CLEAR FIXED-PRICE PROPOSALS
What affects your penetration testing quote?
Penetration testing is priced around the work required to properly assess an agreed scope. We review the assets, access and assurance you need, then provide a fixed price before testing starts. Read our detailed guide to penetration testing costs for pricing factors and typical examples.
The main pricing factors
Two projects using the same service can require very different levels of effort. Your quote is primarily shaped by:
- Scope volume: applications, endpoints, IP addresses, devices, accounts, locations or users
- Complexity: user roles, workflows, integrations, segmentation and technologies
- Access: authenticated testing, environments, documentation and test accounts
- Delivery requirements: deadlines, on-site work, compliance and reporting expectations
What your proposal includes
Your fixed price is supported by a written proposal, so you can compare providers on scope and value rather than price alone.
- The assets, environments, objectives and exclusions agreed in scope
- Testing methodology, estimated effort, assumptions and available dates
- A fixed fee agreed before testing, with no unexpected testing charges
- Reporting, consultant debrief and the included six-month retest window
PREPARE YOUR SCOPE
What information helps us price your penetration test?
The scoping tool adapts to the services you choose and only displays relevant questions. You do not need a perfect asset inventory before starting; approximate figures are enough for our consultants to review and clarify.
Purpose, functionality and access
For web applications, APIs and mobile apps, the form asks what the system does and how testers will interact with it.
- Application URLs, API documentation, endpoint counts or mobile platforms
- Technologies, frameworks, integrations and backend environments
- Authentication, SSO, MFA, user roles and account types
Assets, segmentation and environments
Infrastructure and cloud scopes are priced based on the size of the environment, its structure, and the access required.
- External IPs, internal subnets, VLANs, devices and network zones
- Firewalls, WAFs, segmentation controls and important trust paths
- Cloud providers, accounts, subscriptions, projects and services in use
Scenarios, locations and exclusions
Phishing, physical security and red-team engagements need clear objectives and boundaries before they can be scoped accurately and responsibly.
- Numbers of users or locations, target groups and intended scenarios
- Techniques to include, outcomes to measure and awareness requirements
- Sensitive individuals, restricted areas, covert testing and other exclusions
Objectives, compliance and timing
Context helps us recommend an appropriate testing approach so the recommended testing aligns with your objectives and assurance requirements.
- Compliance, audit, insurance, customer or procurement requirements
- Preferred testing dates, on-site requirements and business-hour restrictions
- Specific assurance outcomes, previous incidents and reporting needs
THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH SENCODE
From pen test quote to real security findings
Four clear stages, with agreed dates, an experienced CREST-qualified consultant and no uncertainty about what happens next.
Scoping
You complete the quote form. We review it the same working day and clarify anything ambiguous.
Pen Test Quote
You receive a fixed-price pen test quote containing test days, methodology, assumptions and available dates.
Penetration Test
Testing follows agreed rules of engagement. Critical findings are escalated as soon as they are confirmed.
Remediate
We deliver the report, hold a debrief and verify remediated findings during the included six-month retest window.
Penetration testing and cyber security services we can quote for
Request a quote for a single service or combine multiple testing requirements into one engagement. Some of our most frequently requested services include:
Web Application Penetration Testing
Identify vulnerabilities in websites, customer portals and business applications, including authentication, access controls, session handling, input validation and business logic.
Network Penetration Testing
Assess internal or internet-facing infrastructure, including servers, firewalls, VPNs and remote-access services, for weaknesses attackers could exploit.
API Penetration Testing
Test REST, GraphQL and other APIs for broken authorisation, authentication weaknesses, data exposure, injection vulnerabilities and business-logic flaws.
Mobile Application Penetration Testing
Assess iOS and Android applications for vulnerabilities affecting authentication, local data storage, network communications and backend API interactions.
Cloud Penetration Testing
Evaluate AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud environments for exploitable misconfigurations, excessive permissions, exposed services and identity weaknesses.
Phishing and Social Engineering Testing
Measure employee resilience through controlled, authorised scenarios that identify weaknesses in security awareness, reporting procedures and organisational controls.
DELIVERABLES
What you receive after your penetration test
Every engagement ends with evidence your board and your engineers can both understand and act on. All reports are delivered via Sencode Portal.
Executive summary
Your risk position in plain English for non-technical stakeholders and auditors.
Technical findings with CVSS scoring
Reproduction steps, evidence and impact for every issue, ordered by severity.
Prioritised remediation guidance
Specific fixes based on the environment we tested, rather than generic vendor advice.
Consultant debrief
Walk through findings with the consultant who performed the testing and discuss the fix approach.
Retest and confirmation certificate
Evidence of remediation that can be shared with customers, suppliers and auditors. Sencode delivers a securely signed document that can be verified and shared with third parties.