PenTest Ranked exists to answer one question well: which offensive security providers are worth a shortlist spot in 2026. We review ten, not a hundred — every one of them checked against public evidence before it counts.
Most "best of" lists in security are pay-to-play. We built this ranking the way we'd want a security vendor to write a report: with a fixed methodology, published criteria and no room to move a listing up because someone asked.
Security leads, founders and compliance teams shortlisting a penetration testing partner — who don't have weeks to spend vetting vendors from scratch.
Sarah has spent nine years covering enterprise security tooling and vendor selection, previously running vendor risk assessments for a mid-size financial services firm. She leads scoring and evidence verification for every provider on this ranking.