Boston – September 07, 2026 -- Pentera has been named a Customers' Choice in the 2026 Gartner® Peer InsightsTM Voice of the Customer for Adversarial Exposure Validation, with customers rating the company 4.8 out of 5 overall.
Customers give Pentera near-unanimous recommendation scores
Of reviewers surveyed, 94% indicated a willingness to recommend Pentera, placing the company in the upper-right quadrant of the Customers' Choice distinction. The ratings cover an 18-month consideration period ending June 30, 2026.
Gartner methodology ties recognition to experience and adoption benchmarks
Gartner Peer Insights recognizes vendors who meet or exceed both the market average Overall Experience and the market average User Interest and Adoption score to earn the Customers' Choice distinction.
Customers report shift from theoretical risk scoring to validated exposure data
One reviewer said Pentera transformed their approach to vulnerability management by moving the organization from theoretical risk scoring to actual, validated risk. Another reviewer noted the platform enabled direct identification of real attack paths, helping detect and remediate several critical vulnerabilities. A third reviewer said the tool allows staff without offensive cybersecurity knowledge to prioritize actual exploitability, while a Blue Team user said Pentera has repeatedly uncovered unsuspected vulnerabilities while assessing security operations maturity.
Pentera CEO points to AI integration as next platform priority
Amitai Ratzon, CEO of Pentera, said the recognition reflects daily users who have shared how the platform transformed their approach to exposure management. Ratzon said the company is deeply integrating AI into the platform this year to help customers safely adopt AI-native exposure validation.
Platform spans network, cloud and web application attack surfaces
The Pentera platform delivers adversarial AI-powered exposure validation across internal and external networks, cloud environments, and web applications. Its AI-Native Web App Testing uses AI attack agents designed to navigate applications like a creative ethical human attacker. Every validated exposure is assigned an owner within Pentera Resolve, tracked and retested until closed.
Ten years of threat research back validation across 1,000-plus enterprise environments
Pentera's autonomous testing capability is built on a decade of threat research combined with practical validation across more than 1,000 enterprise environments. Finance, manufacturing, government, and services sector teams currently run the platform in production.