Best vaf Alternatives & Competitors in 2026

AutoCrypt CSTP

Integrated automotive cybersecurity testing platform for UN R155/ISO SAE 21434 compliance.

PlaxidityX Security AutoTester

Automated fuzz & penetration testing tool for automotive ECUs and software.

Metalware

Autonomous firmware binary pentesting platform requiring no source code or hardware.

SecLists

SecLists is a comprehensive repository of security testing lists including usernames, passwords, URLs, fuzzing payloads, and web shells used during penetration testing and security assessments.

netripper

Smart traffic sniffing tool for penetration testers

Offensive Docker

An image with commonly used tools for creating a pentest environment easily and quickly, with detailed instructions for launching in a VPS.

FuzzDB

FuzzDB is an open-source dictionary of attack patterns and predictable resource locations for dynamic application security testing and vulnerability discovery.

Boofuzz

Boofuzz is a network protocol fuzzing tool that aims to fuzz everything

WSSiP

A WebSocket Manipulation Proxy with a user interface to capture, intercept, and send custom messages for WebSocket and Socket.IO communications.

InternalBlue

InternalBlue is a Bluetooth experimentation framework that enables low-level firmware interaction with Broadcom chips for security research and attack prototype development.

Filebuster

A fast and flexible web fuzzer for identifying vulnerabilities in web applications

ffuf

Fast web fuzzer written in Go

IntruderPayloads

A collection of payloads and methodologies for web pentesting.

qsfuzz

qsfuzz is a rule-based fuzzing tool for testing query string parameters in web applications to identify security vulnerabilities.

dotdotpwn

A directory traversal fuzzer for finding and exploiting directory traversal vulnerabilities.

FDsploit

A Python-based tool that automates the identification and exploitation of file inclusion and directory traversal vulnerabilities in web applications.

Burp-LFI-tests

A collection of Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability tests and exploitation techniques designed for use with Burp Suite.

SSRFmap

Automatic SSRF fuzzer and exploitation tool

XSStrike

A powerful tool for identifying and exploiting Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities.

ffufai

An AI-powered wrapper for ffuf that automatically suggests relevant file extensions for web fuzzing based on target URL analysis and response headers.

Burp Suite Professional

A web application security testing platform that combines manual and automated testing tools for conducting comprehensive security assessments and penetration testing.

Synack Sara

AI-powered autonomous penetration testing platform with multi-agent system

XBOW Captcha Bypass Tool

AI-powered automated penetration testing platform for vulnerability discovery

Beagle Security AI Pentesting Platform

AI-powered automated penetration testing platform for web apps, APIs & GraphQL

Evolve Security Darwin Attack

Human-guided continuous pentesting platform with attack surface management

FireCompass AI-powered Pen Testing

AI-powered automated pen testing & continuous red teaming platform

Cyver Pentest Management Platform

Pentest management platform for reporting, project mgmt & client collaboration

PlexTrac Pentest Reporting

Pentest reporting & exposure mgmt platform for vulnerability remediation

Rapid7 Metasploit

Penetration testing software for simulating attacks and validating vulnerabilities

Pentera Pentera Core

Automated internal network penetration testing and security validation platform

ImmuniWeb® Continuous Penetration Testing

Continuous pentesting service monitoring web apps & APIs for code changes

Vulnetic Penetration Testing

AI-powered automated penetration testing platform for web apps and networks

Aikido Attack

AI-powered automated penetration testing platform for on-demand security audits

XBOW Lightspeed

Autonomous web app pentesting platform with exploit validation

Simbian AI Agents

AI-powered autonomous pentesting platform for continuous security validation

Faraday Faraday All-in-One

Modular offensive security platform for continuous monitoring and testing

eShard esDynamic

Platform for chip security testing and binary security analysis

Prancer SwarmHack™ AI Pentesting

AI-native multi-agent pentesting engine for autonomous vulnerability discovery

Prancer AI-Native Pentesting

AI-driven autonomous pentesting platform for continuous vulnerability discovery

Talanos Continuous Autonomous Pentesting

Continuous automated pentesting platform for ongoing security assessment

Ampcus Agentic AI

Autonomous AI system for continuous penetration testing and exploit validation

Attify AttifyOS

Penetration testing distro for IoT device security assessment

Happiest Minds ThreatVigil 2.0

Cloud-based penetration testing platform for threat mgmt & remediation

Enso PulseState

Managed continuous penetration testing service for internal & external networks

Intelligent Waves SHADOW

Autonomous penetration testing platform identifying attack paths & vulnerabilities

Kaseya Network Penetration Testing Tool

Automated network penetration testing tool for internal and external attacks

CurlSek Intelligence Suite

Continuous pentesting platform with autonomous AI agents for web apps and APIs

Terra Agentic AI Platform

AI-powered continuous pentesting platform with agentic automation