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MyPentest vs Strix: an honest comparison.
Strix is an AI agent that attacks your app and proves what it finds. MyPentest is a hosted, non-destructive pentest that needs no setup. Different trade-offs - here they are, including ours.
Facts about Strix checked on 24 September 2026 against their own pages.
At a glance
Two different tools for two different jobs.
MyPentest · by BugSnaps
A hosted automated penetration test for web apps and their APIs: discovery, 56 passive and safe-active checks, signed-in access-control testing, and a report with evidence, CVSS and fixes.
Best for: Teams who want a real pentest of a live app in minutes, with no install, no LLM bill and nothing changed on the target.
Strix · Strix (usestrix)
An Apache-2.0 multi-agent AI pentester that you run locally with Docker and your own LLM key, or use as Strix Cloud.
Best for: Engineering teams comfortable running Docker and paying for LLM usage, who want findings proven by exploitation and fixes as pull requests.
Feature by feature
What MyPentest and Strix each do.
Including where MyPentest says no. Where Strix's site doesn't say, we don't guess.
| Feature | MyPentest | Strix |
|---|---|---|
| Getting started | ||
| Hosted - nothing to install | YesRuns in the browser at bugsnaps.in | YesStrix Cloud; the open-source version runs on your machine |
| Free way to start | YesFree plan with the whole engine, no card | YesOpen source is free (you pay your LLM provider); Pro has a 7-day trial |
| No AI/LLM API key of your own needed | YesNothing to configure | PartlyOpen source needs your own LLM API key |
| Prices published on the website | YesIn rupees; a single paid scan or monthly plans | PartlyPro from $29/seat/month; pentests billed separately per test |
| Testing | ||
| Automated testing of a live web app | YesCrawl, then 56 passive and safe-active checks | Yes |
| Signed-in (authenticated) testing | YesSigns in as your test accounts and checks one user can't read another's data | Not stated on their site |
| REST / GraphQL API testing | YesDiscovered REST, GraphQL and OpenAPI endpoints | YesAPI and web app pentesting (Pro) |
| Exploitation / working proof-of-concept | NoBy design: harmless probes only, nothing is changed | YesWorking proof-of-concept and reproduction steps per finding |
| Coverage beyond the web app | ||
| Network & infrastructure scanning | NoWeb apps and their APIs only | PartlyInternal infrastructure pentesting on Enterprise |
| Cloud configuration scanning | No | Not stated on their site |
| Source-code analysis (SAST) | No | YesDescribes itself as SAST + DAST; PR reviews |
| Workflow | ||
| Pentest service from the same company | YesExpert-led BugSnaps engagements | Not stated on their site |
| CI/CD or ticketing integrations | PartlySARIF and Markdown exports; no native pipeline integration yet | YesGitHub Actions; Jira, Linear, Slack on Pro |
| Compliance reports or certifications | NoCVSS 3.1, CWE and CISA KEV on findings; no compliance report packs | YesSOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS-ready reports |
| Open source / self-hostable | No | YesApache-2.0; VPC/on-prem on Enterprise |
- Yes
- Partly
- No
- Not stated on their site
Pros and cons
Strengths and trade-offs - ours too.
Every tool gives something up. Here's what each one does well, and what you accept by choosing it.
MyPentest
Strengths
- Nothing to install and no LLM key - sign in and run
- Free plan with the whole engine, and single paid scans in rupees with no auto-renewal
- Non-destructive by design, so it is safe to point at production
- Domain ownership is proved with a DNS record before a single request is sent
- Signs in as your test accounts to confirm cross-user access-control flaws
Trade-offs
- No exploitation or proof-of-concept exploits - findings carry evidence and a confidence level instead
- No source-code analysis and no fix pull requests
- Not open source and can't be self-hosted
- No native CI integration yet (SARIF export only)
Strix
Strengths
- Open source under Apache-2.0 - you can read, audit and self-host it
- Exploits findings and ships a working proof-of-concept, which cuts false positives
- Reads source code too (SAST + DAST) and can open fix pull requests
- GitHub Actions workflow for pull-request runs
- Large community around the project
Trade-offs
- The open-source version needs Docker and your own LLM API key - and the LLM bill is yours
- Pro pricing is per seat, with each pentest billed separately
- Exploitation is powerful but means real attack traffic - it should point at staging, not production
- Results and cost depend on the LLM you pick
Pricing
What each one costs.
MyPentest
- FreeFree - 1 scan a month
- Strike₹399 once - one full scan, to use within 30 days
- Hunter₹999 per month - 5 scans a month
- Operator₹1,999 per month - 15 scans a month
Paid through Razorpay, in rupees. Nothing renews automatically.
Full pricingStrix
- Open source: free; you pay your LLM provider for the tokens it uses.
- Pro: $29 per seat per month, with pentests billed separately per test; 7-day free trial.
- Enterprise: custom (VPC/on-prem, bring-your-own model, SSO).
As listed on their site on 24 September 2026. Check theirs for current prices.
Strix's siteThe verdict
Which one should you choose?
Choose MyPentest if…
You want a hosted, safe-on-production pentest of a web app and its API today, free to start, with predictable rupee pricing and no LLM costs.
Run MyPentest freeChoose Strix if…
You want an agent that exploits and proves each finding, reads your code, and you're happy to run it yourself against staging or pay per seat and per test.
Need more than any automated tool gives you? A BugSnaps manual pentest covers business logic and chained attacks, with retesting of fixes.
FAQ
MyPentest vs Strix: common questions.
Is MyPentest an AI agent like Strix?
Not in the same way. MyPentest's findings come from 56 defined checks with differential validation (baseline vs probe vs control), worked out in code - so results are repeatable and you never pay for model usage. A language model may write the plain-English summary, but it can't create a finding or change a severity. The trade-off: it doesn't improvise new attacks the way an agent can.
Can I use both?
Yes. A common split is MyPentest against production on every release, because it's non-destructive, and an exploiting agent like Strix against a staging copy.
Does MyPentest exploit what it finds?
No, by design. It sends harmless canary inputs and read-only access checks and reports evidence plus a confidence level. When you need controlled exploitation, a BugSnaps engagement does that with a person in the loop.
Sources
Checked on 24 September 2026. Products change - if something here is out of date, tell us and we'll correct it. Strix is a trademark of its owner; BugSnaps is not affiliated with Strix (usestrix).
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