OnScanner vs Burp Suite (Professional & DAST)
Burp Suite Professional is an interactive toolkit for manual web penetration testing, and Burp Suite DAST scales its scanner across large application portfolios. OnScanner solves a different problem: continuous, hands-off, outside-in coverage of everything a target exposes, including categories a web-app DAST does not look at, like CVE intelligence on your detected stack, email authentication, and tracker or consent behavior.
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TL;DR
Choose OnScanner when you want always-on external coverage without driving a toolkit: live, never-cached scans with safe exploit verification and zero-day heuristics, EPSS and CISA KEV prioritization, deep technology and end-of-life detection, and 40+ privacy and tracker checks with email, TLS and WAF posture. Turn on AI Findings and it writes the executive summary, ranks your Top Risks, chains findings into MITRE ATT&CK attack paths, drafts remediation, and generates SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, PCI-DSS and HIPAA compliance reports. Free tier and a hosted MCP server included.
Burp Suite (Professional & DAST) is a great choice when you do hands-on web application penetration testing or need authenticated DAST across an application portfolio: Burp Professional is a widely used interactive toolkit, and Burp DAST brings its scanner to CI/CD pipelines.
Feature comparison
Verified against public product pages on 2026-07-02. Cells marked "Not listed" mean the capability is not described on the vendor's public docs as of that date, not that it is impossible.
| Capability | OnScanner | Burp Suite (Professional & DAST) |
|---|---|---|
| External (unauthenticated) scanning | YesThe anonymous attacker's view, no agents | YesBlack-box dynamic scanning of running web apps with no code instrumentation |
| Authenticated scanning | YesScan behind login with credentials | YesFirst-class in both Professional and DAST: simple username/password credentials or recorded login sequences for complex… |
| Privacy, tracker & consent scanning | Yes40+ categories incl. fingerprinting | NoNo tracker, cookie-consent, or fingerprinting-detection capability appears on any Burp product page |
| CVE intelligence (EPSS & CISA KEV) | YesCVE/CPE matching with EPSS + KEV context | NoFindings are web application vulnerabilities (injection, access control, etc.), not CVE-driven |
| Active exploit verification | YesSafe, non-destructive, in-band probes | PartialManual exploitation toolkit (Repeater/Intruder) + Collaborator; automated proof not a scanner claim |
| Patch-status & end-of-life detection | YesVendor/distro patch data + EOL flags | NoNot a marketed capability: Burp reports web vulnerabilities rather than host patch levels or end-of-life software inventory |
| Email security (SPF, DKIM, DMARC) | Yes | NoNo SPF/DKIM/DMARC or email posture checks appear on any Burp product page |
| WAF detection | Yes | NoWAF fingerprinting is not a marketed product capability (community BApp extensions exist, but it is not a vendor feature) |
| Continuous monitoring | YesScheduled scans + change detection | PartialBurp DAST: scheduled and recurring scans; Professional is on-demand desktop |
| REST API | Yes | YesProfessional includes a built-in REST API (off by default, API-key auth, binds to localhost) |
| MCP server for AI agents | YesHosted: mcp.onscanner.com | YesOfficial MCP Server extension (local, via BApp Store), not a hosted endpoint |
| AI analysis, remediation & compliance reports | YesOpt-in AI Findings + AI Compliance (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, PCI-DSS, HIPAA) | PartialBurp AI assistant in Professional; compliance reporting not listed |
| Transparent self-serve pricing | YesFree tier; Professional $60/mo | PartialProfessional public at $499/user/yr; DAST quote-only |
Why teams pick OnScanner
- Enterprise-grade coverage, fully automated: specialist engines run in parallel on every scan, unauthenticated or authenticated, with no desktop toolkit to drive and results delivered on a schedule.
- Every scan is live and never cached, with safe active exploitation probes that verify what is actually exploitable and zero-day heuristics that flag unknown vulnerabilities before a CVE exists.
- Deep technology detection with patch-status and end-of-life flags, so you know exactly what is running and what is out of support.
- Exploit-aware prioritization: CVE and CPE matching enriched with EPSS scores and the CISA KEV catalog, so you fix what attackers actually use.
- Opt-in AI Findings: an executive summary, ranked Top Risks, and clear per-finding explanations with remediation your developers can act on.
- Vulnerability chaining: AI Findings links related results into real attack paths mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK kill chain.
- AI Compliance reports on demand: SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, PCI-DSS and HIPAA assessments generated from your scan results.
- 40+ privacy, tracker, fingerprinting and consent checks plus email (SPF, DKIM, DMARC), TLS and WAF posture in the same pass.
- Continuous monitoring with scheduled scans and 24/7 change detection, plus a REST API and hosted MCP server on every plan, free tier included.
When Burp Suite (Professional & DAST) fits
- You do hands-on web application penetration testing: Burp Professional combines manual tools, Burp Scanner, Collaborator out-of-band testing, and BApp extensions.
- You need recorded login sequences for complex or SSO authentication flows in a hands-on testing workflow.
- You are scaling scanning across a large application portfolio: Burp DAST offers bulk and scheduled scanning, CI/CD integrations, and a GraphQL API, self-hosted or in PortSwigger's cloud.
Even with Burp in the toolbox, OnScanner covers the time between engagements: fully automated scans with continuous monitoring, privacy and tracker checks, and opt-in AI Findings that write the summary and remediation for you.
Pricing
Burp Suite Professional has a public self-serve price of $499 per user per year; Burp Suite DAST is quote-based, customized to your requirements (verified 2026-07-02). OnScanner is self-serve with a free Starter tier and Professional at $60 per month, priced per scanning usage rather than per user.
Frequently asked questions
Is OnScanner a replacement for Burp Suite?
Not for manual penetration testing: Burp's proxy, Repeater and Intruder workflows are for hands-on testers, and OnScanner does not try to be that. OnScanner replaces the gap between pentests: continuous external scanning with CVE, privacy and email coverage that a web-app toolkit does not include.
Can AI agents drive both tools?
Yes, in different ways. Burp offers an official MCP Server extension that exposes a locally running Burp instance to MCP clients. OnScanner runs a hosted MCP server at mcp.onscanner.com, so agents can create targets, start scans and fetch results without any local install.
Which should a small team start with?
If nobody on the team does manual web pentesting, start with automated external coverage and add hands-on testing when needed. If you employ testers, they will want Burp Professional regardless; OnScanner then covers the continuous monitoring and the privacy, email and CVE posture between engagements.
Does Burp Suite check for CVEs or privacy issues?
Burp reports web application vulnerability classes such as injection and access control issues. CVE-based intelligence with EPSS or KEV prioritization, tracker and consent scanning, and email authentication checks are not marketed Burp capabilities as of 2026-07-02, which is exactly the ground OnScanner covers.
Sources
Every Burp Suite (Professional & DAST) fact above was checked against these public pages on 2026-07-02. If something has changed since, tell us at support@onscanner.com and we will correct it.
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