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Product	Cobalt by Cobalt View product	IBM X-Force Red by IBM View product
Overview
What it is	Cobalt offers Pentest as a Service platform, on-demand ethical hackers and real-time findings. Use it for PTaaS. See Penetration Testing alternatives.	IBM X-Force Red covers red teaming, AI red teaming, security testing and penetration testing for adversary simulation. Compare top Penetration Testing tools.
Product type	Modern Pentest as a Service (PTaaS) Platform	Offensive security services
Best for	Technology, FinTech, Enterprise, Enterprise SaaS	Enterprise, Government, Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloud	Cloud
Deployment details	Cloud (SaaS); Crowdsourced; Cloud SaaS; Crowdsourced	Professional service; Professional service
Data residency	US; EU; Global	Deployment and region dependent
Key features
What it offers	Pentest as a Service platform On-demand ethical hackers Real-time findings Compliance reports Retesting Automated Penetration Testing Penetration Testing Red Teaming	Offensive security services covering penetration testing, vulnerability management and adversary simulation. Red teaming Penetration testing Security testing AI red teaming Adversary simulation
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: no
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: no
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	JiraGitHubGitLabServiceNowSlackWeb ApplicationsAPIs	Applicationscloudnetworksphysical systems
Compliance	CRESTSOC 2 Type IIISO 27001PCI-DSSHIPAA	Engagement-specific
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	JiraGitHubSlackServiceNow	On-siteremotehybrid
Industries	TechnologyFinTechEnterpriseEnterprise SaaS	EnterpriseGovernmentFinancial ServicesHealthcareTechnology
Regions	GlobalUSEU	Global
Vendor
Company	Cobalt	IBM
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, USA	Armonk, New York, USA
Company size	201-500	250,000+
Founded	2013	1911

Cobalt

by Cobalt

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IBM X-Force Red

by IBM

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Overview

What it is

Cobalt

Cobalt offers Pentest as a Service platform, on-demand ethical hackers and real-time findings. Use it for PTaaS. See Penetration Testing alternatives.

IBM X-Force Red

IBM X-Force Red covers red teaming, AI red teaming, security testing and penetration testing for adversary simulation. Compare top Penetration Testing tools.

Product type

Cobalt

Modern Pentest as a Service (PTaaS) Platform

IBM X-Force Red

Offensive security services

Best for

Cobalt

Technology, FinTech, Enterprise, Enterprise SaaS

IBM X-Force Red

Enterprise, Government, Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology

Pricing

Pricing model

Cobalt

Contact Vendor

IBM X-Force Red

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Cobalt

IBM X-Force Red

Deployment

Deployment options

Cobalt

SaaSCloud

IBM X-Force Red

Cloud

Deployment details

Cobalt

Cloud (SaaS); Crowdsourced; Cloud SaaS; Crowdsourced

IBM X-Force Red

Professional service; Professional service

Data residency

Cobalt

US; EU; Global

IBM X-Force Red

Deployment and region dependent

Key features

What it offers

Cobalt

Pentest as a Service platform
On-demand ethical hackers
Real-time findings
Compliance reports
Retesting
Automated Penetration Testing
Penetration Testing
Red Teaming

IBM X-Force Red

Offensive security services covering penetration testing, vulnerability management and adversary simulation.
Red teaming
Penetration testing
Security testing
AI red teaming
Adversary simulation

Platform & access

API access

Cobalt

IBM X-Force Red

Single sign-on (SSO)

Cobalt

IBM X-Force Red

Role-based access (RBAC)

Cobalt

IBM X-Force Red

Multi-tenant

Cobalt

IBM X-Force Red

Mobile app

Cobalt

IBM X-Force Red

Supported platforms

Cobalt

JiraGitHubGitLabServiceNowSlackWeb ApplicationsAPIs

IBM X-Force Red

Applicationscloudnetworksphysical systems

Compliance

Cobalt

CRESTSOC 2 Type IIISO 27001PCI-DSSHIPAA

IBM X-Force Red

Engagement-specific

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Cobalt

JiraGitHubSlackServiceNow

IBM X-Force Red

On-siteremotehybrid

Industries

Cobalt

TechnologyFinTechEnterpriseEnterprise SaaS

IBM X-Force Red

EnterpriseGovernmentFinancial ServicesHealthcareTechnology

Regions

Cobalt

GlobalUSEU

IBM X-Force Red

Global

Vendor

Company

Cobalt

IBM X-Force Red

IBM

Headquarters

Cobalt

San Francisco, California, USA

IBM X-Force Red

Armonk, New York, USA

Company size

Cobalt

201-500

IBM X-Force Red

250,000+

Founded

Cobalt

2013

IBM X-Force Red

1911