Market Bifurcation in Pentesting by 2026 (37%) β AI May Split the Field in Two Rather Than Flatten It, and That Changes Everything About Who Survives the Disruption
1 April 2026 at 03:12
By end of 2026, will the penetration testing market bifurcate such that average prices for traditional high-end pentests remain within 20 percent of 2024 rates AND AI-automated pentest offerings commoditize the low end priced comparably to vulnerability scanning tools like Qualys or Tenable under 10K per year for equivalent coverage, rather than AI displacing mid-career pentesters through firm closures and broad price compression across all tiers?
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