# Burp Suite Professional Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Burp Suite Professional the right Cybersecurity solution for you? Explore 29 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/178476/PortSwigger/reviews --- Burp Suite Professional 4.8 (29) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/178476/PortSwigger/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated April 29th, 2026 # Reviews of Burp Suite Professional Ease of use 4.1 Customer Service 4.0 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews KR Kiran R Vulnerability AssessorComputer & Network Security, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Customization and adding of Burp extension makes testing even more powerful.“ February 23, 2025 Lasantha T Manager Information Systems SecurityFinancial Services, 1,001 - 5,000 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Interfaces seem to be outdated and need to improve.“ September 28, 2020 AQ Alain Q bug hunterInformation Technology and Services, Self-employedUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “Burp suite was a great tool that helped me for pentest mission, web app security testing and bug hunting.“ January 7, 2024 HH Houcem H Information Security ManagerTelecommunications, 1,001 - 5,000 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “The interface is not the most intuitive“ January 21, 2021 HH Houcem H Information Security ManagerTelecommunications, 1,001 - 5,000 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Hands down the best tool to assess web applications for security vulnerabilities“ January 21, 2021 Lasantha T Manager Information Systems SecurityFinancial Services, 1,001 - 5,000 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Tool needs to improve their interface to become more user friendly.“ September 28, 2020 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 29 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use dirath R. Bug bounty hunter Computer & Network Security Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "The web security companion" September 27, 2019 5.0 I considered BurpSuite to be my goto tool for quite some time, never failed me. Sometimes i even wish i knew it earlier Pros Burpsuite is in my opinion the best "man in the middle" tool for website pentration testing/exploit development. It gives the user some very powerful control over what's going on, needless to say how helpful the "repeater" and "intruder" functions are. LOVE IT Cons This tool is not for those who are not commited with their work or objective, as it is expensive(for me atleast) and i remember struggling to learn it's functionality at first. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Security assessment engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Essential website for appsec enthusiasts and professionals" October 15, 2024 5.0 Pros It's the best platform out there in application security research papers and labs to practice. Anyone who wants to get in to this appsec career must follow all the modules of portswigger labs and articles. Cons At some instances lab site gives weird errors that might took a long to debug. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Manager Information Systems Security Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best web application penetration testing tool" September 28, 2020 4.0 Compared to other web applications assessment tools Burp suite is a solid tool for web based penetration testing for a reasonable price. Burp suite is providing lot of tools for penetration testers.Tool needs to improve their interface to become more user friendly. The User has given freedom to conduct both automated and manual testing. Overall Burp Suite is a good tool for security testers to conduct web application penetration testing. Pros Compared to other web assessment tools Burp Suite gives a very competitive price with lots of features. The community edition has limited features compared to the professional edition. Tools in the Burp suite are simple and flexible so tests can be easily carried out. Not like other web application testing tools, Burp suite is giving a lot of space for pentester to carry out the testings and has less false positives. Cons Burp suite is not a point and shoot tool and needs in-depth knowledge to conduct a penetration test. Even though there are lots of tools built-in, they need to be arranged in a proper manner on the interface. Interfaces seem to be outdated and need to improve. The tool doesn’t have a lot of learning videos for beginners and support is a bit less. Reporting needs to improve with comprehensive reporting templates. Review Source KR Kiran R. Vulnerability Assessor Computer & Network Security Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Powerful and Versatile Web Security Testing" February 23, 2025 5.0 Pros This is most used by us for Web application pen testing. Very friendly to use and has advanced capabilities. Automated testing and its assessment results are great. Customization and adding of Burp extension makes testing even more powerful. Cons No notable cons in this product, but resource intensive with automated scans. And must be very skilled professional to use this product. Review Source Michael H. Co-Founder | Creative Director Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "One of the most necessary tools in your security toolbox" May 11, 2020 5.0 Burp Suite helps us with all of our vulnerability scanning and pen testing for web apps Pros Burp Suite is an essential tool for any network security tech, including a huge repertoire of useful tools. With the addition of add-ons, Burp has the ability to automate/scan for a wide variety of common vulnerabilities. Overall, Burp will save you a