Burp Suite is the standard for hands-on web security testing, and it earns that reputation. Gorgon Scout is a different shape of tool: a Windows DAST scanner you drive from your own AI assistant, with HTTP/3 interception and no proxy setup, for USD 20 per month. Here is an honest, side-by-side look so you can pick the right one.
We are not going to tell you Scout replaces Burp. Burp Suite Professional has a deep manual toolkit, a huge extension ecosystem, years of research behind it, and it runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux. If your work is hands-on manual testing, Burp is excellent and we use it too.
Scout is for a different job: getting a thorough automated scan and a finished report with almost no setup, increasingly by just asking your AI assistant to run it. Two places it genuinely goes where Burp does not are HTTP/3 interception and a zero-configuration capture path.
Accurate as of June 2026. Where Burp is stronger, we say so.
QUIC runs over UDP and encrypts its handshake, which is why it still defeats most interception proxies, Burp included. Scout terminates HTTP/3 transparently, so your testing does not go blind the moment a target shifts a session onto QUIC.
Scout ships an MCP server that exposes the full workflow. Ask your assistant to record a target you are authorised to test, scan it, and write the report, and it does. It works with the free Claude Desktop plan.
Capture happens below the browser at the network layer. No proxy switch, no PAC file, no certificate dance. Pick a target, hit record. For USD 20 a month, with a free 30-day trial.
We would rather you pick the right tool than the wrong one. Reach for Burp when:
Repeater, Intruder, and the extension ecosystem are the gold standard for hands-on work. Scout's manual toolkit is growing but is not there yet.
Burp runs on macOS and Linux. Scout is Windows-only today, because its capture path uses a Windows kernel driver.
The BApp store, the research output, and a large community matter for a lot of workflows. Burp has years of that behind it; Scout is new.
They are not mutually exclusive. Keep Burp for manual work and let Scout handle zero-setup automated scans, HTTP/3 targets, and AI-driven runs. The trial is free for 30 days against up to two targets, so it costs nothing to see where it fits.