Comparison

SecPortal vs Faraday
managed pentest delivery vs a self-hosted collaborative workspace

Faraday is the open-source collaborative pentest workspace from Faraday Security: a multi-user IDE that aggregates scanner output, deduplicates findings, and lets a team work the same engagement at the same time. SecPortal is a managed SaaS platform that includes the scanning, the AI report generation, the branded client portal, and the engagement and invoicing model that delivery teams need on top of the workspace.

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Feature	SecPortal	Faraday
Deployment model	Managed SaaS	Self-hosted (Community) or hosted Pro/Enterprise
Source model	Closed source SaaS	Community Edition open source, Pro/Enterprise commercial
Built-in vulnerability scanning (33+ modules)
External domain scanning (16 modules)
Authenticated web scanning (17 modules)
Code scanning (SAST/SCA via Semgrep)
Scanner result import (Nessus, Burp, CSV)
Multi-user concurrent workspace
Findings tracking with CVSS 3.1 vectors
300+ finding templates with remediation guidance		DIY / community templates
AI-powered report generation (executive, technical, remediation)
Branded white-label client portal on your subdomain
Engagement management (scope, ROE, deliverables)		Workspace per engagement, no client model
Retest workflow paired to original finding		Manual
Compliance framework templates	21 frameworks	Limited
Integrated invoicing and Stripe Connect payments
Hosting, patching, scaling, backups	Included	Your responsibility (Community) or hosted (Pro/Enterprise)
MFA enforcement on every workspace		Configure yourself (Community)
Activity audit trail with CSV export		Limited
Free plan available		Free OSS, infra costs apply
Transparent pricing		Community free, Pro/Enterprise quote-based
Setup time	2 minutes	Hours to days for production install
Best fit for	Pentest firms, MSSPs, consultancies, AppSec teams that want managed client-facing delivery	In-house red and blue teams that want to self-host a multi-user pentest IDE

SecPortal vs Faraday: managed pentest delivery versus a self-hosted collaborative workspace

Faraday is the open-source collaborative pentest workspace from Faraday Security. It is a multi-user IDE for offensive security work: testers run tools, the platform parses and aggregates the output, and the team works one workspace concurrently rather than emailing each other Nmap dumps. The Community Edition is open source and self-hosted; Faraday Pro and Enterprise are hosted commercial tiers with extra workflow and reporting layers. For an in-house red or blue team that wants a self-hosted canvas for live engagement work, Faraday is a credible, well-maintained choice.

SecPortal is a different shape of product. SecPortal is a managed SaaS platform for the teams that deliver security work to clients (pentest firms, MSSPs, consultancies, vCISOs) and for in-house teams that want managed scanning, AI reporting, and a branded client portal without running their own infrastructure. The engagement, the findings, the scanning, the AI report, the client portal, and the invoice all sit inside one workspace tied to a buyer. If your evaluation is between a self-hosted multi-user pentest IDE and a managed delivery platform, this page is the side-by-side. The two can also sit alongside each other for some setups.

Where the categories diverge for client-facing delivery

These are not Faraday-specific criticisms. They are properties of any self-hosted, ingest-first, internal-team-first pentest workspace when you compare it to a managed multi-tenant delivery platform with a buyer model on top.

Self-hosted workspace versus managed delivery platform

Faraday Community Edition is open source code you deploy on your own infrastructure. The platform is free; the operating cost is the engineering time to install, patch, scale, back up, and harden it. Faraday Pro and Enterprise are hosted commercial editions that absorb some of that. SecPortal is managed SaaS by default, so the same hours that go into running a pentest IDE go into testing and reporting instead.

Multi-user IDE versus engagement-and-client model

Faraday is structured around the workspace: a shared canvas where many testers run at the same target concurrently, paste tool output, and aggregate findings. There is no first-class concept of an external buyer, a branded subdomain, an engagement scope tied to a contract, or an invoice cadence. SecPortal models the engagement as a buyer-facing record with the client, the scope, the rules of engagement, the report, and the invoice all on the same record.

Ingest-first versus scanning included

Faraday is excellent at ingesting tool output: dozens of parsers map Nmap, Nessus, Burp, ZAP, and other scanners into the workspace. SecPortal ships with the scanners built in: 16 external scan modules, 17 authenticated DAST modules, and Semgrep-based SAST plus dependency auditing live inside the workspace, so you do not have to wire scanners up separately to feed the platform.

AI report generation built in

Faraday produces report exports from templates the team builds and maintains. SecPortal uses Claude to generate executive summaries, technical writeups, and remediation roadmaps from live findings, so quarterly or per-engagement reporting stops being a multi-day copy-paste exercise.

Branded client portal versus internal tool

Faraday is built for the people running the test, not for the buyer reading the report. There is no client-facing surface, no white-labelled subdomain, no per-client login. SecPortal ships a branded client portal on the tenant subdomain so clients see findings, retest progress, and reports under your firm identity rather than receiving a PDF over email.

Operational footprint stays with the vendor

A production self-hosted Faraday install means database backups, web server hardening, MFA configuration, vulnerability patching of the platform, scaling for findings volume, and an internal SLA for uptime. SecPortal absorbs all of that. MFA enforcement, AES-256-GCM credential encryption at rest, audit trail with CSV export, and security headers are configured by default rather than configured by you.

