# Cowrie alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 241 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Cowrie holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cowrie/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Thinkst Canary: 78
- Acalvio ShadowPlex: 49
- Canarytokens: 8
- OpenCanary: 5
- CounterCraft: 4
- Attivo Networks: 3

## Deception technology

**Small business**: 78 of 84 answers did not name Cowrie (Cowrie is #9 of 15 at 0%).

- Thinkst Canary: first choice in 40 of those 78
- Canarytokens: first choice in 5 of those 78
- OpenCanary: first choice in 3 of those 78
- Tracebit: first choice in 3 of those 78
- Cynet: first choice in 2 of those 78
- SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 2 of those 78
- CRM Honeypots: first choice in 1 of those 78
- Canary: first choice in 1 of those 78

**Mid-market**: 79 of 84 answers did not name Cowrie (Cowrie is #9 of 16 at 2%).

- Thinkst Canary: first choice in 27 of those 79
- Acalvio ShadowPlex: first choice in 10 of those 79
- Canarytokens: first choice in 3 of those 79
- CounterCraft: first choice in 2 of those 79
- OpenCanary: first choice in 2 of those 79
- Attivo Networks: first choice in 1 of those 79
- Canarytokens OSS: first choice in 1 of those 79
- Cymulate: first choice in 1 of those 79

**Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Cowrie.

- Acalvio ShadowPlex: first choice in 39 of those 84
- Thinkst Canary: first choice in 11 of those 84
- Zscaler Deception: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Attivo Networks: first choice in 2 of those 84
- CounterCraft: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Illusive: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Attivo Networks ThreatDefend: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Attivo Networks, now SentinelOne Deception / ThreatDeception: first choice in 1 of those 84

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