Cobalt vs. Synack

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.

Synack is a continuous penetration testing platform that combines agentic AI with a global network of vetted security researchers to uncover real, exploitable vulnerabilities across the entire attack surface. Most organizations test only a fraction of what matters. Synack closes that coverage gap—using AI to scale discovery and human expertise to validate real risk.