We performed a comparison between GitLab and PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Security Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I like that it's easy to deploy our services over GitLab. The customer support is also good with a really active community. You have a lot of support that you can get online with your stack. That is probably one of the benefits of using GitLab. It's also really fast."
"The stability is good."
"The code merging capability is something that we use very frequently."
"The scalability is good."
"The solution's service delivery model is fantastic."
"The most important features of GitLab for us are issue management and all the CI/CD tools. Another aspect that I love about GitLab is the UI."
"GitLab's best features are continuous integration and fast deployment."
"The dashboard and interface make it easy to use."
"It is useful for scanning and tracing activities."
"It offers very good accuracy. You can trust the results."
"It's good testing software."
"The solution has a limited range of functions, which is good for small companies. This is because, in small companies, websites are less complex. They also have single services which makes the solution good enough for them. However, the most advantageous aspect of the solution is its affordable price."
"The active scanner, which does an automated search of any web vulnerabilities."
"I have found the best features to be the performance and there are a lot of additional plugins available."
"We use the solution for vulnerability assessment in respect of the application and the sites."
"The most valuable feature of PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is the dashboard. It is very informative and you can receive all the information you need in one place. It's clear, well-defined, and organized. Anybody without any cybersecurity can use it."
"I would like configuration of a YML file to be done via UI rather than a code file."
"When deploying the solution on cloud and the CI/CD pipeline, we have to define the steps and it becomes confusing."
"As a partner, sometimes it's difficult to get support. They have a really complicated procedure for their support."
"It can be free for commercial use."
"Expand features to match other tools such as a static code analysis tool so third-party integrations are not required."
"We have only seen a couple of issues on Gitlab, which we use for building some of the applications."
"Atlassian offers more products than GitLab. GitLab offers source control management, version control and collaboration between developers. Atlassian offers features on top of this as well as more integration points for developers."
"There was a problem with the build environment when we were looking at developing iOS applications. iOS build require Mac machines and there are no Mac machines provided by GitLab in their cloud. So to build for mobile iOS application, we needed to use our own Mac machine within our own infrastructure. If GitLab were to provide a feature such that an iOS application could also be built through GitLab directly, that would be great."
"The number of false positives need to be reduced on the solution."
"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."
"There is not much automation in the tool."
"As with most automated security tools, too many false positives."
"The reporting needs to be improved; it is very bad."
"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."
"We'd like to have more integration potential across all versions of the product."
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GitLab is ranked 7th in Application Security Tools with 70 reviews while PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is ranked 9th in Application Security Tools with 57 reviews. GitLab is rated 8.6, while PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of GitLab writes "Powerful, mature, and easy to set up and manage". On the other hand, the top reviewer of PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional writes "The solution is versatile and easy to deploy, but it needs to give more detailed security reports". GitLab is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Bamboo, SonarQube, AWS CodePipeline and Tekton, whereas PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is most compared with OWASP Zap, Fortify WebInspect, Acunetix, HCL AppScan and Fortify on Demand. See our GitLab vs. PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional report.
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