Acunetix vs Black Duck Seeker

Acunetix, now Invicti Web + API, scans running web applications and APIs for vulnerabilities that could be exploited. Proof-based scanning can validate findings and provide evidence of exploitability to help teams assess false positives. The product says it identifies more than 7,000 issues, including OWASP Top 10 and OWASP API Top 10 risks and business logic flaws. It supports single-page and JavaScript-heavy applications, REST, GraphQL, and SOAP APIs, including authenticated user flows. Its AI-driven risk scoring uses more than 200 signals before scanning begins. Listed issue tracker integrations include Jira, Microsoft TFS (Azure DevOps), GitHub, GitLab, Bugzilla, and Mantis; Acunetix Premium also integrates with Jenkins. The company describes the tool as intended to help small and mid-size organizations manage web security. Pricing for Web + API is on request; a Proof of Concept license is offered to try the complete solution in an organization's environment. Agentic Pentest costs $500, paid once and covers a single application and its API suite, with audit-ready PDF reports and delivery within 24 hours.

Black Duck Seeker is paid, self-hosted interactive application security testing software for web runtime targets. It tests APIs and can connect security checks to CI/CD pipelines. Instrumentation uses an agent, and listed language coverage includes Java, .NET, Node.js, Go, Python, and PHP. The software is listed for Linux, macOS, web, and Windows environments, while deployment remains self-hosted. This combination supports teams assessing web applications and APIs built with the covered languages as part of automated delivery workflows. Pricing is available on request rather than published as an amount. Black Duck lists its headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts, United States. Organizations choosing Seeker need to account for its self-hosted model, agent instrumentation, supported runtime, and language list when matching it to their applications and infrastructure.