The Dradis alternative that runs the whole engagement.
Dradis Pro is a well-established, self-hostable reporting tool with one of the broadest, most extensible scanner libraries in the category. Cairn matches the reporting and adds everything around it, pre-sales, scoping, SoWs, a client portal and on-prem AI, plus a managed-SaaS option Dradis does not offer, so the engagement lives in one place.
Reporting is table stakes. The lifecycle is the difference.
On core reporting and delivery, both are capable. The gap opens on everything around it: Dradis 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 | Dradis |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ✓✓ | ◐ |
Dradis marks are drawn from its public 2026 documentation and are directional, not hands-on tested. Dradis matches Cairn on scanner imports and leads on connector extensibility (an open framework to add your own parsers, which Cairn’s fixed 40-parser set lacks). Cairn’s advantage is the pre-sales-through-delivery lifecycle and a managed-SaaS option, which Dradis (self-hosted only) does not cover.
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.
Assess $79/user/month, Remediate $149/user/month (adds Jira/Azure DevOps/ServiceNow remediation sync); free self-hosted Community Edition. Self-hosted only, no managed SaaS.
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How Cairn compares to the rest of the field.
Is Cairn a good Dradis alternative?
For firms that want the whole engagement in one place, yes. Dradis Pro is a well-established, self-hostable reporting tool with one of the broadest, most extensible scanner libraries in the category. Cairn matches the reporting and adds everything around it, pre-sales, scoping, SoWs, a client portal and on-prem AI, plus a managed-SaaS option Dradis does not offer, so the engagement lives in one place.
How does Cairn pricing compare to Dradis?
Cairn publishes per-seat pricing (Starter $99, Team $149, Business $249 per seat/month, on-prem from $30,000/year). Dradis: Assess $79/user/month, Remediate $149/user/month (adds Jira/Azure DevOps/ServiceNow remediation sync); free self-hosted Community Edition. Self-hosted only, no managed SaaS.
What does Cairn do that Dradis 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 Dradis compare to Cairn overall?
Dradis matches Cairn on scanner imports and leads on connector extensibility (an open framework to add your own parsers, which Cairn’s fixed 40-parser set lacks). Cairn’s advantage is the pre-sales-through-delivery lifecycle and a managed-SaaS option, which Dradis (self-hosted only) does not cover.