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How Many Penetration Testing Tools Products Does G2 Track?

Total Products under this Category: 170

Category Stats (Sep 2026)

  • Average Rating: 4.63/5 (↓0.01 vs Aug 2026) The average rating of products in this category, based on all submitted ratings
  • Top Trending Product: Black Duck Polaris Platform (+2.92%) - Among all products in this category, Black Duck Polaris Platform recorded the largest rating increase compared to last month

Last updated: September 15, 2026

How Does G2 Rank Penetration Testing Tools Products?

Why You Can Trust G2's Software Rankings:

  • 30 Analysts and Data Experts
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  • Unbiased Rankings

G2's software rankings are built on verified user reviews, rigorous moderation, and a consistent research methodology maintained by a team of analysts and data experts. Each product is measured using the same transparent criteria, with no paid placement or vendor influence. While reviews reflect real user experiences, which can be subjective, they offer valuable insight into how software performs in the hands of professionals. Together, these inputs power the G2 Score, a standardized way to compare tools within every category.

G2 Grid® for Penetration Testing Tools

G2 Grid® for Penetration Testing Tools plotting products by satisfaction and market presence

Highlighted products: vPenTest, Cobalt, Astra Pentest, Oneleet, NodeZero from Horizon3.ai, Pentera, H1 Platform, and Bugcrowd.

Underlying data: [Grid® JSON](https://www.g2.com/categories/penetration-testing-tools/grids.json?focus%5B%5D=vpentest&focus%5B%5D=cobalt-io-cobalt&focus%5B%5D=astra-pentest&focus%5B%5D=oneleet&focus%5B%5D=nodezero-from-horizon3-ai&focus%5B%5D=pentera&focus%5B%5D=h1-platform&focus%5B%5D=bugcrowd)

Web Security Testing

Payatu follows a strict methodology when conducting an Application Security Assessment. This method ensures that a structured process is followed and provides the client with the baseline against which the quality of the assessment can be measured. Our methodology takes into consideration the industry-wide projects looking at the most commonly vulnerable areas of the application deployments, considering the OWASP top 10 and Web Application Security Consortium. 1)Extensive audit techniques sweep every corner of your system to discover potential attack surfaces 2)Dual security audit execution approach, i.e. automated and manual security is followed 3)With the invincible combination of industry standards checks and industry best researchers, no leaf is left unturned to find business-critical flaws in your web application. Our Methodology Our methodology takes into consideration the industry-wide projects looking at the most commonly vulnerable areas of the application deployments, considering the OWASP top 10 and Web Application Security Consortium.

Who Is the Company Behind Web Security Testing?

  • Seller: Payatu
  • Year Founded: 2011
  • HQ Location: Pune, IN
  • LinkedIn® Page: www.linkedin.com
    135 employees on LinkedIn®

Xalgorix

Xalgorix is an Apache-2.0 open-source autonomous AI pentesting platform for authorized security testing. Unlike scanners that stop at plausible alerts, Xalgorix uses an AI agent to work through a structured 22-phase methodology and a separate verifier to independently reproduce each candidate finding before it is reported. Teams receive exploit-verified evidence, CVSS scoring, proof-of-concept details, remediation guidance, and branded PDF reports. The self-hosted Go and TypeScript project runs locally, keeps scan data in your infrastructure, and supports OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, DeepSeek, Groq, Ollama, MiniMax, and other OpenAI-compatible gateways. It includes a local web dashboard, CLI, Docker image, browser-assisted DAST, source-code review and provision-and-test modes, live telemetry, API and GraphQL testing, authentication and session analysis, injection, SSRF, IDOR/BOLA, file upload, deserialization/RCE, cloud, and WebSocket testing. The public repository is free and open source. The optional hosted Xalgorix service removes setup and adds managed scans, schedules, team workspaces, REST API access, CI gating, webhooks, and reports. A free GitHub App reviews pull-request diffs for security issues. Use Xalgorix only on systems you own or have explicit permission to test.

Who Is the Company Behind Xalgorix?

Xora

Who Is the Company Behind Xora?

ZioSec

Who Is the Company Behind ZioSec?

  • Seller: ZioSec
  • Year Founded: 2024
  • HQ Location: Boulder, US
  • LinkedIn® Page: www.linkedin.com
    7 employees on LinkedIn®
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Updated March 5, 2025