Acunetix Alternatives

Apps similar to Acunetix include SiteOne Crawler, which is free and open source. Other options are Burp Suite, OpenVAS, Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) and Nessus. You're spoiled for choice with Vulnerability Scanners like Acunetix: we list more than 50 alternatives for the web, Linux, Windows, self-hosting and Mac.

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  1. wapiti icon
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    Wapiti allows you to audit the security of your web applications. Wapiti is a command line tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. Nautillo Pro icon
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    Test your website like a real attacker would. Nautillo Pro finds account takeover risks, API exposure, broken access control, and AI security flaws before users and hackers do.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  4. Unified application security platform — 12 scanners including SAST, DAST, SCA, and pen-testing in one on-premise deployment. Replaces your entire AppSec stack.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. ShipSafe icon
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    ShipSafe is a free online website safety checker that helps users quickly analyze whether a website is safe or potentially risky. By entering a domain or URL, ShipSafe provides a trust score, security insights, and reputation indicators that help users avoid scams, phishing...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  6. skipfish icon
     14 likes

    A fully automated, active web application security reconnaissance tool. Key features: High speed: pure C code, highly optimized HTTP handling, minimal CPU footprint - easily achieving 2000 requests per second with responsive targets.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  7. w3af icon
     16 likes

    w3af is a Web Application Attack and Audit Framework.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. Axeploit icon
     4 likes

    Defense, driven by a fleet of AI agents. Axeploit can automatically create multiple accounts. It operates & attacks with real contact details, just like a hacker.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  9. Free online vulnerability scanner. It has been working since 2016 and has two modes: quick and normal. The service is quite easy to use and does not require registration. You need to enter your website URL and email to receive a security report.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  10. WebStrike icon
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    DefenseCode WebStrike is a DAST (Dynamic Application Security Testing, BlackBox Testing) solution for comprehensive security audits of active web applications (websites).

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  11. Whitespots icon
     3 likes

    📈 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
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  12. Websecurify icon
     7 likes

    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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