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Cobalt vs. Autonomous pentesting providers

Get both human-led and autonomous pentesting from the pioneer of PTaaS

Stop choosing which applications to protect. Cobalt gives you the full spectrum of offensive security testing from autonomous to human-led, in one purpose built platform.

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Autonomous pentesting is a product, not a security program

Fully autonomous pentest providers offer one thing: automated scanning with no human in the loop. That is a starting point, not a security program. The newest entrants to the market promise fast results, but rely on generic vulnerability data instead of proven methodologies and expert judgment.

Cobalt Autonomous Pentest delivers AI-powered speed across your entire application portfolio, while our human-led pentesting services cover everything from web apps and APIs to networks, cloud, red team, and more. Every test is backed by the Cobalt Core of 500+ vetted security experts with an average of 11 years of experience and grounded in 13 years of real-world exploit data.
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Full-spectrum coverage

Autonomous-only providers test one thing, one way. Cobalt covers your full portfolio: web apps, APIs, cloud, networks, mobile, and more — from autonomous to expert-led.
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Human expertise behind every engagement

Elite Cobalt pentesters direct and supervise every engagement. They review the execution plan, enforce scope and methodologies, and ensure the AI operates within your enterprise guardrails. Get the scale of automation with the trust of human judgment.
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The industry’s largest pentesting dataset

Our approach and AI capabilities are built on the industry's largest dataset of real-world pentest results, not generic CVE findings or CTFs. That means fewer false positives and findings developers can act on.
The Cobalt Difference

Why PTaaS outperforms bug bounty

Feature Cobalt PTaaS Traditional Pentesting
Autonomous Web App and API pentesting
Human-led pentesting (web app, API, network, cloud, red team)
Full portfolio coverage, not just priority assets
Customizable scope and engagement depth
Expert pentesters guiding the engagement
Informed by 13 years of real-world exploit data
Proven, industry-standard methodology (OWASP, PTES)
Business-context findings, not just generic CVEs
Actionable, exploitable vulnerability reports
50+ integrations (Jira, GitHub, Slack)
Real-time findings during the engagement
Established vendor with proven enterprise track record
CREST-certified security program
500+ vetted, elite pentesters on demand
Dedicated customer support team
CUSTOMER TESTIMONIALS

Results from teams like yours

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I haven’t had a single vulnerability back from Cobalt that isn’t a real issue. I can hand them to the engineers with confidence that they are genuine, exploitable vulnerabilities. That's a huge time savings and a much higher value process.
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Adam Davis

Director of Application Security, Insurity
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Cobalt has redefined what it means to be a leader in offensive security. While many continuous solutions rely solely on AI and scripts, the human validation provided at Cobalt is the key differentiator. By leveraging Cobalt’s pentesting expertise, we move beyond the noise of raw data, allowing our team to focus on high-impact remediation rather than manual de-duplication.

Jon Cheuvront

Sr. Security Engineer, Gallagher
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