Threat intelligence platforms · November 2026 Edition
OpenCTI vs AlienVault OTX
Zero of fourteen models named OpenCTI first on the direct prompt; zero named AlienVault OTX. OpenCTI was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and AlienVault OTX by ten and OpenCTI carries 32 labels and AlienVault OTX 17, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
First-choice share14%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate3%12%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#8A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels3217A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, OpenCTI 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 OpenCTI · MISP vs AlienVault OTX · OpenCTI vs Anomali ThreatStream
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.
OpenCTIFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAlienVault OTX
Direct00
Paraphrase111 against AlienVault OTX
Comparative00
Budget-constrained71
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against OpenCTI · 1 against AlienVault OTX
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, OpenCTI and AlienVault OTX were named in the same answer fifteen times, of the 79 answers naming OpenCTI and the 44 naming AlienVault OTX. In those answers AlienVault OTX took the first choice two times and OpenCTI four.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where OpenCTI and AlienVault OTX stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | | | |
OpenCTI AlienVault OTX first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, OpenCTI on the left and AlienVault OTX on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where OpenCTI and AlienVault OTX 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
Level: the same share of first choices.
OpenCTI7%#6 of 16AlienVault OTX7%#5 of 16Mid-marketThe figures above
OpenCTI leads by eleven points.
OpenCTI14%#2 of 14AlienVault OTX4%#8 of 14Enterprise
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
What the models said about AlienVault OTX
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“Do not subscribe to free open-source feeds (AlienVault OTX, etc.) unless you have the staff to parse and validate them.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“AlienVault OTX in heavy reliance without enrichment ... leading to alert fatigue” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Top Recommendation: AlienVault OTX (Open Threat Exchange) + MISP (Malware Information Sharing Platform)” Grok 4.20 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“combining free platforms like OpenCTI or AlienVault OTX with curated free threat feeds” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“Ingest free community feeds (AlienVault OTX, CISA KEV, abuse.ch) for baseline coverage” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase prompt · alternative
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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.