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Penetration testing as a service · October 2026 Edition

BreachLock vs Astra Security

Five of fourteen models named BreachLock first on the direct prompt; zero named Astra Security. BreachLock was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Astra Security by eleven and BreachLock carries 35 labels and Astra Security 17, so the shares are not directly comparable.

BreachLock

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

Astra Security

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

First-choice share19%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#4A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels3517A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, BreachLock reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Cobalt was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Cobalt vs BreachLock · Cobalt vs Astra Security · BreachLock vs Synack

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the penetration testing as a service page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
BreachLockFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAstra Security
Direct50
Paraphrase30
Comparative02
Budget-constrained12
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, BreachLock and Astra Security were named in the same answer thirty-three times, of the 93 answers naming BreachLock and the 90 naming Astra Security. In those answers Astra Security took the first choice nine times and BreachLock five.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where BreachLock and Astra Security stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
BreachLock Astra Security first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, BreachLock on the left and Astra Security on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where BreachLock and Astra Security stood in it.

BreachLock first, Astra Security not the choice

5 of 14 modelsAstra Security was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5BreachLock, Cobalt alternatives: Packetlabs, Raxis, Stingrai
Perplexity SonarBreachLock alternatives: Cobalt, Raxis, Stingrai
Grok 4.1 FastBreachLock alternatives: Bright Defense, NetSPI, Packetlabs, Prescient Security
Mistral SmallBreachLock, Cobalt alternatives: NetSPI, Stingrai, Synack
MiniMax M2.5BreachLock, UnderDefense alternatives: Raxis, Synack

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashCobalt alternatives: BreachLock, NetSPI, UnderDefense
DeepSeek V4 FlashCobalt, Raxis alternatives: BreachLock, Packetlabs, UnderDefense
Qwen 3.7 FlashRed Siege Security alternatives: Astra Security, BreachLock, Lumina.io, Netragard
Kimi K2Cobalt alternatives: BreachLock, Coalfire, Praetorian
GLM 4.7 FlashXCobalt, UnderDefense alternatives: BreachLock, NetSPI, Packetlabs
Muse Glimmer 30BCobalt alternatives: Astra Security, HackerOne, Netragard, Red Siege, UnderDefense

Neither was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniCobalt alternatives: Cognisys, Trava Security
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
GPT-6 LunaCobalt alternatives: Bishop Fox, NetSPI

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
BreachLock leads by two points.
BreachLock13%#3 of 8
Astra Security11%#4 of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
BreachLock leads by fifteen points.
BreachLock19%#2 of 10
Astra Security4%#4 of 10
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
BreachLock leads by six points.
BreachLock6%#4 of 11
Astra Security0%#11 of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about BreachLock

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“For compliance-driven mid-market: Cobalt, Packetlabs, or BreachLock are the most frequently recommended choices.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“with a slight edge to BreachLock if you want transparent, subscription-style pricing and compliance-ready reporting” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Cobalt.io and BreachLock are especially popular due to their PTaaS models and focus on mid-market needs” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Astra Security

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“like vPenTest or Astra Pentest. These are generally cheaper than fully manual consulting and are designed for SMBs.” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
“Astra Security – Best overall, offering web and mobile applications, cloud infrastructure, API, and network testing.” Mistral Small · comparative prompt · first choice
“1. Astra Security - Price: Starting at ~$1,999/year ... expert remediation included, strong compliance support” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.