Compare
Compare penetration testing providers
Straight comparisons with the platforms, firms, and tools buyers weigh us against, honest about when they win.
Pentest platforms
Subscription and credit-based PTaaS products.
PTaaS platform
Invadel vs Cobalt
Cobalt sells penetration testing as a service: you buy credits in an annual package, the platform matches pentesters from its freelance community, and findings land in a shared workspace. Invadel sells the engagement itself at a published fixed price, tested by the same senior in-house team every time.
ReadScanner plus pentest platform
Invadel vs Astra Security
Astra Security is a product company: a continuous scanning platform with penetration testing layered on top, sold as monthly or annual plans. Invadel is a testing firm. The right choice depends on whether you want a tool running all year or a deep manual engagement with a report your auditor accepts.
ReadPTaaS platform
Invadel vs BreachLock
BreachLock built its offering around a platform that blends automated scanning with human validation, sold in tiered plans. Invadel sells a single fixed-scope engagement with the price published up front and a senior tester on the work from the first day.
ReadContinuous scanning
Invadel vs Intruder
Intruder is an always-on exposure management platform: continuous vulnerability scanning, attack surface monitoring, and AI pentests, sold as a subscription. Automated testing is a different job from a manual penetration test, and most mature programs end up running both.
ReadExposure validation
Invadel vs Pentera
Pentera is an exposure validation platform: software that runs autonomous attack emulation across your environment on a schedule you control. It answers "which of my exposures can actually be exploited?" A penetration test answers "what would a person who wants in actually do?"
ReadContinuous pentesting
Invadel vs Sprocket Security
Sprocket Security offers continuous penetration testing on a subscription, pairing human testers with AI agents and attack surface management. Invadel sells defined engagements at published prices, with a program option if you want recurring windows.
ReadPTaaS for SaaS
Invadel vs Software Secured
Software Secured focuses on SaaS companies working through SOC 2, delivering penetration testing as a subscription. Invadel serves the same buyers with fixed-scope engagements and published prices, plus a program option for recurring coverage.
ReadCrowdsourced testing
Bug bounty and researcher-marketplace models.
Crowdsourced platform
Invadel vs HackerOne
HackerOne connects you to a global researcher community through bug bounty programs, and sells pentests run by matched community pentesters with AI agents assisting. Invadel gives you a scoped engagement with named senior testers and a fixed price. They solve overlapping problems in very different ways.
ReadCrowdsourced platform
Invadel vs Bugcrowd
Bugcrowd runs crowdsourced security programs, from public bounties to packaged pentests, with testers matched through its CrowdMatch technology. Invadel runs the engagement itself, with the same senior testers and a published price.
ReadVetted crowd
Invadel vs Synack
Synack delivers testing through a vetted researcher network on a controlled platform, with a strong presence in government and highly regulated work. Invadel delivers the same category of assurance as a direct engagement with a published price.
ReadTesting firms
Other services firms doing the same kind of work.
Enterprise firm
Invadel vs NetSPI
NetSPI is one of the largest offensive security providers, built for enterprise programs with global scope and a delivery platform behind them. Invadel is deliberately smaller, built for teams that want a senior tester and a number they can approve this week.
ReadEnterprise firm
Invadel vs Bishop Fox
Bishop Fox is a well-known offensive security consultancy with deep research credentials and a continuous testing platform. Invadel covers the same testing disciplines at a size and price built for companies that are not yet enterprises.
ReadUS pentest firm
Invadel vs CYBRI
CYBRI is a New York penetration testing provider offering testing through a red team model with a client platform. Invadel competes directly, and the differences worth knowing are pricing transparency, tester continuity, and what is included after the report lands.
ReadManaged security and IR firm
Invadel vs Redpoint Cybersecurity
Redpoint Cybersecurity is a managed security provider built around digital forensics and incident response, with penetration testing among its services and breach work alongside insurers and legal counsel. Invadel is focused purely on proactive offensive testing.
ReadNorth American firm
Invadel vs Vumetric
Vumetric, now part of TELUS, is a penetration testing firm with headquarters in Las Vegas and Toronto, ISO 9001 certification, and a PTaaS platform. Invadel tests the same way, by hand against a defined scope, with prices published rather than quoted and a New York base.
