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Application security built and trusted by hackers - detectify.com

· 2 days ago

Buy if you're a mid-market or enterprise team with a large external attack surface and security staff to triage findings. Skip it if you're a small team with a few domains — simpler scanners are far cheaper and quote-based pricing won't suit you.

Confidence

Medium. Based on ~25 public sources; most review snippets were truncated, so exact ratings and prices could not be verified.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo support evidence in sources
  • Security posture

Pricing

Not disclosed

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed

Best for

  • Security teams with large external attack surfaces
  • Mid-market and enterprise AppSec
  • Teams wanting hacker-sourced vulnerability intel
  • DevOps scanning APIs and IP ranges

Not for

  • Solo devs with one website — pure overkill
  • Small startups without a security owner
  • Buyers who need published pricing up front
  • Teams wanting a cheap, simple vulnerability scan

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

Pricing is quote-only and G2 reviewers say it has grown complex — expect negotiation

medium

No advertised free tier or trial; every evaluation starts with a sales demo

low

Insight Partners took majority stake in 2024; roadmap direction could shift

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Crowdsourced vulnerability intel from ethical hackers feeds its scanners
  • Broad coverage: EASM, DAST, API, GraphQL and IP-range scanning
  • G2 users say setup is fairly easy
  • Internal scanning now finds vulnerabilities behind the firewall
  • Enterprise customers include Auth0, Bühler Group and evroc

Cons

  • Reviewers say pricing has become complex
  • No public pricing; demo required to learn cost
  • Buyers frequently weigh it against Rapid7 and Burp Enterprise

Sources & method

- 13 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x5review x3security x2news x3

Key stats

  • Value for money: 2/5

    Rating

  • Not disclosed

    Starting price

  • 13

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 2/5. Reviewers report complex, quote-based pricing
  • Ease of use: 4/5. G2 users say setup is fairly easy
  • Feature depth: 5/5. EASM, DAST, API, GraphQL, IP-range, Crowdsource
  • Support quality. No support evidence in sources
  • Security posture: 4/5. Publishes security and GDPR compliance docs
  • 51 G2 reviews across Detectify products
  • 2013 Founded Stockholm, by ethical hackers
  • $23M+ Funding Balderton 2019; Insight Partners majority stake 2024
  • Quote-based Pricing No public price list

Pricing

Not disclosed

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

G2 reviewers praise easy setup and coverage while increasingly complaining that pricing has become complex.

Companies that use it

Full analysis

Based on ~25 public sources; most review snippets were truncated, so exact ratings and prices could not be verified.

Hacker-powered EASM/DAST built for mid-market and enterprise; overkill for small teams, and pricing is quote-only.

Methodology

Based on ~25 public sources; most review snippets were truncated, so exact ratings and prices could not be verified.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. official
  2. review
  3. review
  4. news
  5. security
  6. Auth0 case studydetectify.com
    official
  7. official
  8. evroc case studydetectify.com
    official
  9. news
  10. news
  11. official
  12. security
  13. review

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