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Cobalt vs Pentera comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Cobalt
Ranking in Penetration Testing Services
6th
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Pentera
Ranking in Penetration Testing Services
2nd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Penetration Testing Services category, the mindshare of Cobalt is 3.3%, down from 5.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Pentera is 13.4%, down from 15.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Jon Medvenics - PeerSpot reviewer
Useful in vulnerability management and can automate pen tests
One of the big issues we have is that the tool has an additional license for compromised credentials. Suppose compromised credentials for any of your domains appear in leaks, dumps, or are being sold. In that case, they try to aggregate that data and highlight that, for example, ten users appeared in recent dumps as compromised credentials. However, they don't provide much information about where those compromises came from or their source information, probably to protect their sources. Also, if you have credentials and want to check if they're still valid or can still be used, and you confirm they can't be used (maybe they're from a leak or a twenty-year-old database), there's no way for you to flag that these credentials aren't a problem anymore. The solution has a sort of flat report. It's annoying to go through lots of legwork only to see the same names or credentials still there, and you can't do anything about it in their portal. We've given them feedback, but I think it's probably on their long list of feature requests to address. For me, that would be a greater user configuration of the tests performed on a granular level. As I mentioned with Cymulate, they show you every line of code they will run and what tool is being used, step by step. Pentera is more closed in that regard. If Pentera released a feature that allows you to alter the attack path or change the command, that would be incredibly useful. Pentera might use one or a few different methods to do something, but if none of those work, it will just say everything is fine and secure. If Pentera could adapt or change based on what it finds in the environment, that would be very valuable. As a customer, we understand our environments better than an automated tool, so providing context to help the tool get better results would be valuable.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
24%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Educational Organization
6%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
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What do you like most about Pentera?
What I like the most about Pentera is its solution-oriented approach.
What needs improvement with Pentera?
The licensing and IP management need improvement. When the IP is imported into a system, we cannot withdraw or revoke the license.
What is your primary use case for Pentera?
I am using the OpenIntra solution for pentesting and managing candidates in my environment. I also use this solution for house customers.
 

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Sample Customers

Hubspot, Vonage, Axel Springer, Algolia, Credit Karma, Weebly, Veeva, movingimage, Smarsh
Blackstone Group Caterpillar Apria Healthcare Taylor Vinters Sandler Capital Management Drawbridge BNP Paribas British Red Cross
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