ReadManual-first firm
Invadel vs Packetlabs
Packetlabs is a manual-first testing firm headquartered in Toronto, with CREST accreditation and a strong methodology emphasis. Invadel shares the manual-first philosophy and adds published pricing and a New York base.
ReadUS pentest firm
Invadel vs Raxis
Raxis is a US penetration testing firm with a manual testing emphasis and a broad service range including physical and social engineering work. Invadel covers similar ground with published pricing and a New York metro focus.
ReadScanners and tools
Automated tooling people weigh against a manual test.
Vulnerability scanner
Invadel vs Nessus
Nessus is one of the most widely deployed vulnerability scanners, and it is very good at what it does: finding known issues fast across many hosts. It is not a penetration test, and most compliance frameworks require both.
ReadVulnerability management
Invadel vs Qualys
Qualys is a vulnerability management platform: continuous scanning, asset inventory, and compliance reporting across large estates. A penetration test is the independent human check on top of that, and auditors ask for both.
ReadWeb scanner
Invadel vs Acunetix
Acunetix, now sold as Invicti Web + API, is an automated web vulnerability scanner that crawls your application and tests for known classes of flaw. It catches a lot. What it cannot do is understand what your application is for, which is where most serious findings live.
ReadWeb scanner
Invadel vs Invicti
Invicti, formerly Netsparker, is an application security platform built around DAST, known for confirming many findings automatically to cut false positives. That solves the triage problem well. It does not solve the logic problem, which is what a penetration test is for.
ReadTester toolkit
Invadel vs Burp Suite
This is not really a comparison, because we use Burp Suite Professional on nearly every web engagement. The real question is whether you buy the tool and run it yourself, or buy the outcome.
ReadEASM and scanning
Invadel vs Detectify
Detectify monitors your external attack surface and scans it automatically, with detection modules built by its community of ethical hackers. It is strong at knowing what you have exposed. A penetration test is about what someone could do with it.
ReadBuild or buy
In-house hiring and bounty programs as alternatives.
Build or buy
Invadel vs building an in-house team
At some point every growing company asks whether to hire an application security engineer instead of paying for testing. It is a fair question, and the answer is usually "eventually, but not instead."
ReadApproach comparison
Invadel vs running a bug bounty program
Bug bounties and penetration tests get compared constantly and they are not substitutes. A bounty buys opportunistic attention over time. A test buys guaranteed coverage of a defined scope on a defined date, which is what auditors and enterprise customers ask for.
ReadBefore you choose
How to shortlist
Put the same four questions to every vendor on your list: what exactly is in scope, who performs the testing, whether a retest is included, and whether the report maps to the framework your auditor uses. Those four answers explain most of the gap between two prices.
Then match the model to the job. If an auditor or an enterprise customer asked for a penetration test, shortlist firms that deliver an independent manual test with a dated report. If you are weighing subscription platforms as a category rather than one vendor, our pentest platform alternative page sets the platform model beside a fixed-price engagement. For a fuller checklist, read how to choose a penetration testing company or start from our penetration testing RFP template.
FAQ
About these comparisons
01How do you keep these comparisons fair?
Three rules. We only describe how the other party publicly sells and delivers testing, we never publish anyone else’s pricing, and every page carries a section explaining when the alternative is the better choice. If a comparison is not useful to a buyer who might not pick us, it is not worth publishing.
02Why do you publish your prices when most firms do not?
Because scoping a penetration test is not that mysterious, and gating a number behind a sales call wastes everyone’s time. Every service has a published starting price on the pricing page, and the exact figure is fixed in writing from your scope details, no sales call required.
03What is actually included in an Invadel engagement?
Scoping, the testing itself, executive and technical reports, an attestation letter, the findings platform, and a free retest of remediated findings. There are no change orders for scope already agreed.
04Which comparison should I read first?
Whichever describes the quote sitting on your desk. If you are choosing between a scanner and a test, start with Nessus or Intruder. If you are weighing a PTaaS subscription, start with Cobalt or BreachLock. Still building a shortlist? Our guide to the best penetration testing companies compares firms side by side.