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PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional vs Virsec Security Platform comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

PortSwigger Burp Suite Prof...
Ranking in Application Security Tools
8th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
63
Ranking in other categories
Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (6th), Fuzz Testing Tools (1st)
Virsec Security Platform
Ranking in Application Security Tools
36th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (58th), Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) (25th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Application Security Tools category, the mindshare of PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is 2.1%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Virsec Security Platform is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Anuradha.Kapoor Kapoor - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers efficient scanning of entire websites but presence of false positive bugs, leading to time-consuming efforts in distinguishing real bugs from false alarms
We have found that so many times, false positive bugs are there, and then we spend a lot of time basically separating them from real bugs. So that's the reason we are looking for some other tool. So we were in discussion with Acunetix. Therefore, the false positive rate is, like, something that we would like to improve. What we are looking for is if this false positive rate goes down because we were OWASP Zap tool users, which was free anyway. But there were a lot of false positives there, and we used to spend a lot of time, like, for security reasons, reproducing those bugs for the development team to fix it. So then we thought, okay, why not we go with the tool? Even if it is not very expensive. But still, every year, we have to renew the license. And we got this tool. Again, we found that in this tool also, even if it is less, there are still a lot of false positive bugs out there. So we again have to spend so much time. So we hired a security tester, who was basically using Acunetix in his previous company for almost three years, and then you said that in that scanning is very slow. The scanning is also slow. Like, sometimes the site scan takes eight hours, six to eight hours. Yeah. And whereas in Acunetix, it took three to four hours. And plus, there are no false positives. I'm not saying none but there's very little. But here, the rate sometimes is very high. These are the two features I think we would like to improve further.
KevinMcCarthy - PeerSpot reviewer
Helps with Zero-day protection
We use the solution for Zero-day protection.  The solution stops any kind of remote code execution.  The tool's dashboard needs to load since it is not responsive and takes time to load.  I have been using the product for a year.  I would rate the tool's stability a six out of ten.  I would…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I am impressed with the tool's detailed analysis for penetration testing. AppScan can give only visibility, but it can't do the PT part. But the PortSwigger Burp Application can do both, and it gives much more visibility on the PT rating."
"The most valuable feature is the application security. It also has a reasonable price."
"It is useful for scanning and tracing activities."
"It was easy to learn."
"There is no other tool like it. I like the intuitiveness and the plugins that are available."
"I have found the best features to be the performance and there are a lot of additional plugins available."
"I find the attack model quite amazing, where I can write my scripts and load my scripts as well, which helps quite a bit. All the active scanning that it can do is also quite a lot helpful. It speeds up our vulnerability assessment and penetration testing. Right now, I am enjoying its in-browser, which also helps quite a bit. I'm always confused about setting up some proxy, but it really is the big solution we all want."
"We are mostly using it for scanning the entire website. So, we basically create a script with the entire website and then run it for different injections."
"We use the solution for Zero-day protection."
 

Cons

"The price could be better. The rest is fine."
"One area for improvement is the integrated browser, Chromium. Single Sign-On (SSO) methods like Microsoft authentication login sometimes fail and show errors. As a workaround, I have to use a different browser, such as Firefox, to log in and make Burp work."
"Improvement should be done as per the requirements of customers."
"Scanning APIs using PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional takes a lot of time."
"I would like to see a more optimized solution, as it currently uses a lot of CPU power and memory."
"If we're running a huge number of scans regularly, it slows down the tool."
"A lot of our interns find it difficult to get used to PortSwigger Burp's environment."
"The reporting needs to be improved; it is very bad."
"The tool's dashboard needs to load since it is not responsive and takes time to load."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing is not very high. It was around $200."
"The pricing of the solution is reasonable. We only need to pay for the annual subscription. I rate the pricing five out of ten."
"They should reduce the license cost a little bit. It is $400 per user, and it would be better if they could reduce the licensing fee."
"It is expensive for us in Brazil because the currency exchange rate from a dollar to a Brazilian Real is quite steep."
"The cost is approximately $500 for a single license, and there are no additional costs beyond the standard licensing fees."
"I rate the pricing a four out of ten."
"PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is an expensive solution."
"The solution used to be expensive. However, they have reduced the price to approximately $400.00 which is reasonable."
"I would rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Healthcare Company
30%
Manufacturing Company
19%
Financial Services Firm
8%
University
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

Is OWASP Zap better than PortSwigger Burp Suite Pro?
OWASP Zap and PortSwigger Burp Suite Pro have many similar features. OWASP Zap has web application scanning available with basic security vulnerabilities while Burp Suite Pro has it available with ...
What do you like most about PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional?
The solution helped us discover vulnerabilities in our applications.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional?
I find the price of PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional to be very cost-efficient.
What do you like most about Virsec Security Platform?
We use the solution for Zero-day protection.
What needs improvement with Virsec Security Platform?
The tool's dashboard needs to load since it is not responsive and takes time to load.
 

Also Known As

Burp
Virsec
 

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Sample Customers

Google, Amazon, NASA, FedEx, P&G, Salesforce
Broadcom, Allstate, Department of Homeland Security
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