

Find out in this report how the two Static Application Security Testing (SAST) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
Time is saved because we now save engineering time. Before, it required two to three engineers actively monitoring production during deployments, but after starting to use Harness, there is zero or minimal manual monitoring.
By adopting templates and various different pipelines across our own IDP platform, we have saved upwards of 30 to 40% of development time.
With Harness, the release process decreased from three or four hours to one or two hours, making deployments much quicker.
We have rarely faced issues with Harness tech support.
Harness customer support is really helpful anytime I try to reach out; they are available to assist with any issues I am facing.
We have been receiving incident reports whenever an incident occurs on Harness, and they are usually quick to respond.
The technical support from PortSwigger is excellent.
The technical support for PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is pretty good, and I would give it a nine.
Our entire organization uses it with hundreds of applications, and it supports this scale effectively.
It is able to work on our infrastructure side, which is EKS, and we are able to handle our organization growth effectively for an enterprise use case.
When I integrated Harness to more than 20 applications in one place, it becomes less stable.
We have rarely faced issues with Harness tech support.
Harness is decently stable.
PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is very stable.
PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is a very stable tool, and I would rate its stability as eight out of ten.
There is no way to execute nested pipelines, which means that we cannot execute child pipelines within child pipelines and child pipelines even within those child pipelines.
Flexible pricing models and more essential features in lower tiers could address this issue.
Harness setup and configurations could be made easier to configure, which would be helpful.
Some AI features might be added.
The dashboard of PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional could be made more user-friendly.
From what I understand with respect to Harness, licensing and setup costs were relatively low for an enterprise, and the pricing was more catered toward enterprises who would invest in the technology.
The pricing for PortSwigger is very cheap, and there are benefits in terms of time and cost savings.
I find the price of PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional to be very cost-efficient.
Harness uses AI to suggest errors in case of deployment failures.
Meantime to recovery (MTTR) improved from 30 to 60 minutes before Harness to 5 to 10 minutes now.
The best features in Harness are its user-friendliness and setup configuration.
The most valuable feature of Burp Suite Professional is its ability to schedule tasks for scanning websites.
I especially value the features for penetration testing.
The most valuable features of PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional are its ease of use and its cost efficiency.
| Product | Market Share (%) |
|---|---|
| PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional | 2.1% |
| Harness | 0.6% |
| Other | 97.3% |

| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Large Enterprise | 7 |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 16 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 14 |
| Large Enterprise | 35 |
Harness offers a comprehensive toolset for automating deployment processes and enhancing software update efficiency. It's lauded for its CI/CD capabilities, feature flagging, and real-time deployment monitoring. Key features include an intuitive UI, secret management, and robust rollback functionalities, all contributing to improved productivity and reduced errors in DevOps environments.
Burp Suite Professional, by PortSwigger, is the world’s leading toolkit for web security testing. Over 52,000 users worldwide, across all industries and organization sizes, trust Burp Suite Professional to find more vulnerabilities, faster. With expertly-engineered manual and automated tooling, you're able to test smarter - not harder.
PortSwigger is the web security company that is enabling the world to secure the web. Over 50,000 security engineers rely on our software and expertise to secure their world.
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