Dradis

Dradis is a self-hosted security assessment platform that organizes findings, review, reporting, and remediation workflows. It suits consultancies and internal security groups running repeatable engagements; the main trade-off is that every paid tier starts at three named seats.

Choose it when controlled, consistent deliverables and integrations matter as much as testing itself. Teams that only need a focused scanner or a lightweight free utility will find broader workflow features and paid seat commitments harder to justify.

Overview

Dradis carries an engagement from kickoff and collaboration through evidence and finding management, report production, remediation, and workflow automation. Structured data, reusable templates, and automation reduce variation between assessments, while PR-style quality reviews let colleagues catch errors before a report is released. That combination is valuable for teams whose reputation depends on repeatable, reviewable deliverables rather than on running scans alone.

Risk calculations cover CVSSv4, DREAD, and MITRE ATT&CK. Methodology support includes OWASP, PTES, OSCP, HIPAA, PCI, and custom approaches, so teams can align assessments with different client or compliance requirements. Dradis lists more than 47 scanner, ticketing, and SSO integrations, including Nessus, Burp Suite, Nmap, Qualys, Jira, and Okta. A REST API, webhooks, and rules engine provide additional ways to connect tools and automate hand-offs.

Deployment is on-premises and the platform can operate without an internet connection. The maker says it cannot access customer data. The Dradis VM uses full-disk encryption, traffic is protected with TLS, and sensitive application data such as OAuth tokens uses AES-256-GCM. Those controls suit organizations that must keep assessment material inside their own environment, although self-hosting places more responsibility for infrastructure and operations on the customer.

Key features

Reporting and quality control

Structured findings and templates make report output more consistent across contributors and engagements. PR-style review is a practical safeguard for consultancies: reviewers can challenge incomplete or incorrect work before it reaches a client. It is less compelling for a solo tester who does not need an internal approval step.

Risk, methodology, and evidence

Multiple risk calculators and named methodologies let teams standardize how they score and frame findings. Support for web-application and network testing, evidence capture, and finding management keeps assessment material together rather than scattered across separate tools.

Integrations and automation

The integration catalog spans scanners, ticketing, and identity systems, with familiar options such as Burp Suite, Nessus, Jira, and Okta. The API, webhooks, and rules engine are useful when an established security process needs automated data movement. Integration breadth is a strength, but teams should confirm that their exact workflow is covered before committing.

Remediation workflow

Remediate adds remediation tracking and ticketing connections for Azure DevOps, Jira, and ServiceNow. That makes it the more natural fit for internal security teams responsible for following fixes through closure; assessment teams focused on delivering findings can stay with Assess.

Pricing

Community Edition

Community Edition costs 0.00 USD, is free forever, and is open source. It supports one project at a time and includes community forum support. This is the sensible starting point for individuals or teams evaluating the workflow, but the single-project limit restricts concurrent engagements.

Assess

Assess costs $3,600 a year, billed yearly in advance, at $1,200 per seat per year with a three-seat minimum. That is $100 per user per month when paid annually, or $3,600 per year at the minimum, and it includes unlimited projects, 47+ integrations, email support, and live chat. It is aimed at teams delivering findings. The mandatory three individual seats mean a small two-person practice still pays for three people; seats are people, not concurrent users or installations.

Remediate

Remediate costs $7,200 a year, billed yearly in advance, at $2,400 per seat per year with a three-seat minimum. It includes Assess features plus remediation tracking and Azure DevOps, Jira, and ServiceNow integrations. Choose it when tracking corrective work is central; otherwise its doubled minimum cost is difficult to defend.

Enterprise

Enterprise uses custom pricing with a five-seat minimum. It includes Remediate features, audit logging, identity integrations, and priority support, making it the tier for larger organizations with governance and support requirements.

Paid plans include a 14-day trial and a 30-day money-back guarantee. Community Edition users rely on the forum, while paid customers receive email and live chat support.

Platforms

Dradis is available as a web application with API access and supports Linux, macOS, and Windows environments through self-hosted, on-premises deployment.

Who it's for

Assess fits penetration-testing consultancies and security teams that need a controlled path from findings to polished reports. Remediate is better for internal security teams that also own fix tracking and ticket workflows. Community Edition suits a free, open-source evaluation or a single active project. Teams seeking only a scanner, or unwilling to operate self-hosted software, should look elsewhere.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Structured reporting and templates support consistent deliverables.
• Pros: PR-style review adds a defined quality gate before release.
• Pros: Risk calculators, recognized methodologies, and 47+ integrations cover varied assessment programs.
• Pros: Self-hosting, offline operation, and layered encryption support strict data-control policies.
• Cons: Every paid plan starts at three named seats, raising the entry cost for very small teams.
• Cons: Community Edition permits only one project at a time.
• Cons: Remediate costs twice the annual minimum of Assess, so its value depends on needing remediation tracking and ticketing links.

Alternatives

Pentesterra is a freemium option with a free DevGuard tier limited to one project and three scans per month, plus CLI, IDE plugin, and web console access.

Caido offers a free Basic plan for two projects with limits on workflows, plugins, presets, and one pipeline session at a time.

Kali Linux is a free, open-source distribution for teams that want a broad security-tool environment rather than an assessment reporting platform.

OWASP Amass is a free Apache-licensed open-source framework focused on attack-surface discovery.

PenPeeper is free for personal or professional use, subject to restrictions on resale and paid SaaS hosting.

RedAmon is a free MIT-licensed Docker-based self-hosted option for commercial or personal use.

w3af is a free open-source web application security scanner.

Aircrack-ng is a free software suite with no license fee.

For a broader category comparison, see Penetration Testing Software.

Verdict

Dradis is a strong choice for assessment teams that need repeatable reporting, formal quality review, integrations, and on-premises data control. Choose Assess for finding delivery and Remediate for internal fix ownership. Look elsewhere if you need a standalone testing tool, a cloud-first service, or a paid plan without the three-seat minimum.