# Threat intelligence platforms for small business buyers: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 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 small B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/threat-intelligence-platforms/2026-11/smb

**Standing:** MISP leads with 19% 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) | 19% | 21% | 48 |
| 2 | [SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/socradar-extended-threat-intelligence/index.md) | 10% | 0% | 17 |
| 3 | [NordStellar](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/nordstellar/index.md) | 8% | 6% | 17 |
| 4 | [VirusTotal](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/virustotal/index.md) | 7% | 0% | 23 |
| 5 | [AlienVault OTX](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/alienvault-otx/index.md) | 7% | 4% | 23 |
| 6 | [OpenCTI](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/opencti/index.md) | 7% | 35% | 31 |
| 7 | [Cyble Vision](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cyble-vision/index.md) | 5% | 0% | 11 |
| 9 | [GreyNoise](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/greynoise/index.md) | 3% | 0% | 14 |
| 12 | [Anomali ThreatStream](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/anomali-threatstream/index.md) | 3% | 50% | 32 |
| 13 | [Flare](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/flare/index.md) | 2% | 10% | 10 |
| 23 | [ThreatConnect](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/threatconnect/index.md) | 2% | 73% | 30 |
| 24 | [Amazon GuardDuty](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/amazon-guardduty/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 10 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 126 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: NordStellar; alternatives Aikido, AlienVault OTX, CloudSEK, FalconFeeds
- GPT-5.4 mini: GreyNoise; alternatives Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud, ZeroFox Intelligence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Flare; alternatives CrowdStrike Falcon, Feedly Threat Intelligence, GitGuardian, Have I Been Pwned
- Perplexity Sonar: Cyble Vision; alternatives Amazon GuardDuty, Falcon Adversary Intelligence, Flare, Microsoft Sentinel
- Grok 4.20: Cyble Vision; alternatives Anomali ThreatStream, CrowdStrike Falcon X, Falcon Adversary Intelligence, Flare
- Mistral Small: AlienVault OTX, MISP; alternatives CrowdStrike Falcon, GreyNoise, Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud, VirusTotal
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence; alternatives CrowdStrike Falcon Intelligence, Flare, NordStellar, OpenCTI
- Llama 4 Maverick: Cyble Vision; alternatives CloudSEK, CrowdStrike Falcon Intelligence, VirusTotal
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: NordStellar; alternatives CrowdStrike Falcon Intelligence, VirusTotal
- Kimi K2: NordStellar; alternatives Blue Lantern Security, CrowdStrike Falcon Go, ISMalicious, IntelFinder
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence; alternatives CrowdStrike Falcon Intelligence, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, NordStellar
- MiniMax M2.5: OpenCTI; alternatives AlertMedia, Mandiant Threat Intelligence, Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud, VirusTotal
- GPT-6 Luna: MISP; alternatives SOCRadar CTI Essential
- Muse Glimmer 30B: NordStellar, SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence; alternatives Amazon GuardDuty, GreyNoise, MISP

## Sources the answers cite

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

- spotsaas.com: 33 answers, 35 citations
- softwareadvice.com: 29 answers, 35 citations
- b2breviews.com: 24 answers, 24 citations
- g2.com: 23 answers, 45 citations
- cyble.com: 20 answers, 21 citations
- vectra.ai: 19 answers, 19 citations
- reddit.com: 17 answers, 18 citations
- upguard.com: 16 answers, 16 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://spotsaas.com/list/threat-intelligence-software/for-small-business (32 answers)
- https://b2breviews.com/threat-intelligence-platforms (24 answers)
- https://softwareadvice.com/security/threat-intelligence-comparison/small-business (23 answers)
- https://cyble.com/knowledge-hub/top-best-threat-intelligence-platforms (19 answers)
- https://vectra.ai/topics/threat-intelligence-tools (19 answers)
- https://gane.ai/index/it/security/threat-intelligence-platforms/smb (15 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/threat-intelligence/small-business (14 answers)
- https://consilien.com/news/best-threat-intelligence-platforms-2026 (13 answers)
- https://upguard.com/blog/best-threat-intelligence-platforms-and-vendors (13 answers)
- https://reddit.com/r/cybersecurity/comments/1mhl19y/whats_the_best_threat_intelligence_software_out (11 answers)

## Warned against

- Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud: 43 of 59 labels negative. "expensive enterprise Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIPs) like Recorded Future or ThreatConnect are usually unnecessary and cost-prohibitive" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt)
- Anomali ThreatStream: 16 of 32 labels negative. "Anomali ThreatStream is described in the same set as "powerful but expensive, complex, and often overkill for small businesses"" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)
- ThreatConnect: 22 of 30 labels negative. "flagged as an enterprise-grade platform with a high negative rate (57% negative labels), noted for being expensive and complex for small business needs" (Mistral Small, negative prompt)
- Mandiant Threat Intelligence: 9 of 11 labels negative. "High-Cost Enterprise TIPs ... should be avoided or approached with extreme caution." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: MISP at 19%.

- AlienVault OTX: 14% to 7%, −7. Inside the floor by 4 points · rank 2 → 5 of 126.
- VirusTotal: 2% to 7%, +5. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 16 → 4 of 126.
- OpenCTI: 2% to 7%, +5. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 10 → 6 of 126.
- Cyble Vision: 0% to 5%, +5. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 35 → 7 of 126.
- NordStellar: 12% to 8%, −4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 3 of 126, unchanged.
- CrowdStrike Falcon: 4% to 0%, −4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 7 → 26 of 126.
- Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud: 4% to 0%, −4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 9 → 126 of 126.
- CISA AIS: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 28 → 15 of 126.
- ThreatConnect: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 126 → 23 of 126.
- Mandiant Threat Intelligence: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 25 → 125 of 126.
- MISP: 18% to 19%, +1. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 1 of 126, unchanged.
- SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence: 9% to 10%, +1. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 4 → 2 of 126.

## Record

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