# Censys ASM: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 30 judge labels across 1 category by 13 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/censys-asm

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Attack surface management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/attack-surface-management/index.md) | 6% | 5 | 20% | 30 |

## What the models said for it

- "If your budget is tight, Censys ASM is usually the best first place to look." (GPT-5.4 mini, ASM)
- "Censys ASM is probably the best default choice for a mid-market B2B company" (GPT-5.4 mini, ASM)
- "My default recommendation: Censys ASM for a mid-sized B2B company" (GPT-6 Luna, ASM)
- "Also evaluate Censys ASM if broad, continuously refreshed visibility into internet-facing assets is your top priority." (GPT-6 Luna, ASM)

## And against it

- "Censys ASM is a platform that several sources explicitly advise caution about or even avoid for certain use cases" (Mistral Small, ASM)
- "delivers best-in-class internet scanning as a data layer but offers no validation, making it a strong input rather than a standalone program" (Llama 4 Maverick, ASM)
- "The interface and workflow can feel more technical; pricing isn't published and may scale beyond mid-market comfort zones." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, ASM)
- "it can function more as an investigation and data layer than a complete remediation platform" (Perplexity Sonar, ASM)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Censys ASM, from 74 of the 80 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- upguard.com: 39
- cyble.com: 36
- g2.com: 27
- paloaltonetworks.com: 19
- attaxion.com: 18
- checkpoint.com: 18
- cycognito.com: 16
- ordr.net: 15
- zenarmor.com: 14
- cybersectools.com: 13

### Pages cited

- https://cyble.com/knowledge-hub/top-attack-surface-management-services: 36
- https://upguard.com/blog/attack-surface-management-vendors-compared: 33
- https://checkpoint.com/cyber-hub/tools-vendors/best-attack-surface-management-platforms-2026: 18
- https://attaxion.com/top-external-attack-surface-management-vendors: 16
- https://ordr.net/blog/best-attack-surface-management-platforms: 15
- https://zenarmor.com/docs/network-security-tutorials/top-attack-surface-management-tools: 14
- https://cybersectools.com/resources/shortlists/best-attack-surface-tools: 13
- https://circleid.com/posts/best-attack-surface-monitoring-tools: 12

## In its own words

What Censys ASM's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Censys Attack Surface Management offers several ways to keep your monitored attack surface up-to-date. (https://community.censys.com/asm-q-a-6)
- For: security teams (https://community.censys.com/asm-q-a-6)
- Integrations claimed: 3 (https://community.censys.com/asm-q-a-6)
- Customers named: Swiss Life Germany

## 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.