---
id: 7952
title: "Penetration Testing Services vs. Bug Bounty Programs"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/executive-blog/penetration-testing-as-a-service/penetration-testing-services-versus-bug-bounty/"
published_at: "2022-02-01T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "penetration-testing", "vulnerability-disclosure", "comparison", "ptas"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/7952"
lang: en
---

# Penetration Testing Services vs. Bug Bounty Programs

## Summary

What are the greatest differences between pentesting and bug bounties? We break it down into six components: personnel, payment, vulnerabilities, methodology, time, and strategy.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/executive-blog/penetration-testing-as-a-service/penetration-testing-services-versus-bug-bounty/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/7952