# Bitsight alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 444 of the 504 answers in the 2 categories where Bitsight holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/bitsight/alternatives/

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

- UpGuard: 70
- Intruder: 43
- Vanta: 30
- Attaxion: 20
- Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management: 18
- Cortex Xpanse: 14

## Third-party risk management

**Small business**: 81 of 84 answers did not name Bitsight (Bitsight is #7 of 9 at 2%).

- UpGuard: first choice in 35 of those 81
- Vanta: first choice in 22 of those 81
- SecurityScorecard: first choice in 3 of those 81
- Secureframe: first choice in 2 of those 81
- Bold Matrix: first choice in 1 of those 81
- ComplyJet: first choice in 1 of those 81
- Convercent: first choice in 1 of those 81
- Conveyor: first choice in 1 of those 81

**Mid-market**: 79 of 84 answers did not name Bitsight (Bitsight is #13 of 15 at 0%).

- UpGuard: first choice in 29 of those 79
- Vanta: first choice in 6 of those 79
- Prevalent: first choice in 3 of those 79
- ProcessUnity: first choice in 3 of those 79
- LT-VRM: first choice in 2 of those 79
- ComplyJet: first choice in 1 of those 79
- CyberGRX: first choice in 1 of those 79
- Drata: first choice in 1 of those 79

**Enterprise**: 61 of 84 answers did not name Bitsight (Bitsight is #3 of 14 at 13%).

- OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management: first choice in 7 of those 61
- ProcessUnity: first choice in 6 of those 61
- UpGuard: first choice in 6 of those 61
- Prevalent: first choice in 3 of those 61
- Vanta: first choice in 2 of those 61
- Aravo: first choice in 1 of those 61
- Archer: first choice in 1 of those 61
- Gatekeeper: first choice in 1 of those 61

## Attack surface management

**Small business**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Bitsight.

- Intruder: first choice in 23 of those 80
- Attaxion: first choice in 13 of those 80
- Censys ASM: first choice in 5 of those 80
- Detectify: first choice in 5 of those 80
- Halo Security: first choice in 4 of those 80
- Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management: first choice in 4 of those 80
- PortWarden: first choice in 3 of those 80
- SurfaceLoop: first choice in 3 of those 80

**Mid-market**: 76 of 84 answers did not name Bitsight (Bitsight is #11 of 12 at 0%).

- Intruder: first choice in 20 of those 76
- Attaxion: first choice in 7 of those 76
- Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management: first choice in 5 of those 76
- CyCognito: first choice in 4 of those 76
- UpGuard BreachSight: first choice in 3 of those 76
- Cortex Xpanse: first choice in 2 of those 76
- Detectify: first choice in 2 of those 76
- Wiz: first choice in 2 of those 76

**Enterprise**: 67 of 84 answers did not name Bitsight (Bitsight is #4 of 9 at 7%).

- Cortex Xpanse: first choice in 12 of those 67
- Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management: first choice in 9 of those 67
- CyCognito: first choice in 4 of those 67
- Tenable Attack Surface Management: first choice in 4 of those 67
- Wiz: first choice in 3 of those 67
- CrowdStrike Falcon Surface: first choice in 2 of those 67
- Mandiant Attack Surface Management: first choice in 2 of those 67
- Palo Alto Networks: first choice in 2 of those 67

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