---
id: 3164
title: "Bug Bounty Myth #6: Bug Bounties are Hard to Budget For"
source_domain: bugcrowd.com
source_url: "https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/bug-bounty-myth-6-bug-bounties-are-hard-to-budget-for/"
published_at: "2018-06-08T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "bugcrowd", "program-management", "budget", "reward-tiers"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/3164"
lang: en
---

# Bug Bounty Myth #6: Bug Bounties are Hard to Budget For

## Summary

Bug bounty budgets need not be blank checks: clear scopes, reward ranges and private or Kudos-based programs let organizations control spend while catching bugs that slip past pre-release testing.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bugcrowd.com
- **Published:** 2018-06-08T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/bug-bounty-myth-6-bug-bounties-are-hard-to-budget-for/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/3164