Pentera
Continuous automated security validation and penetration testing platform
- Vendor
- Pcysys
- Also known as
- pentera
Available worldwide · Popular in: US, EU
What is Pentera?
An automated platform that enables organizations to continuously validate their security controls and identify exploitable vulnerabilities through penetration testing, replacing infrequent manual assessments with frequent automated testing across on-premises, cloud, and web-facing assets.
What Pentera does
The capabilities that matter for penetration testing, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Deployment model
- Ptaas managed
- Human led testing
- ✓
- Automated adversary simulation
- ✓
- Web application testing
- ✓
- API endpoint testing
- ✓
- Network infrastructure testing
- ✓
- Cloud aws gcp configuration testing
- ✓
- Compliance ready reporting
- ✓
- Remediation validation retesting
- ✓
- Jira issue tracker sync
- -
- SOC2 type ii
- ✓
- ISO 27001
- ✓
- Pricing model
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (1)
Independently observed- CyberArk←•
Pentera FAQ
Common questions about Pentera, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Pentera?
A platform that continuously tests and validates security controls across networks, cloud infrastructure, and hybrid environments to identify exploitable vulnerabilities, prioritize remediation, and confirm risk reduction. It is indexed under Penetration Testing.
Source: https://pentera.io
What platforms does Pentera support?
We have confirmed browser-based access to Pentera. 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.
Source: https://pentera.io
Can Pentera be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Pentera, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
Source: https://pentera.io
What security certifications does Pentera have?
We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR for Pentera. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Pentera not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Source: https://pentera.io/blog/security-validation-roi-justification/
Where is Pentera available?
Pentera is available worldwide. Its primary markets are the United States and the EU.
Source: https://pentera.io
Pentera alternatives
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- Impacketlow · 19%
- NetSPIOffensive security testing and attack surface management combining human expertise with automated scanninglow · 13%
Compare Pentera
Side by side against other penetration testing, 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 Pentera, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security posture | 70 | 0.21 | 14.6 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 100 | 0.05 | 5.1 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 9 | 0.05 | 0.4 | ✓ |
| Price level | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.09 | 0.0 | - |
| Pricing transparency | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
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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 | 5 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 65% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Iso 27001: Yes · Soc2 type ii: Yes · Deployment model: ptaas_managed · Human led testing: Yes · Api endpoint testing: Yes · Web application testing: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-10-12 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 1 | mediumsource · 2026-10-12 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-25 · 75% |
Pricing
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Model | commercial | mediumsource · 2026-08-17 · 60% |
Security
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