Invicti vs Burp Suite

Quick Verdict

Invicti and Burp Suite solve different problems within DAST. Invicti is an automated scanning platform for security teams that need to scan hundreds of web applications without babysitting each one. Its proof-based scanning safely exploits findings to confirm they are real, which nearly eliminates false positives. Burp Suite is what pentesters actually use day to day: intercepting proxy, manual testing tools, and an extensible scanner with 500+ community extensions. Invicti automates at scale. Burp Suite lets testers go deep on individual targets.

Feature Comparison

Invicti vs Burp Suite: Head-to-Head

Scanning Approach

Invicti is automation-first. You add targets, configure scan policies (OWASP Top 10, PCI, or custom), and let the platform crawl and attack. The crawler handles up to 15,000 pages per scan, supports JavaScript-heavy single-page applications, and manages authentication automatically. The scanner runs against the full target in one pass, producing a report with confirmed, probable, and informational findings.

Proof-based scanning is what separates Invicti from other automated scanners. Instead of reporting that a SQL injection might exist, the scanner safely exploits it to prove it does. No more triaging probable findings that turn out to be noise. Invicti claims 99.98% accuracy as a result.

Burp Suite works differently at every level. The intercepting proxy sits between your browser and the target, capturing every request. You browse the application manually, build a site map, and understand how the application behaves. Then you send interesting requests to Repeater for manual testing, Intruder for automated attacks, or the active scanner for vulnerability detection. The automated scanner was designed to help manual testers, not replace them.

Burp Suite DAST (the enterprise edition) shifts closer to Invicti’s model — it runs automated scans from Docker containers in CI/CD pipelines without manual interaction. But the underlying scanner was built for pentesters, not for autonomous operation.

Enterprise Scale

Invicti was built for managing large application portfolios. The Discovery feature finds websites associated with your organization through email domain matching, IP address correlation, SSL certificate analysis, and domain keyword matching. Website groups let you organize targets by infrastructure, team, or priority, and group scanning runs batch scans across related targets.

Scan profiles can be saved and shared across team members. Role-based access control manages who can configure and run scans. If you have multiple teams scanning hundreds of applications across different business units, these governance features are not optional.

Burp Suite Professional is a single-user desktop tool. No centralized management, no discovery, no multi-user governance. Burp Suite DAST adds some of this (multiple users, CI/CD integration) but still lacks the asset discovery and scan organization that Invicti has. PortSwigger built Burp for skilled testers who work on one target at a time, not for security programs managing a portfolio of 500 web applications.

Manual Testing Capability

Burp Suite owns this category. Invicti does not even try to compete here. Burp’s manual testing tools are why pentesters have used it for over two decades:

• Repeater lets you modify and resend individual requests to test specific behaviors
• Intruder automates fuzzing with four attack types (Sniper, Battering Ram, Pitchfork, Cluster Bomb)
• Comparer diffs two responses to spot subtle differences
• Decoder encodes and decodes data in multiple formats
• Sequencer analyzes token randomness

The BApp Store adds 500+ extensions. Autorize tests access control. JWT Editor manipulates tokens. Logger++ provides traffic analysis. You can write custom extensions in Java or Python.

Invicti has no intercepting proxy, no request manipulation tools, and no extension ecosystem. If you need to manually verify findings, chain vulnerabilities, or test application logic, you need Burp Suite (or a similar proxy tool) alongside Invicti.

CI/CD Integration

Both tools integrate into pipelines, but differently. Invicti’s CI/CD integration is built into the product: configure a scan policy, connect your pipeline, and results flow into your ticketing system. Integrations cover Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps, Jira, and others. Scans trigger automatically on deployment.

Burp Suite DAST runs from Docker containers and supports Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, and TeamCity. It outputs SARIF for code scanning platforms and JUnit XML for build gating. The integration works well, but you lose access to Burp’s manual testing tools — the DAST edition is the automated scanner extracted from the full toolkit.

Both support scan-based gating (fail builds on critical findings), but Invicti’s webhook-driven workflow and built-in ticketing integrations are more mature for continuous scanning programs.

When to Choose Invicti

Choose Invicti if:

• You need to scan hundreds of web applications automatically with minimal manual effort
• False positive elimination through proof-based scanning is a priority
• Asset discovery — automatically finding your organization’s web properties — matters
• Combined DAST + IAST scanning in a single platform is valuable
• Enterprise governance (role-based access, scan policies, website grouping) is required
• Your team focuses on managing vulnerability programs rather than hands-on testing

When to Choose Burp Suite

Choose Burp Suite if:

• Manual penetration testing is your primary workflow
• You need an intercepting proxy with request manipulation (Repeater, Intruder)
• Extensibility through 500+ BApps and custom extensions matters
• Your budget is limited — Professional costs $475/year versus Invicti’s enterprise pricing
• Your team consists of skilled security testers who go deep on individual targets
• You need both manual testing and automated CI/CD scanning (Professional for manual work, DAST edition for pipelines)

Many organizations run both. Invicti handles continuous automated scanning across the application portfolio. Burp Suite Professional comes out for manual assessments on high-risk targets. Used this way, the two tools cover different ground rather than overlapping.

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Suphi Cankurt

Suphi Cankurt is an application security enthusiast based in Helsinki, Finland. He reviews and compares 129 AppSec tools across 10 categories on AppSec Santa. Learn more.