# Intruder alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026 Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 803 of the 1,008 answers in the 4 categories where Intruder 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/intruder/alternatives ## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added) - Wiz: 95 - Tenable Vulnerability Management: 70 - Cortex Xpanse: 42 - Cobalt: 40 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud: 30 - NetSPI: 23 ## Attack surface management **Small business**: 36 of 84 answers did not name Intruder (Intruder is #1 of 14 at 35%). - UpGuard BreachSight: first choice in 5 of those 36 - Attack Surface Scan: first choice in 4 of those 36 - Censys ASM: first choice in 3 of those 36 - Attaxion: first choice in 2 of those 36 - Bitsight: first choice in 1 of those 36 - CyCognito: first choice in 1 of those 36 - Detectify: first choice in 1 of those 36 - Halo Security: first choice in 1 of those 36 **Mid-market**: 57 of 84 answers did not name Intruder (Intruder is #1 of 12 at 29%). - Cortex Xpanse: first choice in 8 of those 57 - Attaxion: first choice in 6 of those 57 - Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management: first choice in 4 of those 57 - CyCognito: first choice in 3 of those 57 - Censys ASM: first choice in 2 of those 57 - Attack Surface Center: first choice in 1 of those 57 - CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management: first choice in 1 of those 57 - IntelliBreach: first choice in 1 of those 57 **Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Intruder. - Cortex Xpanse: first choice in 34 of those 84 - CyCognito: first choice in 7 of those 84 - Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management: first choice in 7 of those 84 - CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management: first choice in 6 of those 84 - Tenable Attack Surface Management: first choice in 4 of those 84 - CrowdStrike Falcon Surface: first choice in 3 of those 84 - Bitsight: first choice in 2 of those 84 - Offensive360 ASM: first choice in 2 of those 84 ## Vulnerability management platforms **Small business**: 31 of 84 answers did not name Intruder (Intruder is #1 of 12 at 45%). - Tenable Vulnerability Management: first choice in 5 of those 31 - Action1: first choice in 2 of those 31 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 2 of those 31 - OpenVAS: first choice in 2 of those 31 - ConnectSecure: first choice in 1 of those 31 - Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management: first choice in 1 of those 31 - Qualys VMDR for Small Business: first choice in 1 of those 31 - Rapid7 InsightVM: first choice in 1 of those 31 **Mid-market**: 66 of 84 answers did not name Intruder (Intruder is #6 of 10 at 6%). - Tenable Vulnerability Management: first choice in 20 of those 66 - Rapid7 InsightVM: first choice in 13 of those 66 - Qualys VMDR: first choice in 7 of those 66 - Tenable Nessus: first choice in 3 of those 66 - ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus: first choice in 2 of those 66 - Wiz: first choice in 2 of those 66 - Defendify: first choice in 1 of those 66 - Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management: first choice in 1 of those 66 **Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Intruder. - Tenable Vulnerability Management: first choice in 45 of those 84 - Qualys VMDR: first choice in 9 of those 84 - Tenable One: first choice in 9 of those 84 - Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management: first choice in 5 of those 84 - Rapid7 InsightVM: first choice in 3 of those 84 - Action1: first choice in 1 of those 84 - BitSentry: first choice in 1 of those 84 - Exposure Command: first choice in 1 of those 84 ## Penetration testing as a service **Small business**: 72 of 84 answers did not name Intruder (Intruder is #7 of 8 at 0%). - Stingrai: first choice in 13 of those 72 - Cobalt: first choice in 8 of those 72 - Astra Security: first choice in 6 of those 72 - BreachLock: first choice in 4 of those 72 - Kobalt.io: first choice in 3 of those 72 - TurboPentest: first choice in 3 of those 72 - Bright Defense: first choice in 2 of those 72 - Pentest-Tools.com: first choice in 2 of those 72 **Mid-market**: 76 of 84 answers did not name Intruder (Intruder is #7 of 12 at 2%). - Cobalt: first choice in 24 of those 76 - BreachLock: first choice in 7 of those 76 - Astra Security: first choice in 6 of those 76 - NetSPI: first choice in 3 of those 76 - Stingrai: first choice in 3 of those 76 - TurboPentest: first choice in 3 of those 76 - Bishop Fox: first choice in 1 of those 76 - HIFENCE: first choice in 1 of those 76 **Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Intruder. - NetSPI: first choice in 20 of those 84 - Synack: first choice in 9 of those 84 - Cobalt: first choice in 8 of those 84 - Bishop Fox: first choice in 7 of those 84 - Invicti: first choice in 3 of those 84 - NCC Group: first choice in 2 of those 84 - Stingrai: first choice in 2 of those 84 - Astra Security: first choice in 1 of those 84 ## Cloud security posture management **Small business**: 56 of 84 answers did not name Intruder (Intruder is #5 of 11 at 7%). - Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 18 of those 56 - Prowler: first choice in 8 of those 56 - AWS Security Hub: first choice in 7 of those 56 - Wiz: first choice in 7 of those 56 - Aikido Security: first choice in 6 of those 56 - Orca Security: first choice in 3 of those 56 - Check Point CloudGuard: first choice in 2 of those 56 - Cloudsecurity: first choice in 1 of those 56 **Mid-market**: 73 of 84 answers did not name Intruder (Intruder is #8 of 13 at 0%). - Wiz: first choice in 40 of those 73 - Orca Security: first choice in 16 of those 73 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 5 of those 73 - Prisma Cloud: first choice in 3 of those 73 - Prowler: first choice in 2 of those 73 - AWS Security Hub: first choice in 1 of those 73 **Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Intruder. - Wiz: first choice in 46 of those 84 - Prisma Cloud: first choice in 9 of those 84 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 5 of those 84 - Orca Security: first choice in 4 of those 84 - Aikido Security: first choice in 1 of those 84 - Check Point CloudGuard: first choice in 1 of those 84 - CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security: first choice in 1 of those 84 - Google Security Command Center: first choice in 1 of those 84 Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.