Acunetix vs Digital.ai Release comparison

Invicti and Digital.ai are both solutions in the DevSecOps category. Invicti is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.4, while Digital.ai is ranked #9 with an average rating of 8.0. Invicti holds a 8.2% mindshare in DSO, compared to Digital.ai’s 1.5% mindshare. Additionally, 86% of Invicti users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Digital.ai users who would recommend it.

Acunetix

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 7, 2025

Acunetix and Digital.ai Release are competing products in software security and lifecycle management. Acunetix has the upper hand in cybersecurity features, while Digital.ai Release leads in lifecycle management due to its broader capabilities in application release processes.

Features: Acunetix is known for its robust vulnerability scanning, extensive security features, and ability to effectively identify and manage security threats. Digital.ai Release excels in automating complex release processes, supporting end-to-end application delivery, and offering strong integration options.

Room for Improvement: Acunetix could improve in areas like integration with third-party tools, enhancing user interface simplicity, and expanding advanced threat detection capabilities. Digital.ai Release might focus on reducing initial setup complexity, improving responsiveness of customer support during critical issues, and enhancing reporting features for better usability.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Digital.ai Release offers a flexible deployment model with comprehensive support options, facilitating integration into existing infrastructures. Acunetix offers straightforward initial configurations and prompt technical support, enhancing initial deployment experiences.

Pricing and ROI: Acunetix's pricing is competitive with a focus on security ROI, appealing to organizations prioritizing cybersecurity. Digital.ai Release has a higher setup cost but justifies the investment with its comprehensive lifecycle management, promising a higher long-term ROI for process optimization.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Acunetix

Ranking in DevSecOps

6th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Security Tools (16th), Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (12th), Vulnerability Management (21st)

Digital.ai Release

Ranking in DevSecOps

9th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Build Automation (14th), Release Automation (8th)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the DevSecOps category, the mindshare of Acunetix is 8.2%, down from 11.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Digital.ai Release is 1.5%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

DevSecOps Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Acunetix	8.2%
Digital.ai Release	1.5%
Other	90.3%

DevSecOps

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KashifJamil

CEO at Xcelliti

Has enabled teams to improve security testing with smooth integration and high accuracy

Acunetix has a very good ratio of fewer false positives, so users don't need to retest everything. Acunetix operates smoothly with no interruptions required, and it performs at 100% efficiency without issues in scanning anything. The solution is excellent at detecting SQL injection and cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. Acunetix integrates with every type of tool, including CI/CD tools, offering 100% integration in DevOps environments. The main benefit of Acunetix is that at the first level, users can address security issues related to penetration testing, allowing them to expose vulnerabilities and ensure all required testing is completed with very few false positives.

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Jeanne-Mari Chandran

Software Configuration Specialist at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

Experience seamless project management and integration with robust tools

The features I find most valuable in Digital.ai Release are the integration with MS Teams, because we have MS Teams channels that publish or push notifications to that. When we start deployments, it sends a notification to the people that we are doing a deployment to their environment. It notifies them when the deployment is started, completed, or if attention is required. I also appreciate the fact that it has plugins for Bamboo and I use lots of Gradle and JSON scripts, and we do SQL upgrades as well, triggering Flyway scripts via Bamboo, along with the integration with XLD and Jira; it's all Atlassian software. Regarding environment management capabilities, Digital.ai Release is mostly useful for me, as it is more application related and that is managed via my XLD dictionary. We have one artifact that is environment agnostic, which has placeholders that correspond to my XLD keys and values, and at deployment time, it substitutes the placeholders with those environment specific values. We don't need to make a specific deployment artifact for dev, test, or production; it is all the same artifact using environment variables, ensuring what we take to production is what was tested.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I find it to be one of the most comprehensive tools, with support for manual intervention."

"Their technical support has been very active. If I have an issue, I can reach out to them and get an answer pretty quick."

"One of the features that I feel is groundbreaking, that I would like to see expanded on, is the IAS feature: The Interactive Application Security Testing module that gets loaded onto an application on a server, for more in-depth, granular findings. I think that is really neat. I haven't seen a lot of competitors doing that."

"Acunetix is the best service in the world. It is easy to manage. It gives a lot of information to the users to see and identify problems in their site or applications. It works very well."

"I find it to be one of the most comprehensive tools, with support for manual intervention."

"Overall, it's a very good tool and a very good engine."

"The solution is highly stable."

"The tool's most valuable feature is scan configurations. We use it for external physical applications. The scanning time depends on the application's code."

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"The most valuable feature of Digital.ai Release is its ability to communicate with various deployment systems, such as XLD and batch deployments, as well as integrate with tools, such as Flyway and Bamboo. We use Bamboo as our build orchestrator, and Digital.ai Release also integrates with Jira, another Atlassian solution. These capabilities make it a powerful tool for managing workflow, test automation, and other processes."

