# Threat intelligence platforms: what AI models recommend, October 2026

Gane Index, October 2026 Edition. Asked as "threat intelligence platform" and as "cyber threat intelligence feed and platform", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/threat-intelligence-platforms/2026-10

This is the permanent record of the October 2026 Edition, published October 1, 2026 and superseded since. The current standing: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/threat-intelligence-platforms/index.md

**Standing:** MISP (tied with Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud) leads with 12% of first choices; verdict contested. 59 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [MISP](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/misp/index.md) | 12% | 19% | 36 |
| 2 | [Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/recorded-future-intelligence-cloud/index.md) | 12% | 44% | 54 |
| 3 | [Anomali ThreatStream](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/anomali-threatstream/index.md) | 10% | 30% | 40 |
| 4 | [SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/socradar-extended-threat-intelligence/index.md) | 10% | 13% | 15 |
| 5 | [ThreatConnect](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/threatconnect/index.md) | 8% | 22% | 37 |
| 6 | [AlienVault OTX](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/alienvault-otx/index.md) | 5% | 0% | 11 |
| 7 | [Cyble Vision](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cyble-vision/index.md) | 5% | 15% | 13 |
| 10 | [CrowdStrike Falcon Intelligence](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/crowdstrike-falcon-intelligence/index.md) | 3% | 5% | 21 |
| 12 | [OpenCTI](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/opencti/index.md) | 2% | 32% | 28 |
| 13 | [Abuse.ch](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/abuse-ch/index.md) | 2% | 0% | 10 |
| 24 | [Flashpoint Ignite](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/flashpoint-ignite/index.md) | 0% | 11% | 18 |
| 25 | [Google Threat Intelligence](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/google-threat-intelligence/index.md) | 0% | 18% | 11 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 119 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud; alternatives CloudSEK, CrowdStrike Falcon, Cyble Vision, Mandiant Threat Intelligence
- GPT-5.4 mini: Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud; alternatives Anomali ThreatStream, ThreatConnect
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Flare, SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence; alternatives CrowdStrike Falcon Intelligence, UpGuard
- Perplexity Sonar: SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence; alternatives Flare, Rapid7 Threat Command, ThreatConnect
- Grok 4.20: CrowdStrike Falcon Intelligence; alternatives Anomali ThreatStream, Flashpoint Ignite, ManageEngine Log360, Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud
- Mistral Small: Cyble Vision, Rapid7 Threat Command; alternatives UpGuard
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Cyble Vision, Rapid7 Threat Command; alternatives Anomali ThreatStream, CrowdStrike Falcon, NordStellar, OpenCTI
- Llama 4 Maverick: no first choice
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: ThreatConnect; alternatives ManageEngine Log360, UpGuard
- Kimi K2: Anomali ThreatStream, ThreatConnect; alternatives Google Threat Intelligence, NordStellar
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud, ThreatSearch; alternatives Anomali ThreatStream, ThreatConnect
- MiniMax M2.5: Rapid7 Threat Command; alternatives ManageEngine Log360, UpGuard
- GPT-6 Luna: Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud; alternatives Anomali ThreatStream, ThreatConnect
- Muse Glimmer 30B: UpGuard; alternatives Cyble Vision, ThreatConnect

## Sources the answers cite

74 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- upguard.com: 38 answers, 45 citations
- analyticsinsight.net: 28 answers, 50 citations
- cyware.com: 25 answers, 36 citations
- underdefense.com: 24 answers, 25 citations
- learn.g2.com: 23 answers, 24 citations
- vectra.ai: 23 answers, 23 citations
- flare.io: 21 answers, 23 citations
- esecurityplanet.com: 21 answers, 22 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://upguard.com/blog/best-threat-intelligence-platforms-and-vendors (37 answers)
- https://underdefense.com/blog/threat-detection-tools (23 answers)
- https://vectra.ai/topics/threat-intelligence-tools (23 answers)
- https://learn.g2.com/best-threat-intelligence-tools (22 answers)
- https://analyticsinsight.net/cybersecurity/10-best-threat-intelligence-platforms-in-2026 (22 answers)
- https://esecurityplanet.com/products/threat-intelligence-platforms (21 answers)
- https://csoonline.com/article/3984720/threat-intelligence-platform-buyers-guide-how-to-pick-the-best-platform.html (19 answers)
- https://cyble.com/knowledge-hub/top-best-threat-intelligence-platforms (17 answers)
- https://b2breviews.com/threat-intelligence-platforms (16 answers)
- https://flare.io/glossary/top-14-threat-intelligence-platforms-for-2026 (16 answers)

## Warned against

- Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud: 24 of 54 labels negative. "Verdict: Avoid if you have a limited budget or require high-volume, automated ingestion into many disparate tools without manual tuning." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt)
- Anomali ThreatStream: 12 of 40 labels negative. "Verdict: Avoid unless you are a large enterprise with specific requirements for high-volume, automated ingestion" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt)
- MISP: 7 of 36 labels negative. "avoid building a MISP instance yourself" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, paraphrase prompt)
- OpenCTI: 9 of 28 labels negative. "NVD describes a critical privilege-escalation issue affecting OpenCTI versions 6.6.0–6.9.12 and fixed in 6.9.13. That's a reason to avoid those unpatched versions, not to reject OpenCTI categorically." (GPT-6 Luna, negative prompt)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
New leader: NordStellar (13%) to Anomali ThreatStream (11%). Margin 11 points, beyond the floor.

- NordStellar: 13% to 0%, −13. Cleared the floor by 2 points · rank 1 → 37 of 111.
- Anomali ThreatStream: 2% to 11%, +9. Inside the floor by 2 points · rank 12 → 1 of 111.
- ThreatConnect: 4% to 9%, +5. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 10 → 4 of 111.
- Rapid7 Threat Command: 11% to 6%, −5. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 3 → 9 of 111.
- CrowdStrike Falcon Intelligence: 0% to 4%, +4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 19 → 10 of 111.
- OpenCTI: 6% to 2%, −4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 6 → 11 of 111.
- Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud: 9% to 11%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 5 → 2 of 111.
- MISP: 11% to 9%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 2 → 3 of 111.
- SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence: 11% to 9%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 4 → 5 of 111.
- AlienVault OTX: 4% to 6%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 9 → 6 of 111.
- Abuse.ch: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 20 → 12 of 111.
- CrowdStrike Falcon: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 14 → 29 of 111.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, October 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.