Free Website Security Scanner Features
From quick no-account diagnostics to automated scan workflows and premium assessments — one platform for all your web security testing needs.
Feature Groups
The platform is designed around the workflows teams actually use when moving from first check to recurring security review.
Public Security Tools
- Fast no-account diagnostics for selected security categories
- Good fit for quick validation before deeper testing
- Natural entry point into related guides and remediation content
Automated Scan Workflows
- Multiple scan depths for different confidence levels
- Saved history, reports, and recurring execution paths
- Reporting designed to help teams prioritize follow-up work
Team And Automation Features
- Scheduled scans for recurring review cycles
- Team workspaces, Team+ API keys, and org-owner webhooks on supported plans
- Slack and Jira integrations for operational follow-through
Reporting And Governance
- Multi-format report output
- Compliance-oriented reporting signals for supported standards
- Workspace-level visibility and premium assessment lifecycle tracking
Coverage Areas
Coverage varies by tool, scan depth, and workflow, but these are the main categories the public site and platform are built around.
- Response hardening such as security headers and cookie posture
- Protocol and certificate health across HTTPS and TLS checks
- Common web-application security risk categories and surface issues
- Email security and DNS posture where relevant to the workflow
- Technology disclosure, crawlability, and attack-surface indicators
- Related remediation and educational content across tools, guides, and fix pages
- Joomla extension-intelligence workflows for installation, administrator, API, and patch-risk reduction
- Shopify storefront-focused profile workflows for ecommerce hardening
- WordPress component-intelligence workflows for plugin/theme risk reduction
Scan Depths
Quick checks are public. Comprehensive follow-up workflows are available after sign-in.
Quick Scan
~2-3 minutes ? ~40 checks ? $4.50
Fast baseline coverage for core web security controls and obvious exposure gaps.
- SSL/TLS verification
- Security headers review
- Core crawler and indexability signals
- Initial fingerprint and surface checks
Standard Scan
~5-7 minutes ? ~80 checks ? $9.00
The default choice for most production sites that need broader automated coverage.
- Everything in Quick Scan
- Broader OWASP-style checks
- Injection and input handling coverage
- Expanded response analysis
Deep Scan
~12-15 minutes ? ~120 checks ? $18.00
More extensive testing for teams validating higher-risk releases or complex apps.
- Everything in Standard Scan
- Broader workflow coverage
- Advanced response analysis
- Additional email and protocol checks
Comprehensive Scan
~15-20 minutes ? ~140+ checks ? $36.00
The widest automated coverage for launch readiness, audits, and recurring security validation.
- Everything in Deep Scan
- Maximum route-family coverage
- Expanded attack-surface validation
- Compliance-oriented reporting signals
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Vulnify's free security tools, account requirements, and how the platform compares to other scanners.
What security checks does Vulnify run for free?
Vulnify's free tools test for SSL/TLS misconfigurations, missing or weak security headers (CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options), exposed sensitive paths, XSS and SQL injection indicators, cookie security posture, CORS misconfiguration, and technology disclosure. No account or signup is required to run quick diagnostics.
Do I need to create an account to use Vulnify?
No. All public security tools — including the website vulnerability scanner, CSP checker, SSL grader, and XSS payload library — are available without creating an account. An account unlocks saved scan history, scheduled scans, team workspaces, and advanced reporting.
How does Vulnify compare to paid scanners like Acunetix?
Vulnify's free tier covers common OWASP Top 10 checks, security header analysis, and SSL grading at no cost, making it a practical first pass before committing to a paid tool. Paid scanners such as Acunetix offer deeper authenticated crawling, but Vulnify surfaces the most common issues quickly without a procurement process.
Can I use Vulnify on any website?
Vulnify is designed for testing websites you own or are explicitly authorized to test. Free public tools run lightweight, non-intrusive checks on any publicly accessible domain. Deeper automated scans require you to confirm ownership or authorization of the target before running.
Related Security Guides
Go deeper on the security topics Vulnify tests — step-by-step guides written for developers and security teams.
Key Security Tools
Start with the website vulnerability scanner guide, then pair point-in-time checks with transport and header tools.
Choose The Right Entry Point
Start with public tools for quick answers, or move straight into broader platform workflows if you need saved history, recurring scans, and richer reporting.