Why Wait 4 Weeks for a Security Report?
Most pentesting firms deliver depth, but slow you down with long lead times and opaque pricing. SQUR provides high-fidelity autonomous pentesting in 24 hours at a fixed price.
24h Delivery · Fixed €1,995 · AI-Verified Findings · Free Retest
The Efficiency Gap: Manual vs. Autonomous Pentesting
Lead Time
Manual: 2-4 weeks to schedule a qualified tester. Demand for senior pentesters far outstrips supply, creating bottlenecks. SQUR: Start in under 10 minutes. No scheduling, no waiting.
Turnaround
Manual: 14+ days for testing, report writing, and quality review. SQUR: Complete pentest report in 24 hours, including findings, evidence, and remediation guidance.
Pricing
Manual: Variable, typically €10,000-30,000 per engagement with add-on charges for retesting and report updates. SQUR: Fixed €1,995 with free retesting included.
Side-by-Side Comparison
How autonomous pentesting stacks up against traditional manual approaches.
Finding Verification
Manual: Testers verify a sample of findings manually. Some false positives slip through. SQUR: Dual-AI verification validates 100% of findings through actual exploitation. Only confirmed, exploitable vulnerabilities are reported.
Consistency
Manual: Results vary depending on the individual tester's experience, methodology, and time pressure. SQUR: Repeatable, systematic methodology. Same thoroughness every time, regardless of when or how often you test.
Coverage
Manual: Experienced testers may find complex logic flaws but are constrained by time. SQUR: AI agents systematically test every endpoint. 87.5% CTF benchmark score - exceeding the top human pentester result of 85%.
Retesting
Manual: Retesting typically costs €2,000-5,000 extra and requires re-scheduling the tester. SQUR: Free retesting included with every pentest. Verify your fixes are working at no additional cost.
Report Quality
Manual: Report quality varies significantly between firms and individual testers. SQUR: Standardized, evidence-based reports with CVSS ratings, exploitation evidence, timestamps, and step-by-step remediation guidance. Compliance-ready for DORA, SOC 2, ISO 27001.
Testing Frequency
Manual: Budget and scheduling constraints typically limit testing to once or twice per year. SQUR: At €1,995 per test with 24h turnaround, monthly or even per-release testing becomes feasible.
When Manual Pentesting Still Makes Sense
DORA TLPT (Threat-Led Penetration Testing)
DORA Articles 26-27 require red team exercises with threat intelligence on live production systems. This is a specialized testing regime that requires human red team operators.
Physical Security & Social Engineering
Testing physical access controls, employee security awareness, and phishing simulations require human testers operating in the real world.
Highly Custom Business Logic
For applications with extremely complex, domain-specific business logic (e.g., trading algorithms, insurance underwriting engines), a specialist who understands the domain adds value.
The Best Approach: Combine Both
Use SQUR for regular, affordable testing after every release. Supplement with manual testing annually or for specialized scenarios. Get continuous coverage without the continuous cost.
vs. 14+ days manual
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Frequently Asked Questions
Autonomous pentesting like SQUR uses AI agents to perform real exploitation attempts - the same techniques a human pentester would use, but completed in 24 hours instead of 2-4 weeks. Key differences: SQUR has a fixed price (€1,995 vs. €10,000-30,000), delivers results in 24 hours, and validates 100% of findings through dual-AI verification rather than manual sampling.
SQUR scored 87.5% on the XBEN CTF benchmark - exceeding the top human pentester result of 85%. SQUR achieved 100% success rates on IDOR, SQLi, SSRF, XXE, GraphQL, and business logic vulnerabilities. Autonomous pentesting covers the breadth of common web and API vulnerabilities with consistent, repeatable methodology.
Manual pentesting remains valuable for highly complex custom business logic, physical security assessments, social engineering testing, and DORA TLPT (threat-led penetration testing) requirements that mandate red team exercises. For standard web application and API pentesting - which covers the majority of compliance requirements - autonomous pentesting is faster, more affordable, and more consistent.
Traditional pentests involve scheduling (1-3 weeks lead time), manual testing (5-15 business days), report writing (3-5 days), and quality review (1-2 days). The global shortage of qualified pentesters creates additional scheduling bottlenecks. SQUR eliminates all of this by running autonomous AI agents that test, verify, and report within 24 hours.
No. SQUR replaces the wait for an external manual pentester, not your security team's judgment. Your team still reviews findings, prioritizes remediation, and makes decisions about risk acceptance. SQUR simply gives them the vulnerability data faster and at lower cost.
Traditional pentesters manually verify a sample of their findings. SQUR's dual-AI verification system independently validates every single finding through actual exploitation. This means fewer false positives reaching your team - SQUR only reports vulnerabilities it has confirmed are real and exploitable.
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