G2 Vendor Directory

Cobalt vs. Black Duck Polaris Platform

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricCobalt

by Cobalt

Black Duck Polaris Platform

by Black Duck

Overall rating4.54.2
Review count183104
Ease of use9.38.6
Ease of setup9.28.6
Quality of support9.48.7
Meets requirements9.48.9
NPS70.87912147.572816
Small Business24.0%16.5%
Mid-Market55.6%31.1%
Enterprise20.5%52.4%
Total page views1,413614
Total LLM citations13,393133

Cobalt

Cobalt is the pioneer in pentesting as a service (PTaaS) and a leader in continuous offensive security testing grounded in human expertise. The Cobalt Offensive Security Platform spans the full spectrum of offensive security, from targeted, human-led pentesting to high-frequency, AI-driven autonomous security testing. Only Cobalt brings together the four critical elements of modern offensive security: elite human expertise, a context-aware platform, AI-powered orchestration, and the industry's largest dataset of real-world pentest results.

Pros

  • Pentesting Efficiency
  • Customer Support
  • Ease of Use
  • Communication
  • Reporting Quality
  • Team Expertise

Black Duck Polaris Platform

Black Duck builds trust in software by enabling organizations to manage application security, quality, and compliance risks at the speed their business demands. Black Duck solutions help developers to secure code as fast as they write it, development and DevSecOps teams to automate testing within development pipelines without compromising velocity, and security teams to proactively manage risk and focus remediation efforts on what matters most.

Pros

  • Open Source
  • Accuracy of Findings