Dradis

Dradis is a security assessment workflow platform for consultancies and internal security teams. It is strongest when findings need to move through review, reporting, and remediation in a controlled process. Its three-seat paid minimum makes it a poor fit for a solo practitioner who needs paid features.

Overview

Dradis supports work from engagement kickoff and collaboration through reporting and workflow automation. Structured data, templates, and automation help teams produce consistent assessment deliverables, while PR-style quality reviews let colleagues catch mistakes before they reach a report. That combination makes it more useful for teams coordinating assessment work than for buyers seeking only a scanner or testing utility.

Risk calculators cover CVSSv4, DREAD, and MITRE ATT&CK. Methodologies include OWASP, PTES, OSCP, HIPAA, PCI, and custom approaches. Dradis also connects to 47+ scanner, ticketing, and SSO integrations, including Nessus, Burp Suite, Nmap, Qualys, Jira, and Okta. Its REST API, webhooks, and rules engine add options for connecting tools and automating processes.

Dradis is self-hosted and can operate offline; its maker says it does not have access to customer data. The Dradis VM is full-disk encrypted, traffic uses TLS, and sensitive application data such as OAuth tokens is encrypted with AES-256-GCM. This is a strong fit for teams that need control over where assessment data resides, but self-hosting is not the same as a hosted service.

Key features

Reporting and quality review

Structured findings, templates, and automation are aimed at repeatable deliverables. PR-style review adds a distinct quality checkpoint, which is valuable when several contributors need to catch errors before a report is sent.

Remediation and workflow

Assess covers assessment delivery; Remediate adds remediation tracking and integrations with Jira, Azure DevOps, and ServiceNow. That division lets consultancies focus on findings and reports, while internal security teams can follow fixes through ticketing systems.

Pricing

Dradis uses a freemium model, with a free trial and a 30-day money-back guarantee on every paid plan. Paid plans are billed yearly in advance, start at three individual seats, and include email and live chat support. A seat is for one person, not concurrent use or an installation, so a small team cannot share one paid seat.

PlanPrice and termsWhat it includesCommunity Editionfree; free foreverOpen source, one project at a time, community forum support. Suitable for trying the workflow or a single-project use case, but the one-project cap rules it out for concurrent engagements.Assess$3,600/yr; yearly in advance; 3-seat minimum; $1,200 per seat/yearUnlimited projects, 47+ integrations, email and live chat support. This is the paid fit for teams delivering findings without needing remediation tracking.Remediate$7,200/yr; yearly in advance; 3-seat minimum; $2,400 per seat/yearIncludes Assess features, remediation tracking, and Azure DevOps, Jira, and ServiceNow integrations. Internal teams tracking fixes have a reason to pay the additional cost; teams focused on assessment reports may not.EnterpriseCustom pricing; 5-seat minimumIncludes Remediate features, audit logging, identity integrations, and priority support. The larger minimum makes it a team-level option rather than an upgrade for a small group.Platforms

Dradis runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows, and is available through web, API, and self-hosted deployment options. It supports web application testing, network testing, finding management, and evidence capture. Offline operation is useful where network access is constrained, while the self-hosted model requires teams to operate it in their own environment.

Who it's for

Assess is aimed at teams that deliver findings, making it the more direct fit for consultancies producing repeatable assessment reports. Remediate is for internal security teams that also need to track fixes. Solo users should weigh the free Community Edition against the fact that every paid plan requires three seats.

Pros and cons

Pros: Structured reporting and PR-style review support consistency and catch errors before delivery.

Pros: Broad risk, methodology, and integration coverage can fit varied assessment workflows.

Pros: Self-hosted, offline operation and stated encryption controls support data-control requirements.

Cons: Community Edition is limited to one project at a time, a constraint for parallel engagements.

Cons: The three-seat paid minimum and annual advance billing raise the entry commitment for small teams.

Cons: Remediation tracking requires the higher-priced Remediate tier; Assess alone does not include it.

Alternatives

For a broader comparison, see Penetration Testing Software. Pentesterra is worth considering for a free development-oriented option: DevGuard Free allows one project and three scans per month, with CLI, IDE plugin, and web console access. Caido offers a free plan with two projects and bounded workflow, plugin, filter, and pipeline-session allowances. RedAmon is a free, MIT-licensed self-hosted Docker stack for users prioritizing an open-source tool. Kali Linux is a free open-source distribution rather than a paid assessment workflow product. PenPeeper is free for personal or professional use, with restrictions on selling it or hosting it as a paid SaaS without permission. w3af is a free open-source web application security scanner, a narrower choice for buyers seeking scanning rather than assessment coordination. Aircrack-ng is a free software suite with no license fee. Burp Suite DAST uses tailored pricing based on portfolio size, so it may suit buyers seeking a portfolio-specific DAST arrangement.

Verdict

Choose Dradis when a team needs a self-hosted assessment process that connects structured findings to consistent reports, review, and—on Remediate—tracked fixes. The strongest reason to look elsewhere is the paid three-seat minimum, especially for solo users or teams that only need a testing tool.