Astra Security alternatives for pentesting: prices, units and retests

Astra Security alternatives fall into two groups: providers that sell a pentest and providers that sell scanning. The five below all publish prices, in units that differ from Astra's. This page gives no ratings and names no winner.

Why look for Astra Security alternatives?#

Buyers usually leave Astra's shortlist for one of four reasons that appear on Astra's own pages, read on 9 November 2026.

• The unit is per target per year, so a buyer who wants one test pays for a year.
• The pricing page shows conflicting figures in places, so the real total needs confirming.
• Pentest Auto covers web apps and SaaS only, and re-scans are limited to 1, 2 or 4 by plan.
• No sample report is published.

Astra also has strengths. It lists plan prices openly, gives a re-scan count per plan, and offers a manual layer by certified experts on Expert and Enterprise. The Astra pricing page on this site holds the full price table, so we do not repeat the tiers here.

Which alternatives publish prices, and in what unit?#

All five alternatives below publish a price. The units differ, which matters more than the amounts. This list is A to Z.

Aikido lists a TYPICAL Pentest at $4,000 per assessment: one application plus its primary APIs, whitebox. Black-box and grey-box tests cost extra. Its Rightsized Pentest ranges from $50 to $30,000+ per assessment, scoped from repos, endpoints and roles. Both are one-off assessments, not subscriptions.

Cobalt lists an Autonomous Pentest at $3,500 per test as a limited-time offer. The offer says the test must start and finish before 31 December 2026. Its human-led tiers are annual credit packages (one credit equals 8 hours of testing) with no published price.

Detectify bills an annual platform fee: Starter from EUR 0, Standard from EUR 2,500, Professional from EUR 5,000 and Enterprise from EUR 15,000 per year. It is automated scanning only and lists no human-led pentest, so it replaces Astra's scanner plans and not its pentest plans.

Intruder lists a single AI web app test at $3,500 and a pack of 4 tests at $12,000 (about $3,000 each), with unlimited retesting. Its AI Pentesting page says $4,000 as a standalone purchase. Two Intruder pages therefore disagree. Prices exclude VAT.

Pentest-Tools.com sells self-service scanning by the month: NetScan from $96 (16 assets), AppScan from $140 (5 assets) and Exploit from $190 (5 assets). Yearly billing is 10 months for 12. AI pentests and managed expert pentests are billed separately and are not priced on the page.

Which options offer more retests or human testers?#

Retest terms and who tests are the two differences that change the total. This table sets them against Astra, from the dataset records.

Sources: the vendor pages in the Sources list, checked on 9 November 2026.

Two cautions apply. "Unlimited" retests can still carry a window or a scope limit, so ask. And Cobalt's own page states its retest window two ways, so confirm which applies.

How do the options compare on price?#

Do not rank these by amount, because the units differ. One year of Astra Pentest Auto ($2,999 per year, 1 target) and one Intruder test ($3,500) buy different things.

For a fair comparison, price one scope for 12 months with each provider. The pricing hub lists more providers, and the cost guide explains how to convert units.

How do you test a shortlist?#

Run the same checks on every provider before you sign. This takes an afternoon and prevents most surprises.

1. Send each provider the same scope summary (apps, APIs, roles, environments).
2. Ask for a 12-month total in one currency with taxes stated.
3. Ask who tests and who reviews findings.
4. Ask for the retest count, the window and any fee after it.
5. Ask for a sample report and judge it with the sample report guide.
6. Check any certification claim at the issuer, not on the vendor page.
7. Compare totals only where scope and depth match.

For more on what a quote should include, read the questions to ask a pentest provider and use the scoping checklist.

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