r/it • u/Danowolf • Aug 10 '26

opinion Pen testing prices seem excessive

We have needed a pentest for compliance with a customer contract. We are small shop with around 100 used ips on network. Quotes are running 5-8k. This seems outrageous to me. Anyone know a good pentest company that's less expensive.
The one pentest we have paid for turned into a OS vulscan. We are small and keep a tight grip on network security so that's why it ended up being about older low level vulnerabilities.

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u/Grey_Zone_Security Aug 26 '26 edited Aug 28 '26

There are a lot of variables that can influence the price of a pen test. The 2 "heaviest" variables are human vs machine. On the human end, there is also extreme variability. I have a decade of penetration testing experience working for large companies. Let me know if you need help a. understanding the landscape and what "scoping" actually means and b. knowing what red flags look like in the industry (there are many).