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 SaaS apps. The best Acunetix alternative is SiteOne Crawler, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Acunetix are Burp Suite, Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP), OpenVAS and Nessus.

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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

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  2. w3af icon
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    w3af is a Web Application Attack and Audit Framework.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. 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
     
  4. 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)
     
  5. 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
     
  6. 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)
     
  7. skipfish icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  8. 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
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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  9. Axeploit icon
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    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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  10. 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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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. 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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. 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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
     
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