Why Choose DefectDojo
Every scanner in your stack produces its own findings, its own severity scale, and its own version of the truth. DefectDojo consolidates all of it. Aggregate security findings from 500+ tools into a single system of action, deduplicate the noise, prioritize what attackers will actually exploit, and drive every vulnerability to resolution.
Built to scale. Run your way.
Security teams do not pick DefectDojo because of a feature checklist. They pick it because it fits the way real AppSec programs work: open, flexible, and built to scale with the mess of tools, teams, and findings that modern security actually involves.
Open Source
DefectDojo is open source. Users can build parsers for their own security tools and influence the future of DefectDojo. Security teams never feel locked to one platform or wait months for the features they desperately need to do their job.
Setup Dojo to how you work
Set DefectDojo up the way your organization actually works. The Product Hierarchy (Product Types, Products, Engagements, Tests, Findings) maps to your business structure, whether that's by business unit, product line, team, or repo. DefectDojo Pro adds parent/child Asset relationships and optional Organization and Asset labels for deeper structures.
Built for Scale
Manage millions of security findings across all of your security tools without re-architecting your program as you grow. DefectDojo is battle-tested in the largest AppSec programs in the world.
Over 500+ Integrations
DefectDojo works with the most common or uncommon security tools. Import findings from any security tool or report through several options in DefectDojo, and use the Universal Parser (Pro) for any JSON or CSV report from tools we haven't met yet.
Deploy Anywhere
Run DefectDojo locally, in the cloud, on premise, or even in air gapped environments. Your architecture scales on your terms.
Compliance
Every framework that matters now expects risk-based vulnerability management with evidence to back it up. DefectDojo makes that evidence a byproduct of running your program: documented prioritization methodology, per-severity SLA tracking, and formal risk acceptances, generated as you work rather than assembled in a panic before the audit. Security teams use DefectDojo to support SOC 2, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, NIST, FedRAMP, and EU Cyber Resilience Act obligations.
Stop managing scanners. Start managing risk
DefectDojo ingests findings from every tool you use, cuts the duplicates, ranks what actually matters, and drives remediation without anyone updating a spreadsheet.
Aggregate
Ingest findings from every SAST, DAST, SCA, cloud, and security scanner in your stack.
Prioritize
Layer NVD, EPSS, and CISA KEV over every finding so the queue reflects real exploitability, not a severity label somebody else assigned.
Fix
Assign, track, and close the remediation loop. Create tickets, enforce SLAs, and push findings into the tools where engineers already work.
Proof from production.
Case study 01 / Pearson
An 840% increase in security efficiency
Over 400 applications brought to Pearson's standard with automation and machine learning, making a team of two produce the output of ten.
840%Testing throughput400+Applications covered2 → 10Team output multiplier Read the case studyFrequently asked questions
What is DefectDojo?
DefectDojo is the open source unified vulnerability management platform, enabling security teams to focus on prioritizing and remediating the most critical vulnerabilities. Parse any security finding, aggregate across your stack, and report on your security posture and compliance.
How is DefectDojo different from a vulnerability scanner?
DefectDojo doesn't scan; it unifies. Scanners find vulnerabilities. DefectDojo aggregates the security findings from every scanner in your stack into one system of action, then deduplicates, enriches, prioritizes, and tracks them through remediation.
How many tools does DefectDojo integrate with?
DefectDojo supports 500+ integrations, covering SAST, DAST, SCA, cloud, infrastructure, and pentest tooling. Every parser is available in both Community Edition and DefectDojo Pro, and the Universal Parser (Pro) handles any JSON or CSV report from tools not yet in the library.
What's the difference between Community Edition and DefectDojo Pro?
Community Edition is the free, OWASP-born version, available forever under an OSI license and maintained in the open with the community. DefectDojo Pro adds capabilities like Priority & Risk scoring, the Rules Engine, Connectors, the Universal Parser, and advanced dashboards, and can run in the cloud, on-premises, or in air-gapped environments. Both run on the same platform, so there's no forced migration as you grow.
Can DefectDojo help with compliance and audits?
Yes. DefectDojo makes compliance evidence a byproduct of running your program. Documented prioritization methodology, per-severity SLA tracking, and formal risk acceptances are generated as you work, supporting SOC 2, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, NIST, FedRAMP, and EU Cyber Resilience Act obligations.