# Composal vs Burp Suite

Burp Suite focuses on application security testing. Composal verifies business and user-facing browser behavior and records QA evidence; it does not replace a security assessment.

## Composal

Composal sends AI browser agents to use your running web app and check the outcomes you care about. Define journeys as plain-English Scenarios, map existing flows with Discovery, or explore for bugs with Deep Scan. Runs keep recordings and reproduction steps so your team or coding agent can investigate a Finding.

[Verify documentation](https://composal.com/docs/verify)

## Burp Suite

Web security testing and vulnerability scanning

Burp Suite provides web security testing tools, including its scanner for finding vulnerabilities in web applications. Security teams can combine automated scanning with hands-on testing workflows.

## What each tool does

| Workflow | Composal | Burp Suite |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Run browser journeys](https://composal.com/product/scenarios) | ✓ Yes: Run saved browser Scenarios and return recordings and reproducible Findings. | – Not confirmed: Check whether this product includes this workflow in your intended plan and setup. |
| [Map application workflows](https://composal.com/product/discovery) | ✓ Yes: Discovery maps key application areas and user journeys. | – Not confirmed: Check whether this product includes this workflow in your intended plan and setup. |
| [Explore for unexpected issues](https://composal.com/product/deep-scan) | ✓ Yes: Deep Scan explores the running application and reports reproducible issues. | – Not confirmed: Check whether this product includes this workflow in your intended plan and setup. |
| [Describe checks in plain English](https://composal.com/product/scenarios) | ✓ Yes: Author Scenarios around the intended user outcome, then review the steps and expected results. | – Not confirmed: Check whether this product includes this workflow in your intended plan and setup. |
| [Run or inspect from a terminal](https://composal.com/product/cli) | ✓ Yes: Use the CLI to start and inspect verification runs and their Findings. | – With setup: Connect its specialist checks to your development workflow using supported integrations. |
| Dedicated web security testing | × No: Use a dedicated tool for this specialist workflow alongside Composal’s browser verification. | ✓ Yes: Burp Suite provides web security testing tools, including its scanner for finding vulnerabilities in web applications. Security teams can combine automated scanning with hands-on testing workflows. |

With setup means you supply code or configuration. Not confirmed means support for this workflow needs checking with the vendor.

## Where each fits

Choose Burp Suite for authorized web vulnerability testing and security-team workflows. Choose Composal for browser Scenarios, Discovery, and exploratory product QA. Use each for its intended quality question.

## Try this evaluation

Against an authorized staging target, run a scoped Burp scan and Composal checks for the same feature. Compare vulnerability findings with functional results without treating a passing browser run as security proof.

### Coverage

Which user outcomes must this release prove, and which specialist checks must stay in your existing stack?

### Setup

Who prepares accounts, test data, permissions and access to the deployment being tested?

### Evidence

Can the engineer reproduce a reported failure from the recording and steps, without asking the tester to investigate again?

### Ownership

Who updates the checks when the product changes, and can the team review what a passing result actually proves?

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[All comparisons](https://composal.com/compare.md)