Founding Beta Partner Program
Help shape Exploit Hound.
We are selecting 10 organizations for the first cohort. You get the platform free for the whole program and a direct line to the people building it; we get what we cannot produce ourselves — how it behaves in real customer environments.
Apply for beta access What the platform does
Applications close on January 31, 2027.
Applying does not guarantee acceptance, and it authorizes no scanning, deployment or charge.
What a founding partner gets
Free throughout beta
No cost for the whole founding beta program — up to 5 customer environments and 250 managed assets in total.
No 90-day clock and no fixed expiration. No card, and nothing converts to a paid plan on its own.
One year free after completing testing
Complete the agreed testing and the Single environment subscription is free for 12 months after the program ends — 1 environment, up to 100 managed assets.
You choose which environment it covers, and we give you at least 30 days’ notice before the program ends.
Ongoing 50% off future software subscriptions
The same partners receive an ongoing 50% discount on future Exploit Hound software subscriptions, renewals, upgrades, additional environments and additional managed assets.
Against our then-current published rates. It does not expire while Exploit Hound is sold, and cancelling does not erase it.
Exactly what is included, and what is not
Included while the program runs
- Up to 5 customer environments and 250 managed assets in total, which is the MSP Starter envelope.
- Guided probe deployment, scope configuration and a review of your first results.
- An exposure and remediation review at the end, which separates verified findings from potential or unverified ones rather than presenting them as one list.
- A direct feedback channel and a monthly group roadmap discussion.
- Free usage runs to the end of the program, not to a per-partner date.
Included in the free year
- Single environment: 1 organization or environment, up to 100 managed assets, for 12 months from the end of the program — March 31, 2027 to March 31, 2028.
- You choose the environment it covers. For anything beyond it we arrange paid continuation at your founding-partner rate, or an orderly offboarding — your choice, agreed with you.
What the 50% discount does not cover
It applies to Exploit Hound software rates — monthly or annual, as published at the time. It covers customer environments billed through your MSP account.
Excluded: third-party charges, hardware, separately priced storage, professional services, taxes, pass-through costs.
It is nontransferable to another organization, does not stack with other discounts, and any custom quote we give you will state plainly how it has been treated. We record a discount as earned when you earn it and tell you it is applied only once somebody has confirmed it actually is.
When the program ends
The founding beta program ends on March 31, 2027. Applications close on January 31, 2027.
Your free year runs from March 31, 2027 to March 31, 2028. Every participant is written to before the program ends, with at least 30 days’ notice.
That date is about this program. It is separate from whether an individual capability is still labelled beta — some will be for a while afterwards, and the integrations page keeps each one’s status current.
If we end the program before you have had a fair chance to finish the agreed testing, you get a reviewed extension or a completion waiver. Your rewards are not lost to our timing.
Testing Exploit Hound does not automatically earn MailThreatZero benefits, and it does not create an application to it. Those are separate programs.
What you would be evaluating
Exploit Hound helps MSPs and IT teams discover exposed assets, prioritize security work, and verify fixes. It connects external discovery, local collection, and endpoint evidence where deployed.
Across the platform, 27 capabilities are generally available and 22 are beta. Every capability and integration carries a published status on the integrations page, kept current — the PSA and RMM connections are beta, and evaluating a beta integration is a reasonable thing to do here. We do not claim that every integration is production-validated, because they are not.
Who is building it
Built by Dewey Straughn, who founded his MSP in 1999 and spent 24 years running it before selling in 2023. His background includes security, infrastructure, data centers, and building business applications.
So the person reading your feedback has run the kind of business you run, and the roadmap discussion is with him rather than through a form.
What testing involves
- Arrange deployment within 14 days of your scheduled onboarding.
- Use the platform in an environment you are authorized to assess, for at least 30 days.
- Complete 3 short check-ins and one final 20-minute interview.
- Evaluate discovery, prioritization, and a remediation verification workflow where that is feasible in your estate.
- Report issues with enough context that we can investigate them.
What we do not ask
- No required number of bugs.
- No positive review, testimonial or public endorsement.
- No use of your logo or your story without asking you separately and getting a yes.
Feedback that the product is not right for you is a useful result and is not a failure to participate.
Scope, authorization and billing, stated plainly
Applying authorizes nothing. Submitting this form does not start a scan, deploy anything, connect an integration, create a subscription or produce a charge. The checkbox on the form is an acknowledgement that you can arrange permission — it is not the permission itself.
Authorization is collected during onboarding, before anything is assessed. That conversation records the exact targets, the permitted methods, and your customer's authorization where the estate is not your own.
Going beyond the agreed scope is a conversation, not an invoice. During the beta, exceeding the approved environment or asset limits requires an explicit scope discussion with us. Newly discovered assets are not silently enrolled, and no surprise charge is generated — discovered assets are never billed on any plan.
What happens next
- Apply. The form above, by January 31, 2027. Nothing is reviewed yet.
- Verify your email. One link, which works once and expires after 48 hours.
- Application review. We read every application and write to you either way — there is no silence if you are not selected.
- Authorized onboarding. A session where we agree the scope and permitted methods, record your authorization, and deploy a probe if you are using one.
- Active testing. 30 days or more, 3 check-ins, one interview at the end, through to March 31, 2027.
Applications close on January 31, 2027. Applying authorizes no scanning, deploys nothing and creates no charge.
Common questions
Does applying guarantee a place?
No. The first cohort is 10 organizations and we expect more applications than places. Applications we cannot take now go on a waitlist rather than being declined, if you would like them to.
Do I need a payment card to take part?
No. There is no card, no trial that converts, and no charge at any point in the program. Paid continuation after the free year is something you choose and agree to separately.
When do applications close, and when does the program end?
Applications close on January 31, 2027. The founding beta program ends on March 31, 2027 — one date for the whole cohort, not a per-partner clock. Free usage runs to that date, and we write to every participant beforehand with at least 30 days’ notice.
Is the 50% discount the same as the free year?
No, they are separate and you earn both by completing the agreed testing. The free year is 12 months of Single environment beginning when the program ends — March 31, 2027 to March 31, 2028. The discount is 50% off future Exploit Hound software subscriptions, renewals, upgrades and additional scope, and it does not expire while Exploit Hound is sold.
What happens if I cancel and come back later?
Cancelling does not erase the discount. The eligibility is earned by completing the testing, and it still applies if you resubscribe. It does not stack with other discounts, and any custom quote will state plainly how it was applied.
Does testing Exploit Hound earn MailThreatZero benefits?
No. They are separate programs with separate applications. Ticking the interest box on this form records interest only — it does not create an application to the other product.
Can I discuss the NDA before agreeing to it?
Yes. Ask for an NDA discussion — choose “Beta NDA or program terms” on the contact form — and a person will reply. It is a conversation rather than an application: it does not reserve a place or grant beta access, and you are not agreeing to anything by asking.
What does Exploit Hound do with my application data?
It is used to select the cohort and plan onboarding, and for nothing else unless you tick the optional updates box. Unconfirmed applications are erased after 14 days, declined or withdrawn ones after 90 days, and waitlisted ones after 180 days unless you renew. The erasure job runs daily.