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Cobalt vs traditional pentest providers

Pentesting built for speed, scale, and a modern organization

Discover what thousands of companies already have with a better way to pentest

Traditional pentesting is too slow, rigid, and opaque for modern enterprises, creating bottlenecks, delivering stale data, and failing to integrate with the way you work. Cobalt is built for the speed and scale of your business.

The Cobalt differentiators

Cobalt pioneered Pentesting as a Service (PTaaS) by blending human-led testing with AI. Our platform simplifies security testing with real-time results and seamless workflow integrations, making it faster and easier to manage risk.

Traditional Pentesting Providers
Pentesting as a Service (PTaaS)
Slow & Inflexible
Speed & Agility On Demand
Months-long lead times for scheduling.
Launch a pentest in 24 hours.
Rigid, SOW-based engagements that stifle urgent needs.
A flexible credit model adapts to your needs.
Findings delivered in a static PDF weeks after testing is complete.
Get findings in real-time to start remediation immediately.
Retesting must be done on the pentester’s timetable.
Validate your fixes with unlimited retesting.
Opaque & Siloed
Collaborative & Transparent
Zero visibility into findings until the final report.
A fully transparent process with progress checklists and direct access to pentesters via Slack, MS Teams, and in-platform chat.
Developers must wait for a readout call to ask questions or understand results.
We integrate directly into your find and fix workflows.
Findings are orphaned in a PDF or languishing in an email chain.
Limited & Stagnant
Scalable & Programmatic
Small, fixed teams with limited expertise.
Access a deep bench of 450+ vetted experts with diverse skill sets.
A one-and-done project mentality that provides a snapshot in time, offering no strategic, long-term value.
Build a strategic, continuous program that improves your security posture over time.
Traditional Pentesting Providers
Slow & Inflexible
Months-long lead times for scheduling.
Rigid, SOW-based engagements that stifle urgent needs.
Findings delivered in a static PDF weeks after testing is complete.
Retesting must be done on the pentester’s timetable.
Opaque & Siloed
Zero visibility into findings until the final report.
Developers must wait for a readout call to ask questions or understand results.
Findings are orphaned in a PDF or languishing in an email chain.
Limited & Stagnant
Small, fixed teams with limited expertise.
A one-and-done project mentality that provides a snapshot in time, offering no strategic, long-term value.
Pentesting as a Service (PTaaS)
Speed & Agility On Demand
Launch a pentest in 24 hours.
A flexible credit model adapts to your needs.
Get findings in real-time to start remediation immediately.
Validate your fixes with unlimited retesting.
Collaborative & Transparent
A fully transparent process with progress checklists and direct access to pentesters via Slack, MS Teams, and in-platform chat.
We integrate directly into your find and fix workflows.
Scalable & Programmatic
Access a deep bench of 450+ vetted experts with diverse skill sets.
Build a strategic, continuous program that improves your security posture over time.
The Cobalt Difference

Why PTaaS outperforms bug bounty

Feature Cobalt PTaaS Traditional Pentesting
Speed of kicking off an engagement
Robust methodologies
Flexible, credit-based payments
Centralized platform for findings, communication, and reporting Sometimes
Large pool of vetted testers
Cost-effective offensive security testing
Flexible contracts and ease of doing business
Scalability across multiple business units or asset types
Integrated delivery model for findings
Free retesting to validate fixes
Focus on customer experience
CUSTOMER TESTIMONIALS

Results from teams like yours

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With traditional pentesting firms, there is no platform. You send an email with the description of the service, and you get a PDF back. The 'in-between' stays the magic for the consultancy. Cobalt is different - there is transparency throughout the entire process.

Adam Sura

Director of Infrastructure, Algolia
Compared to traditional pen testing, it's a vastly better experience to have a direct Slack channel, as well as a web app for issue tracking… The pen testers were quite thorough, and found more issues than past, traditional pen testers had uncovered in this same project. The fact that retesting is included in the price is the icing on the cake.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
RESOURCES

The latest from Cobalt

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Empower your security and development teams with the information they need to find and fix vulnerabilities. Cobalt helps identify the most important, validated exploits and how to fix them. Connect findings from any Cobalt Offensive Security Testing service into your remediation workflows so you never miss a vulnerability. Connect with Cobalt today to see the platform in action and explore our integrations.

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