ton of time, and it's a must-have for any security/analyst/tester. Cons The paid tier for Burp Suite is pretty aggressive, but isn't strictly necessary if you're willing to live within the confines of the community edition. Most of the good community add-ons are restricted to the paid version as well, which is unfortunate. Review Source Aanu B. Associate Consultant Computer & Network Security Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "The perfect man-in-the-middle attack tool" May 16, 2019 5.0 It was effectively a great tool for business logic penetration testing of web pages, web apps and mobile apps. Pros While using Burpsuite for man-in-the-middle attacks, request parameters are automatically tabulated, this makes it easier to analyse. Cons It is quite problematic when linking the app with system web browser apps like microsoft edge or google chrome. This is because, the whole system is put through a proxy and all traffic from the system is then monitored. Review Source Tejas G. Associate Security Consultant Computer & Network Security Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Pioneer tool for testing application related vulnerabilities.." October 2, 2018 4.0 One of the best tools to test web application related vulnerabilities. Pros Burpsuite can let user intercept the traffic and make possible to analyze the requests and test various variables and bugs of the application. It supports testing of application using live traffic environment. The application GUI is simple and user friendly. Cons A user could find difficult to use this application as the proof of concepts might not be available for testing any new vulnerabilities. Review Source Olive A. Student Research Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "The Best Web Security Tool" July 27, 2019 4.0 I used BurpSuite to do web penetration testing to my website projects to make sure it's safe from hacker attack. Pros BurpSuite has the most powerful tools to do web penetration testing. Burp comes with Web vulnerability scanning and fully customized scan and attack applications. Cons It's not easy to use, but luckily there's a lot of tutorial out there that can help the beginner to use BurpSuite. Review Source Elyes C. Application security engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "PortSwigger review" June 24, 2021 5.0 For any penetration tester or bug bounty hunter, burpsuite is one of the essential tools. I highly recommend it. Pros Burpsuite is a must for any penetration tester, it can be installed almost on any kind of systems. One of the strength point is the proxy interceptor that allows you to play with traffic Cons Burpsuite needs to enhance in the next releases the User interface which could be more user friendly and way better. Review Source Gabriel T. Great tool for web testing Retail Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Web testing required software" December 30, 2019 5.0 Great, if not the best, of course the combination with other tools as ZAP works better, the option to search vulnerabilities with a right click also adds value. Pros even though it needs a bit of technical background the gui makes easy for anyone to start making their own tests, also portswigger has a lot of docs to start and test your own sites, also has many plugins to make it easier and get more results, depending on the version as getting a pro, adds fucntionality to automate the testing, however, it will need further testing as might result in a false positive. Cons The proxy install sometimes doesnt work in the first try, and the troubleshooting is not clear how to solve it. Reason for choosing Burp Suite Professional Great documentation, user friendly Review Source JB Jeremy B. Offensive Security Consultant Computer & Network Security Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best product in its class" May 8, 2025 5.0 Great tool, essential for any penetration tester or bug bounty hunter Pros One of the best web application security testing tools out there Cons The UI can be a bit difficult to work with, counterintuitive at times, and performance impact on system is severe Review Source GT Giuseppe T. Cybersecurity Consultant Computer & Network Security Used the software for: 2+ years ### "One of the best cybersecurity compaines" September 26, 2024 5.0 Pros \- Web Security Academy: This portal contains comprehensive practical web penetration testing courses, probably the best I've ever seen. Not only that, but it's also free. - Burp Suite: The most well-known web penetration tool. Cons Nothing negative to say about Portswigger. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Sr. Systems & Security Architect Research Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Burp Suite does a good job" December 4, 2019 4.0 I really like Burp Suite and use on all of the website security reviews that I perform. I have also used on testing website that other companies have written for us. It is a great tool for vulnerability testing of websites. Pros Burp Suite Professional and Enterprise are one of the premiere website vulnerability scanning tools available. I am the head application security reviewer and one of the steps in our review process to run vulnerability test on all websites that are modified by our developers before they go live in production. Burp Suite is a great tool for doing these tests. It performs numerous vulnerability checks and can be programmed to perform your own tests that are not included in the product. Cons Burp Suite is fairly easy to use but can be a bit intimidating to start using. If you follow the tutorials that are available on-line you will figure out how to run it. Reason for choosing Burp Suite Professional We chose Burp Suite for the company standard when the Enterprise version became available. It ended up being cheaper than getting all of our security reviewer their own license to Burp Suite Professional. