# Harpoon

Harpoon is a Penetration Testing product. It runs on-premises. Pricing is free.

A collection of tips and tricks for container and container orchestration hacking and security testing.

Checked October 2026.

## What is Harpoon?

Harpoon is a collection of tips and tricks focused on container and container orchestration hacking techniques.

The tool provides guidance and methodologies for security testing and exploitation of containerized environments and orchestration platforms.

It serves as a resource for security professionals conducting penetration testing or security assessments of container-based infrastructure.

The documentation is currently in development, indicating this is an evolving resource for container security testing.

Tags: Kubernetes, Security Orchestration

## Quick facts

- Category: [Offensive Security](https://cybersectools.com/categories/offensive-security-testing) · [Penetration Testing](https://cybersectools.com/categories/pentesting-tools)
- Deployment: On-Premises
- Company size fit: Mid-Market, Enterprise
- Pricing model: Free
- GitHub stars: 142
- Website: github.com

## Harpoon FAQ

### What is Harpoon?

Harpoon is a product in the Penetration Testing category. It covers Kubernetes and Security Orchestration.

### What is the pricing for Harpoon?

Harpoon is free. Download and setup instructions are at https://github.com/ProfessionallyEvil/harpoon/.

### What are alternatives to Harpoon?

Alternatives to Harpoon listed on CybersecTools:

1. [NodeZero](https://cybersectools.com/tools/nodezero) - Autonomous pentesting platform for internal, external, cloud & K8s testing (Commercial)
2. [Managed Autonomous Pentesting (MAP)](https://cybersectools.com/tools/hackurity-art-stack) - Managed continuous autonomous pentesting using payload-less exploitation and attack paths (Commercial)
3. [XBOW Captcha Bypass Tool](https://cybersectools.com/tools/xbow-captcha-bypass-tool) - AI-powered automated penetration testing platform for vulnerability discovery (Commercial)
4. [Burp Suite Professional](https://cybersectools.com/tools/burp-suite-professional) - A web application security testing platform that combines manual and automated testing tools for conducting comprehensive security assessments and penetration testing. (Commercial)
5. [FireCompass AI-powered Pen Testing](https://cybersectools.com/tools/firecompass-ai-powered-pen-testing) - AI-powered automated pen testing & continuous red teaming platform (Commercial)

Compare all Harpoon alternatives at [https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/harpoon](https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/harpoon)

### What deployment and organization size does Harpoon fit?

Harpoon is available as on-premises software. It is listed for mid-market companies and enterprises. It is free.

## Compare Harpoon with similar solutions

- [Harpoon vs NodeZero](https://cybersectools.com/compare/harpoon-vs-nodezero)
- [Harpoon vs Managed Autonomous Pentesting (MAP)](https://cybersectools.com/compare/hackurity-art-stack-vs-harpoon)
- [Harpoon vs XBOW Captcha Bypass Tool](https://cybersectools.com/compare/harpoon-vs-xbow-captcha-bypass-tool)

All alternatives to Harpoon: [/alternatives/harpoon](https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/harpoon)

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