Cairn review
A broad engagement and reporting hub for pentest firms, not a stated testing engine.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Cairn is a penetration testing engagement management platform for security consultancies and offensive security teams. It brings pre-sales scoping, statement-of-work generation, proposals, e-signatures, opportunity management, finding authoring, report generation, retest tracking, remediation, and client delivery into one workflow. Web, API, self-hosted, and air-gapped options make it relevant to firms with different deployment requirements, while the branded client portal supports SSO and magic-link access.
The published plans show annual pricing of $99 per seat per month for Starter, $149 per seat per month for Team, and $249 per seat per month for Business. An On-premise option costs $30,000 per organization per year. Cairn also connects with Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, ConnectWise, Monday, Jira, ServiceNow, GitHub, Azure DevOps, Linear, DocuSign, Dropbox Sign, SharePoint, Slack, and Microsoft Teams. That integration range supports a workflow spanning sales, signatures, ticketing, development, file management, and collaboration.
Its strongest area is the reporting and engagement layer: scanner imports cover 40 formats, while reusable findings, evidence, DOCX and PDF templates, collaborative review, track changes, section locking, retest cycles, and remediation tracking support structured delivery. AI-assisted drafting can run within the customer’s network, including self-hosted and air-gapped options. Cairn is a strong fit for firms that need CRM, contracts, reporting, and client collaboration around penetration testing. Teams seeking a product whose stated scope includes direct testing capabilities should look elsewhere. Formal third-party attestations are not yet in hand, and compliance mappings are product capabilities rather than certifications.
Cairn pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Covers scoping, contracts, findings, reports, retests, and remediation
- Imports data from 40 scanner and tool formats
- Offers branded portals, SSO, magic links, and air-gapped AI options
- Where it doesn't
- Starts at $99 per seat per month with annual billing
- Formal third-party attestations are not yet in hand
- Direct testing capabilities are not part of the stated scope
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