Attack surface management for enterprise buyers
Asked as “attack surface management platform”, and as “external attack surface monitoring tool”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 54 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
44%
Clear leader
44Cortex Xpanse13Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management07CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management35others
44% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026▲+15Since October 2026: 29% → 44%, +15 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Cortex Xpanse held the lead, +15 points on 29%, past the floor.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
Intruder35%Contested▲+9Since October 2026: 26% → 35%, +9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →Mid-marketIntruder29%Contested▼−20Since October 2026: 49% → 29%, −20 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Standing →Enterprise
Cortex Xpanse44%Clear leader▲+15Since October 2026: 29% → 44%, +15 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.This page
Intruder35%Contested▲+9Since October 2026: 26% → 35%, +9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →Mid-marketIntruder29%Contested▼−20Since October 2026: 49% → 29%, −20 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Standing →EnterpriseCortex Xpanse44%Clear leader▲+15Since October 2026: 29% → 44%, +15 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.This pageThe standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Cortex Xpanse44%11%56endorsed leader▲+15Since October 2026: 29% → 44%, +15 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.29% → 44%
Cortex Xpanse44%11%56endorsed leader▲+15Since October 2026: 29% → 44%, +15 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.29% → 44%02
Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management13%16%64accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 16% → 13%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.16% → 13%
Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management13%16%64accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 16% → 13%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.16% → 13%03
Tenable Attack Surface Management7%5%43accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 5% → 7%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 7%
Tenable Attack Surface Management7%5%43accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 5% → 7%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 7%04
CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management7%8%25accepted challenger▲+5Since October 2026: 2% → 7%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 7%
CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management7%8%25accepted challenger▲+5Since October 2026: 2% → 7%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 7%05
CyCognito6%17%52accepted challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 7% → 6%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 6%
CyCognito6%17%52accepted challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 7% → 6%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 6%06
CrowdStrike Falcon Surface6%13%15accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 4% → 6%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 6%
CrowdStrike Falcon Surface6%13%15accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 4% → 6%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 6%07
Bitsight4%5%19accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 7% → 4%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 4%
Bitsight4%5%19accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 7% → 4%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 4%Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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Qualys External Attack Surface Management0%25%16criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Qualys External Attack Surface Management0%25%16criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%08
Censys ASM0%17%24accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Censys ASM0%17%24accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%09
Wiz0%10%10accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 0%
Wiz0%10%10accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 0%The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one can't be told apart from repeat variation, and both are shown. Each index measures its own floor from its own repeat, over its own categories, so the floor differs from one index to the next. Both editions asked the same fourteen models. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Head to head
Intruder vs AttaxionIntruder vs CyCognitoIntruder vs Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management
Head-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not enterprise.All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
Intruder vs Censys ASMIntruder vs UpGuard BreachSightIntruder vs Cortex XpanseIntruder vs Tenable Attack Surface ManagementAttaxion vs CyCognitoAttaxion vs Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface ManagementAttaxion vs Censys ASMAttaxion vs UpGuard BreachSightAttaxion vs Cortex XpanseAttaxion vs Tenable Attack Surface ManagementCyCognito vs Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface ManagementCyCognito vs Censys ASMCyCognito vs UpGuard BreachSightCyCognito vs Cortex XpanseCyCognito vs Tenable Attack Surface ManagementMicrosoft Defender External Attack Surface Management vs Censys ASMMicrosoft Defender External Attack Surface Management vs UpGuard BreachSightMicrosoft Defender External Attack Surface Management vs Cortex XpanseMicrosoft Defender External Attack Surface Management vs Tenable Attack Surface ManagementCensys ASM vs UpGuard BreachSightCensys ASM vs Cortex XpanseCensys ASM vs Tenable Attack Surface ManagementUpGuard BreachSight vs Cortex XpanseUpGuard BreachSight vs Tenable Attack Surface ManagementCortex Xpanse vs Tenable Attack Surface Management
