SecPortal vs Invicti
enterprise DAST console vs delivery workspace
Invicti (rebranded from Netsparker in 2022 and the corporate parent of Acunetix) is an enterprise dynamic application security testing platform sold as Invicti Enterprise and Invicti Standard, with Proof-Based Scanning to confirm exploitable findings, the Discovery Engine for asset inventory across web properties, and Predictive Risk Scoring across the application portfolio. The buyer is the enterprise AppSec or product security team that owns hundreds of web applications. SecPortal is a different shape: scanning, manual finding entry, AI-generated reports, a branded client portal, retesting, and the engagement record live inside one workspace. This page is the side-by-side for buyers comparing an enterprise DAST console aimed at large web portfolios to a delivery workspace that scans, records, reports, and ships findings to clients or stakeholders.
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| Feature | SecPortal | Invicti |
|---|---|---|
| Primary use case | Security delivery workspace with scanning, findings, AI reports, and client portal on one tenant | Enterprise DAST console for continuous web application scanning across a large web property portfolio |
| External vulnerability scanning | 16 modules | Discovery Engine asset inventory plus DAST across discovered web properties |
| Authenticated web application scanning (DAST) | ||
| Proof-Based Scanning for confirmed exploitable findings | Proof-Based Scanning verifies exploitability and emits a generated proof artefact | |
| Interactive application security testing (IAST) | IAST agent integration available in higher tiers | |
| Code scanning (SAST and SCA via Semgrep) | No native SAST or SCA; integrates with separate AppSec tools | |
| Subdomain enumeration and external attack surface discovery | Discovery Engine crawls public web properties tied to a domain or organisation | |
| Domain verification before any external scan | DNS TXT or meta tag | Target ownership configured in the console at organisation scope |
| Continuous scheduled scanning cadence (daily, weekly, biweekly, monthly) | ||
| Engagement model with scope, ROE, and deliverables | ||
| Client model with onboarding, contacts, and access control | ||
| Branded white-label client portal on your subdomain | ||
| AI-powered report generation (executive, technical, remediation) | Prebuilt PCI DSS, HIPAA, ISO 27001, OWASP, and management report templates | |
| 300+ finding templates with remediation guidance | Vulnerability records emitted by the scanner with remediation guidance and CWE references | |
| CVSS 3.1 vector parsing and auto-scoring | CVSS scoring with severity classification per finding | |
| Manual finding entry with full editor | ||
| Scanner result import (Nessus, Burp Suite, CSV) | Imports limited to its own scanner output and ticketing integrations | |
| Encrypted credential vault for authenticated scans (AES-256-GCM) | Stored credentials managed inside the console with login sequence recorder | |
| Retest workflow paired to original finding | Re-scan validates closure on the next scheduled or manual run | |
| Compliance framework templates | 21 frameworks | Compliance reports for PCI DSS, HIPAA, ISO 27001, OWASP Top 10, NIST, DISA STIG, and similar |
| Predictive Risk Scoring across the portfolio | Predictive Risk Scoring across discovered applications | |
| Integrated invoicing and Stripe Connect payments | ||
| Activity audit trail with CSV export | Console audit logs in higher tiers | |
| MFA enforcement on every workspace | Per-deployment configuration plus SSO/SAML in enterprise tiers | |
| Free plan available | ||
| Pricing model | Free, Pro, Team | Sales-led annual licensing across Invicti Standard and Invicti Enterprise tiers |
| Setup time | 2 minutes | Asset discovery cycle plus authentication configuration plus optional IAST agent deployment |
| Best fit for | AppSec teams, internal security teams, product security teams, vulnerability management teams, pentest firms, MSSPs, and consultancies that scan, report, and deliver from one workspace | Enterprise AppSec and product security teams that want a continuous DAST console across a large discovered web property portfolio with Proof-Based Scanning and Predictive Risk Scoring |
SecPortal vs Invicti: enterprise DAST console vs delivery workspace
Invicti is one of the dominant enterprise dynamic application security testing platforms. The product was rebranded from Netsparker in 2022, and Invicti Security is the corporate parent of Acunetix. Invicti ships in two commercial tiers, Invicti Standard for individual scanning and Invicti Enterprise for the scaled posture, with the Discovery Engine for asset inventory across web properties, Proof-Based Scanning that confirms exploitable findings and generates a proof artefact, Predictive Risk Scoring across the application portfolio, IAST agent integration in higher tiers, login sequence recording for authenticated scans, and a deep set of CI/CD and ticketing integrations. The buyer assumption is that the enterprise owns hundreds of web applications across many development teams and needs a DAST console that holds the portfolio-wide running-application picture, ranks risk across the inventory, routes remediation back to developers, and reports posture to AppSec and security leadership.
