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Pentest vs Research Scan
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Offline methodology engine for authorized penetration testing, CTF, and security research.
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Research Scan finds and verifies the 5–10 recent papers that matter most for a research question.
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Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. The safety scan favours Research Scan (89/100 against 73). Pentest is hosted and callable through the gateway; Research Scan runs on your own machine.
| Pentest | Research Scan | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | B73/100 | A89/100 |
| Adoption | Growing | Growing |
| GitHub stars | 1 | 1 |
| Downloads / week | 116 | 57 |
| Runs where | Hosted (remote) | Your machine (local) |
| Gateway-ready | Yes | No |
| Tools | 7 | 4 |
| Write actions | — | 1 |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-17 |
| Category | Security | Security |