We performed a comparison between PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional and Rapid7 AppSpider based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Security Testing (AST) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution is stable."
"The active scanner, which does an automated search of any web vulnerabilities."
"Enables automation of different tasks such as authorization testing."
"It helps in API testing, where manual intervention was previously necessary for each payload."
"The automated scan is what I find most useful because a lot of customers will need it. Not every domain will be looking for complete security, they just need a stamp on the security key. For these kinds of customers, the scan works really well."
"The Repeater and the BApp extensions are particularly useful. Certain extensions, such as the Active Scan extensions and the Autoracer extension, are very good."
"The most valuable feature is the application security. It also has a reasonable price."
"The Spider is the most useful feature. It helps to analyze the entire web application, and it finds all the passes and offers an automated identification of security issues."
"Rapid7 AppSpider is good at managing different applications. It uses applets and generates reports to cover the PCA/GDPR compliance requirements."
"I like the ability the product has to detect vulnerabilities quickly, when it has been released in our environment, then displaying them to us."
"The initial deployment is very straightforward and simple. The product is stable if configured properly."
"The most valuable feature is the reporting, which is compliant with international standards."
"The setup is usually straightforward."
"I would say that it is stable, as I am not aware of any major issues."
"It scans all the components developed within a web application."
"The entire solution is interactive and has a point-and-click user experience, which makes it easy to find items or drill down on information. You don't need specialized skills to use the product."
"We wish that the Spider feature would appear in the same shape that it does in previous versions."
"The pricing of the solution is quite high."
"The solution doesn't offer very good scalability."
"It would be good if the solution could give us more details about what exactly is defective."
"PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional can improve by having more features in the free version for beginners to try."
"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."
"There should be a heads up display like the one available in OWASP Zap."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
"One of the challenges I have with AppSpider is that it gives you a lot of false positives, especially when compared to other solutions."
"The enterprise interface is too simple. It should be more customizable."
"The solution is too slow. It could take a full day to scan. Competitors are much faster."
"It needs better integration with mobile applications."
"This price of this solution is a little bit expensive."
"The performance of the solution could improve. When I compare the speed it is slower than others on the market. There are some tricks we use to help speed up the solution."
"The dashboard and interface are crucial and they need some improvement."
"There are some glitches with stability, and it is an area for improvement."
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PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is ranked 5th in Application Security Testing (AST) with 55 reviews while Rapid7 AppSpider is ranked 25th in Application Security Testing (AST) with 13 reviews. PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is rated 8.6, while Rapid7 AppSpider is rated 7.8. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rapid7 AppSpider writes "Useful vulnerability reporting data, flexible, and simple implementation". PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is most compared with OWASP Zap, Fortify WebInspect, Acunetix, HCL AppScan and Qualys Web Application Scanning, whereas Rapid7 AppSpider is most compared with Rapid7 InsightAppSec, OWASP Zap, Acunetix, Invicti and HCL AppScan. See our PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional vs. Rapid7 AppSpider report.
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