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Bugcrowd vs Pentera comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Seemplicity
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Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (16th), Cloud Security Remediation (2nd), Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) (4th)
Bugcrowd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Managed Security Services Providers (MSSP) (3rd), Bug Bounty Platforms (1st), Penetration Testing Services (3rd), Attack Surface Management (ASM) (8th)
Pentera
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
Penetration Testing Services (4th), Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) (2nd), Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) (2nd), AI-Powered Penetration Testing (2nd)
 

Featured Reviews

JL
Vice President Of Security Architecture And Engineering at a hospitality company with 10,001+ employees
Unified vulnerability data has reduced risk and currently cuts duplicate tools and license costs
Seemplicity can be improved by adding additional graphs and charts that make it easier to do trending over time. I had to do some of that manually via manual reports, but Seemplicity already has a feature request for this. Seemplicity has done a pretty good job of keeping up with integrations. One gap that I identified and that Seemplicity is trying to fill now is having a complete end-to-end mapping. Seemplicity currently looks at the external attack surface using tools like Censys, and then looks at the internal side, examining what is in AWS and other clouds using CSPM. However, there is not anything that currently ties a property on the outside to a system on the inside, especially when you have additional security layers like web application firewalls that actually mitigate the risk.
Ben Gurney - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Engineering Manager - Platform Team at eTender Inc
Crowdsourced triage has uncovered critical website vulnerabilities and continuously improves our security posture
Bugcrowd could be improved or enhanced as they seem to have a lot of internal churn at the moment, so they could be more stable and more customer-focused. By customer-focused, I mean they are not very good at communicating what is changing on their side to their customers. I am now on my fourth account manager within one year. My latest call with them was with the fourth account manager saying there have been many changes and apologizing that no one I have spoken to in the past is on this call, but going forwards it will be them. With the fourth account manager in a year, it is hard to trust that message.
reviewer1460223 - PeerSpot reviewer
Ai Expert at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees
Automated testing has reduced manual effort and improves remediation of critical vulnerabilities
The biggest friction point with Pentera is the need for more granular control or the ability to exclude specific sensitive systems, as well as the necessity for the cloud environment to mature. While Pentera excels in on-premises and hybrid setups, its AWS and Azure attack path simulation is not as deep compared to others.If I could change one thing in Pentera to improve my workflow the most, it would be the platform UI because some security team members are not penetration testing specialists, making it difficult for them to navigate. I would make it easier with more guided workflows.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Seemplicity has a huge positive impact on our organization because once we have a vulnerability, it acts as a great assistant with its auto-mitigate feature, which can be used for a variety of different types of vulnerabilities, supporting our cybersecurity analysis."
"The biggest impact Seemplicity has had on my organization is turning what used to be a fragmented, manual process into something structured and accountable."
"Seemplicity has positively impacted our organization by allowing us to provide a single viewpoint into vulnerability management and pen testing for our customers."
"When we started with Seemplicity, we saw an 85% reduction in the number of tickets through deduplication, and that is significant for our teams who are swamped with issues."
"Seemplicity is helping us generate immense ROI in terms of helping secure our infrastructure, applications, endpoints, and understanding vulnerabilities that we really did not have a good process of understanding before."
"I was also able to pay for the tool twice over by using it for tool rationalization."
"I think of Seemplicity as a fantastic company and a fantastic partner to work with."
"Before we really struggled with meeting SLAs that were in place because we did not have the information we needed and there was too much back and forth, now we nearly have a perfect SLA meeting time."
"Bugcrowd's use of crowdsourced hackers has helped in discovering unique vulnerabilities."
"Bugcrowd has programs that disclose rewards and invite researchers to new programs."
"The most valuable aspect of Bugcrowd is that it provides a long list of different websites or web applications where I can report vulnerabilities."
"Bugcrowd's support team is very active and supportive."
"I would rate Bugcrowd a ten out of ten."
"Working on Bugcrowd has made me a better security engineer since it provides a competitive environment to report successful vulnerabilities."
"I believe Bugcrowd is highly stable."
"One of the features I like most about Bugcrowd is the ability to create a report in a very easy way."
"Pentera has many authentic features."
"Surface provides automated validation and penetration testing features with a proactive, continuous, and highly realistic approach to cybersecurity validation, helping organizations understand and reduce their true cyber exposure."
"We moved from a reactive security posture to a proactive one."
"Pentera has impacted my team and my workflow by making things faster and more efficient."
"Pentera has significantly affected our organization by dropping our mean time to remediate critical vulnerabilities because the remediation team can clearly evidence the exploit instead of debating CVSS scores, and our security posture has improved."
"The tool showed us that our ransomware protection wasn’t working on some machines."
"The platform's most valuable features are credential management and vulnerability management."
"The product is easy to use."
 

