Top Cobalt alternatives in 2025
Compare Cobalt alternatives on detection accuracy, compliance coverage, and DevSecOps integrations. Assess deployment flexibility, reporting depth, and pricing models to find the right fit for your security and compliance needs.
Top Cobalt alternatives compared
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Astra puts your ahead by finding and fixing every single security loopholde
with our hacker-style pentest.
AI-Powered Intelligence
- Run 15,000+ tailored AI 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.
Compliance-First Approach
- Audit-ready reports aligned with ISO, PCI, SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, OWASP, NIST, and more.
- Expert support to simplify assessments and pass audits faster.
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.
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.
Pentest Certificate & AI-built Trust Center
- Publicly verifiable certifications with shareable links.
- Demonstrate your security commitment.
- Build client and partner trust.
- Summarize your security posture for easy sharing with customers and auditors
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"Astra identified several moderate and high severity issues that our team never thought existed. We are working in the Mental Health space and data privacy and security are extremely critical to us. That being said, I am thankful for to Astra."
Georgi Atanasov
“A key standout during our Astra Pentest was the solid support via Slack, making communication easy and efficient. The platform itself is user-friendly, and the Jira integration greatly streamlined issue resolution for our team, seamlessly fitting into our existing workflow”
Richard Ganpatsingh
"Astra's exceptional manual penetration testing and efficient automated tools have provided invaluable insights into our application's security, making them our trusted partner for comprehensive and reliable security measures"
Michal Pěkný
"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. The rapid issue resolution and detailed vulnerability …"
Ankur Rawal
"The most impressive part is the certificate they give you. It shows that you actually pentest and don't just say that you do. Customers can be a tad more trusting in your security because it's not just lip service. The dashboard can be a little slow sometimes, but this "
Clinton Skakun
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Book a demoFrequently asked questions
Astra Security combines CREST-approved pentesting with unlimited automated scans, zero false positives, and compliance-ready reporting. Unlike Cobalt.io, which emphasizes PTaaS collaboration, Astra Security provides broader coverage across applications, APIs, cloud, and networks, making it a more comprehensive choice for organizations that need both scale and expert validation.
Astra Security pricing starts at $1,999 per year, which includes unlimited scans and expert-led penetration testing, with broader vulnerability coverage at a more affordable entry point, making its pricing significantly more attractive for many businesses. Cobalt.io typically starts at $8,500 per year, with limited testing capabilities.
Astra Security provides 24/7 customer support, remediation assistance within 24 hours, and direct collaboration with expert penetration testers. While Cobalt.io facilitates engagement with a pentest community, our platform ensures faster turnaround, verified fixes, and hands-on support that streamline security efforts for lean security teams.
Astra Security’s lower pricing, unlimited vulnerability scans, and bundled expert pentesting make it ideal for small businesses and startups. Cobalt.io’s higher entry cost and limited testing cycles are less accessible, whereas Astra Security provides continuous protection and compliance-ready reports within a budget-friendly package.
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