Acunetix Alternatives

Acunetix is described as 'Audit your website security and web applications for SQL injection, Cross site scripting and other web vulnerabilities with Acunetix Web Security Scanner. Download Free Edition!' and is a vulnerability scanner in the security & privacy category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Acunetix for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Wordpress, Linux, Windows and Self-Hosted apps. The best Acunetix alternative is SiteOne Crawler, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Acunetix are Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP), Burp Suite, Nessus and OpenVAS.

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  1. PressVuln icon
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    PressVuln.com is a free, no-setup WordPress security scanner that instantly detects vulnerabilities in themes, plugins, or core files—no technical skills required.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  2. Nikto icon
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    Nikto is an Open Source (GPL) web server scanner which performs comprehensive tests against web servers for multiple items, including over 6400 potentially dangerous files/CGIs, checks for outdated versions of over 1000 servers, and version specific problems on over 270 servers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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  3. Probely icon
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    Probely is a top-tier cloud-based DAST Scanner designed for DevOps, empowering Security and Development teams to work together to secure their web applications and APIs.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
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    Guest
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    Very easy to use, no useless results. API

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    cntzero
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    Very complete API, good support, and low false positive rates.

    nunoloureiro
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    Full API, very intuitive interface, reports what matters

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    • Almost everyone thinks Probely is a great Acunetix alternative.

    • Probely is Freemium and ProprietaryAcunetix is Paid and Proprietary
  4. nuclei icon
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    Nuclei is used to send requests across targets based on a template, leading to zero false positives and providing fast scanning on a large number of hosts. Nuclei offers scanning for a variety of protocols, including TCP, DNS, HTTP, SSL, File, Whois, Websocket, Headless etc.

    22 nuclei alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  5. SecApps icon
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    Find security vulnerabilities right from your browser. Experience the next generation security tools without the need to install any additional software.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
     
  6. Whitespots icon
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    📈 Measure and control your application security state; 🔎 Scan your code, containers, web and mobile applications; 🔥 Remove duplicates, validate results, and create Jira tasks in seconds; 🕜 Save your engineers time and automate your processes; ? Self-hosted.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Netsparker is the only False-positive-free web application security scanner. Simply point it at your website and it will automatically discover the flaws that could leave you dangerously exposed.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  8. Websecurify icon
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    Websecurify is a powerful web application security testing environment designed from the ground up to provide the best combination of automatic and manual vulnerability testing technologies.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  9. Pentestly.io icon
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    Human-in-the-loop penetration testing enhanced with AI. Identify vulnerabilities faster, reduce risk, and stay audit-ready with actionable reports and real-time visibility.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  10. PENTESTON icon
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    PENTESTON is a cloud-based Cybersecurity platform that allows you to oversee the complete secure development lifecycle of your application. It functions as a cyber security reporting and workflow management system, providing you with the necessary tools to manage the entire...

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  11. Attaxion icon
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    Attaxion is an external attack surface management (EASM) platform, providing a comprehensive view of Internet-exposed assets and vulnerabilities. With 97% higher asset coverage than competitors, it features advanced capabilities for discovery, prioritization, remediation, and monitoring.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Attaxion is the most popular SaaS alternative to Acunetix.

    • Attaxion is Paid and ProprietaryAcunetix is also Paid and Proprietary
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    We facilitate quick discovery and reporting of vulnerabilities in websites and network infrastructures, providing a set of powerful and tightly integrated pentesting tools that enable you to perform easier, faster, and more effective pentests.

    29 Pentest-Tools.com alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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