SecPortal is a different shape. SecPortal is the security delivery and findings workspace for AppSec teams, internal security functions, vulnerability management teams, product security teams, pentest firms, MSSPs, and consultancies that run scoped engagements and ship findings to application owners, business stakeholders, or external clients. The engagement, the scoping, the manual and scanner findings, the authenticated DAST and external perimeter scans, the source-side SAST and SCA output from connected repositories, the AI-generated report, the branded client portal, the retest, and the invoice all sit inside one workspace. If the question is whether to scan a web portfolio continuously across an enterprise estate or to deliver assessments and findings as a recurring deliverable, this page is the side-by-side.
Where the enterprise DAST console model stops for delivery work
These are not Invicti-specific criticisms; they are properties of an enterprise DAST console when the buyer compares it to running scoped client engagements or shipping engagement deliverables to internal application owners on a platform built for delivery.
Built around the application portfolio, not the engagement record
Invicti is structured around discovered web properties and the scans that run against them. The Discovery Engine builds a continuous inventory of public web applications tied to a domain or organisation, and Predictive Risk Scoring ranks the portfolio for prioritisation. There is no concept of a scoped engagement that opens with a kickoff, runs against a defined target list, ships a final report under a client name, schedules a retest paired to the original finding, and closes with an invoice. AppSec teams, internal security functions, MSSPs, and consultancies that hand findings to a stakeholder under a deliverable contract have to model that lifecycle outside Invicti.
No branded client portal on your subdomain
Invicti findings are reviewed inside the Invicti Enterprise or Invicti Standard console. Sharing them with a client, an application owner, or a business stakeholder typically means an Invicti report PDF, a CSV export, or a ticket pushed through Jira, ServiceNow, or another integration into a separate system. SecPortal ships a white-label client portal on your tenant subdomain so every finding, retest, remediation thread, and report download lives under your firm or team name rather than a vendor console.
No engagement-shaped AI-generated narrative reports
Invicti emits findings with severity, CVSS scoring, evidence (request and response, plus the Proof-Based Scanning generated proof artefact for exploitable issues), CWE classification, and prebuilt compliance and management report PDFs that summarise the scan output. It does not generate engagement-shaped executive summaries, narrative technical writeups, or remediation roadmaps from a scoped finding set on demand. SecPortal uses Claude to draft those deliverables from the live engagement findings, including CVSS vectors, evidence, and severity, so the team edits a draft rather than starting from a blank page.
No native SAST, SCA, or source-side scanning
Invicti is a dynamic application security testing platform. It runs DAST, supports IAST through agent integration in higher tiers, and runs Proof-Based Scanning to confirm exploitability on the running application. It does not run static application security testing or software composition analysis against the source code. AppSec engagements that combine source-side analysis with running-application testing need a separate SAST or SCA platform on top of Invicti. SecPortal runs SAST and dependency analysis through Semgrep, external scanning across 16 modules, and authenticated DAST behind cookie, bearer, basic, or form authentication on the same engagement record.
No manual finding entry for non-scanner output
Invicti is a scanner platform. Findings appear in the workspace because the Invicti engine detected them. A pentest, a manual code review, or a threat-modelling output also produces findings the scanner cannot reach: business logic flaws, chained exploits, manual SSRF or IDOR proofs, authentication bypasses through application-specific state, design-level weaknesses, broken access control across multi-step flows. SecPortal ships a full manual finding editor with the 300+ finding template library, CVSS 3.1 vector parsing and auto-scoring, and structured evidence so non-scanner findings live on the same record as scanner output.
Sales-led procurement and enterprise commercial model
Invicti pricing is custom and sales-led. Tiers are split between Invicti Standard for individual scanning and Invicti Enterprise for the discovery, scaled scanning, and Predictive Risk Scoring posture. There is no public price page, no monthly self-serve tier, and no free starting point for a small team or a single engagement. SecPortal pricing is transparent on the website with a free plan, monthly Pro and Team tiers, and no minimum commitment, so a team can start scanning, recording findings, and shipping reports without a procurement cycle.
What SecPortal adds to the picture
Engagement-shaped workflow
Every scan, manual finding, retest, AI report, and invoice sits inside an engagement that has a client or stakeholder, a scope, a status, and a delivery date. The model matches the way internal AppSec teams run scoped application reviews for an application owner, the way consultancies deliver scoped assessments to clients, and the way pentest firms ship findings under a deliverable contract.
