What is XBOW?
XBOW is an autonomous AI penetration testing platform. Its agents discover, chain, and exploit vulnerabilities across your attack surface and prove every finding with a working exploit, running continuously or on demand. In 2025 it topped the HackerOne leaderboard, submitted over 1,000 vulnerabilities including critical RCE and SSRF findings, and launched Pentest On-Demand delivering compliance-ready reports in days instead of the traditional 35-100. It is also available on AWS Marketplace as XBOW Lightspeed.
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XBOW FAQs
What is XBOW?
XBOW is an autonomous AI penetration testing platform. Its agents discover, chain, and exploit vulnerabilities across your attack surface and prove every finding with a working exploit, running continuously or on demand. In 2025 it topped the HackerOne leaderboard, submitted over 1,000 vulnerabilities including critical RCE and SSRF findings, and launched Pentest On-Demand delivering compliance-ready reports in days instead of the traditional 35-100. It is also available on AWS Marketplace as XBOW Lightspeed.
What are the main features of XBOW?
XBOW offers Autonomous AI pentest agents, Continuous attack surface monitoring, Independent exploit validation, Pentest On-Demand self-service, Compliance-ready reports (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI) and AWS Marketplace availability.
How much does XBOW cost?
XBOW is a paid product. Prices and plans change over time, so check its official website for the current pricing before you buy.
What are the pros and cons of XBOW?
Strengths of XBOW include Proven at scale on HackerOne bug bounties; Much faster than traditional pentests; Machine-scale coverage of large attack surfaces. On the downside, Enterprise-oriented; no self-serve trial pricing; Autonomous pentesting requires careful scoping.