Bowler Hat runs the full test on standard, licensed tools, then makes every action authorized, verified, standards-mapped and audit-ready. The proof your insurer, auditor and clients actually ask for.
Discovery + exploitation + verified evidence, mapped to OWASP Top 10:2025, ASVS 5.0, CVSS 3.1 + 4.0 and the LLM / MCP / Agentic Top 10.
White hat, by design
Ethical, authorized, accountable. Every engagement Bowler Hat runs is a white-hat test: operator-licensed tools, written authorization, and a tamper-evident record that proves it was done right. The hat is the promise.
The empty category
Every competitor sells a bigger attack engine. None of them can show an insurer or auditor that a test was authorized, scoped, and actually fixed. That gap is what fails your renewal and loses you the enterprise deal. Bowler Hat is the governance and evidence layer that closes it, on top of a real, full penetration test.
Written authorization bound to a scope-manifest hash, tiered sign-off, and a kill switch. Nothing runs against a target that is not in authorized scope.
Findings move from tool-confirmed to human-validated to exploit-proven, scored to CVSS 3.1 and 4.0 and mapped to OWASP and ASVS.
A hash-linked evidence chain means altering any finding breaks the chain. An attestation certificate your insurer and clients can trust.
How it works
Bring any licensed tool. Bowler Hat gates it, runs it, verifies it, and reports it, with a tamper-evident record of the whole engagement.
nmap, nuclei and OWASP ZAP find real issues with real CVEs across network and web.
sqlmap and Metasploit validate them, operator-chosen modules only, behind a Tier-3 written sign-off.
An N/N oracle and evidence chain promote findings to proven, scored to CVSS and mapped to standards.
A branded client report, SARIF for CI, and an attestation certificate for insurers and auditors.
Every step passes a four-layer gate: authorization, scope, permission tier, audit. The platform authors no exploits; it orchestrates yours and proves the engagement was authorized and reproducible.
Who it's for
Cyber insurance, SOC 2, ISO 27001 and vendor questionnaires all demand proof a test was authorized, scoped and recorded. Self-serve, priced below one traditional pen test.
The niche nobody owns. Red-team an LLM or agent with garak and promptfoo, mapped to the OWASP LLM / MCP / Agentic Top 10, under the same gate and evidence chain. EU AI Act and NIST AI RMF ready.
White-label the governance and reporting layer over whatever engine you already run. Multi-tenant RBAC, your branding, a defensible audit trail.
How we compare
Scored against the named PTaaS vendors on the capabilities a governed buyer cares about. Higher is better.
| Capability | Bowler Hat | Horizon3 | XBOW | Pentera | Astra | BreachLock | Synack/NetSPI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamper-evident evidence chain | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Authorization & scope governance | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Standards-mapped reporting | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Engine-agnostic (bring any tool) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Multi-tenant / MSSP-ready | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Continuous validation (CI, SARIF, drift) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Exploitation, governed ① | 3! | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
① The one row where a lower score is the point. Rivals score higher on autonomous exploitation, machines firing exploits unattended. That is exactly what an insurer or auditor cannot accept: unverified, ungoverned, no human sign-off. Bowler Hat exploits too, but operator-chosen, confirmed, and behind a written Tier-3 authorization. Governed on purpose, not under-powered.
Pricing
Every tier includes governed reporting, the evidence chain and the attestation certificate. Exploitation is a deliberate upgrade, not a default.
The paperwork tier. Prove a test was authorized, scoped and recorded.
White-label governance over your own engines, resold to your clients.
Unlimited scale, Cloudflare Access SSO, and bespoke integrations.
Get started
Self-provision a tenant, an admin key and your first engagement. Then run a quickscan and render an attestation your insurer will accept.
No credit card. The SME tier is self-serve and free to start.