Cons

"Seemplicity can be improved by adding additional graphs and charts that make it easier to do trending over time."
"Seemplicity can be improved because sometimes the rule setting can be a little complicated, and for instance, filtering out the criteria may not be useful at times, as it can be too complicated based on the business requirements."
"Every tool, including Seemplicity, can improve, and I think it needs to further enhance its deduplication capabilities and understand how to integrate with more security tools, especially as new AI security tools emerge."
"For Seemplicity, I would say two things for improvement. First, reporting customization could go further because this industry is evolving; the CEO tries to get much information that they are looking for."
"As the account is growing, some of the dashboards are slowing down, so optimizing that could be one area for improvement."
"To improve Seemplicity, I would suggest having more knowledge base and more threat intel."
"There are some bits on the cleanliness of dashboarding and maybe a little bit on the reporting side, but not too much improvement needed as of now."
"Seemplicity could be improved with some of the aggregation accessibility. Currently, it is a bit of a black box and can be a bit of a bottleneck."
"There is room for improvement in Bugcrowd's response time when customer input is needed for resolving tickets. If this time could be minimized, it would be very helpful."
"Bugcrowd should provide more access to the reports, similar to HackerOne, allowing for full disclosure once a bug is resolved, so researchers can learn from them. They should improve the responsibility type and response time of their customer support, especially when the issue is urgent."
"Bugcrowd could be improved or enhanced as they seem to have a lot of internal churn at the moment, so they could be more stable and more customer-focused."
"The triaging process has slowed down compared to three years ago. It now takes more time to resolve a reported vulnerability and receive the payout."
"The biggest frustration or friction point I have had with Pentera is that the navigation seems slower."
"The licensing and IP management need improvement. When the IP is imported into a system, we cannot withdraw or revoke the license."
"The main challenge currently is the commercial aspect, as the product has become very expensive."
"Pentera's general dashboards could be improved and made more specific in terms of vulnerabilities that I'm discovering."
"They need to offer support for a new graphic card."
"The automated penetration testing features must be improved."
"The licensing and IP management need improvement."
"There is room for improvement in virtualization compatibility."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The product's cost is reasonable. I rate the pricing a three out of ten."
"The tool is relatively cheap."
"We have to pay a yearly licensing cost for Pentera."
"It's not that expensive, but it could be more cost-effective."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
29%
Manufacturing Company
21%
Healthcare Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
6%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Construction Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
6%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise9
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Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise5
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Seemplicity?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that pricing and setup costs were not in my area. The setup ...
What needs improvement with Seemplicity?
Seemplicity can be improved because sometimes the rule setting can be a little complicated, and for instance, filteri...
What is your primary use case for Seemplicity?
For us, the main use case for Seemplicity is to get vulnerability findings in order to remediate the issue, and then ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Bugcrowd?
I think the pricing and licensing of Bugcrowd are expensive, but we do get good value from it, as we find vulnerabili...
What needs improvement with Bugcrowd?
Bugcrowd could be improved or enhanced as they seem to have a lot of internal churn at the moment, so they could be m...
What is your primary use case for Bugcrowd?
I work with Bugcrowd mostly as a crowdsourcing security platform. I use Bugcrowd by putting a brief on Bugcrowd's web...
What needs improvement with Pentera?
Cloud testing capabilities need enhancement. The core product was built for on-premises internal network validation.
What is your primary use case for Pentera?
Continuous automated security validation across our internal network and external attack surface was necessary. The p...
 

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Sample Customers

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Zephyr Health, Barracuda Networks, Western Union, Instructure, Aruba Networks, Pinterest, CARD.com, WINK, (ISC)2, StatusPage, WHMCS, Movember
Blackstone Group Caterpillar Apria Healthcare Taylor Vinters Sandler Capital Management Drawbridge BNP Paribas British Red Cross
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