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Cybersecurity software

13 products matching your filters. Each one described on the same fields, so two tools can be read against each other rather than against their own marketing.

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  • Avast One logo

    Avast One

    All-in-one protection for your digital life

    Free plan, then $2.99/mo
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • iOS
    • +1

    4 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Burp Suite logo

    Burp Suite

    The leading toolkit for web security testing

    Free plan, then $449/yr
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • API

    4 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Grype logo

    Grype

    Vulnerability scanner for container images and filesystems

    Free
    • Linux
    • macOS
    • Windows
    • +1
    5 integrations

    2 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • HashiCorp Vault logo

    HashiCorp Vault

    Manage secrets and protect sensitive data

    Free
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • +1
    5 integrations

    3 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • OWASP ZAP logo

    OWASP ZAP

    Free security testing tool for web applications

    Free
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • API

    4 alternatives · 1 question answered

  • Passbolt logo

    Passbolt

    Open-source password manager for teams with self-hosted or cloud deployment

    Free plan, then $4.9/mo
    • Web
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • +2

    2 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Trivy logo

    Trivy

    Open-source vulnerability and misconfiguration scanner

    Free
    • Linux
    • macOS
    • Windows
    • +1
    5 integrations

    1 alternative · 3 questions answered

  • WireGuard logo

    WireGuard

    Modern, minimal-complexity VPN protocol with state-of-the-art cryptography

    Free
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • +2
    6 integrations

    4 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Wireshark logo

    Wireshark

    The world's foremost network protocol analyzer

    Free
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • API

    4 alternatives · 3 questions answered

Head to head

Cybersecurity tools, compared

Pairings from this slice of the directory, each one checked by two reviewers who agreed a buyer would weigh the two against each other.

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Where does this data come from?

Pricing, platforms and feature lists are taken from each vendor's own pages. Limitations, answered questions and alternatives are researched separately and carry a source URL on the page that states them. Every product is described on the same fields, so two tools can be read against each other rather than against their own marketing.

Why are there no star ratings?

Because we did not collect any. Softwr hosts no reviews, and a rating aggregated from somewhere else is not ours to publish as though it were an assessment we made. What is shown instead is what a tool costs, where it runs, and what it is concretely bad at.

How are alternatives chosen?

A researcher proposes them, then two independent reviewers judge one question each: would a buyer evaluating this product seriously consider that one instead. 225 of 1,841 candidates failed and were deleted, including a font inspector matched to a dark mode extension. Only pairings that survived both rounds are published.

Do vendors pay to appear here?

Not to be listed. A vendor can buy a place in the results on the home page, on a category listing or on the catalogue, and where they do the result carries a Sponsored label. Everything not carrying that label is ordered on the same criteria as everything else, and a paid place never changes where an unpaid one lands: the editorial order flows around it. Where a link earns a commission that is disclosed on the page carrying it.

How current is it?

Prices and plan limits move without notice, so treat anything with a number on it as a starting point and check the vendor before you buy. Where a claim could go stale it carries the source it came from, which is the fastest way to tell.