"The solution can apply one template across multiple applications."

"The orchestration, building the release, and then just executing it and managing that pipeline — the orchestration capabilities are great for that."

"Overall, I would give Digital.ai Release a rating of nine out of ten; there's always room for improvement, but it's really good."

"The time is also reduced because the manual work has tremendously decreased. We just have to click one button, and it will create everything for us."

Cons

"The solution is generally stable, however, there might be room for improvement regarding glitches or bugs."

"It is difficult to create a proxy connection."

"In terms of what needs improvement, the way the licensing model is currently is not very convenient for us because initially, when we bought it, the licensing model was very flexible, but now it restricts us."

"You can't actually change your password after you've set it unless you go back into the administration account and you change it there. Thus, if you're locked out and don't remember your password, that's a thing."

"The only problem that they have is the price. It is a bit expensive, and you cannot change the number of applications for the whole year."

"Tools that would allow us to work more efficiently with the mobile environment, with Android and iOS."

"The solution limits the number of scans. It would be much better if we could have unlimited scans."

"There is room for improvement in the pricing."

More Acunetix cons

"I would like to improve Digital.ai Release by exploring its cloud capabilities as we are currently in the middle of migrating to the cloud, but I actually have no idea what Digital.ai's cloud capabilities are."

"Currently, we put artifact details manually. What we could improve, in our case, is the deployment instruction base. Developers input all the information, including which artifact and where it needs to be deployed. What Digital.ai could do is automatically go to the deployment instruction page, take those artifact details, and implement them."

"Digital.ai Release could improve by having a better plugin that works with Guardian that we use for mainframe migrations. If there could be an interface or plugin for Guardian that would be beneficial."

"The solution is a little bit expensive."

"The backfill could be improved, we could automate that. Right now it's subjective — it's up to the lead developer's memory to remember to backfill."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The costs aren't very expensive. It costs around $3000 or $4000."

"When we looked at all other vendors and what they were asking for, to provide a third of what Acunetix was capable of doing, it was an easy decision... But now that it's coming to a cost where it's line with market value, it becomes more of a competition... Acunetix is raising the cost of licensing. It's 3.5 times what we were initially quoted."

"The price is exceptionally high."

"The pricing is a little high, and moreover, it's kind of domain-based."

"The pricing and licensing are reasonable to a point. In order to run multiple scans at a time, we are going to have to purchase a 100 count license, which is an overkill. Though, compared to what we were paying for, the cost seems reasonable."

"Implementing Acunetix needs a medium or larger business agency, because you need some money to get Acunetix. It is costly, but if you care about your agency's security, then maybe it's a cost that might help you in the future."

"The solution is expensive."

"All things considered, I think it has a good price/value ratio."

More Acunetix pricing and cost advice

"The solution's license includes all features."

"Overall, the price is just too high; especially considering we're in the middle of a pandemic."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

University

Financial Services Firm

38%

Computer Software Company

16%

Healthcare Company

Insurance Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	15
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	14

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Acunetix Vulnerability Scanner?

The tool's most valuable feature is scan configurations. We use it for external physical applications. The scanning time depends on the application's code.

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What is your primary use case for Acunetix Vulnerability Scanner?

The primary use case for Acunetix Vulnerability Scanner is automated scanning and detection of security vulnerabilities in web applications, websites, and APIs.

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What advice do you have for others considering Acunetix Vulnerability Scanner?

Acunetix supports multi-user environments effectively. Acunetix is targeted for small to mid-size teams in a DevSecOps environment, making it the best choice for small and mid-size companies, offer...

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What do you like most about Digital.ai Release ?

The time is also reduced because the manual work has tremendously decreased. We just have to click one button, and it will create everything for us.

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What needs improvement with Digital.ai Release ?

Based on my experience, I would like to improve Digital.ai Release by exploring its cloud capabilities as we are currently in the middle of migrating to the cloud, but I actually have no idea what ...

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What is your primary use case for Digital.ai Release ?

My use case for Digital.ai Release is that I work for an insurance company on a very big project that develops multiple different pieces of software. We use Digital.ai Release to move our software ...

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Also Known As

AcuSensor

XL Release, XebiaLabs XL Release

Overview

Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner is an automated web application security testing tool that audits your web applications by checking for vulnerabilities like SQL Injection, Cross site scripting, and other exploitable vulnerabilities.

Invicti

Automate, orchestrate, and gain visibility into your release pipelines at scale using Digital.ai Release, a release management tool that is designed for enterprises. Control and track releases, standardize processes, and bake compliance and security into your software release pipelines.

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Joomla!, Digicure, Team Random, Credit Suisse, Samsung, Air New Zealand

3M, GE, John Deere, Deutsche Telekom, Cable & Wireless, Xerox, and Société Générale, Liberty Mutual, EA, Rabobank

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