Security research
What Does a Penetration Test Cost in Saudi Arabia?
In three lines
- Buyers usually ask for a price before a scope, which is like asking what a building costs before saying how many floors.
- A standard web application test starts around 10,000 SAR.
- Automated output lists findings by tool severity with no business context and no proof that anything was exploited.
Buyers usually ask for a price before a scope, which is like asking what a building costs before saying how many floors. But there are honest ranges, and there are clear signs of a test that is not worth buying.
Typical ranges
A standard web application test starts around 10,000 SAR. Add a mobile app and its API, several user roles, or an internal network segment, and the figure rises with the days of work involved. Red-team exercises, which simulate a determined attacker over weeks, are priced separately and are rarely the right first purchase.
How to spot a scanner report
Automated output lists findings by tool severity with no business context and no proof that anything was exploited. A real test shows how two medium issues combined into one serious one, includes screenshots or request traces, and tells you which fix to do first given your situation.
- Proof of exploitation for each serious finding
- Executive summary plus technical detail
- Prioritised remediation plan
- A free retest after you fix
Why Saudi buyers ask for it
Enterprise and government procurement increasingly requires evidence of testing from suppliers. Having a recent, credible report shortens your sales cycle — it answers a question the client's security team was going to ask anyway.
The practical takeaway
Buy the report you can act on: proof, priorities and a retest. A cheap scan you cannot use is the most expensive option.
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Written by Khalid Namra
Founder & CEO, RASED Solutions — engineering lead of RASED Solutions
Khalid Namra building software since 2015 and leads the engineering and security teams behind RASED Solutions in Riyadh.
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