Modern web vulnerability scanner built API-first with scoped crawl targeting, streaming result verification showing raw server responses inline, and a diff engine that tracks regression between scans
Security tools have been enshittified toward compliance checkbox buyers, abandoning the technical practitioners who actually find vulnerabilities and will pay for tools that respect their workflow
Built for security teams scanning large complex websites.
Wins by restoring the power-user features legacy tools removed when they optimized for enterprise compliance theater over actual penetration tester workflows
“- they removed a lot of functionality in the last 2 years (starting with version 10): you are not able to crawl and scan only some of the parts of the website, …”
The receipts — real demand
“- they removed a lot of functionality in the last 2 years (starting with version 10): you are not able to crawl and scan only some of the parts of the website, based on the crawling made, you were not able to pause the scan (they re-introduced that in v12), not able to see the reply from the server for found vulnerabilities, in order to confirm them, it's not properly working for some login pages, it's not properly w…”
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Why this is a gap
Surfaced from a high-intensity complaint with clear willingness to pay and a specific, reachable audience.
The market
Security teams scanning large, complex websites for vulnerabilities and frustrated by platform feature removals. No search volume provided; the pain signal references specific product degradation, indicating active power-users seeking alternatives.
Competition & the opening
Burp Suite Pro, OWASP ZAP (free/OSS), Tenable Nessus, Qualys Web Application Scanning, Acunetix, and Rapid7 InsightAppSec all scan large sites. The market is very crowded (9/10 competition). The gap is stated explicitly: selective/partial crawl and fast scanning on very large sites were removed from a major incumbent, suggesting speed and granular control are undersupplied.
What's hard to build
Building a crawler and vulnerability scanner at scale is infrastructure-heavy: you need efficient crawling, memory management for large site maps, and fast payload testing without timeout/resource exhaustion. Accuracy matters—false positives erode trust and false negatives create liability. Competing against established players with years of detection rules and cloud infrastructure requires signif
Why now
Burp Suite Pro removed partial-crawl and pause features; Acunetix and Qualys are slow on large sites; market gap for lightweight, resumable scanning.
How you'd monetize
$299–699/yr subscription (compete with Burp's $399/yr anchor, not per-seat)