BoringSec vs Acunetix
Acunetix is web application & api vulnerability scanner (dast). BoringSec offers a fast, affordable, self-serve Security Audit for deployed websites and AI-built apps. Paste a URL, review the evidence, and get concrete fixes.
What's included
What you get with BoringSec
One focused Security Audit shows what was verified, what still needs authorization, and the fixes you can ship.
Fast and self-serve
Paste a URL and see the maximum available lightweight findings, evidence, counts, and coverage in about a minute. No sales call, account, agent, or onboarding is required.
17 pre-verification URL modules plus 6 verified-owner heavy scanners (3 external engines)
The pre-verification modules report first. Injection, XSS, Ports, Nuclei, ZAP, and Medusa start only after a signed-in owner verifies the domain. Applicable, authorization-required, and unavailable states remain explicit.
One evidence-backed A++ to F grade
The overall score and grade stay N/A until every required category, including all six verified-owner heavy scanners, settles with fully verified coverage. Findings and severity remain visible before then.
AI-ready fixes
Plain-language remediation with copy-paste prompts for Cursor, Claude Code, Lovable, Bolt, v0, and Windsurf.
Evidence before conclusions
Confirmed, partial, unavailable, and authorization-required checks stay distinct, so an untested surface is never presented as clean.
Priced for builders
Transparent, low pricing with reports in 10 languages, optional continuous monitoring, and API / CI-CD / Slack hooks.
Decision guide
Which one fits your team?
Acunetix and BoringSec solve different problems. Here is the honest split.
Acunetix is the better fit when
- You need deep, active DAST testing of your own web apps and APIs, not a surface-level audit
- Your apps are complex JavaScript/SPA or API-heavy and need deep authenticated crawling
- You run a formal vulnerability-management program with proof-based validation and tight CI/ticketing integration
BoringSec is the better fit when
- You want a self-serve answer without a demo, onboarding, or sales call
- You are an indie developer, founder, or small team shipping an AI-built app (Cursor, Lovable, v0, Bolt, Windsurf) and want affordable, self-serve pricing
- You want broad coverage in one pass plus plain-language, AI-ready fixes, not an enterprise console to operate
- You want one focused website Security Audit with clear evidence states, concrete remediation, and reports available in 10 languages
For context: Acunetix is a commercial dynamic application security testing (DAST) scanner that deeply crawls and actively probes running web apps and APIs, part of the Invicti Security group. Built for Security and appsec teams at SMB and mid-market organizations.