Who each platform is the right fit for

Faraday and SecPortal solve different problems for different buyers. The honest answer is that the right tool depends on whether you want a self-hosted multi-user IDE for the team running the test, or a managed platform that wraps the engagement with a client model, a branded portal, AI reporting, and an invoice.

Faraday fits in-house red and blue teams that want a self-hosted IDE

If you have engineering capacity dedicated to running internal tooling, you want full control over the database and the deployment, and you mostly need a multi-user canvas for live tool output across several testers, Faraday Community is a defensible choice. The platform is free; the cost is operational, and the workflow stays inside one team.

SecPortal fits delivery teams that want managed client-facing operations

If you are a penetration testing firm, an MSSP, a consultancy, a vCISO, or an AppSec team that wants the scanning, the AI reports, the branded client portal, the engagement model, and the invoicing in one workspace without running infrastructure, SecPortal is the managed alternative. Multi-tenant client model is built in rather than bolted on.

They can be complementary in some setups

A team may use Faraday for the live testing canvas across a long red team or internal exercise and use SecPortal for client-facing engagements (external pentests, retests, vendor reviews) where a branded portal, an engagement scope, and an invoice are part of the deliverable. The two answer different questions about the same finding lifecycle.

The hidden cost of a self-hosted pentest IDE

Open source software is free at the software layer. The total cost of running the platform is rarely zero. A production self-hosted Faraday install typically carries the following operational footprint, all of which SecPortal absorbs.

Database provisioning, replication, and backup verification on a schedule that can survive a regional outage.
Web server hardening, TLS certificate rotation, and HTTP security header configuration that does not drift over time.
MFA enforcement, role-based access control, and an audit trail that an external auditor will accept as evidence.
Vulnerability patching of the platform code, the underlying language runtime, the database, and any reverse proxies in front of it.
Capacity planning as concurrent testers grow and as workspace history accumulates over multi-year programmes.
On-call rotation when something breaks during an engagement, including documented runbooks and an internal SLA the team agrees to honour.

Migration considerations if you are moving off Faraday

Most evaluations between a self-hosted pentest IDE and a managed delivery platform end up needing a migration plan. The data model maps cleanly enough that this is a logistical exercise rather than a rebuild.

Findings export from Faraday

Faraday workspaces can export findings as CSV or via the Faraday API. The CSV maps cleanly to SecPortal's import shape: title, description, severity, CVSS vector, asset, evidence, and status all carry across as standard columns. Re-import them into a SecPortal engagement and the existing finding history persists rather than starting from zero.

Workspace to engagement remap

A Faraday workspace usually represents one test or one continuous canvas. In SecPortal the same idea is the engagement: a record with a scope, an owner, assigned consultants, deliverables, and a status. One workspace becomes one engagement; long-running workspaces become a parent retainer with engagements opened underneath it.

Tool output capture

Where Faraday absorbs Nmap, Nessus, Burp, ZAP, and similar parsers, SecPortal ingests scanner output through the same standard formats (Nessus .nessus, Burp XML, generic CSV) and complements them with built-in scanning so the same finding does not live in two places.

User access and roles

Faraday Community manages users at the platform level; Faraday Pro adds role-based access. SecPortal ships role-based access by default through team management with owner, admin, member, viewer, and billing roles, plus per-engagement assignment so consultants only see their work.

Reports and templates

Faraday report templates are typically community or DIY. SecPortal's report generation pulls from the live engagement and the findings catalogue with AI-assisted writeups for executive summary, technical detail, and remediation roadmap. Existing Faraday template content can seed prompts and structure, but the heavy lifting moves from manual templating to generation.

Transparent pricing without an infrastructure line item

SecPortal pricing is published on the website and self-service from sign-up. There is no annual contract floor, no per-asset licensing model, and no infrastructure to provision before you can run a real engagement.

SecPortal Free

Free forever

1 user, 3 clients, 2 engagements per client, 3 AI credits, 6 core scan modules. No infrastructure to run.

SecPortal Pro

From $149/month

All 33 scan modules, 100 clients, 25 AI credits/month, branded client portal, invoicing, compliance tracking.

SecPortal Team

From $299/month

Up to 5 users, 75 AI credits/month, team management, activity audit trail, MFA enforcement.

Why delivery teams pick SecPortal over a self-hosted pentest IDE

Skip the self-hosted operations work: no database to back up, no platform to patch, no scaling to plan, no MFA to configure
Run external, authenticated, and code scanning inside the same workspace as your findings rather than wiring scanners up separately
Generate executive summaries, technical writeups, and remediation roadmaps with Claude from the live findings
Deliver findings through a white-labelled client portal on your tenant subdomain instead of sharing internal tooling logins or emailing PDFs
Map findings to 21 compliance frameworks out of the box without configuring framework templates yourself
Pair every retest to the original finding so the closure record holds up under audit
Invoice clients directly from the engagement record through Stripe Connect with self-service payment
Start on the free plan and upgrade to Pro or Team without contract negotiation or infrastructure provisioning

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