OWASP ZAP vs Vega
OWASP ZAP
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| Figure | OWASP ZAP | Vega |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 0 |
| Spec score · Web Application Security Scanners | 8.5 (#3) | 7.1 (#19) |
| Authentication | Authentication features include browser-based, script-based, header-based and OAuth2 methods through the Authentication Helper add-on. | Automated scans support HTTP Basic, HTTP Digest, NTLM, and macro based form authentication; scanner requests can also include configured cookies. |
| Extensibility | The Marketplace distributes team and community add-ons, and users can publish their own add-ons. | Vega supports JavaScript modules for active fuzzing and response processing, and modules can generate XML based alerts. |
| Purpose | ZAP is a web application scanner and proxy for security testing. | Vega is a GUI-based platform for testing the security of web applications. |
| Scanner | ZAP provides active scanning, passive scanning, a spider, alerts, and scan policies. | Its automated scanner crawls websites, extracts links and processes forms to find possible injection points. |
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In their own words
OWASP ZAP
OWASP ZAP is a web application scanner and proxy for security testing. Its tools include active and passive scanning, a spider, alerts, and scan policies. ZAP’s Automation Framework uses YAML plans to coordinate jobs such as scanning, spidering, API imports, and report generation. It can import OpenAPI, GraphQL, SOAP, and Postman definitions through jobs or add-ons. GitHub Actions are available for baseline, full, and API scans via Docker-packaged scans, and the project publishes Docker images, including a minimal image for CI. Add-ons come from an online Marketplace and are generally installed or removed without restarting ZAP. The software is free and open source, with a free plan at free. It supports Linux, macOS, Windows, API use, and self-hosted deployment. Windows and Linux installers require Java 17 or later; the macOS installer includes Java 17. ZAP says it can support only its latest full release, and current releases are unsigned, though checksums are provided.