# Affordable Pentesting: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge label across 1 category by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/affordable-pentesting

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Penetration testing as a service](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/penetration-testing-as-a-service/index.md) | 0% | 55 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Affordable Pentesting offers both manual and AI pentesting options, making it flexible for different needs." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, PTaaS)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Affordable Pentesting, from 4 of the 4 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- pentestingproviders.com: 4
- reddit.com: 3
- stingrai.io: 3
- turbopentest.com: 3
- atlantsecurity.com: 2
- budgetsecurity.com: 2
- getapp.com: 2
- kobalt.io: 2
- penetrify.cloud: 2
- softwareadvice.com: 2

### Pages cited

- https://pentestingproviders.com/best/affordable-penetration-testing: 4
- https://stingrai.io/blog/best-penetration-testing-companies-startups-2026: 3
- https://turbopentest.com/penetration-testing-for-small-business: 3
- https://atlantsecurity.com/blog/top-penetration-testing-companies: 2
- https://kobalt.io/pentest: 2
- https://penetrify.cloud/en/for/startups: 2
- https://reddit.com/r/msp/comments/znf99o/small_business_pen_testing: 2
- https://softwareadvice.com/product/564557-Affordable-Pentesting: 2

## In its own words

What Affordable Pentesting's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Enterprise-grade pentesting at SMB pricing. (https://www.affordablepentesting.com/)
- For: startups, SMBs, and growing companies (https://www.affordablepentesting.com/)
- Price stated: The page says it offers the lowest priced pentests you will find and transparent flat-rate pricing. (https://www.affordablepentesting.com/)
- Starting price: 500 (https://www.affordablepentesting.com/)
- Free plan or trial: Free remediation retest included for manual pentests within 90 days. (https://www.affordablepentesting.com/)
- Certifications: CREST

## What it publishes

Every page affordablepentesting.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 383 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 280 pages, 97 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-03
- comparison: 13 pages, 13 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-21
- template or tool: 10 pages, 10 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-02
- glossary or explainer: 27 pages, 27 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-02
- podcast or video: 1 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-19
- Recent: 2026-09-03 blog: Hipaa security rule update https://www.affordablepentesting.com/post/hipaa-security-rule-update
- Recent: 2026-09-03 blog: Iso 27001 cost https://www.affordablepentesting.com/post/iso-27001-cost
- Recent: 2026-09-03 blog: Iso 27001 timeline https://www.affordablepentesting.com/post/iso-27001-timeline
- Recent: 2026-09-02 template or tool: Api penetration testing checklist https://www.affordablepentesting.com/post/api-penetration-testing-checklist
- Recent: 2026-09-02 blog: Data classification framework https://www.affordablepentesting.com/post/data-classification-framework
- Recent: 2026-09-02 blog: Dynamic application security testing https://www.affordablepentesting.com/post/dynamic-application-security-testing

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.