Cobalt
An intelligent, human-partnered security assessment platform for ongoing vulnerability discovery.
- Also known as
- cobalt
Available worldwide · Popular in: US
What is Cobalt?
A continuous vulnerability assessment service that merges expert penetration testers with AI-driven automation to identify security weaknesses in web applications, APIs, cloud systems, and network infrastructure. The service offers unified workflow management, immediate expert collaboration, and direct connectivity to engineering tools.
Cobalt pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
From $3,500 per test; annual credit-based packages available
Autonomous Pentest
AI-powered penetration testing with expert oversight, findings within 24 hours
- Web application testing
- Findings in 24 hours with proof of exploit and remediation guidance
- Cobalt Core pentester direction on every engagement
- Plan review, in-flight oversight, scope enforcement
- Results delivered in Cobalt Offensive Security Platform
- Integrations with Jira, GitHub, Slack, and 50+ tools
- Structured report
What Cobalt does
The capabilities that matter for bug bounty, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Public bug bounty programs
- -
- Private invite only programs
- -
- Vulnerability disclosure programs
- -
- Managed bug triage deduplication
- ✓
- Platform managed payouts
- -
- Cvss scoring assistance
- -
- Jira linear integration
- ✓
- Slack teams alerting
- ✓
- Continuous attack surface discovery
- ✓
- SOC2 type ii
- -
- ISO 27001
- -
- Pricing model
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (5)
Independently observed- Slack
- Jira
- GitHub
- ServiceNow
- Microsoft Teams
Cobalt FAQ
Common questions about Cobalt, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Cobalt?
A managed pentesting service that uses human security specialists and AI tools to continuously identify vulnerabilities in web applications and APIs, supporting compliance requirements and reducing organizational security risk. It is indexed under Bug Bounty.
Source: https://cobalt.io
How much does Cobalt cost?
Cobalt is a paid product; published pricing starts at $3500. There is no free tier. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
What platforms does Cobalt support?
We have confirmed browser-based access to Cobalt. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.
Can Cobalt be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Cobalt, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
What does Cobalt integrate with?
We have confirmed 5 integrations for Cobalt, including Slack, Jira, GitHub, ServiceNow and Microsoft Teams. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Where is Cobalt available?
Cobalt is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.
Cobalt alternatives
Other bug bounty we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- YesWeHackContinuous security testing and exposure management that converts findings into actionable evidencelow · 45%
- IntigritiA crowdsourced security testing platform combining continuous bug bounty and vulnerability disclosure with on-demand penetration testing serviceslow · 45%
- Bugcrowdlow · 18%
- SynackA penetration testing platform combining automated AI-driven vulnerability discovery with human expert validationmedium · 53%
- HackerOneCrowdsourced vulnerability discovery and management platformlow · 12%
Compare Cobalt
Side by side against other bug bounty, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Cobalt, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 67 | 0.05 | 3.4 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 49 | 0.05 | 2.5 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 10 | 0.21 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| Price level | 25 | 0.04 | 1.1 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 20 | 0.05 | 1.0 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.09 | 0.0 | - |
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All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 58% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Slack teams alerting, Jira linear integration, Managed bug triage deduplication, Continuous attack surface discovery | mediumsource · 2026-09-28 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 50 | mediumsource · 2026-09-28 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | mediumsource · 2026-08-18 · 50% |
Pricing
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hipaa | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-28 · 60% |
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