# PortWarden: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge label across 1 category by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/portwarden

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Attack surface management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/attack-surface-management/index.md) | 2% | 16 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "I'd recommend starting with Attack Surface Center (£89/month) or PortWarden (free tier)" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, ASM)

## By model

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

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named PortWarden, from 3 of the 3 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- attaxion.com: 3
- circleid.com: 3
- scanreview.io: 3
- g2.com: 2
- surfaceloop.com: 2
- synscan.net: 2
- upguard.com: 2
- attacksurface.center: 1
- attacksurfacescan.com: 1
- capterra.co.uk: 1

### Pages cited

- https://attaxion.com/top-external-attack-surface-management-vendors: 3
- https://circleid.com/posts/best-attack-surface-monitoring-tools: 3
- https://scanreview.io/managed/small-business: 3
- https://circleid.com/posts/detectify-vs-intruder-external-attack-surface-management-on-a-budget: 2
- https://synscan.net/external-attack-surface-management-for-smes: 2
- https://upguard.com/blog/attack-surface-management-vendors-compared: 2
- https://attacksurface.center/pricing: 1
- https://attacksurfacescan.com/blog/best-external-attack-surface-monitoring-tools: 1

## In its own words

What PortWarden's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: External attack surface management for SMBs and lean IT teams. (https://portwarden.io/)
- For: small businesses, technical founders, MSPs, and lean IT teams (https://portwarden.io/)
- Price stated: Pricing is per endpoint. (https://portwarden.io/)
- Starting price: 0 (https://portwarden.io/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: Free monitoring for up to 3 endpoints. No credit card required. (https://portwarden.io/)
- Hosting: Americas, US-only infrastructure, United States

## What it publishes

Every page portwarden.io exposes, read 2026-09-29: 43 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 23 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-06-22
- webinar or virtual event: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-06-22 blog: Pentest snapshot monitoring drift https://portwarden.io/blog/posts/best-practices/pentest-snapshot-monitoring-drift

## 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.