ArcherySec vs Harness Security Testing Orchestration

ArcherySec is a free, open-source vulnerability assessment and management tool for developers, penetration testers, and DevOps teams. It scans web applications and networks through supported tools, then brings scan findings together for review. Features include authenticated web scans, Selenium-based web application scanning, severity-based prioritization, false-positive tracking, finding deduplication, and remediation workflows. The product lists more than 80 commercial and open-source tool integrations; documented connectors include OWASP ZAP, Burp, Arachni, OpenVAS, Jira, and email. Its CLI can run in CI/CD pipelines and return pass or fail exit codes according to configured scan policies. REST APIs cover scanning and vulnerability management. The tool supports periodic and concurrent scans. Deployment documentation covers Linux, Docker, and Vagrant with Ansible, and the project provides Windows setup and run scripts. ArcherySec is self-hosted and distributed under the GPL-3.0 license. Users need to run supported scanners and provide their endpoints. The project advises against public exposure and recommends restricting the signup page in production.

Harness Security Testing Orchestration is a cloud, web service for coordinating application security testing. It brings findings together with deduplication, risk-based prioritization and remediation workflows. Policy gates connect security decisions to workflow controls, while ticketing sync links findings with ticketing processes. Harness lists Essentials and Enterprise plans, both billed through Contact Sales, with pricing on request. Essentials allows up to 500 users, one organization and five custom dashboards. Enterprise lists unlimited users, organizations and custom dashboards. A separate Free Plan is listed at free and includes Harness Open Source, Litmus Chaos and community support, although the pricing model is paid and the free plan field says no. The service runs on the web and uses cloud deployment. Harness was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.