Snipe hunts IDOR, business logic and broken authorization across web apps and APIs. Every finding proven, every fix a pull request.
Snipe is an autonomous AI agent built by Stingrai that penetration-tests web applications and their APIs. It hunts complex, high-impact vulnerability classes: insecure direct object references (IDOR), business logic flaws, and broken authorization and access control between user roles, not only known-class issues such as cross-site scripting or misconfiguration.
Snipe tests black-box against the running application and white-box by reading the source and tracing data flows. It confirms each finding with proof-of-concept evidence, generates AutoFix pull requests for the vulnerabilities it finds, and can run as a check on every pull request to block vulnerable code before it is merged.
Snipe was trained on more than 6,000 HackerOne Hacktivity disclosure reports and on skills distilled from years of Stingrai's human penetration testers' methodology. It is delivered through Stingrai's PTaaS platform, on its own as the Autonomous Pentest or paired with penetration testers as the Hybrid Pentest, an AI-assisted penetration testing engagement, for one-time assessments or 12-month continuous programs.
Snipe deploys specialized agents for recon, authentication, access control, business logic, SQL injection, and RCE, hunting real attack paths and chaining exploits like a red team, not a checklist scan.
Start a Pentest
Snipe opens AutoFix pull requests that patch verified vulnerabilities, while the PR Security Bot scans every pull request and blocks new flaws before the code is ever deployed.
Start a Pentest
In our hybrid model, every Snipe finding is validated and chained further by our pentesters, then reviewed by the team lead and engagement partner. No noise, only valid risks, and extensive coverage.
Start a PentestQuoting, onboarding, live findings, ticketing integrations and retest requests run through the PTaaS platform. The steps below describe what Snipe does inside that engagement.
Submit the Get a Quote form. One web application and its APIs has fixed, published prices; larger scopes are quoted within 24 hours. After the statement of work is signed you provide the target URL, test accounts for each user role and, for white-box testing, read access to the repository.
Snipe maps the application and its APIs: pages, endpoints, parameters, user roles and the workflows each role is allowed to perform. With repository access it reads the source and traces data flows from input to sink.
Specialized agents for reconnaissance, authentication, access control, business logic, SQL injection and remote code execution run in parallel, hunting real attack paths and chaining exploits the way a red team does, not working through a checklist.
Each finding is confirmed with a proof-of-concept exploit, rated by severity and reported with reproduction steps and remediation guidance. On the Hybrid plan penetration testers test alongside Snipe throughout, directing its focus and extending the attack paths it opens, and both contribute findings across all severities.
Snipe opens AutoFix pull requests for confirmed vulnerabilities and retests fixes automatically. On continuous plans it keeps testing as the application changes and gates every pull request.
Every engagement ships a pentest report and an attestation letter for customers and auditors, written to support SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and PCI DSS 4.0 compliance programs.
Snipe is built for the vulnerability classes that need an understanding of how the application is supposed to work, as well as the known classes every assessment must cover.
Insecure direct object references and broken access control: one user, role or tenant reaching another's records, functions or files, tested across every role.
Flaws in how the application is meant to work: workflow steps that can be skipped or repeated, and server-side checks that trust state the client controls.
SQL injection, remote code execution and the other OWASP Top 10 injection classes, confirmed with working exploits rather than pattern matches.
Authentication and session weaknesses, tested with real credentials for every user role, from login through to privileged actions.
The APIs behind the application, tested with the same authorization and business logic checks as the user interface.
The application fetching attacker-chosen URLs or internal hosts: cloud metadata, admin interfaces and services that should never be reachable from the internet.
Fully autonomous testing, or hybrid with penetration testers testing alongside Snipe throughout.
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Three documents come with every engagement, each written for a different reader, so one test serves your customers, your leadership and your engineers.
For customers and auditors
One page that confirms the scope and the testing dates, ready to share with customers and auditors who ask for proof that the application was tested.
For leadership
Your risk posture in plain language and the priorities that follow from it, written for executives and the board.
For engineering and security teams
Every finding with reproduction steps, evidence and remediation guidance, supporting SOC 2, ISO 27001 and PCI DSS Requirement 11.4.
Stingrai uncovered vulnerabilities our vulnerability program had missed and helped us harden critical systems with practical guidance. We were impressed with their personalized, transparent approach and delivery against our timelines.
— Manager, IT, 30 Forensic Engineering
The team spent time and effort to understand the business cases and uncover vulnerabilities unique to our business. Testing was completed within the promised timeline and within the budget which is very competitive compared to the market.
— CTO, NetNow Financial Inc.
Fixed, published prices for one web application and its APIs, with retests included. The plans below are the same as on the pricing page.
Autonomous Pentest
AI Agents
Billed monthly · 12-month engagement
Fully autonomous web pentest powered by Snipe. Web-only, fast, and audit-ready.
or book a 30-minute discovery call
No High or Critical Finding = Don't Pay
Hybrid Pentest
AI Agents + Human Experts
Billed monthly · 12-month engagement
Snipe and certified pentesters testing together throughout, chaining and reporting findings.
Testing a larger scope? Get a quote within 24 hours, or compare all plans.
A factual comparison, not a ranking. Competitor cells reflect each vendor's public positioning as of August 2026; "Not published" means the vendor's public pages do not state the capability.
| Capability | Snipe (Stingrai) | XBOW | Horizon3.ai NodeZero | Pentera |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary target | Web applications and their APIs | Web applications and APIs | Internal and external networks, cloud, Kubernetes and Active Directory; NodeZero WebApp added in 2026 | Internal and external networks, Active Directory and cloud (Core, Surface and Cloud modules); AI-native web application testing announced July 2026, general availability planned for Q4 2026 |
| Autonomous testing | Yes | Yes | Yes, agentless | Yes, automated security validation |
| White-box source code access | Yes, reads the source alongside black-box testing | Not published; accepts docs, credentials and API specs as context | Not published | Not published |
| AutoFix pull requests | Yes | Not published | Not published; Fix Actions report and 1-click Verify | Not published |
| Pull request gating in CI | Yes | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Human penetration testers on the engagement | Yes, on the Hybrid plan penetration testers test alongside Snipe throughout | Autonomous by design; automated validators confirm exploitability | Autonomous by design, described by Horizon3 as "humans by exception" | Sold separately as SECTOR11 Adversarial Testing Services |
| Published pricing | Yes: US$3,000 per assessment or US$450 per month (Autonomous); US$6,800 or US$1,275 per month (Hybrid) | Not published; usage-based, quote only | Not on horizon3.ai; list prices on AWS Marketplace | Not published; quote-based annual subscription |
Detailed comparisons:XBOW alternatives (2026)Horizon3 NodeZero alternatives (2026)Pentera alternatives (2026)
Explore how we structure executive summaries, prioritized findings, evidence, reproduction steps, and remediation guidance, tailored to SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, and HIPAA compliance.
A 30-minute call with Stingrai's founder, Arafat Afzalzada: we review the application you want tested, explain how Snipe and our penetration testers work together, and show Snipe and the PTaaS platform live.
Pricing for your scope follows within 24 hours through the Get a Quote form.
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Autonomous at US$3,000 per assessment, or Hybrid with penetration testers testing alongside Snipe throughout. One web application and its APIs, retests included.
