AI Pentest

To get A42 AI Pentest, you need to fill out the form on the website and book a short discovery call with the A42 team. It is possible to schedule a call both before and after submitting the form, however we recommend having the call first and then completing the form.

In the form, you should specify the number of domains, subdomains, API endpoints, and user roles, select the type of testing (BlackBox, GreyBox, or WhiteBox) and additional service parameters. This allows for an accurate cost estimation and clear definition of all key service parameters.

After receiving your request, we determine the actual number of subdomains using technical methods and identify which ones require deeper vulnerability testing. Based on this, we prepare a commercial proposal and send it for your approval and signature.

The process typically takes four days from contract signing and payment to delivery of the final report.

The minimum price of an A42 pentest is $1,000. This package includes AI-based testing of one domain and up to 50 subdomains, with two of them undergoing in-depth vulnerability analysis, as well as up to 100 API URLs and up to 4 user roles. The final price may vary depending on the project scope and additional parameters such as extra subdomains, retesting, and other factors.

The full scope of work is defined in a commercial proposal, which allows us to provide an accurate pentest price tailored to your business.

The price of AI Pentest starts at $1,000.

You should provide an approximate number. We will determine the exact number using technical methods and inform you accordingly. These figures will be used as the basis for calculating the service cost.

• Web resources and applications
• IT infrastructure
• Cloud environments and virtualization systems
• Application source code (secure code review)

Based on the testing of these environments, we provide clients with:

• Dependency Map
• Secret Detection

After receiving a domain from the client for analysis, our system performs a rapid technical scan to identify all existing subdomains.

For all discovered subdomains, a standard set of operations is performed:

• passive reconnaissance
• AI-driven active reconnaissance
• automated security auditing
• AI-assisted vulnerability detection

The deep pentesting phase is based on AI-powered technical assessment. Our AI agents replicate the behavior of an experienced Red Team, following a predefined methodology.

If you would like more detailed information about the testing process, please contact us.

First, we identify all active subdomains, and our AI agent ranks them by criticality, providing recommendations on which ones should be prioritized for deep assessment. You receive this list together with the commercial proposal, after which you can either approve our recommendations or choose different subdomains at your discretion.

Please note that the base package includes a deep assessment of two subdomains. The number of subdomains can be increased upon request, with the cost adjusted accordingly.

Deep pentesting is recommended for subdomains with a high level of criticality and complex business logic. This is especially relevant when the subdomain handles financial transactions, processes personal user data, or is integrated with internal company systems.

AI-driven automation in pentesting has already become a critical market need. This is driven by the growing volume of threats and the increasing pace of development: attackers actively use AI, while product release cycles are getting faster, which increases the demand for continuous security testing.

At the same time, senior-level experts are limited and expensive, while the majority of the market consists of middle and junior engineers. Many of the tasks performed at these levels can already be automated. In addition, the expertise of senior professionals — including knowledge of attack methodologies and common patterns — can be formalized and implemented into algorithms powering an AI orchestrator. This is exactly the principle behind the A42 AI Pentest.

Secondly, it is speed. AI performs testing significantly faster than humans, reducing assessment time from weeks to days.

Finally, it is its cost. Automation allows us to significantly reduce the cost of pentesting compared to manual approaches while maintaining consistent quality of results for every client.

First, A42 AI Pentest begins with subdomain discovery using standard industry tools, allowing us to identify even those subdomains the client may not be aware of.

Second, it is built on a real-world pentesting methodology with over 100 attack techniques used by top-tier security professionals in real engagements. Different types of testing are executed by specialized AI agents, enabling faster processing and parallel execution of multiple operations.

If you would like a detailed walkthrough of the testing methodology before ordering, you can book a discovery call with the A42 team.

The full process – from contract signing and payment to delivery of the final report – takes four business days.

These are different types of security assessments. A vulnerability scanner automatically detects potential weaknesses, while a pentest verifies whether they can be exploited to compromise a system.

Vulnerability scanners also often generate a high number of false positives (60–80%) and do not evaluate business logic or complex attack chains. In addition, they typically do not produce audit-ready reports.

A42 AI Pentest correlates discovered vulnerabilities into real attack scenarios, validates them with working proof-of-concept exploits, and generates a PDF report that can be used for compliance purposes.

The effectiveness of an AI pentest depends on the methodology behind it. In simple terms, not every AI pentest on the market is capable of delivering high-quality security testing. All the services that are built on prompt-based approaches are not able to perform testing as effectively as a human expert.

A42 AI Pentest is based on a methodology validated in the government and defense sectors on real-world products. Our clients receive a level of testing comparable to leading state-grade services, but at a significantly lower cost thanks to AI.

Yes, our reports can be used for compliance purposes in line with requirements such as ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and DORA.

Our product is built on a pentesting methodology used by elite security professionals, making it a highly effective solution, particularly for companies without the resources for manual testing. It is significantly faster and several times more cost-efficient, while still reliably detecting critical vulnerabilities. This approach has been validated in government and defense-sector environments.

We recommend running it after every deployment to ensure that no critical vulnerabilities are present in the product.

If a company has sufficient resources and wants an additional human review (“second opinion”), it can still perform a manual pentest, for example once a year.

Retesting can be ordered separately as an additional option.

Unlike standard practice, where retesting is typically limited to previously identified vulnerabilities, A42 performs a full domain retest, which is why it is offered as a separate option. This approach is part of our quality policy. In practice, fixing some issues may introduce new ones, so a limited retest does not always reflect the real security state of the system.

For this reason, we offer a full retest at 50% of AI Pentest price, ensuring clients have full confidence in the final result.

A proof-of-concept (PoC) means that each identified vulnerability is validated with a working exploit, rather than being assessed only through CVSS scoring. This helps minimize false positives.

Developers can quickly reproduce the issue, auditors receive concrete evidence of the risk, and management gets a clear, actionable understanding instead of a large volume of formal findings.