Pentera vs Picus Security comparison

Read 6 Picus Security reviews

2,745 Views
1,921 Comparison Views

100% willing to recommend

Pentera

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Download the report

Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Pentera and Picus Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Pentera vs. Picus Security Report (Updated: December 2024).

Pentera vs. Picus Security

December 2024

Download the complete report

Helped 823,875 peers since 2012

Categories and Ranking

Pentera

Ranking in Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS)

1st

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Vulnerability Management (14th), Penetration Testing Services (1st)

Picus Security

Ranking in Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS)

3rd

Average Rating

9.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) category, the mindshare of Pentera is 28.2%, up from 25.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Picus Security is 16.7%, up from 13.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS)

Featured Reviews

Richard Marlow

Vulnerability Testing Manager at Frasers Group

Provides good features and helps monitor the status of ransomware protection in an organization

The tool is quite scalable. There's a one-to-one relationship between the engine and how many scans we can do. We can only do one scan with one engine. We had some issues around the password assessments because we added a lot of users. It took a long time. I rate the scalability a seven out of ten. We have three users in our organization.

Read full review

erdemerdag

Cybersecurity Operations Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

Breach and attack simulation software that provides network, endpoint, and email vectors

According to the attack vectors, you cannot specify which product is failing or which product is working well because there's no agent. The best case scenario is to add an agent solution where an agent would have the ability to actually detect which programs aren't working. For the attack software, you put a peer on the cloud site, and you have another peer internal network. There is IPS, firewall, WAF, and DBS amongst these peers. The cloud's peer is trying to send the attack file to the internal network. Maybe the firewall is blocking it, maybe the IP, maybe the WAF, but you cannot see the details. You can say, "Yes, my security product is blocking that attack scenario," or, "I cannot block this attack."

Read full review

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"What I like the most about Pentera is its solution-oriented approach."

"The most valuable feature of Pentera is that you can do continuous vulnerability assessment, which is automated."

"The product is easy to use."

"The vulnerability scanner, exploit achievements, and remediation actions are all great."

"The solution is SaaS-based. From a cloud perspective, it has Pentera Surface and Pentera Core. The Core is the on-prem deployed solution, while the Surface is the cloud-hosted solution that scans your public infrastructure. From the Surface perspective, the most valuable feature so far has been the attack surface mapping."

"The tool showed us that our ransomware protection wasn’t working on some machines."

"Maybe there are some remediation steps on the website, we can mask sensitive information on the website better."

"The platform's most valuable features are credential management and vulnerability management."

"It provides good reports and offers signature-based solutions."

"The most valuable feature of Picus Security is its threat intelligence, providing suggestions to block and prevent attacks by identifying malicious files and providing threat IDs."

"One of the most valuable features would be the detection capability, specifically the ability to detect alarms and logs collected from SIEM tools."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is its integration capabilities with the other security tools."

"You have the liberty of physically executing a specific set of rules in your environment."

"It's very useful software because the customer mostly configures their IPS and manages their firewalls, WAF, and the DBS according to the latest update, latest news, or according to the situation."

Cons

"One of the big issues we have is that the tool has an additional license for compromised credentials. Suppose compromised credentials for any of your domains appear in leaks, dumps, or are being sold. In that case, they try to aggregate that data and highlight that, for example, ten users appeared in recent dumps as compromised credentials. However, they don't provide much information about where those compromises came from or their source information, probably to protect their sources."

"Maybe scalability. I know that the Pentera right now is high level in order to scan big deals over 500 IPs and not less, and not less. That can be more granular. This will be useful."

"The price could be improved."

"One area for product improvement could be the inclusion of a dashboard to cover multiple branches and subsidiaries, allowing for centralized monitoring."

"The automated penetration testing features must be improved."

"There is room for improvement in virtualization compatibility."

"Pentera's general dashboards could be improved and made more specific in terms of vulnerabilities that I'm discovering."

"The vulnerability scanner, exploit achievements, and remediation actions are all great."

"Let's say if a customer's environment has 10 security devices and they need to know that there is an attack that has bypassed their devices, they cannot go and inspect every device and every rule in their security devices."

"The reporting and data analysis could be improved. Specifically, the analysis of the results."

"According to the attack vectors, you cannot specify which product is failing or which product is working well because there's no agent."

"To improve, Picus Security could consider establishing a data center in India to address trust issues and increase interest from Indian customers."

"The amount of integrations that the product can handle is an area of concern, making it one of the aspects where improvements are required."

"There is room for improvement in the response rate provided by customer support."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We have to pay a yearly licensing cost for Pentera."

"The product's cost is reasonable. I rate the pricing a three out of ten."

"It's not that expensive, but it could be more cost-effective."

"The tool is relatively cheap."

"They have certain price ranges for their products, depending upon the use cases, and the number of applications the customer wants to try."

"There is a yearly license according to the number of vectors. The pricing is moderate."

See which vendors are best for you

Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) solutions are best for your needs.

See recommendations

823,875 professionals have used our research since 2012.

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

Educational Organization

Financial Services Firm

26%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

Media Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Pentera?

What I like the most about Pentera is its solution-oriented approach.

What needs improvement with Pentera?

One area for product improvement could be the inclusion of a dashboard to cover multiple branches and subsidiaries, allowing for centralized monitoring.

What is your primary use case for Pentera?

Our customers use the product to validate their security environment, ensuring that vulnerabilities within the network are identified and addressed.

What do you like most about Picus Security?

The most valuable feature of Picus Security is its threat intelligence, providing suggestions to block and prevent attacks by identifying malicious files and providing threat IDs.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Picus Security?

The pricing of Picus Security is average, and it offers a good value for money.

What needs improvement with Picus Security?

There is room for improvement in the response rate provided by customer support. Picus Security could improve the response time.

Tenable Nessus vs Pentera

Comparisons

Cymulate vs Pentera

Compared 21% of the time

Compared 14% of the time

The NodeZero Platform vs Pentera

Compared 11% of the time

XM Cyber vs Pentera

Compared 8% of the time

Qualys VMDR vs Pentera

Compared 8% of the time

More Pentera Competitors

Cymulate vs Picus Security

Compared 30% of the time

SafeBreach vs Picus Security

Compared 11% of the time

AttackIQ vs Picus Security

Compared 11% of the time

XM Cyber vs Picus Security

Compared 5% of the time

Tenable One Exposure Management Platform vs Picus Security

Compared 4% of the time

More Picus Security Competitors

Product Reports

Download Pentera product report

Vulnerability Management

November 2024

Download Picus Security product report

November 2024

Learn More

Pentera

Overview

Pentera is the category leader for Automated Security Validation, allowing every organization to evaluate its security readiness, to know its real security risk at any given moment. Test all cybersecurity layers across the attack surface – inside and out – by safely emulating attacks & prioritize patching with a risk-based remediation roadmap.

Thousands of security professionals and service providers around the world use Pentera to guide remediation and close security gaps before they are exploited. For more info visit: pentera.io

Independent from any vendor or technology, the unparalleled Picus Platform is designed to continuously measure the effectiveness of security defenses by using emerging threat samples in production environments. Created by a team that’s been working together more than 10 years already and has proven their expertise in enterprise cybersecurity, Picus is trusted by many large multinational corporations and government agencies.

Sample Customers

Blackstone Group Caterpillar Apria Healthcare Taylor Vinters Sandler Capital Management Drawbridge BNP Paribas British Red Cross

Akbank, Exclusive Networks, Garanti, ING Bank, QNB Finansbank, Turkcell, Vodafone, Yapı Kredi