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Panoptes vs Aikido
Aikido is a solid scanning platform with a genuinely useful free tier. Its paid plans price in bands that include a set number of developers and step up as you add more. Panoptes prices flat per organization with unlimited developers, and the autonomous pentest is built in rather than routed to a third party.
| Panoptes | Aikido | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing basis | Flat per org, unlimited developers | Bands that include ~10 developers and step up |
| Cost at 50 developers | The same flat tier | Around $3,500/mo on the popular tier (third-party) |
| Findings on free | Real findings shown free | Real findings shown free |
| Autonomous pentest | Built in: the Proof Loop, human-gated | Separate / routed, funded by credits |
| Proof | Validated exploitation with reproduction | Scanner findings |
| Scope | Code, containers, cloud, surface + pentest | Code, containers, cloud, surface |
No per-seat tax
Per-developer pricing punishes you for growing the team. A 50-developer shop can pay several times the sticker price once seats are counted. Panoptes charges one price for your whole team, unlimited developers, so the bill tracks the workspace, not the headcount.
Proof, not just findings
Scanners match known signatures, and Panoptes does that too. The difference is the autonomous pentest that reasons about your app’s roles, flows and data and proves what is actually exploitable, with reproduction steps. It is part of the platform, not a separate assessment you route elsewhere.
Aikido pricing and the 50-developer figure are third-party (aikido.dev; CodeAnt) and may differ from a current quote; confirm with the vendor. Panoptes figures are our list prices, subject to change.