Penti
Last updated: Oct 8, 2026
How does Fluid Attacks' solution compare to Penti's?
The following comparison table enables you to discern the performance of both providers across various attributes essential for meeting your company's cybersecurity needs. To better understand each attribute, read their descriptions in the dedicated page.
Organization
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | Penti |
|---|---|---|---|
| Focus | Native ASPM with in-house scanners | AI-powered PTaaS on top of native ASPM with in-house scanners | AI-powered pentesting |
| Extras | None | None | ASM, MPT, red team and vCISO as a service |
| Headcount | 186 | Same | 16 |
| Headcount distribution | Engineering 42%, IT 12%, sales 16%, marketing 2%, operations 4% and others 24% | Same | Engineering 19%, IT 13%, sales 6%, marketing 6% and others 56% |
| Headcount growth | +3%, +21%, +29% | Same | -6%, -11%, +78% |
| Headquarters | CO and US | Same | US |
| Countries | AR, BO, BR, CL, CO, CR, DO, EC, MX, PA, PE and US | Same | CA, CO, IN, PH and US |
| Reputation | 9.27 from 388 reviews over 7 years on Clutch, G2 and Gartner | Same | 8.77 from 6 reviews over 2 years on G2 |
| Followers | 23K based on the following: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube | Same | 781 based on the following: Facebook, LinkedIn and X |
| Research firms | None | None | None |
| Founded | 2001 | Same | 2025 |
| Funding | Bootstrapped | Same | $150K USD in 2 rounds from 2 investors |
| Acquisitions | None | None | None |
| Revenue | 10M to 15M | Same | Less than 1M |
| Third-Party CVEs Discovered | 289 CVEs reported to MITRE, ranked in the top 10 CVE labs worldwide | Same | None |
| Compliance | GDPR, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO/IEC 27017:2015, ISO/IEC 27018:2019, ISO/IEC 27701:2019, PCI DSS, SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3 | Same | SOC 2 Type II |
| Bug bounty | Yes | Yes | No |
| Visits | 64K per month. Top 3: 18% CO, 9% US, 5% BR. Others 68% | Same | 6K per month. Top 3: 47% US, 25% IN, 11% DE. Others 17% |
| Authority | 33 out of 100 | Same | 19 out of 100 |
| Public vulnerability DB | Discovered and third-party | Same | None |
| Content | Blog, documentation, e-books, glossary, reports, success stories, videos, webinars and white papers | Same | Benchmarks, blog, customer stories, free tools and open framework |
| Comprehensive documentation | 13 documentation sections | Same | No |
| Community | Forum | Same | No |
| Sync training | 1 workshop | Same | No |
| Async training | 3 product use courses, all free | Same | No |
| Distribution | Direct or with any of its 14 partners | Same | Direct or with any of its 10 partners |
| Marketplaces | AWS | Same | None |
| Freemium | No | No | No |
| Free trial | 21-day free trial | PoV | 14-day free trial |
| Demo | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Open demo | No | No | No |
| Pricing | Contact sales and marketplace | Contact sales | Contact sales and public web |
| Pricing tiers | 1 plan | 1 plan | 8 plans (Advanced, Launch, Plus, Starter, Web App Pentest, Network Pentest, Mobile App Pentest and Enterprise). First 7 transparent |
| Minimum term | Monthly | Monthly | Monthly |
| Minimum payment period | Monthly | Monthly | Monthly |
| Minimum capabilities | ASPM, binary SAST, containers, CSPM, DAST, IaC, SAST, SCA and secrets | Same plus: AI SAST, API security testing, MAST, PTaaS, RE and SCR | Automated AI-PTaaS |
| Minimum scope | 10 authors | Same | 20 credits per month |
| Pricing drivers | Authors | Same | Credits |
| Free implementation | Yes | Yes | No information available |
| Free support | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Service
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | Penti |
|---|---|---|---|
| PTaaS | No | Yes | MPT and automated AI-PTaaS |
| Reverse engineering | No | Yes | Yes |
| Secure code review | No | Yes | No information available |
| Pivoting | No | Yes | Yes |
| Exploitation | No | Yes | Yes |
| Manual reattacks | Not applicable | Unlimited reattacks | Unlimited reattacks |
| Zero-day vulnerabilities | Scanner-based zero-day vulnerability detection | Continuous zero-day vulnerability research | None |
| SLA | Availability | Accuracy, availability and response | No information available |
| Minimum availability | 99.95% per year | Same | No information available |
| After-sale guarantees | No | Yes | No |
