---
id: 2291
title: "The Difference Between Bug Bounty and Next Gen Pen Test"
source_domain: bugcrowd.com
source_url: "https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/the-difference-between-bug-bounty-and-next-gen-pen-test/"
published_at: "2018-12-03T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "penetration-testing", "bugcrowd", "crowdsourced-security", "sdlc", "next-gen-pen-test"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/2291"
lang: en
---

# The Difference Between Bug Bounty and Next Gen Pen Test

## Summary

Bugcrowd contrasts bug bounty with its new Next Gen Pen Test: both crowdsourced, but NGPT adds continuous coverage, endpoint-level analysis, and SDLC integrations for compliance-driven needs.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bugcrowd.com
- **Published:** 2018-12-03T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/the-difference-between-bug-bounty-and-next-gen-pen-test/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/2291