Leading brands choose Astra
over other solutions

Astra delivers deeper coverage, faster remediation, and stronger ROI than legacy pentesting vendors, backed by both AI-powered automation and expert-led manual testing.

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Last year alone, we at Astra Security:

$2.88B
prevented in losses
37,000+
dev hours saved
2,558,317
vulnerabilities detected across assets
$21.8M
saved via expert-led pentests

Gartner has recognized Astra Security as a leading PTaaS vendor in the report “From Defense to Offense: How to Champion Proactive Cybersecurity

Trusted by 1000+ modern engineering teams

How Astra stacks up against the competition

Astra Security stands out as the best Cobalt.io alternative, offering a full range of security solutions
that go beyond automated scanning. Better than most Cobalt competitors.

Features
Pentest depth

In-house experts
Web DAST coverage
Emerging threat mode
Business logic testing
Publicly verifiable pentest certificate
Trust Center
API security
Cloud security coverage
AI/ ML capability
Compliance view
Collaboration & integrations
AI remediation guidance
False positives
Pricing model
Customer support
ASTRA
AI-powered automated scans plus expert-led manual pentesting
In-house security experts with various certifications & CVEs [OSCP, CEH, eJPT, eWPTXv2, and CCSP (AWS)] for consistent testing
Continuous DAST testing with 15,000+ automated checks and expert validation, model learns from manual pentests
Emerging threat scan that checks for newly added vulnerabilities and CVEs reported
Covered in every pentest (auth flaws, privilege escalation, chained attacks)
Shareable certificate builds customer trust
Real-time security posture stakeholders can view anytime
Complete API inventory in <30 mins, risk scoring, OpenAPI support + manual API pentests
Agentless scanning and configuration checks for AWS, GCP and Azure; 180+ cloud security tests
Threat modeling, smart auth handling, remediation chatbot, false-positive reduction, real-time scan adjustment
Live mapping to PCI-DSS, HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR
Built-in ticketing, Slack Connect, deep CI/CD & developer tool integrations
Zero false positives—every critical finding is manually verified
Instant fix guidance via AI remediation bot
Transparent, asset-based plans—no hidden fees
Dedicated CSM and Slack Connect in all plans
TYPICAL VENDORS
Automated scans only or inconsistent manual coverage
Relies on a community of freelance pentesters, leading to variations in skill level and reporting quality
Unlimited scans but may cap by environment / concurrency
Missing in most solutions
Rarely included
Static PDF reports only
Not available
Includes APIs in web domains only; limited auth testing
Limited to basic web-app checks; multi-cloud and IAM gaps
Little or no AI/ML capabilities
One-off reports—no continuous monitoring
Requires external tools or paid add-ons
No AI remediation
Higher chance of noise from automation
Credit-based or quote-only pricing with add-on costs
Premium support only at enterprise tiers

Choose the security platform that does It all

Astra Security stands out as the best Intruder alternative, offering a full range of security solutions
that go beyond automated scanning.

Features
Pentest depth
In-house experts
Web DAST coverage
Emerging threat mode
Business logic testing

Publicly verifiable pentest certificate

Trust Center
API security
Cloud security coverage
AI/ ML capability
Compliance view
Collaboration & integrations
AI remediation guidance

False positives
Pricing model

Customer support

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Pentest

Why choose Astra?

Every pentest our security engineers perform feeds back into our DAST vulnerability scanner.
That means we're not just relying on known CVEs - we're continuously learning
from real-world hacks performed during pentests.

Precision Results

  • Noise-filtered vulnerabilities with intelligent detection logic
  • False positives? Get them vetted by our experts
  • Mark false positives to skip them in future scans
  • Additional white-glove vulnerability vetting by expert security engineers

Compliance & Trust Assurance

  • Audit-ready reports aligned with ISO, PCI, SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, NIST, and more
  • Publicly verifiable pentest certificates with shareable links via an AI-powered Trust Center
Astra's Pentest for SaaS - Continuous API security platform

DevOps Integration

  • Integrate into CI/CD with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Bitbucket, and more.
  • Automate scans, send vulnerability alerts via Slack
  • Create JIRA tickets, all without leaving your pipeline.
 Astra's Pentest for SaaS - Compliance View

End-to-End, Fully Managed Platform

  • Continuous, scheduled scans and pentests for web apps, API, and cloud without manual setup or tuning.
  • Expert-tuned accuracy with optimized scanners to reduce false positives.
  • Vulnerabilities triaged and mapped to real business impact.
  • Auto-generated compliance-grade summaries with remediation guidance and automated rescans for verification.

AI-Powered Intelligence

  • Our AI tailors test scenarios to your unique app
  • Contextual remediation advice at your fingertips
  • Continuously improves detection accuracy through context-aware analysis and evolving ML models trained on real-world vulnerability patterns.

Trust isn't claimed, it's earned

Astra meets global standards with accreditations from

Loved by 1000+ CTOs & CISOs worldwide

Our customers rely on Astra’s continuous pen testing to keep their applications secure, compliant, and breach-proof.

We are impressed by Astra's commitment to continuous rather than sporadic testing.

Wayne
Wayne Garb
CEO, OOONA

Astra not only uncovers vulnerabilities proactively but has helped us move from DevOps to DevSecOps

Vinish Vijayan
IT Manager, Muthooth Finance

Their website was user-friendly & their continuous vulnerability scans were a pivotal factor in our choice to partner with them.

Larry Crawley
CTO, Strategic Audit Solutions, Inc.

The combination of pentesting for SOC 2 & automated scanning that integrates into our CI pipelines is a game-changer.

Jack Collins
Head of Product Engineering, Naro

I like the autonomy of running and re-running tests after fixes. Astra ensures we never deploy vulnerabilities to production.

Arthur De Moulins
Web Architect, Vkard

We are impressed with Astra's dashboard and its amazing ‘automated and scheduled‘ scanning capabilities. Integrating these scans into our CI/CD pipeline was a breeze and saved us a lot of time.

Ankur Rawal
CTO, Zenduty

We are impressed by Astra's commitment to continuous rather than sporadic testing.

Wayne
Wayne Garb
CEO, OOONA

Astra not only uncovers vulnerabilities proactively but has helped us move from DevOps to DevSecOps

Vinish Vijayan
IT Manager, Muthooth Finance

Their website was user-friendly & their continuous vulnerability scans were a pivotal factor in our choice to partner with them.

Larry Crawley
CTO, Strategic Audit Solutions, Inc.

The combination of pentesting for SOC 2 & automated scanning that integrates into our CI pipelines is a game-changer.

Jack Collins
Head of Product Engineering, Naro

I like the autonomy of running and re-running tests after fixes. Astra ensures we never deploy vulnerabilities to production.

Arthur De Moulins
Web Architect, Vkard

We are impressed with Astra's dashboard and its amazing ‘automated and scheduled‘ scanning capabilities. Integrating these scans into our CI/CD pipeline was a breeze and saved us a lot of time.

Ankur Rawal
CTO, Zenduty
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