EASM 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.
The models
How each one works
Detectify
As of Sep 2026, Detectify discovers and monitors internet-facing assets and runs automated application and API scanning against them, using detection modules submitted by Detectify Crowdsource, its community of ethical hackers. Its higher annual plans include internal scanning, and PCI ASV scanning is a paid add-on.
Invadel
A tester takes the exposed surface, plus everything discovery misses, and works out how far a real attacker gets, then documents it as evidence.
Side by side
Invadel compared with Detectify
| Dimension | Detectify | Invadel |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Attack surface monitoring and automated scanning | Manual penetration test |
| Strength | Continuous asset discovery and exposure alerts | Depth, chaining, and proof |
| Coverage of internal systems | External focus, with internal scanning available | External, internal, cloud, mobile, and hardware |
| Audit evidence | Scan and exposure reports, plus PCI ASV scanning | Report written as audit evidence, mapped to SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA, and ISO 27001, with an attestation letter |
| Cost model | Annual platform fee plus fees per domain, target, and environment | Fixed price per engagement, published on the pricing page before you talk to anyone |
| Human verification | Automated detections built from researcher submissions | Every finding verified by a tester |
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An honest read
Which one should you pick
We would rather you choose correctly than choose us. Here is where each option genuinely wins.
Choose Detectify when
- Shadow IT and unknown subdomains are your biggest current risk.
- You need continuous alerting when new assets appear.
- Your estate changes faster than any testing cadence could track.
Choose Invadel when
- You know your surface and need to know what an attacker could do with it.
- You need an independent test for compliance or a customer review.
- Internal networks, cloud accounts, or applications need depth rather than breadth.
Where to start
The engagements buyers compare here
External Network Penetration Testing
Testing of your internet-facing perimeter, from exposed services and VPN gateways to mail and cloud edges, with a free retest, from $4,200.
From $4,200
Vulnerability Scanning Services
Managed scanning validated by an analyst, which cuts false positives down to real, ranked risk you can act on at once. From $1,500 per scan.
From $1,500
Cloud Penetration Testing
Configuration and exploitation testing across AWS, Azure, and GCP: identity, storage, network paths, workloads, and Kubernetes, from $6,800.
From $6,800
What drives each price: External Network cost guide, Vulnerability Scanning cost guide, Cloud cost guide.
01Do you do attack surface discovery?
Yes, as the first phase of every external penetration test. We enumerate what is reachable before we test it, and forgotten assets are a common finding.
02Should we run both?
If your surface changes constantly, monitoring plus an annual manual test is a sensible pairing.
03What does an external test cost?
From $4,200, fixed, with the retest included.
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