AI report generation
Generate executive summaries, full technical reports, remediation roadmaps, and compliance summaries from the engagement findings with a single click. The AI uses the workspace context: engagement scope, findings, severities, CVSS vectors, and evidence. The report becomes a draft the team edits rather than a blank page.
White-label client portal
Every workspace gets a branded client portal on its own tenant subdomain. Application owners, business stakeholders, or external clients log in to review findings, track remediation, download reports, and communicate with the team under your brand. Sharing findings does not mean exporting and emailing a vendor-branded PDF.
Source, application, and perimeter on one workspace
Code scanning runs SAST and dependency analysis through Semgrep against repositories connected via GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket OAuth. External perimeter scanning runs across 16 modules covering SSL, headers, DNS, ports, subdomains, technology fingerprinting, and CVE correlation. Authenticated DAST runs behind stored credentials through cookie, bearer, basic, or form authentication. One workspace covers the source, the running application, and the perimeter rather than three consoles and three credential vaults.
300+ finding templates with calibrated severity
A finding template library covers the recurring vulnerability classes a pentest, a SAST run, or a DAST run produces: injection, access control, cryptography, configuration, authentication, business logic. Templates carry CVSS 3.1 vectors and remediation guidance so the analyst edits the proof rather than rewriting the description. Severity comes from CVSS vector parsing, not from a fixed table.
Continuous monitoring inside the engagement record
Continuous monitoring schedules (daily, weekly, biweekly, monthly) run scans against verified domains and authenticated targets on the same record as the manual findings, the AI report, and the retest. Continuous coverage sits inside the engagement workflow rather than on a separate console.
Who each platform is the right fit for
Invicti and SecPortal solve adjacent problems for different buyer shapes. The honest framing is that the right tool depends on whether the primary motion is portfolio-wide DAST coverage of an enterprise web application estate or shipping engagement deliverables to clients, application owners, or business stakeholders.
Invicti fits enterprise AppSec programmes that own a large web portfolio
If you are an enterprise AppSec or product security team that owns hundreds or thousands of web applications, runs continuous DAST as part of an SDLC programme, wants Proof-Based Scanning to filter exploitable findings before they reach a developer queue, relies on the Discovery Engine to keep the application inventory current, and routes remediation through native Jira, Azure DevOps, GitHub, or ServiceNow integrations, Invicti is built for that shape of work. The buyer is the AppSec leader; the user is the AppSec analyst and the application developer.
SecPortal fits AppSec, internal security, and consultancy teams that ship findings as a deliverable
If you are an AppSec team running scoped reviews against named applications, an internal security team running scoped assessment cycles for application owners, a consultancy delivering AppSec or pentest engagements to clients, or an MSSP shipping AppSec output to subscribers, SecPortal is the delivery workspace. Engagement, findings, source-side scanning, perimeter scanning, authenticated DAST, AI reports, branded portal, and invoicing all live on one tenant.
When the answer is both
A team that runs Invicti as the enterprise DAST platform across a large web property portfolio and also delivers scoped assessments to application owners, business stakeholders, or external customers can keep Invicti for portfolio-wide DAST coverage and use SecPortal for the scoped delivery and reporting work. Import Invicti output into SecPortal as a structured CSV through the bulk import workflow, then promote drafts to canonical findings on the engagement record.
How SecPortal scanning compares to Invicti scanning
Both platforms run authenticated DAST against web applications, both gate scans on proof of ownership in some form, and both support scheduled scan cadence. Where they diverge is what surrounds the scanner. Invicti pairs the scanner with the Discovery Engine, Proof-Based Scanning, and Predictive Risk Scoring across an enterprise web portfolio. SecPortal treats scanning as one input into an engagement workflow that also includes manual findings, AI-generated reports, retests, and a deliverable shipped through a branded portal.
The external scanning feature runs 16 modules across SSL, headers, DNS, ports, subdomains, technology fingerprinting, and CVE correlation. The authenticated scanning feature adds DAST behind stored credentials through cookie, bearer, basic, or form authentication so issues that only surface inside an authenticated session do not slip past anonymous scanning. The code scanning feature runs SAST and dependency analysis through Semgrep against a repository connected via GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket OAuth. The continuous monitoring feature runs daily, weekly, biweekly, or monthly scans on a schedule and writes the results back to the same engagement record.
