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Threat intelligence platforms · October 2026 Edition

Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud vs AlienVault OTX

Four of fourteen models named Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud first on the direct prompt; zero named AlienVault OTX. Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and AlienVault OTX by seven and Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud carries 54 labels and AlienVault OTX 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Named in one category this edition.

AlienVault OTX

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share12%5%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate44%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#6A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels5411A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.ThreatConnect was named alongside these two in eight of the fourteen direct answers. MISP vs Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud · MISP vs AlienVault OTX · Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud vs Anomali ThreatStream

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the threat intelligence platforms page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Recorded Future Intelligence CloudFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAlienVault OTX
Direct406 against Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud
Paraphrase315 against Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud
Comparative100
Budget-constrained023 against Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud
Scale-constrained002 against Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud
Negative108 against Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud and AlienVault OTX were named in the same answer thirty-three times, of the 175 answers naming Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud and the 47 naming AlienVault OTX. In those answers AlienVault OTX took the first choice ten times and Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud six.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud and AlienVault OTX stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud AlienVault OTX first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud on the left and AlienVault OTX on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud and AlienVault OTX stood in it.

Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud first, AlienVault OTX not the choice

4 of 14 modelsAlienVault OTX was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud alternatives: CloudSEK, CrowdStrike Falcon, Cyble Vision, Mandiant Threat Intelligence
GPT-5.4 miniRecorded Future Intelligence Cloud alternatives: Anomali ThreatStream, ThreatConnect
GLM 4.7 FlashXRecorded Future Intelligence Cloud, ThreatSearch alternatives: Anomali ThreatStream, ThreatConnect
GPT-6 LunaRecorded Future Intelligence Cloud alternatives: Anomali ThreatStream, ThreatConnect

Neither was the first choice, one was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Grok 4.1 FastCrowdStrike Falcon Intelligence alternatives: Anomali ThreatStream, Flashpoint Ignite, ManageEngine Log360, Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud, ThreatConnect

Neither was named

9 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Gemini 3.5 FlashFlare, SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Intelligence, UpGuard
Perplexity SonarSOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence alternatives: Flare, Rapid7 Threat Command, ThreatConnect
Mistral SmallCyble Vision, Rapid7 Threat Command alternatives: UpGuard
DeepSeek V4 FlashCyble Vision, Rapid7 Threat Command alternatives: Anomali ThreatStream, CrowdStrike Falcon, NordStellar, OpenCTI
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashThreatConnect alternatives: ManageEngine Log360, UpGuard
Kimi K2Anomali ThreatStream, ThreatConnect alternatives: Google Threat Intelligence, NordStellar
MiniMax M2.5Rapid7 Threat Command alternatives: ManageEngine Log360, UpGuard
Muse Glimmer 30BUpGuard alternatives: Cyble Vision, ThreatConnect

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
AlienVault OTX leads by eleven points.
AlienVault OTX14%#2 of 14
Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud4%#7 of 14
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud leads at mid-market.
Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud12%#2 of 14
AlienVault OTX5%#6 of 14
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud leads by seventy-three points.
Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud73%#1 of 11
AlienVault OTX0%#– of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“Verdict: Avoid if you have a limited budget or require high-volume, automated ingestion into many disparate tools without manual tuning.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative
“one buyer guide flags "standard" TIPs like Recorded Future as something to avoid in some enterprise-fit comparisons” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · hard negative
“recommended to avoid if you have a limited budget or need high-volume, automated ingestion across many tools” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“For Comprehensive Coverage: If you need to monitor everything from ransomware forums to geopolitical shifts without hiring more analysts, choose Recorded Future.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Best For: Enterprises needing comprehensive, real-time, and automated threat intelligence with broad integration capabilities.” Mistral Small · comparative prompt · first choice
“Recorded Future is the best all-around choice due to its balance of automation, integration, and actionable intelligence” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about AlienVault OTX

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“I'd recommend starting with AlienVault OTX (Open Threat Exchange) as your primary cyber threat intelligence (CTI) feed.” Grok 4.1 Fast · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Start with AlienVault OTX (free) for your primary threat intelligence feed” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend starting with a free platform like OTX or abuse.ch” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.