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Core Impact
Core Impact enables security teams to simulate real-world attack scenarios to identify vulnerabilities and assess risk exposure. It supports automated exploitation and reporting to streamline the evaluation of security controls.
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Cost considerations
Core Impact uses quote-only annual licensing that commonly runs tens of thousands of dollars, so buyers struggle to forecast spend. Extra fees for additional users or specialized exploit packs can inflate costs after the initial purchase. Overall pricing lands at the higher end of the penetration-testing market.
Capabiliities
Core Impact tests on-prem networks, web apps, and common cloud services and can run phishing exercises to expose user risk. Guided exploits demonstrate attacker paths and generate clear management reports. Limited support for mobile and IoT targets prevents full-stack coverage.
Team expertise
Core Impact is backed by Core Security’s research arm that has published hundreds of CVEs and fields senior exploit developers who present at Black Hat and DEF CON. Public advisories list staff with well over five years of hands-on penetration testing and exploit creation. This sustained record of expert research places the team above most competing pentesting vendors.
Tools & methodology
Core Impact guides testers through PTES-style phases, combines a proprietary exploit library with integrations to common open-source tools, and produces structured reports with cleanup options, yet its reports stop at vulnerability confirmation rather than detailed root-cause analysis needed for a top score.
Company reputation
Core Impact has been on the market for over two decades and customers on Gartner Peer Insights and TrustRadius report ongoing renewals and reliable vendor support. Fortra/Core Security appears in analyst reports and conference agendas, with no public legal disputes or breach disclosures. The name is respected but collects fewer high-profile awards than the very top competitors.