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Founding sponsorship · 1 available slot · pentestingcost.com

Two billboards.
A highway billboard reaches ~300,000 drivers a month. About 20 of them are pricing pen tests.
This page gets 254 visits a month, from people who came looking for pen test pricing.

28-day measured actuals · September 2026

Search impressions

~7,322/month from people researching pen testing (Search Console)

Search visits

22/month from those searches

Visits, all sources

254/month (GA4)

Engaged visits

97/month

Average visit

79 seconds, measured

AI-assistant referrals

15 sessions/month (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and peers)

Advertisers sharing space

One. No other advertising runs on this site, by policy

Measurement

Viewport seconds logged, monthly reporting

Founding rate

$400/month, held for the founding sponsor while the placement is continuous

The audience, in its own words

“cobalt ptaas” · “ai penetration testing cost” · “amazon bug bounty price”

Top search queries bringing visitors, last 28 days (Search Console). ~7,322 search impressions/month; 15 AI-assistant-referred sessions.

The placement

SponsorYour markOne line, in your words.disclosed

On every page of the reference, labelled as sponsorship. Never inside the results. No other advertising runs on this site, by policy.

Founding sponsorship

1 available slot

$400/month, founding rate held

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Sponsorship does not affect inclusion, ordering, or computed figures. Competitors remain in the coverage, computed identically from their published pages. Sponsors are disclosed. Editorial independence is the product.

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Current rate: $400/month · September 2026 · valid 90 days from the date above · month to month · first 30 days free with a measured attention report · cancel by reply

Billboard: typical US highway rates and traffic counts (OOH industry ranges); in-market share estimated, assumptions on request. This site: GA4 and Search Console, 28-day measured actuals, September 2026.