A HackerGPT / HackerAI alternative

Short answer: if you want a chatbot for authorized penetration testing, CTFs or bug bounty that won’t stall on security questions, Obscurify.ai serves cybersecurity-tuned models (the OrcaCyber family and CyberHeabsy) on an OpenAI-compatible API, on an account that is just a random 16-digit number. Prompts aren’t stored, and we don’t train on them. If you want an agent that runs recon and tools for you out of the box, HackerAI is the better pick — that’s its whole design, and this is not.

First, the names. The original HackerGPT (chat.hackerai.co) rebranded to PentestGPT in July 2024, and the team’s current product is HackerAI at hackerai.co. Several unrelated sites also use the “HackerGPT” name — hackergpt.app / hackergpt.org (an OSINT and CTF tool), hackergpt.cloud, and hackerai.sh (a separate terminal CLI). This page compares the main commercial one, HackerAI, which is what most “HackerGPT alternative” searches are looking for. It is a fair comparison, not a takedown: HackerAI is a capable tool.

Disclosure: this page is written by Obscurify.ai. Facts about HackerAI are from its own site, verified on 2026-11-08; corrections with a source are welcome through the contact page.

What each one is

HackerAI is an AI agent for penetration testing. You point it at a target you’re authorized to test, and it plans the work, runs a terminal and a browser in a hosted sandbox (or on your own machine), keeps the evidence, and drafts the report [1]. It is open source (github.com/hackerai-tech/hackerai, Apache-2.0 with commercial restrictions), and the hosted service runs on models chosen for it, including, for requests standard models refuse, abliterated models [2].

Obscurify.ai is a private AI chat and an OpenAI-compatible API with 200+ models, among them a set of cybersecurity-tuned models and the broader uncensored models. It gives you the model; the tooling is your own (your shell, Burp, an agent like Cline or OpenCode). The account is a random number with no email, and prompts aren’t stored on the server.

So the honest framing is agent vs. model. If you want the harness, HackerAI is built for that. If you want a model you drive yourself, privately and cheaply, that’s this.

Side by side

When to pick HackerAI instead

Be honest with yourself about what you want:

• You want the agent to do the work. HackerAI’s reason to exist is the harness: it runs the recon, executes the tools in a sandbox, keeps every command and its output attached to the finding, and writes the report. Obscurify.ai gives you a model and leaves the driving to you.
• You want one tool, not assembly. HackerAI is sign-up-and-go. Pointing a model at your own agent (Cline, OpenCode, a shell wrapper) is a few minutes of setup.
• You want it fully self-hostable. HackerAI is open source, so you can run the whole thing on your own keys and infrastructure.

When Obscurify.ai fits better

• You already have your tools. You run Burp, Nmap, your own scripts or an agent, and you just need a model that will engage with authorized offensive work instead of hedging. Point any OpenAI-compatible client at https://obscurify.ai/v1.
• You don’t want an account tied to you. No email, no phone. The account is a random 16-digit number, and you can pay with blind-signed vouchers that can’t be linked to it.
• You don’t want your prompts kept or trained on. Prompts and replies aren’t stored on the server, models with the ZDR tag only go to zero-data-retention routes, whose providers’ published policies say they don’t train on or keep the data (published policies, not signed agreements). The OrcaCyber models don’t have the tag, so their provider’s own policy applies; CyberHeabsy does. HackerAI keeps tasks and, by default, may use eligible content to improve its models.
• You want to pick the model per job. Cyber-tuned models for security reasoning, coder models for exploit PoCs and tooling, frontier models for hard analysis — same API, same account.

The models

Obscurify.ai’s cybersecurity-tuned models are built for security reasoning: recon planning, reading scanner and log output, explaining CVEs, writing PoCs for authorized testing, malware analysis and detection engineering. They run on every plan, including Pay As You Go with no monthly fee (no Pro plan needed) — you pay per message from a prepaid balance. The full list and a capability rundown are on the cybersecurity LLM page, and for day-to-day coding there’s a separate uncensored coding AI page.

For how the broader uncensored models behave, we publish an open refusal test: 12 prompts mainstream assistants often decline, each reply graded and hand-checked.

A note on scope

Security framing here means authorized work only — penetration testing with permission, CTFs, bug bounty within program scope, reverse engineering, malware analysis, detection engineering, OSINT and education. Obscurify.ai’s terms prohibit writing or spreading malware and breaking into systems you aren’t authorized to access, and so do HackerAI’s [6]. A model that doesn’t refuse legitimate questions is not a licence to do illegal work.

Start

Guest chat needs no account (30 messages an hour). For the cybersecurity models and the API, an account is a random 16-digit number; add funds with Monero, Bitcoin, Lightning or a card. New accounts get $1 of starter credit, with the Pro models (uncensored ones included) for their first 7 days, while this month’s promo budget lasts.

Sources

1. HackerAI product page: https://hackerai.co/product
2. HackerAI Security & Trust page: https://hackerai.co/trust
3. HackerAI sign-up: https://hackerai.co/signup
4. HackerAI privacy policy: https://hackerai.co/privacy-policy
5. HackerAI pricing: https://hackerai.co/pricing
6. HackerAI terms of service: https://hackerai.co/terms-of-service

Obscurify.ai facts: pricing, privacy policy, terms, cybersecurity models.

Common questions

Is HackerGPT the same as HackerAI or PentestGPT?

They share a lineage. The original HackerGPT (chat.hackerai.co) rebranded to PentestGPT in July 2024, and the team’s current product is HackerAI at hackerai.co. Separately, a few unrelated sites still use the “HackerGPT” name, so check which one you mean.

What’s the main difference from HackerAI?

HackerAI is an agent with a built-in terminal and browser that runs the work for you. Obscurify.ai gives you the model through an OpenAI-compatible API and a private chat, and you bring your own tools. Different jobs.

Does Obscurify.ai keep or train on my prompts?

No. Prompts and replies aren’t stored on the server, and we don’t train on it, and models with the ZDR tag only go to zero-data-retention routes, whose providers’ published policies say they don’t train on or keep the data (published policies, not signed agreements). The OrcaCyber models don’t have the tag, so their provider’s own policy applies; CyberHeabsy does. HackerAI stores tasks and, by default, may use eligible content to improve its models unless you opt out.

Do I need an email to use it?

No. The account is a random 16-digit number, with no email, phone or password. Guest chat needs no account at all.

Can I use it for real penetration tests?

For authorized testing, yes: CTFs, bug bounty within scope, engagements you have permission to run. The terms prohibit writing malware and accessing systems you aren’t authorized to touch.

How much does it cost?

Pay As You Go has no monthly fee; you pay per message at each model’s price. The cybersecurity models work on that plan. See pricing.

Last updated 2026-11-08. Plan prices and model lists on this page are read live from the site.