself. That's why we switched to PortSwigger.

The initial setup was very simple.

I implemented it on my own.

It has a yearly license. I am satisfied with its price.

We did consider one more product and had a discussion about the product features. We found PortSwigger to be the best match for our business.

It is a very good product. You must try it once.

I would rate PortSwigger Burp a nine out of ten. I am satisfied with this product. It is a great experience.

Our use cases are to identify the vulnerabilities of OAST and the other applications we are using. 

The feature that we have found most valuable is that it comes with pre-set configurations. They have a set of predefined options where you can pick one and start scanning. We also have the option of creating our own configurations, like how often do the applications need to be scanned.

Additionally, it has good reporting and dashboards and also integrates well with other task management applications that we're using.

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.

One more thing they can improve is that despite having a good architecture, it needs a lot of specification. So when you start a project, because it requires a high configuration, the instructor costs more than the project. So it's not cost efficient if it's a big project.

We have different versions of PortSwigger Burp Suite. For the past few years we have been using a professional edition, which is a desktop application. Now we are moving to the Cloud so we explored the enterprise edition. Although we haven't implemented it yet we're already using it. Now we have a better idea how their scanners and spiders actually work.

We've had a license for the professional version for the past two years.

In terms of scalability, I think they can increase the number of regions. And more importantly, it doesn't restrict based on the domains you are scanning. So even if tomorrow you suggest some working space, you can still scan the domains for the regions that you have. If you want to increase the number that you scan, you can buy some more. So scalability is not a big problem, but I think if you are scanning from your side, you have to get the license for some of those activities. That's domain based licensing.

Right now we have two or three people using it.

PortSwigger Burp's technical support is all right. The issues are resolved very quickly so we don't have to wait for long. They also provide you with documentation. Just by going through the documentation we can solve many of our problems.

The initial setup was straightforward. We can install it on a Linux machine. It was fast to set up.

PortSwigger Burp costs around $7,000 and around $2,309 for licensing.

On a scale of one to ten I would rate PortSwigger Burp a seven.

For it to be a 10 it would need to implement the above mentioned different formats for reporting and the interactive security testing.

We're a software development company. We specialize in ensuring application security for our customers. For each and every application we release, we issue a certificate explaining that the application is up to date and that all security testing has been successfully completed. In that certificate, we also mention that PortSwigger is one of the tools that we used to test the application.

Presently, we have three users. In the future, regarding product testing, I am thinking of hiring another two people, which will make us a team of five. Currently, we're releasing a lot of applications. 

Primarily we have three users, but keep in mind, we only have a single environment, which we need to improve and expand. 

The traffic interception capabilities are great. Spidering also produced some good results for us.

A lot of our interns find it difficult to get used to PortSwigger Burp's environment. The environment should be improved a little bit. Once you get used to it, it's fine, but it should be more simplified for newcomers. This would save us from constantly having to brief our interns. 

The stability is good; so far, we haven't come across any bugs.

We use some different tools for web application testing, like Nmap and others. If PortSwigger Burp could actually scale up for web application scanning, that would be really good. This way, instead of using different tools, we could easily rely on one tool for all testing.

We haven't had any reason yet to contact technical support. Aside from support, they should hold consistent webinars and offer updates, briefings, and panel discussions. This would greatly enhance our knowledge.

Otherwise, the technical support is good enough. We haven't required their assistance yet, but soon we'll be needing assistance and information surrounding the latest improvements and updates.

The initial setup can be complex. It needs to be deployed in between the traffic. They should include some case-scenarios to help, like a scenario-based briefing, that would really help and add a lot of value for the initial application tester. 

It's a very unique way of pricing. It varies depending on the type of testing you are performing. Manual testing is expensive, but as we don't have another option, it seems to be fair.

I would definitely recommend PortSwigger Burp. I've actually recommended it to some of my colleagues, students, and interns. I'm really comfortable and happy with it; besides, there are no other products to compare it to. 

On a scale from one to ten, I would give this solution a rating of eight.

