Best DAST Tools

The Invicti Web + API (formerly Acunetix) legacy is built on runtime accuracy, speed, and proof your team can trust. We pioneered the DAST market 20+ years ago and continue to drive AppSec forward with innovations in AI, code-to-runtime correlation, and vulnerability management.

All the security tools we used were slow, confusing, overpriced and noisy. So we built better ones.

Black Duck (formerly Synopsys Software Integrity Group) provides a comprehensive application security platform focusing on Software Composition Analysis (SCA) and static/dynamic testing. It enables organizations to manage open-source risks, identify vulnerabilities in proprietary code, and ensure license compliance across the SDLC. The platform complements DevSecOps workflows by integrating security gates into CI/CD pipelines and providing deep visibility into software supply chain risks.

Bright Security (formerly NeuraLegion) provides an AI-powered Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) and API security platform built for developer-centric workflows. It focuses on identifying business logic vulnerabilities and security flaws early in the SDLC with low false positive rates. The platform integrates seamlessly into CI/CD pipelines, allowing security teams to empower developers to fix vulnerabilities before production without slowing down release cycles.

Checkmarx One is an application security software platform built to help enterprises secure every stage of the SDLC while reducing engineering costs and accelerating development. As a leader in agentic application security testing, Checkmarx scans trillions of lines of code each year, helping organizations cut vulnerability density by more than half. Its autonomous security agents detect, prioritize, and counter AI-driven threats across legacy, modern, and AI-generated code at enterprise scale.

OpenText is a leading Cloud and AI company that provides organizations around the world with a comprehensive suite of Business AI, Business Clouds, and Business Technology.

We're the company behind GitLab, the intelligent orchestration platform where teams and their AI agents ship secure software faster.

HCL AppScan is an enterprise application security testing platform acquired from IBM in 2019. It provides integrated DAST, SAST, IAST, SCA, and API security testing across cloud and on-premises deployments. The platform serves large enterprises and regulated industries requiring federal compliance (FIPS 140-3 certified) and comprehensive governance. Best suited for organizations needing centralized application security orchestration with multi-scanner correlation and compliance reporting for PCI DSS, HIPAA, and GDPR.

Invicti Security combines DAST leaders Netsparker and Acunetix into a DAST-first ASPM platform for enterprise web application and API security. It uses proof-based validation via AcuSensor technology to confirm vulnerabilities like SQL injection and XSS with near-zero false positives. The platform correlates SAST, IAST, DAST, and SCA findings, providing runtime exploitability validation, code-level mapping to exact file/line, predictive risk scoring, and unified dashboards across testing tools. Best for DevSecOps teams needing accurate, automated scanning integrated with CI/CD workflows and compliance reporting for PCI DSS and SOC 2.

Kiuwan provides a suite of application security tools centered on Static Application Security Testing (SAST) via Kiuwan Code Security, which scans source code for vulnerabilities like SQL injection, XSS, CSRF, broken authentication, insecure cryptography, and access control flaws. It maps findings to OWASP Top 10, CWE, CERT, PCI DSS, and SANS standards. Additional SCA tracks third-party dependencies, while governance tools monitor code quality and development progress. Integrates into IDEs and CI/CD pipelines for shift-left detection across 30+ languages. Best for DevSecOps teams embedding security in SDLC to remediate issues pre-production.

Rapid7 is a global leader in AI-powered managed cybersecurity operations, trusted to advance organizations' cyber resilience. Open and extensible, the Rapid7 Command Platform integrates security data, enriching it with AI, threat intelligence, and 25 years of expertise and innovation to reduce risk and disrupt attackers.

We built StackHawk out of a need for a more agile, developer-friendly approach to software security. Recognizing that traditional, periodic security checks were falling short in a world of rapid software updates, we aimed to integrate security seamlessly into the daily workflow of developers.

Synopsys is the leader in engineering solutions from silicon to systems, enabling customers to rapidly innovate AI-powered products.

Veracode is a cloud-native application security platform providing SAST, DAST, SCA, and runtime analysis capabilities. The vendor targets enterprise DevSecOps teams seeking to shift-left vulnerability detection into CI/CD pipelines. Veracode is positioned as the only native SaaS application security solution with industry-leading 1% false positive rates. Best suited for organizations requiring comprehensive code coverage across custom and third-party components with centralized policy management and developer-focused remediation workflows.