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Bugcrowd vs Cobalt comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 28, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Bugcrowd
Ranking in Penetration Testing Services
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Managed Security Services Providers (MSSP) (4th), Bug Bounty Platforms (1st), Attack Surface Management (ASM) (13th)
Cobalt
Ranking in Penetration Testing Services
6th
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2025, in the Penetration Testing Services category, the mindshare of Bugcrowd is 15.7%, down from 16.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Cobalt is 3.5%, down from 4.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Penetration Testing Services Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Bugcrowd15.7%
Cobalt3.5%
Other80.8%
Penetration Testing Services
 

Featured Reviews

Ben Gurney - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Engineering Manager - Platform Team at eTender Inc
Crowdsourced triage has uncovered critical website vulnerabilities and continuously improves our security posture
Bugcrowd could be improved or enhanced as they seem to have a lot of internal churn at the moment, so they could be more stable and more customer-focused. By customer-focused, I mean they are not very good at communicating what is changing on their side to their customers. I am now on my fourth account manager within one year. My latest call with them was with the fourth account manager saying there have been many changes and apologizing that no one I have spoken to in the past is on this call, but going forwards it will be them. With the fourth account manager in a year, it is hard to trust that message.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
University
8%
Computer Software Company
25%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Non Profit
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Bugcrowd?
I think the pricing and licensing of Bugcrowd are expensive, but we do get good value from it, as we find vulnerabilities that we would otherwise be unaware of.
What needs improvement with Bugcrowd?
Bugcrowd could be improved or enhanced as they seem to have a lot of internal churn at the moment, so they could be more stable and more customer-focused. By customer-focused, I mean they are not v...
What is your primary use case for Bugcrowd?
I work with Bugcrowd mostly as a crowdsourcing security platform. I use Bugcrowd by putting a brief on Bugcrowd's website, and then their community of security researchers hunt for vulnerabilities ...
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Comparisons

 

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Sample Customers

Zephyr Health, Barracuda Networks, Western Union, Instructure, Aruba Networks, Pinterest, CARD.com, WINK, (ISC)2, StatusPage, WHMCS, Movember
Hubspot, Vonage, Axel Springer, Algolia, Credit Karma, Weebly, Veeva, movingimage, Smarsh
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