Vulnix vs Intruder
Intruder runs scheduled scans and monitors your external attack surface. Vulnix goes past detection: it exploits vulnerabilities to prove they're real, including logic and authorization flaws scanners miss.
Choose Vulnix ifYou want proof that a finding is exploitable, plus coverage of business-logic and authorization flaws that scanners can't reason about.
Choose Intruder ifYour main problem is hygiene across a large external footprint of hosts, ports and cloud accounts.
Side by side
How Vulnix and Intruder compare
Capability
VulnixIntruder- Delivery modelSelf-serve SaaS: sign up and launch a pentest in minutesClosed-source SaaSDelivery modelSelf-serve SaaS: sign up and launch a pentest in minutesClosed-source SaaS
- Starting priceFree trial, then from $99/mo, with flat credits per actionPer-target subscription plansStarting priceFree trial, then from $99/mo, with flat credits per actionPer-target subscription plans
- When tests runOn demand at any time, plus on every pull requestScheduled scansWhen tests runOn demand at any time, plus on every pull requestScheduled scans
- Exploit-validated findingsYesEvery finding ships with reproduction evidenceNoScanner checks (Nuclei, OpenVAS), not exploitationExploit-validated findingsYesEvery finding ships with reproduction evidenceNoScanner checks (Nuclei, OpenVAS), not exploitation
- Live web app & API testingYesAuthenticated blackbox runs against your verified domainsYesAuthenticated web app and API scanningLive web app & API testingYesAuthenticated blackbox runs against your verified domainsYesAuthenticated web app and API scanning
- Pull-request security reviewYesInline GitHub review plus a Checks status on every PRNoNoPull-request security reviewYesInline GitHub review plus a Checks status on every PRNoNo
- Fix pull requestsPartlyOne-click fix PR for whitebox findings that carry a patchNoNoFix pull requestsPartlyOne-click fix PR for whitebox findings that carry a patchNoNo
- Attack-surface discoveryPartlyMaps the hosts a target links to before each runYesCore strength: IPs, ports and cloud accountsAttack-surface discoveryPartlyMaps the hosts a target links to before each runYesCore strength: IPs, ports and cloud accounts
- Auditor-ready compliance reportsNoExportable findings reports, not an audit attestationPartlyEvidence integrations with Drata and VantaAuditor-ready compliance reportsNoExportable findings reports, not an audit attestationPartlyEvidence integrations with Drata and Vanta
- Self-hosted or on-premNoManaged cloud; every run in its own isolated sandboxNoCloud onlySelf-hosted or on-premNoManaged cloud; every run in its own isolated sandboxNoCloud only
- Best forProduct teams testing web apps, APIs and code on every releaseTeams monitoring a large external footprintBest forProduct teams testing web apps, APIs and code on every releaseTeams monitoring a large external footprint
Intruder details are taken from its public product pages and published pricing, reviewed September 2026. Rows we couldn't confirm are left out rather than guessed. Intruder are trademarks of their respective owners.
Where Vulnix goes further
- Exploit-validated findingsEvery finding ships with reproduction evidence
- Pull-request security reviewInline GitHub review plus a Checks status on every PR
- Fix pull requestsOne-click fix PR for whitebox findings that carry a patch
Where Intruder is strong
- Monitoring of IPs, ports, cloud accounts and container images.
- Compliance evidence feeds into Drata and Vanta.
- Low-effort setup with little configuration.
