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24 alternatives to Probely

Intuitive and easy-to-use webapp vulnerability scanner

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Probely launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Probely 2.0▲93

   Quickly scan your website and fix vulnerabilities

   2019 · probely.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Time travel debugger for web development▲681

   Automated Penetration Testing for AI-Built Apps

   2021 · replay.io · its alternatives →

3. 3CF
   Check for web application security issues.▲23

   2012 · webscanservice.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Checkly 2.0▲209

   Monitor your modern web app in 1 minute. Free dev plan!

   2021 · checklyhq.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Session Replays by Requestly▲518

   Debug web apps faster with record & replay

   2023 · requestly.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Inspect▲206

   Inspect and debug your web apps on iOS & Android devices

   2020 · inspect.dev · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Proberix▲225

   Website & API Uptime Monitoring Service

   2024 · proberix.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Heyhack Scan▲271

   SaaS pen-testing that surpasses the level of ethical hackers

   2022 · auth.heyhack.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Google Security Scanner▲99

   Allows developers to scan their apps for vulnerabilities

   2015 · cloud.google.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Requestly 2.0▲112

    Intercept & modify HTTP requests

    2021 · requestly.com · its alternatives →

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    Probe▲2

    The demo is not the security review.

    Jun 2026 · runprobe.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Probe▲29

    Your SaaS metrics in Slack. Fast.

    2020 · getprobe.io · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Inspect – DevTool to debug Safari and WebViews on iOS devices▲75

    Agent-first mobile web debugging for iOS and Android. Give Claude, Codex, Cursor, and other coding agents real-device DOM, console, network, and screenshots.

    2020 · inspect.dev · its alternatives →

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    Intercept.rest – Faster API debugging▲89

    Sharing an internal tool that accelerated my development work 10-fold, especially with API debugging. Thought fellow developers here might find it useful. As a developer, I often have trouble reproducing errors at the client end. https://intercept.rest lets me debug and monitor API requests and responses. It is similar to the Network tab in Chrome Developer Tools but works for any API: mobile apps, webhooks, frontend etc. After I shared it with a close circle of friends, they found it incredibly useful and even found new use cases, I never imagined. Been a long time lurker here and…

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    Amazon Inspector▲75

    Automatically find and assess security issues in your app.

    2015 · aws.amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Inspective.dev▲13

    Secure Your Web Applications from Hidden Vulnerabilities

    2025 · inspective.dev · its alternatives →

17. 17AS
    A Swiss army knife for testing HTTP from the terminal▲110

    Hiya HN! Just released Artillery Probe - a Swiss army knife for testing HTTP from the CLI. Think mini-curl with better UX for common use-cases, plus a couple of extra features. Would love for you to try it and give some feedback! https://www.artillery.io/blog/swiss-army-knife-for-http-testing and: npm install artillery@latest What does it do? - First of all, it's a HTTP client! It does all the usual stuff you'd expect from a HTTP client... HTTP methods, request bodies, custom headers, forms, Basic Auth etc. - Got some JSON or XML back? It'll pretty-print it, and syntax…

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Apitally▲86

    G’day Hacker News, I’m Simon Gurcke, the sole founder of Apitally (https://apitally.io). I’m building a simple API monitoring and analytics tool for Python / Node.js apps. It helps users understand API usage and performance, spot issues early and troubleshoot effectively when something goes wrong. Features include: - Dashboards: Provide insights into API traffic, errors, performance and consumers. - Request logging: Opt-in and highly configurable in terms of what data is logged. Users can drill down from aggregated metrics to individual requests (proven to be super helpful…

    2023 · apitally.io · its alternatives →

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    BugBug▲118

    An intuitive tool for end-to-end web app testing

    2021 · bugbug.io · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Ghost Inspector▲80

    Automated browser testing from the cloud

    2014 · ghostinspector.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Is It Vulnerable▲74

    Check your Ruby libraries for vulnerabilities

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Show HN. Proberix: Next-Gen Monitoring for Websites and APIs▲14

    Monitor website uptime and API performance with instant alerts from global locations. Get real-time notifications for downtime, latency, and errors.

    2024 · proberix.com · its alternatives →

23. 23SV
    SaaS Vulnerability Scanner for Small Businesses▲17

    2017 · scannersec.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Real-time security risks detection for any website or server▲22

    Online automated vulnerability scanner to secure firewalls, servers, web applications, and apis. Try 14 days for free.

    2020 · hostedscan.com · its alternatives →

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