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title: "Cobalt: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "Cobalt provides tools and services to test business systems for exploitable security weaknesses. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/cobalt-security"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Cobalt: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

Cobalt provides tools and services to test business systems for exploitable security weaknesses. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Brand**: Cobalt
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among penetration testing platforms**: 5.9%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Penetration testing platforms | 4 | 5.9% | 1.4K |

- [Penetration testing platforms](/demand/global-en/categories/penetration-testing-platforms)

## How has branded search demand for Cobalt changed worldwide over the last 12 months?

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Cobalt worldwide fell from 2.5K to 1.4K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Cobalt’s estimated Share of Search among penetration testing platforms worldwide decreased from 10.6% to 5.9%.

## How did search popularity change for penetration testing platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Horizon3.ai gained estimated Share of Search among penetration testing platforms worldwide, from 32.2% to 35.6%.
- In August 2026, Pentera lost estimated Share of Search among penetration testing platforms worldwide, from 43.8% to 42%.
- In August 2026, Astra Security lost estimated Share of Search among penetration testing platforms worldwide, from 15.6% to 15%.
- In August 2026, Cobalt lost estimated Share of Search among penetration testing platforms worldwide, from 6.5% to 5.9%.
- Intruder’s estimated Share of Search among penetration testing platforms worldwide has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 2.4% to 1.6% in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Penetration testing platforms | 2.5K | 10.6% | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | Penetration testing platforms | 1.9K | 9.6% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | Penetration testing platforms | 1.5K | 8.8% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | Penetration testing platforms | 1.6K | 7.5% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | Penetration testing platforms | 1.5K | 7.8% | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | Penetration testing platforms | 1.6K | 6.8% | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | Penetration testing platforms | 1.7K | 7.5% | 4 |
| May 2026 | Penetration testing platforms | 1.5K | 6.5% | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | Penetration testing platforms | 1.6K | 6.8% | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | Penetration testing platforms | 1.5K | 6.5% | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | Penetration testing platforms | 1.4K | 5.9% | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | Penetration testing platforms | — | — | — |

## How is Cobalt measured?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Cobalt’s name. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brand is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- “cobalt io”
- “cobalt penetration testing”
- “cobalt pentesting”

## Which penetration testing platforms compete with Cobalt?

- [Pentera](/demand/global-en/brands/pentera): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/cobalt-security-vs-pentera
- [Horizon3.ai](/demand/global-en/brands/horizon3-ai): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/cobalt-security-vs-horizon3-ai
- [Astra Security](/demand/global-en/brands/astra-security): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/astra-security-vs-cobalt-security
- [Intruder](/demand/global-en/brands/intruder): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/cobalt-security-vs-intruder

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "Cobalt: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/cobalt-security

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