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
01020304050607080910Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01Cortex Xpanse44%
Cortex Xpanse44%02Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management13%
Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management13%03Tenable Attack Surface Management7%
Tenable Attack Surface Management7%04CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management7%
CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management7%05CyCognito6%
CyCognito6%06CrowdStrike Falcon Surface6%
CrowdStrike Falcon Surface6%07Bitsight4%
Bitsight4%08Censys ASM0%
Censys ASM0%09Wiz0%
Wiz0%10Qualys External Attack Surface Management0%
Qualys External Attack Surface Management0%What they warned about
Four of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5 and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management16%
10 of 64 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“NOT Recommended for Predictable Costs” MiniMax M2.5, budget prompt
CyCognito17%
9 of 52 labels negative · 8 of 14 models
“CyCognito is mentioned as a strong tool for large enterprises with distributed external footprints and acquisition complexity, but it is also noted that it has a limited focus on external visibility and no internal context.” Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt
Cortex Xpanse11%
6 of 56 labels negative · 6 of 14 models
“Caution: Adversary Intelligence Coverage. ... it can be "challenging to confirm absolute coverage and penetration of the Dark Web" compared to competitors.” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
Censys ASM17%
4 of 24 labels negative · 4 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Enterprises should be cautious about or avoid Censys ASM due to reported issues with attribution and effectiveness.” Mistral Small, negative prompt
What they cite
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
79 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 957 links across 232 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 35 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
vendor site · UpGuard39 answers · 45 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Cyble34 answers · 34 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Palo Alto Networks26 answers · 37 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Check Point24 answers · 24 citations · 11 models
19 answers · 21 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Microsoft18 answers · 30 citations · 8 models
vendor site · CyCognito18 answers · 29 citations · 10 models
vendor site · G218 answers · 22 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Synack18 answers · 18 citations · 9 models
18 answers · 18 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Tenable14 answers · 21 citations · 8 models
14 answers · 14 citations · 8 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
34 answers · 11 models
32 answers · 9 models
23 answers · 10 models
18 answers · 11 models
17 answers · 9 models
14 answers · 8 models
13 answers · 6 models
13 answers · 7 models
12 answers · 7 models
11 answers · 7 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “attack surface management platform”, “attack surface management platforms”, “best attack surface management platform”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto Cortex cortex.io Cortex Xpanse 44% | 44% | 115 | 170 | 4 | 16,782 | 6 | ||
| CrowdStrike parent site CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management 7%, CrowdStrike Falcon Surface 6%, CrowdStrike Falcon Surface / Exposure Management 2% | 15% | 65 | 74,000 | 5,130 | ||||
| Microsoft Defender parent site Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management 13% | 13% | 158 | 18,100 | 3,525 | ||||
| Tenable parent site Tenable Attack Surface Management 7% | 7% | 77 | 27,100 | 1,194 | ||||
| CyCognito cycognito.com | 6% | 131 | 590 | 6 | 9,935 | 3 | 7 | |
| Bitsight bitsight.com Bitsight 4%, Bitsight Exposure Management / EASM 2% | 6% | 160 | 4,400 | 146 | 126,245 | $60 | 31 | |
| Offensive360 offensive360.com Offensive360 ASM 4%, Offensive360 2% | 6% | 4 | ||||||
| Attack Surface Scan attacksurfacescan.com | 2% | 17 | ||||||
| runZero runzero.com | 2% | 20 | 1,900 | 16 | 1,882 | 12 | ||
| Censys censys.com Censys ASM 0% | 0% | 74 | 30 | 0 | 4,973 company | 43 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 21 sites; 5 of them are among the sites the models cited here (cycognito.com, microsoft.com, paloaltonetworks.com, synack.com, upguard.com). The first result for “attack surface management platform” is sentinelone.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best attack surface management platform for an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which external attack surface monitoring tool would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade attack surface management platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best attack surface management platform for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating an attack surface management platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which attack surface management platforms should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5BitsightCortex XpanseChangedCortex XpanseCrowdStrike Falcon Surfaceno first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, Microsoft PassiveTotal, Tenable Vulnerability Management
Three alternatives
Cortex Xpanse, Synack, Tenable Attack Surface ManagementThree alternatives
CyCognito, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, Tenable Attack Surface ManagementFive alternatives
Bitsight, CrowdStrike Falcon Surface, CyCognito, Microsoft Defender External ASM, Tenable Attack Surface ManagementGPT-5.4 miniCrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management, CrowdStrike Falcon SurfaceCortex XpanseChangedno first choiceCrowdStrike Falcon Surface / Exposure Management, Tenable Attack Surface Managementno first choiceagainst: Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, Rapid7 Surface Command
