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Cymulate vs Fortra's Cobalt Strike comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Cymulate
Ranking in Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS)
2nd
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Threat Intelligence Platforms (16th), Attack Surface Management (ASM) (11th)
Fortra's Cobalt Strike
Ranking in Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS)
9th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) category, the mindshare of Cymulate is 19.9%, up from 19.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Fortra's Cobalt Strike is 1.4%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS)
 

Featured Reviews

Ondrej Kováč - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 28, 2024
Advanced cybersecurity solution for attack based vulnerability mng. and upskill platform for SOC.
While Cymulate's technology shows great promise and delivers excellent results, their approach to positioning the solution appears to overlap with other companies like Tenable, making them both direct and indirect competitors. Cymulate must refine their messaging and manage expectations effectively. In my experience, they need to be more attentive internally and mindful of potential negative impacts on customers. They exhibit a high degree of flexibility, which can result in sudden changes without adequate alerting. Communicating with them via phone for business matters can be challenging. On a scale from one to ten, I would rate Cymulate's technology level at eight, but their business level at four out of ten.
reviewer2519427 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 30, 2024
Compact, versatile, creates shell codes for bypassing antivirus and built-in report templates streamline the process
Probably its delivery methods could be improved. It might need some improvements on its spear phishing module. You can clone a web page, and then you can spear phish a target, and the target connects to your beacon. I believe that it needs to be more modernized to the current standards of multi-factor authentication bypass. Although there are already tools that actually do that, like Evilginx that’s been used as a proxy server, I truly believe Cobalt Strike could do something like that. I believe if Cobalt modernize this specific feature to try to bypass multi-factor authentication, it’s gonna be something. I’m not aware if it’s actually a feature in the latest Cobalt Strike updates, but from my version, I don’t see that it’s possible right now. I don’t think AI is at the stage where it can conduct such complex operations. AI is mostly being used to create phishing templates, very simple stuff. AI is not mature enough to do something more complex, although I truly believe that in a few years, it might have such capabilities.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable feature for us is the zero-day."
"Cymulate is easy to set up, install, and configure."
"The reporting capabilities are very good."
"It also made a lot of post-exploitation activities easier."
 

Cons

"The reporting process requires significant improvement as it often takes longer than expected and the quality is lacking."
"The cost can be quite high, and it impacts scalability as more simulations require additional expenses."
"The product must provide consultancy for initial setup."
"Probably its delivery methods could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Cymulate's services are expensive."
"The product is affordable."
"It's expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Retailer
5%
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Company Size

By reviewers
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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Cymulate?
The most valuable feature for us is the zero-day.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cymulate?
The pricing for Cymulate could be better. If I were to rate it, it would be a six out of ten.
What needs improvement with Cymulate?
The main area for improvement in Cymulate is its pricing. The cost can be quite high, and it impacts scalability as more simulations require additional expenses.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortra's Cobalt Strike?
As far as I know, at my previous job, our Red Teamers were using Cobalt Strike. It was heavily customized for their own engagement. The license is about € 6,000.00 per year or maybe more. It’s very...
What needs improvement with Fortra's Cobalt Strike?
Probably its delivery methods could be improved. It might need some improvements on its spear phishing module. You can clone a web page, and then you can spear phish a target, and the target connec...
What is your primary use case for Fortra's Cobalt Strike?
I use it a lot for independent research. I have a copy with me on my Kali box. There’s a good reason that it’s currently the best C2 in the market right now. It’s because of its versatility; you ca...
 

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