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

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 214 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Detectify 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/detectify/alternatives/

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

- Intruder: 29
- Cortex Xpanse: 25
- Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management: 17
- Attaxion: 11
- CyCognito: 10
- Bitsight: 6

## Attack surface management

**Small business**: 61 of 84 answers did not name Detectify (Detectify is #3 of 13 at 7%).

- Intruder: first choice in 13 of those 61
- Attaxion: first choice in 8 of those 61
- Censys ASM: first choice in 4 of those 61
- Halo Security: first choice in 3 of those 61
- Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management: first choice in 3 of those 61
- Aikido Security: first choice in 2 of those 61
- SurfaceLoop: first choice in 2 of those 61
- Tenable Attack Surface Management: first choice in 2 of those 61

**Mid-market**: 69 of 84 answers did not name Detectify (Detectify is #6 of 12 at 4%).

- Intruder: first choice in 16 of those 69
- CyCognito: first choice in 5 of those 69
- Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management: first choice in 5 of those 69
- Attaxion: first choice in 3 of those 69
- Cortex Xpanse: first choice in 3 of those 69
- UpGuard BreachSight: first choice in 3 of those 69
- Wiz: first choice in 2 of those 69
- Bitsight: first choice in 1 of those 69

**Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Detectify.

- Cortex Xpanse: first choice in 22 of those 84
- Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management: first choice in 9 of those 84
- Bitsight: first choice in 5 of those 84
- CyCognito: first choice in 5 of those 84
- Tenable Attack Surface Management: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Wiz: first choice in 3 of those 84
- CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management: first choice in 2 of those 84
- CrowdStrike Falcon Surface: first choice in 2 of those 84

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