Home / Directory / AI SaaS tooling / Compared / Hadrian vs XBOW

Hadrian vs XBOW

Hadrian and XBOW both use autonomous AI agents to find and prove exploitable security flaws. Hadrian, based in Amsterdam, pairs continuous external attack surface mapping with on-demand agentic pentests that have a published starting price. XBOW, based in Seattle, runs autonomous offensive testing across web applications and APIs, priced by usage and sold through sales and the big cloud marketplaces.

Hadrian vs XBOW at a Glance, November 2026

Hadrian vs XBOW at a Glance, November 2026
What buyers compare	Hadrian	XBOW
Price per month	Nova agentic pentests from €1,250 per test, excluding VAT. Nova bundles, Atlas exposure management, and add-ons are quoted	Quoted per customer and usage-based. An AWS Marketplace listing shows attack credits at $50,000 for 12 months
Free plan or trial	Not published	Not published
How usage is counted	Per pentest for Nova. Atlas is priced for the external footprint it monitors	Usage-based pricing that scales with the applications and coverage tested
Integrations and features	Continuous attack surface mapping, AI-validated exposures chained into attack paths, and reports mapped to SOC 2, ISO 27001, and NIS2	Autonomous web app and API pentests with proof-of-concept exploits, on-demand retests, and remediation guidance
Security and deployment	Cloud platform focused on internet-facing assets, with mergers and acquisitions assessments and credential leak detection as add-ons	SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certified. Available on AWS, Google, Oracle, and Microsoft marketplaces
Best for	Security teams at mid-size and large companies with a sprawling internet-facing footprint that want exposures found, validated as exploitable, and retested whenever something changes, plus compliance-ready pentests mapped to SOC 2, ISO 27001, and NIS2	Enterprise security teams that want frequent, on-demand pentests across many web applications and APIs, with retests after each fix

List prices in US dollars per month before tax, as published on each vendor's site on November 5, 2026, billed monthly unless the cell says otherwise. "Quote" means the vendor sets the price through its sales team.

Which one fits

Hadrian is the stronger pick for teams that want to know what they expose to the internet and prove it with pentests at a published price, while XBOW is the stronger pick for enterprises that want frequent autonomous pentests across many web apps and APIs.

Choose Hadrian if

You need to find unknown internet-facing assets, including shadow IT, before attackers do.
You want a published entry price. Nova pentests start at €1,250 per test.
You need pentest reports mapped to SOC 2, ISO 27001, or NIS2 for audits.

Choose XBOW if

You run many web applications and APIs and want testing on demand across all of them.
You want every finding backed by an exploit proof, so fixes get prioritized fast.
You want to buy through AWS, Google, Oracle, or Microsoft and use committed cloud spend.

What buyers say

“XBOW identified a WAF bypass through a URL encoding trick that I missed during my own review. It found it right away. That was the moment that led us to choose XBOW as a partner.”

Farzan Karimi · Deputy CISO, Moderna, in a customer story published by XBOW

“Hadrian's attack surface map found assets we did not know we had. XBOW went deeper on our main apps, so the deciding question was breadth versus depth.”

Head of security, European fintech company
Representative buyer view

“Hadrian gave us a per-test price on the first call. XBOW needed a scoping session before we saw a number.”

Security engineering manager, B2B SaaS company
Representative buyer view

Verdict

Hadrian (7.8 out of 10, Recommend) is the choice for teams that want continuous mapping of their external footprint plus agentic pentests from €1,250 per test, with reports built for compliance audits. XBOW (7.8 out of 10, Recommend) is the choice for enterprise security teams that want autonomous, on-demand pentests across many web applications and APIs, priced by usage and available on the major cloud marketplaces.

Methodology

We read the Hadrian and XBOW pricing pages on November 5, 2026 and recorded every published price, limit, and plan feature. A cell reads "Not published" when the vendor does not state that detail on its site.

Scores and best-fit notes come from the AIR reviews of each product. Buyer quotes come from public review sites and vendor-published customer quotes. Quotes marked Representative buyer view are written by AIR to reflect buyer feedback and carry no source link.

How AIR scores vendors.

Sources

Comparison table

Sources by row, numbered as in the list above: Price per month (Sources 3, 4); Free plan or trial (Sources 3, 4); How usage is counted (Sources 3, 4); Integrations and features (Sources 3, 4); Security and deployment (Sources 3, 4); Best for (Sources 1, 2).

Quote sources

“XBOW identified a WAF bypass through a URL encoding…” (Farzan Karimi · Deputy CISO, Moderna, in a customer story published by XBOW): source