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Penetration testing as a service · November 2026 Edition

BreachLock vs Intruder

Three of fourteen models named BreachLock first on the direct prompt; zero named Intruder. BreachLock was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Intruder by eleven and BreachLock carries 36 labels and Intruder 13, so the shares are not directly comparable.

BreachLock

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

Intruder

accepted challenger

Named in six categories this edition.

First-choice share10%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%15%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#7A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels3613A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, BreachLock reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Cobalt was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. Cobalt vs BreachLock · Cobalt vs Intruder · Astra Security vs BreachLock

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the penetration testing as a service page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
BreachLockFirst choices, of fourteen modelsIntruder
Direct30
Paraphrase101 against Intruder
Comparative301 against Intruder
Budget-constrained11
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where BreachLock and Intruder stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
BreachLock Intruder first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, BreachLock on the left and Intruder on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where BreachLock and Intruder stood in it.

BreachLock first, Intruder not the choice

3 of 14 modelsIntruder was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Grok 4.20BreachLock alternatives: Cobalt, Rapid7
DeepSeek V4 FlashBreachLock, Cobalt alternatives: Baker Tilly, Cherry Bekaert, RSM, Rapid7, Sprocket Security, Stingrai
Kimi K2BreachLock, Cobalt alternatives: Stingrai

Neither was the first choice, one was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashCobalt alternatives: BreachLock, NetSPI, Synack
Mistral SmallCobalt alternatives: BreachLock, NetSPI, Stingrai
MiniMax M2.5Astra Security alternatives: BreachLock, Cobalt, Intruder, Stingrai
Muse Glimmer 30BCobalt alternatives: BreachLock, Bugcrowd PTaaS, HackerOne PTaaS, NetSPI, Rapid7, Stingrai, Synack

Neither was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
GPT-5.4 miniNetSPI alternatives: Appsecco, Cobalt, HackerOne PTaaS, Packetlabs
Perplexity SonarCobalt alternatives: Coalfire, NetSPI, Raxis, Stingrai
Llama 4 MaverickCobalt
Qwen 3.7 FlashBishop Fox, Cobalt alternatives: HackerOne PTaaS, Lattice Security, NCC Group, Secureworks, TrustedSec
GLM 4.7 FlashXAstra Security alternatives: Blaze InfoSec, Cobalt, SecurityMetrics
GPT-6 LunaCobalt alternatives: Bishop Fox, NetSPI

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
BreachLock leads by thirteen points.
BreachLock13%#4 of 8
Intruder0%#7 of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
BreachLock leads by eight points.
BreachLock10%#3 of 12
Intruder2%#7 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
BreachLock leads by two points.
BreachLock2%#8 of 12
Intruder0%#– of 12
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about BreachLock

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“BreachLock stands out as my top recommendation for a mid-sized B2B company seeking a Pentest-as-a-Service (PTaaS) provider.” Grok 4.20 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“For continuous security: Use a PTaaS provider like BreachLock or Cobalt.io integrated into your DevOps cycle.” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · first choice
“PTaaS platforms like Cobalt or BreachLock offer the best balance of quality, ongoing coverage, and retesting flexibility” MiniMax M2.5 · comparative prompt · first choice

What the models said about Intruder

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.

“Do you only want an automated scan (like Intruder or Acunetix)? *Warning: For true B2B credibility, you almost always need human-exploitable proof*” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Automated (e.g., Intruder, Acunetix): Faster and cheaper but prone to false positives and misses business logic flaws.” Grok 4.20 · comparative prompt · soft negative
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.