The AttackForge alternative that owns pre-sales too.
AttackForge is a capable pentest-management and reporting platform with strong automation, APIs and a mature retest workflow. Cairn covers the same delivery ground and adds the pre-sales half AttackForge does not, CRM, scoping, SoWs, pricing and e-signature, plus published pricing and on-prem AI.
Reporting is table stakes. The lifecycle is the difference.
On core reporting and delivery, both are capable. The gap opens on everything around it: AttackForge focuses on part of the engagement; Cairn owns the pre-sales, scoping and pricing that get you there, and the delivery that follows.
| Capability | Cairn | AttackForge |
|---|---|---|
| Pentest reporting and findings library | ✓✓ | ✓ |
| Scanner imports | ✓✓ | ✓ |
| Findings dedup and correlation | ✓✓ | ◐ |
| Collaborative authoring with review workflow | ✓ | ◐ |
| Client delivery portal | ✓✓ | ◐ |
| Retest cycles and remediation tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pre-sales CRM and pipeline forecasting | ✓✓ | – |
| Scoping questionnaire that writes the SoW | ✓✓ | – |
| Pricing models, proposals and e-signature | ✓✓ | – |
| On-prem / air-gapped AI drafting | ✓✓ | ◐ |
| Published pricing | ✓✓ | ◐ |
| Self-host and SaaS | ✓✓ | ✓ |
AttackForge marks are drawn from its public 2026 documentation and are directional, not hands-on tested. We did not find a capability where AttackForge beats Cairn on the rows compared. Its genuine strength is automation depth (a no-code Flows engine and first-class event-driven APIs); Cairn matches the core of it with report automation, auto-delivery and six-provider bidirectional ticketing, and covers the pre-sales, scoping and proposals AttackForge does not.
The number, up front.
Published, per seat, billed annually. On-prem from a stated $30,000/year floor. A five-person firm on the Team tier pays $745/month, all in — replacing a CRM, a proposal tool, e-signature, a reporting platform and a portal.
Third-party listings cite Core tiers around $50/$150/$300 per month (Pro/Team/Consultancy) with a free trial; the on-prem/Enterprise edition is quote-only.
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How Cairn compares to the rest of the field.
Is Cairn a good AttackForge alternative?
For firms that want the whole engagement in one place, yes. AttackForge is a capable pentest-management and reporting platform with strong automation, APIs and a mature retest workflow. Cairn covers the same delivery ground and adds the pre-sales half AttackForge does not, CRM, scoping, SoWs, pricing and e-signature, plus published pricing and on-prem AI.
How does Cairn pricing compare to AttackForge?
Cairn publishes per-seat pricing (Starter $99, Team $149, Business $249 per seat/month, on-prem from $30,000/year). AttackForge: Third-party listings cite Core tiers around $50/$150/$300 per month (Pro/Team/Consultancy) with a free trial; the on-prem/Enterprise edition is quote-only.
What does Cairn do that AttackForge does not?
The pre-sales half of the engagement: a client CRM with pipeline forecasting, a scoping questionnaire that writes the Statement of Work, five pricing models and e-signature, on the same data model as findings, reporting and a white-label client portal, with on-prem AI drafting.
How does AttackForge compare to Cairn overall?
We did not find a capability where AttackForge beats Cairn on the rows compared. Its genuine strength is automation depth (a no-code Flows engine and first-class event-driven APIs); Cairn matches the core of it with report automation, auto-delivery and six-provider bidirectional ticketing, and covers the pre-sales, scoping and proposals AttackForge does not.