About This Site

I've spent the last decade doing penetration testing and red team operations. I've broken into Fortune 500 networks, written custom exploit chains, and sat through more vendor demos than I care to remember. Somewhere around year six, AI-powered security tools started flooding the market. Some were genuinely useful. Most were not.

The problem was obvious: every tool claimed to be the best, every vendor had "proprietary AI," and nobody was giving practitioners a straight answer about what actually worked in the field. So I started testing them myself, the same way I test anything: hands on keyboard, real scenarios, no shortcuts.

That's what this site is. It's my notes from actually using these tools, organized in a way that might save you the weeks I spent figuring out which ones are worth your time.

I don't review tools from screenshots or press releases. Every tool on this site gets tested in realistic conditions. For vulnerability scanners, that means running them against intentionally vulnerable targets and comparing results to manual findings. For SIEM platforms, it means ingesting real log data and measuring detection accuracy. For code analysis tools, it means feeding them codebases with known flaws and checking what they catch versus what they miss.

I care about the same things you probably care about: false positive rates, CLI and API support, how well a tool fits into existing workflows, and whether the output is actionable or just noise. If a tool generates pretty dashboards but can't tell me something I didn't already know, that shows up in the review.

Scores are consistent across all reviews. I publish the criteria so you can see exactly how I arrive at each rating. When tools ship major updates or change pricing, I revisit the review.

The focus here is AI-powered security tools: vulnerability scanners, SIEM and SOC automation, threat intelligence platforms, code analysis (SAST, DAST, SCA), network anomaly detection, incident response automation, penetration testing assistants, and compliance tooling. If a tool uses machine learning or AI in a way that's relevant to security practitioners, it's in scope.

I skip tools that are just wrappers around basic rulesets with "AI" slapped on the marketing page. If the AI component doesn't do something measurably better than a well-configured open source alternative, I'll say so.

Transparency matters, so here's how this site pays for itself. Some of the links to tools on this site are affiliate links. If you click through and sign up for a product, I may earn a commission from the vendor. This costs you nothing extra.

Here's what that does not mean: vendors cannot pay for better scores. I do not accept payment for reviews. The rankings on this site are based entirely on my testing and evaluation. A tool that pays a high commission but performs poorly will get a low score. A tool with no affiliate program that works well will still get reviewed and recommended.

I started this site because I wanted a resource I'd actually trust as a practitioner. If the reviews ever stopped being honest, the site would have no reason to exist. The affiliate model lets me keep the content free and accessible without compromising on independence.

If you find a review where you think my assessment is off, I want to hear about it. Every tool I cover is one I've tested firsthand, and I'd rather correct a mistake than let a bad recommendation stand.