How credentials and target authorisation are handled before any scan
Authenticated scanning needs credentials that live somewhere durable. SecPortal stores them in an encrypted credential vault with AES-256-GCM, scoped to a verified domain. Every external scan is gated on domain verification through DNS TXT or meta tag so authorisation is provable before any module fires. The same pattern applies to authenticated scans: credentials and target must match the verified domain, and the scan-guard codes (DOMAIN_NOT_VERIFIED, CREDENTIAL_DOMAIN_MISMATCH, AUTH_NOT_ALLOWED) refuse to run when the chain of evidence does not hold. This pattern matters most when the same workspace serves several clients or several application owners, because authorisation is bound to the verified domain rather than to a shared organisation account.
Why AppSec and delivery teams pick SecPortal over an enterprise DAST console
- Move from a portfolio-shaped enterprise DAST console to a workspace that holds engagements, scoped findings, AI reports, retests, and a branded portal on one record
- Generate executive summaries, technical writeups, and remediation roadmaps from engagement findings rather than writing them outside the platform after every scan cycle
- Hand application owners, business stakeholders, or clients a branded portal on your subdomain instead of an Invicti-branded PDF or an exported CSV
- Bring source-side SAST and SCA into the same workspace as authenticated DAST and external perimeter scanning instead of stitching together a DAST console and a separate AppSec platform
- Capture manual findings (business logic, chained proofs, IDOR walkthroughs, authentication bypasses across multi-step flows) alongside scanner output rather than tracking them in a side document
- Pair every retest to the original finding so the closure record holds up under audit rather than relying on the next scheduled scan to confirm the fix
- Map findings across 21 frameworks including OWASP, OWASP ASVS, ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, NIST 800-53, NIST CSF 2.0, MITRE ATT&CK, DORA, and NIS2 from one workspace
- Bill the engagement from the same platform with Stripe Connect rather than running invoicing in a separate accounting tool
- Start on a free plan and pay for the seats and storage you actually use rather than committing to an annual enterprise DAST licence up front
From scan to deliverable
The output of a DAST run is the beginning of a deliverable, not the end. SecPortal turns scan results into draft findings, the analyst triages and validates them, the findings management layer holds the consolidated record with CVSS vectors, evidence, and remediation, and the AI reports feature generates the executive and technical narrative the recipient receives. The branded client portal is where the deliverable lands; the scanner result triage workflow covers how raw scanner output becomes a calibrated finding before it is promoted onto the canonical record.
For internal AppSec or product security teams that already run Invicti against a large web portfolio and want to operationalise the output into engagement records and remediation tracking, the scanner-to-ticket handoff governance workflow and the remediation tracking workflow cover how scanner findings move from detection to closure with named owners, SLA tiers, and an audit trail. The importing third-party scanner results guide documents the verified Nessus, Burp Suite, and CSV import paths if the team wants to keep its existing scanner and consolidate findings on the SecPortal record.
For internal AppSec teams comparing DAST platforms
SecPortal is honest about scope. Invicti is the larger DAST platform across a discovered web property portfolio, with Proof-Based Scanning and Predictive Risk Scoring as differentiators that matter most when the inventory is in the hundreds of applications. SecPortal does not aim to replace a portfolio-wide enterprise DAST console with continuous scanning across thousands of discovered web properties. SecPortal aims to be the workspace where scoped AppSec engagements happen: the application is identified, the source is connected, the SAST and SCA scans run, the manual review findings are entered, the authenticated DAST and external scans run on the running application and perimeter, the AI report is generated, the application owner reads it through a branded portal, the remediation is tracked, and the retest closes the record. AppSec teams considering Invicti for portfolio-wide coverage and SecPortal for scoped delivery commonly run both in parallel rather than choosing one to replace the other. Reading the AppSec teams page and the internal security teams page helps frame which buyer shape SecPortal is designed for.
Adjacent comparisons
If the evaluation is between Invicti and other DAST, web vulnerability scanning, or AppSec delivery platforms, the comparisons below cover the same buying decision from different angles.
- SecPortal vs Acunetix for the dedicated web vulnerability scanner under the Invicti corporate parent.
- SecPortal vs Burp Suite for the manual web testing and Burp Pro/Enterprise comparison.
- SecPortal vs Detectify for the external attack surface monitoring comparison.
- SecPortal vs Intruder for the SaaS continuous external and authenticated scanner comparison.
- SecPortal vs Checkmarx for the enterprise AppSec console with SAST, SCA, and IaC.
- SecPortal vs Veracode for the other dominant enterprise AppSec platform comparison.
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