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, Linux, Windows, Wordpress and SaaS 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, OpenVAS and Nessus.

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  1. The most advanced and easy-to-use WordPress security plugin. Combines elegant and powerful features to block brute force attacks, facilitate multi-factor user authentication, and block malicious requests to WordPress sites. And much more besides.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Wordpress
     
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    Shield Security vs Acunetix Comments
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    This is a preventative security tool, not a vulnerability scanner or penetration testing.

    • Shield Security is Freemium and Open SourceAcunetix is Paid and Proprietary
    • Shield Security is an Anti-Malware Acunetix is a Vulnerability Scanner
  2. This plugin improve login security, create a blacklist of IP addresses and reports brute force login attempts attacks.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wordpress
     
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    Report Attacks vs Acunetix Comments
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    This is an alerting/reporting tool; not a vulnerability scanner.

    • Report Attacks is Free and Open SourceAcunetix is Paid and Proprietary
  3. WPSec.com icon
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    For all the scans WPSec.com perform they use the latest technology in vulnerability scanners. Their custom scanning technology includes the use of WPScan, the most reliable and up-to-date WordPress scanning software.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Wordpress
     
  4. The Antivirus Scanner CWIS is a lightweight antivirus scanner application. The scanner designed to detect adware and malware, backdoors and exploits, phishing code, trojans and viruses, CMS and server vulnerabilities and other threats.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Joomla
    • PHP
    • Wordpress
     
  5. Hackerize icon
     2 likes

    Hackerize is an essential security monitoring tool for websites, constantly protecting businesses from ever-evolving cyber threats.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  6. Actifend icon
     18 likes

    ActiFend is a modern Web Security App for Instant Website Recovery from hacks - from the convenience of your mobile phone. It includes 24x7 uptime & traffic monitoring, attack blocking, automated backups and more. Uses a WordPress Plugin.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Wordpress
     
  7. WP hacked help is a popular online Wordpress malware removal service. Its a next gen malware scanner which scans your Wordpress for more than 100 vulnerabilities and gives you option to cleanup hacked Wordpress site easily.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  8. WebARX icon
     8 likes

    WebARX is a complete website protection platform for digital agencies to protect and monitor the whole client portfolio. WebARX is the go-to tool to protect your clients, save time and generate additional revenue.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Drupal
    • Joomla
    • PHP
    • HTML
    • PrestaShop
    • Wordpress
    • Magento Community Edition
    • vBulletin
    • phpBB
     
  9. Revelion icon
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    Revelion is an autonomous AI penetration testing platform that performs real exploitation, vulnerability chaining, and proof-of-concept generation.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  10. KEEP PROTECT icon
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    KEEP PROTECT is an automated vulnerabilities and security breaches detection platform for websites and web apps (XSS, SQL injection,etc).

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. WP Triage icon
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    WP Triage watches your WordPress sites and highlights the plugins and themes most likely to cause trouble, so you can fix them first.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  12. Retestme icon
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    A cybersecurity service that provides hybrid penetration testing by combining AI automation with manual human expertise. Their core promise is "Zero False Positives," aiming to offer validated security intelligence rather than just automated scan results.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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