Four alternatives
Censys ASM, IONIX, NetSPI ASM, Tenable Attack Surface ManagementThree alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Surface, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, Tenable Attack Surface ManagementSeven alternatives
Bitsight, Cortex Xpanse, CrowdStrike Falcon Surface, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, Qualys External Attack Surface Management, Rapid7 Surface Command, Tenable Attack Surface ManagementOne alternative
CTM360Gemini 3.5 FlashCortex XpanseCortex XpanseHeldCortex XpanseCortex Xpanse, CyCognitoagainst: Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Managementno first choicenothing named
Five alternatives
Axonius, CyCognito, IONIX, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, WizThree alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Surface, CyCognito, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface ManagementFive alternatives
Axonius, CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management, CyCognito, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, WizOne alternative
Tenable Exposure Management / Tenable ASMPerplexity SonarCortex XpanseCortex XpanseHeldCortex XpanseMicrosoft Defender External Attack Surface Managementno first choiceagainst: Censys ASM, Cortex Xpanse, CrowdStrike Falcon Surface, CyCognito, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, Qualys External Attack Surface Management, Tenable Attack Surface Management
Seven alternatives
Bitsight, CyCognito, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, Qualys External Attack Surface Management, Synack, Tenable Attack Surface Management, WizFour alternatives
Bitsight, CyCognito, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, Qualys External Attack Surface ManagementNine alternatives
Bishop Fox Cosmos, Censys ASM, CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management, CyCognito, IONIX, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, Qualys External Attack Surface Management, Synack, Tenable Attack Surface ManagementThree alternatives
Cortex Xpanse, CrowdStrike, CyCognitoGrok 4.20Cortex Xpanse, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface ManagementCortex XpanseChangedCortex Xpanseagainst: IBM, Qualys VMDR, Tenable Attack Surface Management, ZafranMicrosoft Defender External Attack Surface Managementagainst: CrowdStrike, CyCognito, Mandiant Attack Surface Management, Qualys External Attack Surface ManagementCortex Xpanseagainst: Masscan, Qualys External Attack Surface Management, Shodan, Trend Micro
Five alternatives
Censys ASM, CyCognito, Mandiant Attack Surface Management, UpGuard BreachSight, ZafranFour alternatives
CyCognito, Cyble Vision, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, UpGuard BreachSightFive alternatives
Censys ASM, CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management, CyCognito, Google Mandiant Attack Surface Management, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface ManagementOne alternative
Cortex XpanseFour alternatives
Bitsight, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, Rapid7, Tenable Attack Surface ManagementMistral SmallCortex XpanseMicrosoft Defender External Attack Surface ManagementChangedCortex XpanseOffensive360 ASMagainst: Cortex Xpanse, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Managementno first choiceagainst: Censys ASM, CyCognito
Three alternatives
Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, Synack, UpGuard BreachSightFour alternatives
Attaxion, Axonius Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management, Censys ASM, Cortex XpanseSix alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management, CyCognito, IBM Security Randori Recon, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, Qualys TotalCloud ASM, Tenable Attack Surface ManagementDeepSeek V4 FlashCortex Xpanse, CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure ManagementCortex XpanseChangedCyCognito, Palo Alto Networks – Cortex XpanseTenable Attack Surface Managementagainst: Attaxion, Cortex Xpanse, FireMon, Qualys External Attack Surface Managementno first choiceagainst: Bitsight, Censys ASM, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, Rapid7 InsightVM, SOCRadar, SecurityScorecard, Tenable Nessus
Five alternatives
CyCognito, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, Qualys External Attack Surface Management, Tenable Attack Surface Management, WizFour alternatives
Censys ASM, CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management, CyCognito, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface ManagementEight alternatives
Armis – Centrix Cyber Exposure Management, Axonius, CrowdStrike – Falcon Exposure Management, IBM Randori, Mandiant Advantage, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, Qualys – CyberSecurity Asset Management, Tenable – Attack Surface ManagementThree alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management, CyCognito, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface ManagementLlama 4 MaverickCortex XpanseCortex XpanseHeldno first choiceCortex Xpanseno first choiceagainst: CyCognito
Five alternatives
CrowdStrike, CyCognito, Cyble Vision, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, Palo Alto NetworksTwo alternatives
Bitsight, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface ManagementThree alternatives
CyCognito, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, Wiz ASMQwen 3.7 FlashCortex XpanseCortex Xpanse, CyCognitoChangedCyCognitoOffensive360against: CyCognitono first choiceagainst: Aikido Security, CodeAnt AI, CrowdStrike Falcon Surface, CyCognito, Digital Shadows, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, SecurityScorecard, ThreatConnect Risk Quantifier, Wiz
Three alternatives
CyCognito, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, ZafranThree alternatives
