How much does an AI security scan actually cost?
There are three real options, at three very different price points. Here's what each one actually costs and what it actually gets you — not just a page that ends at a number.
Free — DIY self-testing
Run a set of prompt-injection and jailbreak tests by hand against your own chatbot. Covers the categories you can probe just by typing messages — not the ones that need architecture review.
Run the free test →AI Sec Tester — scoped scan
Normal ($47): 5 core OWASP LLM checks, Pass/Fail scorecard, PDF report. Advanced ($197): all 10 OWASP LLM Top-10 categories, 15 checks total. Both one-time, no subscription. Authorization is checked before anything runs.
Request a scan →Manual LLM red-team engagement
A full manual engagement from a security consultancy, scoped specifically to include the LLM layer. Broad industry ranges for this kind of work run from a few thousand dollars into the tens of thousands depending on scope, duration and firm — this is a general estimate, not a quote from any named vendor, and not something we can verify from here.
Why the gap between $197 and "thousands" is real, not a trick
A scoped automated scan and a manual red-team engagement are not the same deliverable, so the price gap isn't apples-to-apples. A scan runs a defined set of probes against your live chatbot and produces a scorecard in minutes. A manual engagement puts a human tester's time, judgment and creativity against your entire application — often over days, sometimes with a debrief call and negotiation over remediation timelines. You're paying for breadth and human judgment in one case, and speed plus a narrow, well-defined scope in the other.
The honest line on the $47 vs. $197 gap
The $150 difference between AI Sec Tester's own tiers buys full OWASP LLM Top-10 category coverage instead of a 5-check subset, plus an advisory review for the 3 categories no external scanner can probe directly. It does not buy a faster scan, a different report design, or priority processing — both tiers run through the same pipeline.
What nobody should charge you for
Neither tier, nor any legitimate scan, should promise a compliance certification (SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI, HIPAA) — a technical scorecard is not an attestation, and any vendor implying otherwise is overselling what a scan produces.
Is there a free option?
Yes — the DIY prompt-injection test list is free and covers the categories you can probe by hand. See the 7 test prompts.
Is $47 too cheap to be a real security scan?
It's a scoped, automated check of 5 core OWASP LLM categories — not a full manual assessment, and it doesn't claim to be. See the honest comparison against a full pentest here.
Is there a subscription?
No. Both tiers are one-time purchases, per scan.
See exactly what's in each tier.
Normal $47 covers the 5 highest-priority checks. Advanced $197 covers all 10 OWASP LLM Top-10 categories. No charge until your request is reviewed and approved.
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