Both VeilScan and Intruder perform external scanning across subdomains, open ports, TLS configuration, web application vulnerabilities, and common misconfigurations. The core scanning categories overlap significantly — the main differences are in how findings are verified, reported, and contextualised.
Intruder also offers credentialed network scanning (scanning from inside your network with provided credentials), which VeilScan does not. VeilScan is strictly external-only — everything it finds is visible from the public internet.
VeilScan's key differentiator is its proof requirement for Critical and High findings. Before a Critical finding appears in your VeilScan report, the scanner must produce a reproducible artifact demonstrating exploitability: a captured HTTP response, a confirmed SQL injection trigger, a verified DNS takeover. Findings that cannot be proven are automatically downgraded.
Traditional scanners (and some competitors) surface findings based on version matching or theoretical conditions without confirming exploitability. This leads to longer finding lists with higher false positive rates. VeilScan's shorter, fully verified list is designed to be acted on by an engineering team without security analyst triage.
VeilScan's PDF reports include: a Business Impact Score (translating technical severity into business risk), attack path diagrams (showing how findings chain into breach scenarios), and a compliance mapping table (for ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, PCI DSS, Cyber Essentials). The executive summary is designed for board-level communication.
Intruder's reports are also designed to be readable by non-security audiences. The specific features differ — compare both platforms with your own domain to see the output format that works for your team.
See: Proof-Based Findings · Business Impact Score · PDF Reports
Both platforms produce reports that can be used as compliance evidence. VeilScan's compliance mapping table in each PDF report explicitly links findings to ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, PCI DSS, and Cyber Essentials controls — designed for direct audit submission. Each report includes a verification token that auditors can use to confirm authenticity.
Yes. VeilScan offers a free plan with one lifetime scan of one domain — no credit card required. This lets you see the output format, finding quality, and dashboard experience on your own domain before committing to a paid plan. Start your free scan.
VeilScan is external-only and cannot scan internal networks. If you need internal network scanning, you will need a different tool or a manual penetration test. Intruder's network scanning offering covers internal networks with provided credentials. For external-only requirements, VeilScan's proof-based pipeline provides higher signal quality at lower cost.