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Analyst Computer & Network Security Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Pentest Your Web Applications Flawlessly - BurpSuite" May 26, 2019 5.0 Overall I use BurpSuite daily as I am a security analyst and I keep on finding flaws in my companies internal network. BurpSuite's free version if more than sufficient for me and even after using this software for so long I still tend to learn new features in this software. It is a very vast tool. If you're also fascinated about security testing then this tool will help you greatly in achieving great heights. Pros If you're a security analyst and you keep on finding bugs in your web applications, this application is a golden charm for you. It provides thousands of features using which you can perform penetration test any web application and find out any possible flaw and fix it before any external hacker enters your organization's network via that flaw. It offers spidering the websites, proxies, and intruder which can brute force all the password attacks and on top of that we get all of these features free. This software is completely free and the only feature that lacks is that you cannot save the project. You need to perform all the testing in one go. Cons BurpSuite is pretty awesome software which rarely lacks in any of its features. The flaw that I feel using this software is that it can become more intuitive and user-friendly. While using the software sometimes you feel like not finding an option of difficulty in understanding a new option. Maybe they can give on the go help with a small toolbar providing the description of that option. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer VAPT Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best and basic Pentesting tool for Information security" September 23, 2020 5.0 Its a great tool for pentesters with all the hacking features and elaborated scan results for web or mobile application, with easy setup and great support. Pros The application features are very brilliant in assessing application security and findings for vulnerabilities. The burpsuite profession offers many pentesting features and active scan for testing the security of a given web or mobile application. I like the repeater and intruder feature the most we can test for all the possible test cases in the input parameters with the tool with ease and report the findings by viewing in its own or regular browser. Cons The application is useful in finding almost all the vulnerabilities in the application but sometimes the active scan results give false positive cases so manual testing for such vulnerabilities is must required, especially for critical vulnerabilities like SQL injection or XSS. Review Source AQ Alain Q. bug hunter Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Burpsuite, a great tool for bug hunters and pentesters" January 7, 2024 5.0 Burp suite was a great tool that helped me for pentest mission, web app security testing and bug hunting. The ressources on the website helped me to learn how to use it, and how to exploit some advanced web security. I can only recommand that tool. Pros Burpsuite is a swiss knife that helped me a lot to gain time on web app testing and pentests. The website contain a lot of ressources to help to use burp suite correctly. We can even create our modules to do specific task to help us. Cons The price is expensive. 1 year of burp pro is a bit expensive (almost 450$/year for the pro version, and 19,121$/year for the "classic" enterprise edition). Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Pentest you Web Applications Easily - Burpsuite" May 21, 2019 5.0 Overall BurpSuite performs pretty well and has a solid foundation. It will not crash even in case of stack overflows and wrong automations. It is pretty safe to use and helps to find weaknesses in your web applications. You can have multiple pen tests on you applications and fix all the vulnerabilities one by one to make you application secure enough so that external hackers cannot penetrate within your systems. Pros BurpSuite is a very light software, this is the best part. You can install this piece of software on almost any system you want, including the legacy systems. It will run flawlessly on old systems as well. It offers tons of features and the best part is that everything can be used, i.e. each and every feature which is available in paid version is available in community/ free version as well which is the great part. The community edition only lacks on one place, that you cannot save your project for working later on some project, but since you're getting all the features in your plate in the free version, it becomes a pretty awesome deal. Cons BurpSuite lacks a good user interface. Although it is very powerful and provides tons of software's which helps in automating most of the attacks, the Graphical User Interface of the software is not much user friendly. Also sometimes you see that the options/ drop downs are pixelated which make a less good user experience. The graphics of the software can be bought to a good level so that the user is also happy while using and the most important part that the user is able to use the software for prolonged hours. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Information Security Engineer Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Burpsuite" April 13, 2021 5.0 Very good offers everything, for plugins I wish Portswigger could release some official content on how-to create your own extensions with convenience. Also I would suggest to make the tool more handy by reducing the size of application. Pros \+ Everything is at one right click, even for new added extensions. + Best part is the proxy tool which is makes captures everything on the network. Cons \+ Not sure why but the render tool is not supported in my kali VM, I am using the latest version of both kali and Burp but the rendering tool doesn't work as expected. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Find all the security flaws in your web applications using BurpSuite" September 9, 2019 5.0 Overall, BurpSuite is a well known software in the security field of computers. Pen-testers worldwide use this software to perform security operations. One shall use this software and learn its amazing features and results which can help a lot in improving the security posture of an organisation. Pros BurpSuite helps us to pen-test our applications and find security loop holes within them. It has a tons of tools (manual and automatic) which helps to find and remove loopholes in the security of any application. Some of the greatest and well renowned features of BurpSuite are Spidering and web prompting. These two tools helps us firstly to map the whole architecture at once and then prompt for various combinations either manually or using an automated script. Cons The tool has so many features that some keep on hiding on options and one is never able to use the features. Also the tool lacks in online help or official videos which can help a beginner understand the concepts of the tool. The GUI os the application can also be fixed a bit so as to make all the features well visible and made sure can be used upon requirement. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer CISO Computer & Network Security Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Pentestor Review" July 22, 2019 4.0 I have used a burpsute for personal business cases, as I used it for spidering, exploring and trying to find vulnerabilities. I have used the reporting a couple of times, but I prefer having more choices when it comes to it. But overall I do recommend it. Pros I like the tab structure of BurpSuite, it makes it easy to follow your work. I also like the interceptor very easy, simple and flexible. Defining the scopes and having multiple ones is a great feature at the same time, as well as the ability to define the brute force fields in many different ways. Cons What I liked the least when it comes to vulnerability scanner, there are some false-positive results. When it comes to checking the source code, it is a bit messy and when you see all the sitemaps opened, simply you get lost there. Reason for choosing Burp Suite Professional I had to start somewhere and people recommended it. Review Source TK Thusitha K. Information Security Analyst Computer & Network Security Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The Best Web Application Penetration Tool Ever - BurpSuite" September 25, 2019 4.0 I've been using this tool since 2017 on a daily basis. This is one of my best tools I ever had to do penetration tests of web application. I recommend Burp Suite. Pros Because, It has very simple and user-friendly interface. Also, it helps us to determine the back end work flow of web applications. There are lots of features to conduct a penetration test at any time. Cons Actually, The Burp Suite is a cool tool. There is nothing to say about bugs and any other problems yet. Review Source SM SAMITHA M. Pentester Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Machine Gun of web application penetration testers" February 5, 2020 5.0 Burpsuite is a mandatory tool for web application pentester's. Without burpsuite pentester's life will be much harder it's very difficult to survive on penetration test without this amazing tool. Pros Easy of use, Advance feature that makes pentester's life essay Cons Actually I don't see any least like the thing about burpsuite . Review Source PE Paolo E. Jr Penetration Tester Information Technology and Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Best web app security learning platform" July 20, 2023 5.0 Pros In addition to the material and labs present on the learning platform updated to the latest discoveries in the field of web app security, PortSwigger's main product is Burp Suite, which I consider one of the best tools for analyzing and scanning web apps out there. Cons The only flaw within the learning platform is the lack of well-detailed solutions for the academy laboratories. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer IT Consultant Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Essential Web Penetration Testing Tool" October 30, 2019 5.0 Have used it to find vulnerabilities. You would be surprised what you dig up! Pros Features! So many things you can do, even in the free version. Even if what the interface does is confusing, finding anything once you know what it is is super easy! For me the best two features are the ability to capture and repeat requests. Makes fuzzing so easy. Cons While Burp can capture Websockets, I was unable to, although I hear this may be fixed. Sometimes getting the certificate page is finicky. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Associate Consultant - Cyber Security Services Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Spidersense!" June 30, 2019 5.0 Pros This is a powerful tool which can execute attacks on webapps which comparably less amount of time. The spider here is very powerful can literally crack open the target. Cons You have to have a pro level skill to work with this tool. Not recommended for newbies! Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Related categories [Penetration Testing](https://www.capterra.com/penetration-testing-software/)[Cybersecurity](https://www.capterra.com/cybersecurity-software/)