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Best Dradis alternatives in 2026: pentest reporting tools compared
Dradis is a long-standing, extensible reporting platform with a strong open-source core — but it is self-hosted only, and its commercial plans start at three seats billed yearly. If you are leaving for a hosted option, a lower seat count or a different authorization story, this is the shortlist.
Last updated: October 10, 2026. Pricing and hosting figures below are read from each vendor’s own pricing page on that date.
Comparison: pricing, hosting and best fit
| Tool | Pricing model | Self-hosted / SaaS | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SysReptor | Community edition free forever (self-hosted, up to 3 users); Pro $62 per user/month, billed annually | Self-hosted or cloud | Teams that want a self-hosted, fully customisable report designer with a usable free tier. | vendor page |
| PlexTrac | No list prices published on the pricing page — quote-based via sales | SaaS and on-premise | Larger teams wanting deep report templating, two-way ticketing and program-level analytics. | vendor page |
| AttackForge | Self-serve from $50/month (Pro, 1 tester) to $800/month (SME, 20 testers); Enterprise custom | SaaS; dedicated/self-hosted on Enterprise | Teams that want transparent self-serve pricing and a structured, methodology-driven workflow. | vendor page |
| PentestPad | From €49 per pentester/month (Professional) to €129 per pentester/month (Business); Enterprise custom | Cloud or self-hosted | Small and medium teams wanting lean project management and automated reporting. | vendor page |
| Ghostwriter | Free and open source (self-hosted) — no hosted or paid tier | Self-hosted | Red teams and consultants that want an open-source project management and reporting engine. | vendor page |
| PentSeal | $79/month Starter (1 user, 5 engagements/month); $249/month Professional (up to 5 users, unlimited engagements) | Hosted; on-premise on the Enterprise roadmap | Teams whose bottleneck is proving authorization before a scan runs. | pentseal.com/pricing |
Self-hosted vs SaaS is stated as each vendor describes it. Verify specifics before deciding; pricing changes. Focused write-ups: PentSeal vs Dradis and PlexTrac alternatives.
How to choose
If you must self-host: stay with Dradis or Dradis Community, or self-host SysReptor or AttackForge. Hosting here is not a preference, it is a constraint, and a SaaS tool cannot satisfy it.
If you need SaaS: SysReptor’s cloud, AttackForge and PentSeal are hosted options. Dradis is not, by design.
If you want open source: Ghostwriter and Dradis Community are free and open source; SysReptor offers a free self-hosted community edition. All three trade vendor support for you running the infrastructure.
If your bottleneck is authorization: most reporting platforms record findings well and treat permission as a process outside the tool. PentSeal inverts that — the scan cannot run without verified ownership and a signed scope. If that is not your problem, it is not your fix.
Dradis alternatives FAQ
- Why would a team look for a Dradis alternative?
- Three recurring reasons: Dradis is self-hosted only (the vendor states there is no hosted Dradis), its commercial plans start at three seats and are billed yearly, and some teams want authorization enforcement built into the platform rather than documented alongside it. If none of those apply, Dradis remains a strong, extensible reporting platform.
- Is there a hosted version of Dradis?
- No. Dradis states plainly that there is no hosted Dradis — it runs on infrastructure you control, including air-gapped networks. Teams that must not run a server therefore need a SaaS alternative such as SysReptor's cloud, AttackForge or PentSeal.
- What is the best free or open-source Dradis alternative?
- Ghostwriter is free and open source and is the closest match for red teams and consultants who want an open project-management and reporting engine. Dradis's own Community Edition is also free and open source, and SysReptor's Community edition is free to self-host for up to three users.
- How does PentSeal compare to Dradis?
- They solve overlapping but different problems. Dradis is a mature reporting and collaboration platform you self-host; PentSeal is a hosted platform whose gating primitive is provable authorization — ownership verification, a signed scope and testing window, and a refusal to scan outside them. If self-hosting is a hard requirement, Dradis is the better fit; see the focused write-up at /vs/dradis.
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