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

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 202 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://it-ai-index.com/vendors/cycognito/alternatives/

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

- Intruder: 41
- Attaxion: 19
- Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management: 15
- Cortex Xpanse: 13
- Censys ASM: 5
- Detectify: 5

## Attack surface management

**Small business**: 80 of 84 answers did not name CyCognito (CyCognito is #12 of 13 at 2%).

- Intruder: first choice in 23 of those 80
- Attaxion: first choice in 12 of those 80
- Censys ASM: first choice in 5 of those 80
- Detectify: first choice in 4 of those 80
- Halo Security: first choice in 4 of those 80
- SurfaceLoop: first choice in 4 of those 80
- Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management: first choice in 3 of those 80
- PortWarden: first choice in 3 of those 80

**Mid-market**: 63 of 84 answers did not name CyCognito (CyCognito is #4 of 12 at 6%).

- Intruder: first choice in 18 of those 63
- Attaxion: first choice in 7 of those 63
- Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management: first choice in 4 of those 63
- Cortex Xpanse: first choice in 2 of those 63
- Bitsight: first choice in 1 of those 63
- Detectify: first choice in 1 of those 63
- OWASP Amass: first choice in 1 of those 63
- Pentera: first choice in 1 of those 63

**Enterprise**: 59 of 84 answers did not name CyCognito (CyCognito is #3 of 9 at 7%).

- Cortex Xpanse: first choice in 11 of those 59
- Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management: first choice in 8 of those 59
- Wiz: first choice in 3 of those 59
- CrowdStrike Falcon Surface: first choice in 2 of those 59
- Mandiant Attack Surface Management: first choice in 2 of those 59
- Palo Alto Networks: first choice in 2 of those 59
- Tenable Attack Surface Management: first choice in 2 of those 59
- Bitsight: first choice in 1 of those 59

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