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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 184 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where CyCognito 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/cycognito/alternatives

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

- Intruder: 33
- Attaxion: 23
- Cortex Xpanse: 10
- Attack Surface Scan: 8
- Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management: 7
- Censys ASM: 6

## Attack surface management

**Small business**: 78 of 84 answers did not name CyCognito (CyCognito is #13 of 14 at 0%).

- Intruder: first choice in 27 of those 78
- Attaxion: first choice in 13 of those 78
- Attack Surface Scan: first choice in 5 of those 78
- UpGuard BreachSight: first choice in 4 of those 78
- Censys ASM: first choice in 3 of those 78
- Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management: first choice in 3 of those 78
- Aikido Security: first choice in 2 of those 78
- Detectify: first choice in 2 of those 78

**Mid-market**: 57 of 84 answers did not name CyCognito (CyCognito is #3 of 12 at 8%).

- Attaxion: first choice in 10 of those 57
- Intruder: first choice in 6 of those 57
- Cortex Xpanse: first choice in 4 of those 57
- Censys ASM: first choice in 3 of those 57
- Attack Surface Scan: first choice in 2 of those 57
- OWASP Amass: first choice in 2 of those 57
- Aikido Security: first choice in 1 of those 57
- Attack Surface Center: first choice in 1 of those 57

**Enterprise**: 49 of 84 answers did not name CyCognito (CyCognito is #5 of 10 at 6%).

- Cortex Xpanse: first choice in 6 of those 49
- Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management: first choice in 4 of those 49
- CrowdStrike Falcon Surface: first choice in 3 of those 49
- Offensive360 ASM: first choice in 2 of those 49
- Tenable Attack Surface Management: first choice in 2 of those 49
- Attack Surface Scan: first choice in 1 of those 49
- Bitsight: first choice in 1 of those 49
- Bitsight Exposure Management / EASM: first choice in 1 of those 49

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