Cobalt Reviews & Product Details

Cobalt is the pioneer in pentesting as a service (PTaaS) and a leader in human-led, AI-powered offensive security services. We are focused on combining talent and technology with speed, scalability, and expertise. Thousands of customers and hundreds of partners rely on the Cobalt Offensive Security Platform, along with 500+ trusted security experts, to find and fix vulnerabilities across their environments. By enabling faster pentest launches, real-time collaboration with pentesters, and seamless integration with remediation workflows, we help organizations identify critical issues and accelerate risk mitigation so they can operate fearlessly and innovate securely.

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Product Description

Cobalt's Pen Testing as a Service (PTaaS) Platform transforms yesterday’s broken pen test model into a data-driven vulnerability management engine. Fueled by our global talent pool of certified freelancers, Cobalt's crowdsourced SaaS pen test platform delivers actionable results that empower agile teams to pinpoint, track, and remediate software vulnerabilities. Hundreds of organizations now benefit from high quality pen test findings, faster remediation times, and higher ROI for their pen test budget.

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Time to Implement

1 month

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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.

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.

A comprehensive scan of web assets and APIs to uncover vulnerabilities and provide a clear understanding of your risk posture.

Discover how Cobalt's offerings, value, and dedicated support empower Insurity to drive business growth and achieve lasting success.

Cobalt: Offensive Security Testing Platform

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Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/17/2024

"Cobalt's findings were useful for us"

4/5

What do you like best about Cobalt?

Speedy. Good communication. Good findings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cobalt?

Nothing comes to mind. We had a good experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/30/2024

"Targeted security review"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Cobalt?

I found it easy to work with Cobalt. Structured and efficiant. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cobalt?

From my prespective, there's really nothing to highlight here Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consulting

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/18/2024

"IT Link's experience with Cobalt"

5/5

What do you like best about Cobalt?

Ease of implementation, ease of use, Customer support and features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cobalt?

Nothing special. Would love a presence in Europe Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sean T.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

2/28/2023

"1 Year with Cobalt"

5/5

What do you like best about Cobalt?

Customer service 10/10 - Meredith Martin has been exceptional with answers to my never-ending questions.

Ease of Use - Very intuitive and customer friendly. All of the information I need from a pen test is at my fingertips for our team.

Agile/Full pen test options have been a game changer this year for our best use of credits. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cobalt?

I wish there were easier ways to implement APIs for all our scheduling/management applications here at ISS. Also, ways to automatically create a slack channel with the submit pentest review button would be delightful to get members prepared before the test goes live. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cobalt solving and how is that benefiting you?

The vulnerabilities in each one of the programs that Cobalt Pen Testers find and announce creates a sense of backup I haven't experienced in the industry before. Knowing the description for each finding will give our teams exact resources to resolve the vulnerabilities is why our company looks forward to a long-lasting partnership with Cobalt. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Taylor J.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/18/2023

"Professional and responsive"

5/5

What do you like best about Cobalt?

Cobalt was able to turn around a pen test report for us very quickly as we required testing on very short notice. We found them to be very thorough, the testing was high quality and the responsiveness was excellent in understanding our unique situation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cobalt?

The pricing model can be slightly confusing. The reps however, worked with us to scope our project and allow us to budget appropriately. Their estimate was spot on for our test. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Megan Roddy of Cobalt

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We're glad to hear that our team was able to provide thorough and high-quality testing on short notice. We apologize for any confusion regarding our pricing model, but we're pleased to hear that our representatives were able to work with you to scope the project and provide an accurate estimate. Thank you for choosing Cobalt to address the gap in your red team testing, and we're happy to have been able to meet your needs.

Jordan S.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/10/2023

"Professional, Responsive, and Easy to Use!"

5/5

What do you like best about Cobalt?

Cobalt was the best partner for our first Pen Test! The solution was easy to use, and the Pen Testers were knowledgeable and responsive, allowing us to resolve our tasks quickly! The dynamic updating of completed tasks was helpful for our enterprise customers. We highly recommend the system for anyone looking for a Pen Test or strengthening their security processes! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cobalt?

We loved Cobalt, but having a better mobile interface would have been nice. It would have made my job easier to read the feedback and assign tasks to my team-mates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Estone N.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

2/27/2023

"Top-Notch Client Service"

5/5

What do you like best about Cobalt?

Excellent project management and fostered team collaboration.

The team is committed and meets SLAs as agreed.

Added value; testers go over and beyond to reproduce steps that help the client understand how findings were generated.

Communication with business owners and/or internal security teams is top-notch. We are briefed at every phase of the pen-testing process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cobalt?

I wish a unified collaborating platform such as ServiceNow existed to manage multiple ongoing projects. Slack is a good platform, but it can be overwhelming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cobalt solving and how is that benefiting you?

Ability to cut through our backlog of priority assessments requiring testing. We can expedite our reviews and provide value to our clients (business owners) in a reasonable amount of time.

Cobalt's input enables us to resolve findings within a reasonable amount of time prior to go-live dates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Legal Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/27/2022

"Convenient and organized pen testing platform"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Cobalt?

I like that the pen testers chosen for the project are matched according to the technology stack. I also appreciate that there is at minimum 2 pen testers per project to add redundancy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cobalt?

I paid "extra" for the pen testers to create GitHub issues to report any security issues found. There were minimal findings but still no GitHub issues were ever filed by my assigned pen testers. If I were to use Cobalt again for pen testing, I would likely not upgrade for this benefit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/21/2022

"Why Cobalt is so great"

5/5

What do you like best about Cobalt?

Cobalt allows your company to start a pentest with a short lead time. The quality of the reports from the researchers is top-notch, and the communication channel between researchers and the business makes it easy to see what sorts of attacks and techniques are being used to cover the application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cobalt?

Currently, the JIRA integration could use some additional customization to make it easier for ticket creation. It was hindering some process related functions until we used the API to get around this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Hospital & Health Care

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/17/2022

"Kendall S. is a Rock Star!"

5/5

What do you like best about Cobalt?

My account manager makes me feel like they understand our business. The PEN testers have a wide range of skills. They are very communicative. Compared to others they stand out because of the ease of scheduling, testing, re-testing to determine if an issue is patched. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cobalt?

Dislikes? Nothing. I had a great report, was able to patch and re-test with ease. Re-tested after we had a report and the report was still updated with the re-test notes. What is there to dislike about that? Great service! Great company! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.