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Index › IT › Products › Cobalt › Alternatives · November 2026 Edition
One category · what the models named instead

Alternatives to Cobalt, as AI models named them

In the November 2026 Edition, 138 of the 252 answers collected in the one category where Cobalt holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.

Named instead, most often
Stingrai12
NetSPI8
BreachLock6
TurboPentest5
Astra Security4
Bishop Fox3
First choices in the 138 answers that did not name Cobalt, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Penetration testing as a service

Security operations. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Cobalt is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessCobalt is #3 of 8 here at 13% of first choices, 44 labels.

Forty-nine of the eighty-four answers did not name Cobalt; it was the first choice in ten. The first choices in those forty-nine answers, eight products in all:

Stingrai7 of 49Head to head →
BreachLock5 of 49Head to head →
TurboPentest2 of 49
Astra Security1 of 49Head to head →
Atlant Security1 of 49
Bright Defense1 of 49
Kobalt.io1 of 49
Pentest People1 of 49
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketCobalt is #1 of 12 here at 46% of first choices, 47 labels.

Forty-three of the eighty-four answers did not name Cobalt; it was the first choice in twenty-six. The first choices in those forty-three answers, eight products in all:

Stingrai3 of 43Head to head →
TurboPentest3 of 43
Astra Security2 of 43Head to head →
BreachLock1 of 43Head to head →
HIFENCE1 of 43
Intruder1 of 43Head to head →
NetSPI1 of 43Head to head →
Raxis1 of 43Head to head →
The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseCobalt is #3 of 12 here at 12% of first choices, 48 labels.

Forty-six of the eighty-four answers did not name Cobalt; it was the first choice in eight. The first choices in those forty-six answers, ten products in all, the eight most named:

NetSPI7 of 46Head to head →
Bishop Fox3 of 46Head to head →
Stingrai2 of 46Head to head →
Synack2 of 46
Astra Security1 of 46Head to head →
Cybri1 of 46
IBM X-Force Red1 of 46
Invicti1 of 46
2 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of fourteen models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is eighty-four answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled Cobalt neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named Cobalt only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from Cobalt's side.

The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of Cobalt was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.

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