Security News > 2021 > February > Top 5 Bug Bounty Platforms to Watch in 2021
The skyrocketing OpenBugBounty project is the only non-for-profit vulnerability disclosure and Bug Bounty platform on our list.
With over 1,200 active Bug Bounty programs, OpenBugBounty also permits coordinated disclosure of security issues on any website if the issue was detected by non-intrusive means.
Bug Bounty program creation is totally free, and the website owners are not required to make monetary payments to the researchers - but are encouraged at least to thank the researchers and provide a public recommendation for their efforts.
OpenBugBounty hosts Bug Bounty programs for such companies as A1 Telekom Austria and Drupal, with over 20,000 security researchers and almost 800,000 security vulnerabilities submitted so far.
SynAck stands atop commercial Bug Bounty platforms, also named in Gartner's Top 25 Enterprise Software Startups.
While this article aimed to list 5 bug bounty platforms, there are many other excellent and unique platforms in the market, including Intigriti, one of the leading network of ethical hackers in Europe.