Dradis

Dradis supports security assessment work from engagement kickoff through collaboration, reporting, remediation, and workflow automation. Structured data, templates, and automation help produce consistent deliverables, while PR-style quality reviews help teams catch mistakes before reports are issued. Risk tools include CVSSv4, DREAD, and MITRE ATT&CK calculators, alongside OWASP, PTES, OSCP, HIPAA, PCI, and custom methodologies. Dradis lists more than 47 scanner, ticketing, and single sign-on integrations, including Nessus, Burp Suite, Nmap, Qualys, Jira, and Okta. A REST API, webhooks, and rules engine support integrations and workflow automation. Remediate adds fix tracking and Jira, Azure DevOps, and ServiceNow integrations. Dradis is self-hosted, can run without an internet connection, and its maker says it cannot access customer data. Community Edition is free and supports one project at a time. Assess costs $3,600 per year and Remediate $7,200 per year, billed yearly in advance; both have a three-seat minimum.

Dradis combines structured assessment reporting with review and workflow automation, with remediation tracking in its Remediate plan. Its self-hosted model and three-seat paid minimum are important considerations for teams comparing plans.

Assess is presented for teams that deliver assessment findings, while Remediate is for internal security teams that also track fixes. It suits teams seeking a self-hosted workflow with security assessment and reporting tools.

Dradis is an assessment workflow platform for security teams that need more than a scanner: it organizes findings, reviews, reporting, and remediation. It suits consultancies delivering assessments and internal teams coordinating fixes; the trade-off is a self-hosted deployment and a three-seat minimum for paid plans.

Overview

Dradis supports security assessment work from kickoff through collaboration, reporting, and workflow automation. Structured data, templates, and automation help teams produce consistent deliverables, while PR-style quality reviews let colleagues catch mistakes before a report goes out. That makes it a stronger fit for repeatable, team-based engagements than for practitioners seeking only a testing utility.

Risk calculators cover CVSSv4, DREAD, and MITRE ATT&CK. Methodology support includes OWASP, PTES, OSCP, HIPAA, PCI, and custom approaches. Dradis lists more than 47 scanner, ticketing, and SSO integrations, including Nessus, Burp Suite, Nmap, Qualys, Jira, and Okta; its REST API, webhooks, and rules engine give teams additional ways to connect tools and automate processes.

Dradis is self-hosted, can run offline, and 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 uses AES-256-GCM encryption. This is a meaningful advantage for teams that need control over assessment data, but self-hosting is part of the operating choice rather than a cloud service option.

Key features

Reporting, review, and risk

Structured findings and templates are designed to make reports consistent across engagements. PR-style review adds a distinct quality-control step, useful when several people contribute and errors in a deliverable matter. Risk calculators and established or custom methodologies help teams organize assessment work around their chosen approach; they do not replace the testing itself.

Integrations and automation

The breadth of scanner, ticketing, and SSO integrations can reduce the friction of bringing assessment work into existing toolchains. The API, webhooks, and rules engine make Dradis more adaptable for teams that want workflow automation, though the practical benefit depends on how much integration work they intend to do.

Remediation and security

Remediate adds remediation tracking and integrations with Jira, Azure DevOps, and ServiceNow, making it the relevant plan for internal security teams that own follow-up as well as findings. Paid plans include email and live chat support; Community Edition users can ask questions on the forum. Each paid plan also includes a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Pricing

Dradis uses a freemium model, with a free plan, paid plans billed yearly in advance, and a 14-day trial. The paid seat minimum matters: a seat is for one person, not a concurrent user or an installation.

Community Edition is the no-cost way to use Dradis, but its one-project-at-a-time limit makes it a constrained choice for teams managing multiple engagements. Assess removes that project cap and adds integrations and paid support, but its three-person minimum makes the annual commitment $3,600 even for a smaller group. Remediate doubles that minimum to $7,200 and is justified when tracking fixes and its additional ticketing integrations are needed. Enterprise is for organizations that need audit logging, identity integrations, or priority support; its pricing is custom. The published starting rate is $100/user/mo (annual).

Platforms

Dradis supports API, Linux, macOS, web, and Windows, with self-hosted deployment. Web app testing, network testing, finding management, and evidence capture are supported.

Who it's for

Assess is aimed at teams that deliver findings, especially consultancies that need a consistent reporting and review process. Remediate is the better fit for internal security teams that also track fixes. A solo practitioner or small team that cannot justify three individual seats should weigh the free edition's project limit against the paid plans' minimum commitment.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Structured reporting and PR-style review support consistency and catch mistakes before delivery.
• Pros: More than 47 integrations, plus an API, webhooks, and rules engine, give teams options to connect assessment workflows.
• Pros: Self-hosting, offline operation, and stated encryption measures suit teams prioritizing data control.
• Cons: Every paid plan starts at three person-specific seats, so the entry cost is substantial for a small team.
• Cons: Community Edition supports only one project at a time, limiting its usefulness for parallel engagements.
• Cons: Remediation tracking is reserved for the higher-priced Remediate plan.

Alternatives

For a broader comparison, browse Penetration Testing Software. Choose Kali Linux instead if you want a free, open-source distribution across Linux, macOS, Windows, Android, or self-hosted environments. Caido has a free Basic plan capped at two projects, seven workflows, three plugins, five filter presets, and one pipeline session at a time. OWASP Amass is a free, Apache-licensed open-source framework. PenPeeper is free for personal or professional work, with restrictions on selling it or hosting it as paid SaaS without permission. Pentesterra offers a free DevGuard plan with one project, three scans per month, CLI, IDE plugin, web console, and community support. w3af is a free, open-source web application security scanner. Aircrack-ng is a free software suite with no license fee. Pentographer offers a free self-hosted plan with all features under the MIT license, requiring Node.js 20+ and PostgreSQL.

Verdict

Choose Dradis if your team needs a structured path from assessment findings to reviewed reports, and, with Remediate, tracked fixes. Its workflow depth, integrations, and self-hosted model are the case for it; the three-seat paid minimum and annual billing are the reasons smaller teams or users seeking only a testing tool should look elsewhere.