Cyble Vision, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, UpGuard BreachSightFour alternatives
CrowdStrike, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, Palo Alto Networks, Tenable Attack Surface ManagementOne alternative
Palo Alto NetworksKimi K2CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure ManagementCortex XpanseChangedCortex XpanseMicrosoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, Tenable Attack Surface Managementagainst: Censys ASM, Cortex Xpanse, CyCognitono first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
CyCognito, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, Microsoft Threat Intelligence, Palo Alto NetworksTwo alternatives
CyCognito, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface ManagementSeven alternatives
Censys ASM, CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management, CyCognito, Cyble Vision, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, Qualys External Attack Surface Management, Tenable Attack Surface ManagementOne alternative
CrowdStrike Falcon SurfaceGLM 4.7 FlashXCortex Xpanse, CyCognito, Tenable Attack Surface ManagementCortex XpanseChangedCortex XpanseMicrosoft Defender External Attack Surface Managementno first choiceagainst: Cortex Xpanse, CyCognito
Three alternatives
Check Point Exposure Management CAASM, CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface ManagementThree alternatives
Bitsight, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, Tenable Attack Surface ManagementFour alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management, CyCognito, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, Qualys External Attack Surface ManagementThree alternatives
Cortex Xpanse, CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management, Qualys CyberSecurity Asset ManagementMiniMax M2.5Cortex Xpanse, CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface ManagementCrowdStrike Falcon SurfaceChangedagainst: OWASP Amass, Shodan, Sublist3rCortex Xpanse, CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure ManagementAttack Surface Scanagainst: Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Managementno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Censys ASM, CyCognito, Tenable Attack Surface ManagementFive alternatives
BitSight Security Ratings, Digital Shadows (Proofpoint) – SearchLight, Recorded Future, SecurityScorecard, ZeroFoxSix alternatives
Axonius Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management, CyCognito, Cyble Vision, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, Tenable Attack Surface Management, WizTwo alternatives
CloudSEK BeVigil Enterprise, InformerGPT-6 LunaCortex XpanseCortex XpanseHeldCensys ASM, Cortex Xpanse, CyCognitorunZeroagainst: Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Managementno first choiceagainst: LeakIX, ONYPHE, Shodan
Three alternatives
Censys ASM, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, Tenable Attack Surface ManagementOne alternative
CyCognitoFour alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, Rapid7 Surface Command, Tenable Attack Surface ManagementOne alternative
Mandiant Attack Surface ManagementFive alternatives
Censys ASM, Cortex Xpanse, IBM Randori Recon, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, Tenable Attack Surface ManagementMuse Glimmer 30BBitsightBitsight Exposure Management / EASMChangedno first choiceOffensive360 ASMno first choiceagainst: Cortex Xpanse, CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management, CyCognito, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management
Four alternatives
Cortex Xpanse, CyCognito, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, ZafranThree alternatives
Cortex Xpanse, CyCognito Attack Surface Platform, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface ManagementTwo alternatives
Attack Surface Scan, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface ManagementBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:43 | yes | 17 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:46 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 19:33 | yes | 10 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:49 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:29 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:58 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:43 | yes | 8 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 14:57 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 14:29 | yes | 5 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 14:08 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 15:43 | yes | 12 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 13:31 | yes | 5 | 65 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:03 | yes | 2 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 15:42 | yes | 14 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:27 | yes | 17 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 15:37 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 13:24 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 16:23 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:20 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:47 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:41 | yes | 24 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 17:00 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 14:39 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:55 | yes | 19 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:12 | yes | 24 | 28 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 13:12 | no | 0 | 72 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:32 | yes | 3 | 11 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:24 | yes | 15 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:54 | yes | 13 | 11 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:19 | yes | 8 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 11:16 | yes | 12 | 28 