---
id: 3166
title: "Bug Bounty Myth #5: They don’t yield high value results."
source_domain: bugcrowd.com
source_url: "https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/bug-bounty-myth-5-they-dont-yield-high-value-results/"
published_at: "2018-06-01T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "bugcrowd", "owasp", "vulnerability-discovery", "pentest", "scanner"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/3166"
lang: en
---

# Bug Bounty Myth #5: They don’t yield high value results.

## Summary

Bugcrowd pushes back on the myth that bounties only find low-hanging fruit: its priority system favors high-impact bugs, and the crowd yields about seven times more findings than scanners or pentests.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bugcrowd.com
- **Published:** 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/bug-bounty-myth-5-they-dont-yield-high-value-results/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/3166