Reclaim 2-4 Hours Per Pentest Report with Automated Workflows

Replace scattered notes, screenshot folders, and formatting battles with a single platform - cutting reporting time while improving consistency. No more hunting for the latest version or wondering who has what.

Calculate Your Savings

Sound familiar?

  • Copying findings into Word?

    Tables, screenshots, formatting… again.

  • Fighting evidence and layout?

    One image shift breaks everything.

  • Inconsistencies creeping in?

    Copy-paste errors, rewrites, mixed styles.

The Real Cost of Manual Reporting

Manual processes don’t just feel slow - they cap your capacity and create risk.

Wasted Time

Typical formatting time:

6-8 hours / report

At $150/hr, that’s $900-$1,200 per engagement spent on formatting.

Inconsistent Quality

The stuff that slips through:

Copy-paste errors

Small (or big!) mistakes can undermine credibility, trigger rework, and damage client trust.

Misallocated Expertise

Where your team's time goes:

30% on report creation

Every engagement needs hours of manual work. You can't grow output without growing headcount.

Erik Cabetas

Managing Director, Include Security

Include Security

“Creating reports with Dradis Pro saves us up to 4 hours per project compared to using Word manually.”

What Manual Reporting Really Means

Testing moves fast. Reporting… not so much.

Manual process

  • Day 1–4: Testing (scans, manual testing, evidence capture)
  • Day 5: Consolidate notes, compile findings, identify gaps
  • Day 6: Format report, paste screenshots, fix tables - but can't finish
  • Day 7–8: Continue formatting, QA finds issues, final delivery

With Dradis

  • Testers add findings in real time
  • Collaboration happens in one place (no email chains)
  • Reusable Issue Library avoids rewriting the same vulnerabilities
  • Built-in QA workflows reduce copy-paste mistakes
  • Generate the report in 1 click → QA → deliver

Same report. Different workflow.

Typical savings: 2-4 hours
Manual · 6-8 hours
Formatting, screenshots, tables, rework
With Dradis · <2 hours
Including QA

Now let’s quantify what getting 2-4 hours back per engagement means for your business.

Run the ROI

Dradis vs Manual: Side by Side

Same goal. Completely different experience.

Dradis

Guaranteed consistency, centralized workflows, and streamlined collaboration

  • 2-4 hours less per report with automated output
  • Reusable issue libraries eliminate copy-paste errors
  • Protect sensitive data with self-hosted deployment
  • Built-in methodologies (OWASP/PTES etc.) ensure compliance-ready documentation
  • Real-time collaboration lets field teams and report writers work in parallel
  • Dynamic results portal for live updates

VS

Manually

Copy & paste errors, partially followed processes, and endless email chains

  • 6-8 hours formatting each report
  • Copy-paste errors damage credibility and require rework
  • Client data mixing risk with shared documents and cloud tools
  • Methodology references are scattered across wikis nobody uses
  • Report bottlenecks when field consultants wait for writers
  • Static PDFs limit client engagement post-delivery

Calculate Your Monthly Savings

Estimate your monthly savings from faster reporting.

Your inputs

Used for the "investment" line below.
$
USD
Daily rates are converted using 8 hours/day.
Teams moving from Word typically save 4-6 hours per report.
Most teams report saving around 4 hours per report.

Advanced options
Only needed if engagement volume is shared across the team.
Simple estimate. Use Advanced if you want "per team" volume.
Choose "Per team" if your engagements are staffed collaboratively.
Default assumes each person contributes to this many engagements per month.

Your results

Savings per report
$400
Hours saved
4 hrs
Savings per person / month
$1,200
Engagements / month
3
Savings for the team / month
$6,000
Team size: 5
Teams of 5 typically save $4,000-$8,000/month with Dradis.
Plan investment / month
$395
Assess at $79/user/mo
Net savings / month
$5,605
Net savings / year: $67,260

ROI multiple (monthly)
15.2x

Includes the Security Consultancy Delivery Playbook

Start saving $6,000 a month

Quality and Security Risks You Can't Afford

It’s not just time. Manual processes increase error rates and expand your data exposure.

Quality & Credibility Risk

The mistakes clients notice (and the ones they don’t).

  • Copy-pasting client names from previous reports
  • Inconsistent severity ratings across team members
  • Screenshot filenames leaking other client info
  • Missing findings because someone forgot to document
How Dradis solves this
  • Reusable Issue Library (no scavenging old reports)
  • Real-time collaboration + clear ownership
  • Built-in QA workflows to catch errors
  • Consistent methodology & severity mappings
  • Full audit trail + controlled access

Data Security Risk

Sensitive findings spread across tools and people.

  • Reports living in laptops, Dropbox or Drive
  • Screenshots in different formats and resolutions, scattered across the team
  • Email chains with sensitive findings
  • No audit trail of who accessed what
How Dradis solves this
  • Self-hosted platform (your infrastructure)
  • Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
  • Audit logging
  • Single source of truth for evidence and findings

How Teams Transition From Manual to Dradis

A practical path that doesn’t disrupt delivery.

1. Template Conversion

We help convert your current templates into Dradis.

2. Issue Library Setup

Import your vulnerability content - reuse forever.

3. Parallel Run

Use both processes for 1–2 engagements.

4. Full Switchover

Team trained - you’re delivering faster within weeks.

What Teams Say After Switching

More time back. More consistency. Less rework.

Dradis ensures that we're providing a consistent service to our customers.
Rory McCune's picture

Rory McCune

Director at ScotSTS

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about switching from manual reporting

Teams typically save 2–4 hours per engagement. Instead of spending 6–8 hours formatting findings in Word, copying screenshots, and fixing tables, Dradis lets you generate a polished report in one click from data you've already entered during testing.

The exact savings depend on your current workflow, but even conservative estimates put the time saved at 2 hours per report.

No. During onboarding, we convert your existing Word or Excel templates into Dradis.

Your reports will look exactly the same to your clients — the difference is that Dradis populates them automatically from your findings, evidence, and issue library instead of you doing it by hand.

Yes. Dradis is a multi-user platform where testers can add findings in real time while others review or write up results.

No more emailing Word documents back and forth, merging changes, or wondering who has the latest version. Learn more about team collaboration in Dradis.

Dradis generates reports in Word, Excel, CSV, and HTML at the click of a button. You work inside Dradis during the engagement, and when you're ready, export a fully formatted report in whatever format your client expects.

You can also use Dradis Gateway to share live, interactive results with stakeholders.

Dradis uses a reusable Issue Library so your team pulls from pre-approved vulnerability descriptions instead of copying from old reports. This eliminates the risk of pasting the wrong client name or leaking sensitive data.

Combined with role-based access control and audit logging, you get a single source of truth with full traceability.

See It In Action

Get a walkthrough focused on your workflow — not a sales pitch

We’ll show you how teams move from Word and screenshot folders to a single system for findings, QA, and reporting.

  • Map Dradis to your current workflow and toolchain
  • See how teams reduce reporting time by 2-4 hours per engagement
  • Review templates, Issue Libraries, QA workflows, and self-hosting options

🕒 20 minutes | 🎯 Custom to your workflow | 💬 Led by a real person