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:44 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:21 | yes | 5 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 18:27 | yes | 20 | 17 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 13:00 | yes | 21 | 44 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 17:34 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 16:36 | yes | 10 | 48 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:06 | yes | 9 | 19 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:54 | yes | 24 | 137 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 14:25 | yes | 14 | 29 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 18:46 | yes | 9 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:52 | yes | 12 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:38 | yes | 27 | 13 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 19:39 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 18:07 | yes | 6 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 18:35 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:00 | yes | 23 | 20 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 08:50 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 13:32 | yes | 25 | 32 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:27 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 14:31 | yes | 15 | 72 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:10 | yes | 25 | 40 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 14:54 | yes | 20 | 35 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:50 | yes | 12 | 41 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:45 | yes | 2 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:38 | yes | 21 | 31 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 15:08 | yes | 19 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 14:52 | yes | 3 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 09:27 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 08:39 | yes | 10 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:22 | yes | 5 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:35 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 17:27 | yes | 22 | 49 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 17:28 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:27 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 16:36 | yes | 15 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 17:08 | yes | 15 | 95 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 17:31 | yes | 23 | 57 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:56 | yes | 6 | 31 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 16:32 | yes | 13 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 14:59 | yes | 19 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 17:01 | yes | 3 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 14:36 | yes | 10 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 16:20 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:22 | yes | 13 | 15 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:50 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 13:32 | yes | 23 | 77 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:49 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 08:51 | yes | 23 | 61 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 15:28 | yes | 23 | 54 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 18:58 | yes | 24 | 48 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 18:18 | yes | 21 | 95 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:07 | yes | 4 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:00 | yes | 23 | 32 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
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Category-scoped readings
Aikido read as Aikido Security
Attaxion read as Attaxion
Bishop Fox read as Bishop Fox Cosmos
Censys read as Censys ASM
Check Point read as Check Point Exposure Management CAASM
Check Point Exposure Management read as Check Point Exposure Management CAASM
Check Point's Exposure Management CAASM read as Check Point Exposure Management CAASM
Cyble read as Cyble Vision
Intruder.io read as Intruder
Mandiant read as Mandiant Attack Surface Management
Mandiant (Google) read as Mandiant Attack Surface Management
Microsoft read as Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management
Microsoft (Defender External Attack Surface Management) read as Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management
Qualys read as Qualys External Attack Surface Management
Tenable read as Tenable Attack Surface Management
Tenable (SecurityCenter/One) read as Tenable Attack Surface Management
Tenable (Tenable One / ASM) read as Tenable Attack Surface Management
Tenable (e.g., Tenable One or Nessus Expert with ASM) read as Tenable Attack Surface Management
Tenable One read as Tenable Attack Surface Management
Tenable One Exposure Management Platform read as Tenable Attack Surface Management
UpGuard read as UpGuard BreachSight
UpGuard Breach Risk read as UpGuard BreachSight
Unresolved, counted raw
ACDS Observatory
Axonius CAASM
Bitsight Exposure Management
Bitsight Exposure Management / EASM
CrowdStrike External Attack Surface Management (EASM)
CrowdStrike – Falcon Exposure Management (Falcon Surface)
CyCognito Attack Surface Platform
Digital Shadows (Proofpoint) – SearchLight
Fortinet FortiRecon
Google Mandiant Attack Surface Management
Group-IB Attack Surface Management
IBM Randori Recon
IBM Security Randori Recon
Informer
Intruder.io Attack Surface Management Platform
Microsoft Defender External ASM
Microsoft PassiveTotal
NetSPI ASM
Netenrich Resolution Intelligence Cloud
Noetic
Palo Alto Networks – Cortex Xpanse
Qualys TotalCloud ASM
Qualys – CyberSecurity Asset Management
Rapid7 Command / Surface Command + Exposure Command
Tenable Exposure Management / Tenable ASM
Tenable – Attack Surface Management
Trickest
Vercara (formerly RiskIQ) PassiveTotal
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.