"It's very user-friendly for the testing teams. It's very easy for them to understand things and to fix vulnerabilities."
"Picks up weaknesses in our app setups."
"I haven't seen reporting of that level in any other tool."
"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."
"Acunetix has an awesome crawler. It gives a referral site map of near targets and also goes really deep to find all the inputs without issues. This was valuable because it helped me find some files or directories, like web admin panels without authentication, which were hidden."
"The usability and overall scan results are good."
"There is a lot of documentation on their website which makes setting it up and using it quite simple."
"Overall, it's a very good tool and a very good engine."
"They offer free access to some other tools."
"It has evolved over the years and recently in the last year they have added, HUD (Heads Up Display)."
"Simple to use, good user interface."
"Automatic scanning is a valuable feature and very easy to use."
"The solution is good at reporting the vulnerabilities of the application."
"The interface is easy to use."
"The stability of the solution is very good."
"The solution is scalable."
"I had some issues with the JSON parameters where it found some strange vulnerabilities, but it didn't alert the person using it or me about these vulnerabilities, e.g., an error for SQL injection."
"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."
"While we do have it integrated with other solutions, it could still offer more integrations."
"Currently only supports web scanning."
"The pricing is a bit on the higher side."
"The jargon used makes it difficult for project managers to understand the issues, and the technical explanations used make it difficult for developers to understand issues. These things should be simplified much more. That would be very helpful for us when explaining to them what needs to be fixed. The report output needs to be simplified."
"The vulnerability identification speed should be improved."
"There is room for improvement in website authentication because I've seen other products that can do it much better."
"The forced browse has been incorporated into the program and it is resource-intensive."
"Zap could improve by providing better reports for security and recommendations for the vulnerabilities."
"Reporting format has no output, is cluttered and very long."
"The ability to search the internet for other use cases and to use the solution to make applications more secure should be addressed."
"It would be ideal if I could try some pre-built deployment scenarios so that I don't have to worry about whether the configuration sector team is doing it right or wrong. That would be very helpful."
"Too many false positives; test reports could be improved."
"The documentation needs to be improved because I had to learn everything from watching YouTube videos."
"It would be a great improvement if they could include a marketplace to add extra features to the tool."
Acunetix is ranked 9th in Application Security Testing (AST) with 8 reviews while OWASP Zap is ranked 6th in Application Security Testing (AST) with 10 reviews. Acunetix is rated 7.4, while OWASP Zap is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Acunetix writes "We are getting notably fewer false positives than previously, but reporting output needs to be simplified". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OWASP Zap writes "Great at reporting vulnerabilities, helps with security, and reveals development threats well". Acunetix is most compared with PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional, Veracode, Invicti, Fortify WebInspect and SonarQube, whereas OWASP Zap is most compared with PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional, Veracode, Qualys Web Application Scanning, Fortify WebInspect and Invicti. See our Acunetix vs. OWASP Zap report.
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