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RidgeBot

byRidge Security
in
4.6
Market Presence: Adversarial Exposure Validation, Vulnerability Assessment

Overview

Product Information on RidgeBot

Updated 13th August 2024

What is RidgeBot?

RidgeBot by Ridge Security uses AI to automate security validation and provides automated penetration testing as well as continuous vulnerabilities validation. RidgeBot delivers continuous threat exposure management by automatically testing an organization’s entire Internet Protocol (IP)-based attack surfaces, including network infrastructure, applications, websites, IoT, and OT. RidgeBot pinpoints the most critical vulnerabilities (CVE based and non-CVE based) using ethical hacking techniques. RidgeBot maintains a library of over 36,000 plugins to launch complex penetration tests and attack simulations, with detailed reporting of results and remediation recommendation.

RidgeBot Pricing

RidgeBot offers an annual software subscription pricing model, with the price determined by the total number of IP addresses (servers) and fully qualified domain names (FQDNs).

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Overall experience with RidgeBot

REGIONAL PRESALES MANAGER
250M - 500M USD, IT Services
FAVORABLE

“RidgeBot Offers Automated Real-World Attack Simulations for Better Security Insights”

5.0
Nov 5, 2025
RigdgeBot is like having a tireless ethical hacker on your team. It simulates real attacks to show you where you´re vulnerable- automatically and continuosly. It's a smart way to test your security without waiting for an external audit.
IT ASSOCIATE
50M - 250M USD, Software
CRITICAL

“RidgeBot Review”

3.0
Jul 31, 2023
RidgeBot is an automated solution which reduce manual intervention and helping to get the security incidents in quick time.

About Company

Company Description

Updated 20th December 2023

Ridge Security provides an innovative solution for security testing through its product, RidgeBot, an Intelligent Penetration Testing Robot. RidgeBot utilizes advanced techniques to breach systems, similar to those used by hackers. When integrated into a system, RidgeBot seeks out, exploits and documents any vulnerabilities it uncovers. It operates within a predefined scope and can instantly adapt to highly complex structures. Ridge Security's offerings serve enterprise and web application teams, ISVs, government entities, educational institutions or any other party tasked with maintaining software security, allowing them to test their systems in an affordable and efficient manner.

Company Details

Updated 26th February 2025
Company type
Private
Year Founded
2020
Head office location
Santa Clara, United States
Number of employees
51 - 200
Website
http://ridgesecurity.ai

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RidgeBot Likes & Dislikes

Like

What i like most about ridgebot is its ability to simulate real-world attacks in an automated and continuous way. It goes beyond theory or basic scanning -it actively exceutes tests like a real attacker would, giving you a much more accurate and actionable view of your risk. Plus, its Al-driven approach can uncover complex exloitation paths that traditional testing might miss. It's like having a proactive pentester that's always on.

Like

It's scalable and customized reporting mechanism andalso its cost effective

Like

Ridgebot is a great tool for pentesters for covering the vulnerabilities that are not too complex, thus making it better for human pentesters to focus in finding the complex vulnerabilities inside the organization.

Dislike

What i like least about ridgebot is that, although it's very powerful, it requires careful initial configuration to avoid false positives or potential impact on sensitive systems.

Dislike

If we talked about its deployment and impletation it is bit complex and also no proper cumunity is there to address the issues.

Dislike

Limited depth compared to human pentesters, requires careful configuration to avoid service interruptions, and we are dependent on the updates of the vendor.

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RidgeBot Reviews and Ratings

4.6

(208 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
59%
4 Star
37%
3 Star
4%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
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Evaluation & Contracting

4.5

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4.6

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4.6

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  • REGIONAL PRESALES MANAGER
    50M-1B USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    RidgeBot Offers Automated Real-World Attack Simulations for Better Security Insights

    5.0
    Nov 5, 2025
    RigdgeBot is like having a tireless ethical hacker on your team. It simulates real attacks to show you where you´re vulnerable- automatically and continuosly. It's a smart way to test your security without waiting for an external audit.
  • IT Services Associate
    <50M USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Assisting Tool for your Penetration Testing Capabilities

    4.0
    Dec 22, 2025
    RidgeBot automating pentesting and delivering a report is great because it gives you the ability to focus on harder task
  • Manager, IT Security and Risk Management
    10B+ USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Ridgebot Tool Assists Pentest Teams With Vulnerability Mining and Simulation Modules

    4.0
    Nov 18, 2025
    I was involved in the evaluation of Ridgebot for a customer that wanted to implement this adversarial simulation tool for their environment. I can confidently say it does come in very handy for the pentest teams. The vulnerability mining and automated exploitation modules do help well with pentest and red team exercises.
  • VP
    10B+ USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Improved Cybersecurity Validation Noted Despite Limited Enterprise-Level Customization

    4.0
    Nov 23, 2025
    RidgeBot is a strong AI-driven platform for pen testing automation and continuous security validation - which has immensely helped in improving the enterprise cybersecurity posture.
  • Chief Information Officer
    <50M USD
    Energy and Utilities
    Review Source

    In-Depth Product Insights Noted, While Licensing And Setup Pose Difficulties

    4.0
    Nov 19, 2025
    The product is very professional with really deep analysis but it is not easy to parametrize and deploy extensively
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