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Aikido VS XBOW

Pentests, reinvented.

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Brand: Aikido Security
Rating: 9.4 (55 reviews)

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Detailed Comparison

Aikido vs Xbow

Aikido Security

Xbow

Pricing

Transaparent, usage-based pricing.

Untransparent, per-endpoint, credit-based pricing

Transparent credit-based. (See pricing table below). Small Pilot/PoC possible. Retests included at no additional cost.

XBOW forces heavy pre-commitment, no testing. Their per-repo scaling result in surprises concerning credit costs.retaests are charged half the original attack credits.

Positioning

Full-stack AI pentests that connect code → cloud → runtime

AI-driven penetration testing engine

Continuous validation, instant retests, and audit-ready reports.

Automated discovery and exploitation across web apps using hundreds of collaborating AI agents.

Coverage & depth

Full-stack coverage. Mature, enterprise-grade platform.

Source-level scanning, misses depth

Whitebox, graybox, and blackbox pentests, that include false-positive suppression, AI-driven triage to eliminate noise and speed up reviews.

Broad agentic pentesting that simulates real attacker behavior, maps exploit chains, and validates fixes across code, infra, APIs, and runtime, all without requiring repo access.

Strong focus on autonomous exploitation benchmarks, but limited OWASP mapping and less mature integration or validation workflows.

Supports black/grey/white-box modes but relies heavily on source-level scanning for meaningful depth, making it slower to onboard and harder to approve legally.

Ease of deployment

Can be deployed in under an hour.

Talk to sales - Slow sales process

No full-codebase access required. Hosted in EU or US, customer’s choice.

Setup often requires repo-level access and configuration. No self-service. Talk to sales.

Attack-path visibility

Attack paths / attack graphs across code, cloud, runtime.

Autonomous discovery & exploitation

Visual attack-paths connecting vulnerabilities across code, infra, and runtime with real exploit chains.

Automated exploitation engine but no public emphasis on multi-layer attack-path visualization.

Integrations & workflow

Deeply integrated with CI/CD

Vanta & Rhymetec integration

Integrated with CI/CD, issue trackers, IDEs, and Aikido’s broader security platform.

Compliance integrations only. One-click pen test purchase and review inside Vanta’s UI. Limited direct developer workflow integration.

Hosting & compliance

Hosted in-region (EU or US).

Hosted only in the US

Complies with SOC 2 & ISO 27001; supports regulated sectors.

Compliance certifications and regional hosting options not publicly detailed.

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Aikido Attack: The future of pentesting

Continuous, automated penetration testing that matches human creativity with machine speed. Detect, exploit, and validate vulnerabilities across your entire attack surface, on demand.

Features

On-Demand Testing

Launch in minutes, not weeks. Continuous validation. Prove fixes instantly. Full report in days.

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AI-powered whitebox, graybox, and blackbox pentests

From code indexing to surface mapping, agents unify white-, grey-, and black-box testing enriched by Aikido's cross-product context.

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False-positive and Hallucination prevention

For each finding, additional validation is performed to avoid false-positives and hallucinations.

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Audit-Ready Report

A full, audit-grade (SOC2, ISO27011, etc…) dossier equivalent to a manual pentest, with evidence, repro steps, and remediation guidance for certification.

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