If they included example scenarios and hosted educational webinars, I would give this solution a rating of ten.

In my area of expertise, I feel like it has almost everything I could possibly require at this moment. Generally, I don't come across situations like that, so I am very happy with it.

We used this solution as a proxy. It's a software that intercepts HTTP requests. You can modify them on your system for testing web applications.

It's an amazing tool. We can work with it automatically, or we can work with it manually.

There is no other tool like it. I like the intuitiveness and the plugins that are available.

The plugins are similar to integration. I can create my own login and use it.

The use of system memory is an area that can be improved because it uses a lot. They need to reduce the amount of system memory it uses.

I have been working with PortSwigger Burp for four years.

We can say that it is stable, but it is using a lot of RAM.

It's a scalable solution.

We have more than 30 users in our organization.

Technical support is good, they have a good response time.

The initial setup is straightforward.

This solution requires no maintenance.

PortSwigger is reasonably-priced. It's fair.

They have more features than I can use and I need more time to utilize this solution 100%.

I highly recommend it because everybody in Web Applications Security is using it.

I would rate PortSwigger Burp a nine out of ten.

The primary use case is generally for security compliance on web applications. We provide services to our customers with Burp both on-prem and on cloud. I'm a solutions consultant and we are customers of PortSwigger Burp. 

Their flagship feature would be the active scanner, which carries out an automated look up of any web vulnerabilities reflecting over to one of the main compliance standards, like OWASP. This provides an accurate security audit for their web applications.

One downside of the solution would be their false positive checks. As with most automated security tools, there is still a high false positive issue. Hopefully they will be able to improve on that in the future. It would also be helpful if the solution had the capability of handling larger reports. Another area of improvement would be to have a customizable dashboard. It's currently restricted now to their own interface. If you want to utilize the other features available in their API documentation, then you have to write some code yourself. It would be great if their interface could be somewhat customizable.

I've been using this solution for two years. 

The stability of the solution is generally fine.

The solution is easily scalable, depending on licensing of course. For example, on the cloud set up, you can easily scale the agents and such. But in terms of bandwidth, maybe when it comes to their reporting feature, there are some limitations with the detail that can be downloaded from the report. I've found that the system can crash if you try to download a report with many details.

In my opinion the initial setup is pretty straightforward. The workflow is easy to understand and they have a lot of documentation on how to perform many of the key tasks.

I believe the price is good where it's at right now. They have a very competitive price point although recently they've been incrementally increasing in price. It's still competitive. 

I would definitely recommend PortSwigger as a primary tool for auditing any open vulnerabilities of anything related to web applications. 

I would rate this product an eight out of 10. 

I am a penetration tester at my company and PortSwigger Burp is one of the products that I use in this capacity. It is a manual testing penetration tool.

There are a lot of good features and the most valuable one varies depending on what test you are performing. They are also consistently improving and releasing new features.

Two of the most valuable features are the Extender Tab and Repeater.

With the Extender Tab, if you know how to code then you can create a plugin and add it to Burp. It's not limited to their features because we can always add or do some customization of the features.

Even if you don't know how to code, there are hundreds of third-party plugins that are available to extend the features of the product. Some of them are open-source and there are some that are provided by Burp.

The user interface is good, having been changed within the past two years.

There is not much automation in the tool.

I have been using Burp Suite for between four and five years.

This is a very stable product. The tool is 15 years old and very mature.

Scalability is not an issue because it is not centrally connected. Rather, it is a per-license, user-based tool. We have more than 20 users in the company.

The documentation is very good, so I have never needed to contact technical support.

The initial setup is very straightforward and simple.

No staff is required for maintenance.

At $400 or $500 per license paid annually, it is a very cheap tool.

In comparing features, there is no real competition for this solution. There are a couple of open-source products, but there is no real competitor for the Burp Suite.

This is a standard tool in this industry and anybody who is doing application security testing should be aware of it. My advice for anybody who is considering it is that it is very easy to install and configure, and there is lots of documentation available.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.