OWASP ZAP alternatives
13 other tools do this job. Which one is right depends on why OWASP ZAP is not working for you — so start from the reason, not the list.
Why teams leave OWASP ZAP
- Higher false-positive rate than commercial DAST tools.
- Scanning authenticated, JavaScript-heavy applications requires meaningful configuration effort.
- The interface is dated and the learning curve is real.
Worth saying: OWASP ZAP is genuinely strong at this — free, with no licence limits on scanning or users. If that is the part you rely on, switching may cost more than it saves.
If cost is the problem
Cheaper than OWASP ZAP at the entry point, or free outright.
Dependabot
Security Testing
Free dependency updates and vulnerability alerts, built into GitHub.
Renovate
Security Testing
Highly configurable automated dependency updates, free and self-hostable.
Trivy
Security Testing
One open-source scanner for containers, filesystems, repos, IaC and Kubernetes.
Everything else in Security Testing
Ranked by how widely adopted they are. Compare any two to see the differences that matter.
The professional web security tester's tool of choice, plus an enterprise scanner.
DAST with proof-based scanning that confirms a vulnerability is real before reporting it.
Enterprise application security platform: SAST, SCA, DAST, IaC and API security.
Highly configurable automated dependency updates, free and self-hostable.
Developer-first security across dependencies, code, containers and infrastructure.
One open-source scanner for containers, filesystems, repos, IaC and Kubernetes.
Query your codebase like a database to find vulnerability patterns across the whole repo.
Secrets detection across your repositories, history and developer machines.
Software composition analysis with automated remediation and licence compliance.
Open-source secret scanning that verifies whether the credential is still live.
Application security as a service, with policy enforcement and compliance attestation.
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