XBOW

Name: XBOW
Rating: 4.7 (240 reviews)

Autonomous offensive security platform for AI-driven penetration testing

4.7(240 reviews)

Security & Compliance

Quick buyer guide

Is XBOW right for you?

Use this section to decide whether XBOW belongs on your shortlist before you visit the vendor, request a demo, or start implementation planning.

Best for

Teams evaluating security & compliance tools for a real business workflow.
Users who need autonomous offensive security platform for ai-driven penetration testing.
Businesses that already use or can connect GitHub, GitLab, Jira.

Not ideal if

Small teams that need transparent, low-cost, self-serve pricing.
Teams without a clear use case, owner, or success metric for the tool.
Businesses that cannot yet review data, privacy, permissions, and approval requirements.

Common use cases

Monitor risks, threats, compliance gaps, access, and suspicious activity.

Automate security reviews, policy checks, evidence collection, and alerts.

Help teams respond faster to incidents and audit requirements.

Reduce manual review across security and governance workflows.

Implementation effort

High

XBOW is likely to need stakeholder alignment, workflow design, integrations, testing, and rollout planning before it is used in production.

Pricing clarity

Expect custom pricing based on users, usage, integrations, support level, and contract scope. Ask for a clear pilot price and rollout assumptions.

Digital by Default verdict

XBOW is worth considering if you need security & compliance capability and the core features match a real workflow. Treat it as a high-effort adoption: shortlist it, compare alternatives, and test it on a small but realistic process before wider rollout.

Questions to ask before buying

1Which integrations are included, and which require extra setup or paid plans?
2How does pricing change with users, usage, data volume, or support level?
3What onboarding, migration, and support are included?
4How is your business data stored, secured, and used by the vendor?
5Can you test the tool on a small real workflow before rolling it out widely?

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About

XBOW is an autonomous offensive security platform that performs full penetration tests on web applications on demand, combining AI-driven reasoning with proven security tooling to find real, exploitable vulnerabilities at scale. Rather than flagging theoretical risks, XBOW simulates real attacks and validates each finding with a working exploit, so teams triage confirmed issues instead of chasing false positives. Security and engineering teams run continuous, on-demand pentests to keep pace with fast release cycles without waiting on scarce manual testers. XBOW rose to prominence topping public bug-bounty leaderboards and raised a $120m Series C in 2026 at a valuation above $1bn, cementing its place as a leader in autonomous offensive security.