| Accreditations | CNA, Penetration Testing by CREST and OpenSSF Gold Badge | Same | None |
| Pentester certifications | Not applicable | 202 from 59 different types | 9 from 9 different types |
| Type of contract | Employee | Same | Employee or freelance |
| Endpoint control | No | Total | No information available |
| Channel control | No | Total | No information available |
| Standards | Some requirements from 67 standards, 16 in common and 51 additional | All requirements from the same standards | 19 standards, 16 in common and 3 additional |
| Detection method | Automated tools | AI, automated tools and human intelligence | AI, automated tools and human intelligence |
| Remediation | 5, 1 in common and 4 additional | Same, plus 1 in common | 3, 2 in common and 1 additional |
| Output | 5, 3 in common and 2 additional | Same, plus 2 | 4, 3 in common and 1 additional |
Product
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | Penti |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASPM | Yes | Yes | No |
| API | GraphQL with JSON | Same | Yes. No information available |
| IDE | 5 functionalities | Same, plus 1 functionality | No |
| CLI | Yes | Yes | No |
| CI/CD | Breaks the build | Same | Does not break the build |
| Vulnerability sources | 18 sources | Same | No information available |
| Threat model alignment | Yes | Yes | No |
| Priority criteria | CVSS v4.0, CVSSF, EPSS, Fixing cost, KEV, Transitivity and Use | Same | No information available |
| Custom prioritization | Priority score | Same | No |
| Scanner origin | In-house | In-house | In-house and external (Burp Suite, Nuclei and ZAP for DAST, OpenVAS for network vulnerability scanning) |
| SCA | 19 package managers | Same | No |
| AI security | No | Yes | Yes |
| Reachability | 14 languages | Same | No |
| Reachability type | Deterministic | Same | Not applicable |
| SBOM | 22 package managers | Same | No |
| Malware detection | Yes | Yes | No |
| Autofix on components | No | No | No |
| Containers | 4 distributions | Same | Yes. No information available |
| Source SAST (languages) | 14 | Same | Yes. No information available |
| Source SAST (frameworks) | 23 | Same | Yes. No information available |
| Custom rules | No | No | No |
| IaC | 6 | 2 | No |
| Binary SAST | 1 type of binary | Same, plus 2 types of binaries | No |
| DAST | 7 attack surface types, 3 in common and 4 additional | Same | 5 attack surface types, 3 in common and 2 additional |
| API security testing | No | 4 types of APIs, 3 in common and 1 additional | 3 types of APIs, all in common |
| MAST | No | Yes | Yes |
| IAST | No | No | No |
| CSPM | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Secrets | 228 secrets types | Same, plus verify other attack vectors and secrets exploitability | Yes. No information available |
| AI | 4 functions, 2 in common and 2 additional | Same, plus 1 function | 3 functions, 2 in common and 1 additional |
| AI SAST | No | Yes | No |
| MCP | Yes | Yes | No |
| Open-source | No | No | No |
| Deployment | SaaS (multi-tenant) | Same | SaaS (no tenancy information) + on-premise (no tenancy information) |
| Regions | US | Same | US |
| Status | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Incidents | 3 per year | Same | No incidents |
Integrations
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | Penti |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCM | 6, 1 in common and 5 additional | Same | 1 in common |
| Binary repositories | None | None | None |
| Ticketing | 3, 1 in common and 2 additional | Same | 1 in common |
| ChatOps | None | None | 2 |
| IDE | 3 | Same | None |
| CI/CD | 21 | Same | None |
| SCA | Native | Same | None |
| Container | Native | Same | Native |
| SAST | Native | Same | Native |
| DAST | Native | Same | Native and 3 integrations |
| MAST | None | Native | Native |
| IAST | None | None | None |
| Cloud | 1 in common | Same | 3, 1 in common and 2 additional |
| CSPM | Native | Same | Native |
| Secrets | Native | Same | Native |
| Remediation | None | None | None |
| Bug bounty | None | None | None |
| Vulnerability management | None | None | None |
| Compliance | None | None | 2 |
The latest update to this comparison was on 2026-09-28. The primary source of information was penti.ai, which was supplemented by specialized information-gathering sites, social media, and other sources.
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