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Threat intelligence platforms · November 2026 Edition

MISP vs OpenCTI

Zero of fourteen models named MISP first on the direct prompt; zero named OpenCTI. MISP was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and OpenCTI by thirteen and MISP carries 48 labels and OpenCTI 32, so the shares are not directly comparable.

MISP

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

OpenCTI

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share21%14%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate8%3%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#2A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels4832A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, MISP reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.CrowdStrike Falcon Intelligence was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. MISP vs Anomali ThreatStream · MISP vs Rapid7 Threat Command · MISP vs SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the threat intelligence platforms page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
MISPFirst choices, of fourteen modelsOpenCTI
Direct00
Paraphrase211 against MISP
Comparative00
Budget-constrained107
Scale-constrained00
Negative103 against MISP · 1 against OpenCTI
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, MISP and OpenCTI were named in the same answer sixty-four times, of the 115 answers naming MISP and the 79 naming OpenCTI. In those answers OpenCTI took the first choice six times and MISP twelve.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where MISP and OpenCTI stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
MISP OpenCTI first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, MISP on the left and OpenCTI on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where MISP and OpenCTI stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashFlare, SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Intelligence, Feedly for Cybersecurity, Microsoft MDTI, OpenCTI, Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud
Kimi K2Anomali ThreatStream alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Intelligence, MISP, OpenCTI, ThreatConnect
MiniMax M2.5Anomali ThreatStream alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Intelligence, OpenCTI, Rapid7 Threat Command, ThreatConnect TI Ops
Muse Glimmer 30BNordStellar, Rapid7 Threat Command alternatives: Anomali ThreatStream, CrowdStrike Falcon Intelligence, MISP, OpenCTI, Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud, ThreatConnect

Neither was named

10 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
GPT-5.4 miniRecorded Future Intelligence Cloud alternatives: GreyNoise, SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence, ZeroFox Intelligence
Perplexity SonarThreatConnect alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Intelligence, SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence, UpGuard
Grok 4.20Anomali ThreatStream alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Intelligence, NordStellar, Rapid7 Threat Command, Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud, ThreatConnect
Mistral SmallAnomali ThreatStream, Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Intelligence, Cyble Vision
DeepSeek V4 FlashCyble Vision, SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Intelligence
Llama 4 MaverickCyble Vision alternatives: Anomali ThreatStream, CrowdStrike Falcon Intelligence, NordStellar, Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud
Qwen 3.7 FlashRapid7 Threat Command alternatives: Anomali ThreatStream, CrowdStrike Falcon Intelligence, ThreatConnect
GLM 4.7 FlashXRapid7 Threat Command, ThreatConnect TI Ops alternatives: Anomali ThreatStream, CrowdStrike Falcon Intelligence, SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence Platform
GPT-6 LunaRecorded Future Core alternatives: Anomali ThreatStream, Google Threat Intelligence

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
MISP leads by twelve points.
MISP19%#1 of 16
OpenCTI7%#6 of 16
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
MISP leads by seven points.
MISP21%#1 of 14
OpenCTI14%#2 of 14
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: OpenCTI leads at enterprise.
OpenCTI2%#9 of 16
MISP0%#15 of 16
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about MISP

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“Sources such as OTX, MISP feeds, PhishTank, and similar services can be useful, but licensing, fair-use, commercial-use, freshness, and accuracy need review” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“has had authenticated SQL injection (CVE‑2026‑44381) that can be exploited by an attacker with a valid API key” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
“Unlike older open-source tools like MISP, OpenCTI offers a modern, graph-based user interface” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“MISP is an excellent starting point for organizations building their first threat intelligence program without the budget for commercial TIPs.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“Free, community-driven, and transparent about data sources. Best for organizations with internal intelligence capability.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“the best threat intelligence (TI) platform is often an open-source or free-tier option like MISP ... or OpenCTI” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about OpenCTI

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.

“Use MISP or OpenCTI only if you have the technical capacity to maintain them” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“The best threat intelligence platform for a company with a limited budget is OpenCTI, which is a free and open-source option.” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“Need to start immediately with zero cost | OpenCTI Community Edition (easier setup)” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“combining free platforms like OpenCTI or AlienVault OTX with curated free threat feeds” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.