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Cobalt Demo - Offensive Security Platform Home
Integrate multiple testing capabilities and expert services in one solution.
Cobalt Demo - Pentest Planning in the Cobalt Platform
An overview of upcoming or recently completed penetration tests.
Cobalt Demo - Platform Engagements
Explore multi-product offerings from Cobalt ranging from Pentest to Digital Risk Assessments, Red Teaming to IoT Testing, and more.
Cobalt Demo - Pentest as a Service Findings
A consolidated view of your penetration test findings including vulnerability severity levels and more.
Cobalt Demo - Cobalt Platform Integrations
Overview of different platform integrations.
Cobalt Demo - DAST Scan Reports
A comprehensive scan of web assets and APIs to uncover vulnerabilities and provide a clear understanding of your risk posture.
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Verified User in Oil & Energy
AO
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Valuable Platform, but Slightly High Costs and Onboarding Effort for Smaller Teams"
What do you like best about Cobalt?

The UI was intuitive and responsiveness of support, clarity in interactions, and coordination with Cobalt’s team was impressive Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cobalt?

1.) Cobalt credits were relatively expensive, especially for smaller organizations like us.

2.) Onboarding, scoping, coordinating, and integrating the platform into internal workflows takes some effort initally. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Telecommunications
AT
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Excellent Platform and an Industry Standard Product for our Pentesting Program"
What do you like best about Cobalt?

The platform and the service is well polished and the customer service is excellent. The credit based pricing helps us guage our pentesting costs. The wide array of pentesting approaches they provide are excellent. We were able to start utilizing the product from day one with minimal time to implement. The ablitlity to complete our annual pentest programs plus adhoc customer requirements is a positive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cobalt?

More granual access control could be helpful for organization that are looking to implement this over multiple entities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Events Services
EE
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Responsive, Fast, and Efficient Service with Great Pricing"
What do you like best about Cobalt?

The representative is responsive, fast, and efficient, with a pricing model that I find reasonable. The customer support has been great thus far and I look forward to our future engagements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cobalt?

So far, I haven't found anything to dislike about Cobalt. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JoseGabriel M.
JM
Security Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Best Pentest as a Service Platform"
What do you like best about Cobalt?

Pentest can be organized in a matter of a couple of days on an ad-hoc way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cobalt?

Their platform relies on click-ops so you have to be careful how you use it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Professional and Fast Pentesters, No Complaints"
What do you like best about Cobalt?

The pentesters are always professional and quick, explaining remediatino in an easy way Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cobalt?

No complaints so far, my company is very satisfied with the services we've received! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Martin A.
MA
CTO & Co-foudner
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Good penetration tests and platform that integrates with JIRA"
What do you like best about Cobalt?

The findings are relevant and integrates with Jira. Easy to work on, and the pentesters are skilled. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cobalt?

Its not transparrent what it costs to run a test. You have to buy credits first, and then apply them. I would prefer to just have an agreement, pay the price and get the service. It always works out ok, but its a bit of a hassle. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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P
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Pentest as a Service platform made it easy!"
What do you like best about Cobalt?

easy use of the platform and the catalog is improving to offer more services, excellent reports and hacker communication channels are excelent. Customer services is strong point to us to select cobalt services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cobalt?

platform or contract expiration is not fair, the expiration date of the credits and access to the platform is based in first credit purchase. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ian M.
IM
Director of Customer Success
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Very concise and professional. Answered all my questions and offered great solutions."
What do you like best about Cobalt?

They provide all of the solutions that I need for my compliance business Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cobalt?

There has been nothing so far. Everything has been excellent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
EI
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Excellent Collaboration and Support"
What do you like best about Cobalt?

The collaboration and support provided are excellent. The team is very organized when conducting pentests, which makes the process smooth and efficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cobalt?

The built-in integrations, such as Jira, could use some improvement, but overall, working with the API is satisfactory. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consulting
CC
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Our first experience with this company was great and they honored their word on all aspects."
What do you like best about Cobalt?

Easy interface and good communication. We were able to use the platform over the year to remediate our vulnerabilities. We liked that they were continually improving the product and that we could reach out to our product advisor at any time for support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cobalt?

The use of a separate chat platform (Slack) and the use of foreign Pentesters was a bit off putting, but maybe that is a standard practice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Time to Implement

1 month

Return on Investment

6 months

Average Discount

9%

Perceived Cost

$$$$$

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