CyCognito Platform
CyCognito Platform discovers, tests and prioritizes external security risks from an attacker’s perspective.
What CyCognito Platform is
CyCognito Platform discovers, tests and prioritizes external security risks from an attacker’s perspective. It starts with an organization’s name and maps its external footprint continuously, without seed data, IP lists or manual setup. Its stated coverage spans cloud, SaaS, APIs, on-premises, AI assets and third-party systems. Testing covers 100,000+ attack scenarios across 30+ threat categories, including web, cloud, network and AI surfaces. Risk ranking combines validated findings with business context, asset attractiveness, discoverability and attacker activity. Specialized AI agents test attack paths, chained exploits and business-logic flaws, then provide reproduction steps and remediation guidance. The platform supports external discovery and testing across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, and lists 1,200+ integrations. Daily monitoring and API access are included in its listed capabilities. Pricing is custom, based on asset volume or active IPs and web applications depending on the offering; fixed prices are not shown. A free risk assessment is offered, but no free plan or trial is stated.
Good
- Maps external assets continuously from an organization name.
- Tests 100,000+ attack scenarios across 30+ threat categories.
- AI agents provide reproduction steps and remediation guidance.
- Supports AWS, Azure and Google Cloud coverage.
- Lists 1,200+ integrations.
Watch out
- Fixed prices are not shown.
- Pricing depends on asset volume or active assets.
- No free plan or trial is stated.
Who it suits
CyCognito suits organizations that need to find and prioritize external exposure across cloud, SaaS, API, on-premises and third-party assets. Its AI testing and integration options may be relevant to security teams handling investigation and remediation workflows.
Verdict
CyCognito combines external asset discovery with testing and risk prioritization across several types of environments. Buyers should account for its custom, asset-based pricing and the scale of assets in scope.
Plans and prices
From CyCognito Platform's own pricing page, checked 2 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Adversarial Exposure Validation | Priced on request | Pricing based on number of active IPs and web applications · asset scale options: Up to 5,000; 5,001–25,000; 25,001–100,000; 100,001+ |
| Attack Surface Management | Priced on request | Pricing based on total asset volume · asset scale options: Up to 5,000; 5,001–25,000; 25,001–100,000; 100,001+ |
| Continuous AI Pentesting | Priced on request | Always-on testing · asset scale options: Up to 5,000; 5,001–25,000; 25,001–100,000; 100,001+ |
| Custom quote | Priced on request | Attack Surface Management, Adversarial Exposure Validation, Exploit Intelligence, Continuous AI Pentesting · asset-volume pricing · monthly, bi-weekly, weekly or daily scanning |
| Exploit Intelligence | Priced on request | Pricing based on number of active IPs and web applications · asset scale options: Up to 5,000; 5,001–25,000; 25,001–100,000; 100,001+ |
The facts
Each one read from CyCognito Platform's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI pentesting
- Continuous AI Pentesting uses specialized agents to reason about attack chains, chained exploits and business-logic flaws across web apps, APIs, cloud services and exposed AI infrastructure.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API
- CyCognito provides a REST API using secure API keys and end-to-end encryption for access to platform data.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API lifecycle
- The API catalog says version 0 remains supported but is undergoing deprecation while version 1 is the current REST API.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API operations
- The documented API includes user endpoints such as GET and POST /v1/users and GET /v1/users/{email}.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Beyond CVEs
- The platform tests non-CVE weaknesses such as misconfigurations, data exposure and authentication bypass risks.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Cloud coverage
- The platform supports external discovery and testing across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud environments.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Continuous testing
- CyCognito actively tests the mapped external footprint and confirms which exposures are exploitable.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Coverage
- CyCognito says its discovery network covers cloud, SaaS, APIs, on-premises, AI assets, and third-party systems.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Deployment model
- The terms define the product as a remotely provided SaaS service rather than software installed on customer infrastructure.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Developer documentation
- A public API reference is hosted at api.platform.cycognito.com/v1/docs/index.html and an OpenAPI specification is available through the API catalog.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Discovery
- The platform starts with an organization’s name and continuously maps its external footprint without seed data, IP lists, or manual setup.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Discovery network
- CyCognito says its global discovery network has 60,000 nodes and covers cloud, SaaS, APIs, on-premises, AI and third-party systems.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Evidence trail
- Each finding includes how it was discovered, why it belongs to the organization and who owns it.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Funding
- CyCognito announced a $100 million Series C in December 2021, bringing total funding to $153 million.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent headcount estimate
- Crustdata reports 103 employees and $153 million raised as of 2026.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- CyCognito advertises more than 1,200 integrations spanning asset management, vulnerability management, SIEM/SOAR/XDR, cloud security and ticketing.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Licence
- The terms reserve ownership of the service and prohibit reverse engineering, copying or creating derivative works, indicating proprietary software rather than open source.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: G2 false positives
- A G2 reviewer says false positives keep the service from being excellent.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: Gartner navigation
- A Gartner reviewer complains that resolving an issue requires opening too many linked pages.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company headquarters
- CyCognito lists Palo Alto, California as its headquarters location.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company legal name
- The company identifies itself as CyCognito Inc.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company size
- LinkedIn lists CyCognito as a privately held company with 51–200 employees.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- CyCognito was founded in 2017.checked 15 Oct 2026
Money
- Free assessment
- The company site offers a free risk assessment; it does not state that this is a free plan or free trial.checked 2 Oct 2026
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