About Bugcrowd
Bugcrowd is a commercial crowdsourced security platform that matches organizations with security researchers to find vulnerabilities. Customers use it to run bug bounty programs, vulnerability disclosure intake and penetration tests, while researchers use the same platform to take on engagements and get paid.
Its platform includes AI-powered security intelligence, managed triage, CrowdMatch for selecting suitable researchers, integrations and a Vulnerability Rating Taxonomy. Services include pen testing as a service for web, mobile, network, API, IoT and cloud targets, an AI pen test, red team as a service, an AI bias assessment and attack surface management. A newer Savant effort adds agentic pentesting, with early access advertised.
Bugcrowd is proprietary and delivered as a hosted service. Industry pages cover financial services, healthcare, retail, automotive, technology and government, and the site includes documentation, a resource library and a code of conduct for participating hackers.
Key features
- Managed bug bounty programs
- Vulnerability disclosure programs
- Pen testing as a service
- Red team as a service
- CrowdMatch researcher selection
- Triage of incoming findings
Good fit for
- →Launching a bug bounty with managed triage
- →Ordering pen tests for web and mobile apps
- Tags
- security
- bug-bounty
- pentesting
- vulnerability-disclosure
- crowdsourced-security
- red-team
Bugcrowd: questions and answers
- What is Bugcrowd used for?
- Bugcrowd is a crowdsourced security platform for bug bounty, penetration testing and vulnerability disclosure programs backed by a community of researchers. It is a good fit for launching a bug bounty with managed triage, and ordering pen tests for web and mobile apps.
- How much does Bugcrowd cost?
- Bugcrowd doesn't publish fixed prices; pricing is quoted on request.
- Is Bugcrowd open source?
- No. Bugcrowd is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the Security category, open-source options include Cryptomator, VeraCrypt and CISO Assistant.
- What are some alternatives to Bugcrowd?
- Bugcrowd competes with HackerOne.
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