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Best Security Ratings Software in 2026

Security ratings software can help you assess organizations outside your own network, including vendors and other business partners. Compared on attack surface coverage and risk frameworks, these options also include vendor monitoring, change alerts, and score refresh cadence for evaluating how risk information is surfaced and updated. API access and entity limits matter when considering how you will use the data. Free-plan availability and paid-from pricing round out the comparison. Cybersecurityratings.com, ThreatWatch, and RiskRecon are among the named options. Consider which organizations you need to assess and which signals fit your security process.

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    ImmuniWeb

    Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+1

    ImmuniWeb brings scanning, monitoring, and penetration testing into one platform, with a free set of Community Edition tests.

    7.5 Free plan · paid from €395 Visit site
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    Cybersecurityratings.com

    Free plan APIWeb

    Cybersecurityratings.com offers a free snapshot and progressively broader vendor monitoring, API access, and compliance features on paid plans.

    7.3 Free plan · paid from $299/mo · 14-day trial Visit site
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    Detectify Surface Monitoring

    Free plan APIWeb

    Detectify Surface Monitoring combines continuous asset discovery with broad vulnerability checks, configurable rules, and integrations.

    7.2 From €90/mo · 14-day trial Visit site
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    UpGuard

    Free plan AndroidAPIExtension+2

    Choose UpGuard if your organization needs vendor assessments, attack surface visibility, or questionnaire workflows in one cyber risk platform.

    6.9 Free plan · paid from $250/mo · 14-day trial Visit site
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    Scovery

    Free plan APIWeb
    6.8 Free plan Visit site
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    SecurityScorecard Third-Party Risk Management

    Free plan APIWeb

    SecurityScorecard combines vendor assessment, ongoing monitoring, and remediation workflows for organizations overseeing third-party relationships.

    6.8 Free plan · 14-day trial Visit site
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    CrowdStrike Falcon Surface

    Free trial LinuxMacWeb+1

    Choose Falcon Surface if your organization needs continuous exposure discovery across multiple asset types and wants findings connected to response workflows.

    6.5 Pricing on request · 15-day trial Visit site
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    ThreatWatch

    Free plan Web

    ThreatWatch combines vendor monitoring, risk grading, and alert delivery, with scan cadence and capabilities varying by plan.

    6.5 Free plan · pricing on request Visit site
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    6.2 From $3/user/mo (annual) · 30-day trial Visit site
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    Rapid7 Surface Command

    Free trial APILinuxMac+2

    Choose Rapid7 Surface Command if your security team needs asset visibility, exposure context, and tracked remediation in one product.

    6.1 From $1.62/mo Visit site
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    CyCognito Platform

    Paid AndroidAPIiPhone+1

    CyCognito Platform combines external footprint discovery with security testing and prioritized findings.

    5.9 Pricing on request Visit site
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    Panorays

    Free trial APIWeb

    Panorays brings supplier assessments, continuous monitoring, and dependency visibility into one platform.

    5.9 Pricing on request Visit site
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    Bitsight Security Ratings

    Paid APIWeb

    Choose Bitsight Security Ratings if your organization needs external cyber risk ratings, risk-vector detail or vendor monitoring.

    5.8 Pricing on request Visit site
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    RiskRecon

    Free trial APIWeb

    RiskRecon focuses on vendor exposure, asset attribution, and prioritized remediation, with assessment automation and API integration options.

    5.7 Pricing on request · 30-day trial Visit site
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    RiskXchange

    Free trial APIWeb

    RiskXchange brings vendor evidence, outside-in ratings, and continuous monitoring into a third-party risk platform.

    5.7 From £14,900/yr Visit site
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    Black Kite Third-Party Cyber Risk

    Paid Web

    Black Kite combines supply-chain visibility, ongoing monitoring and vendor assessments with financial risk analysis.

    5.6 Pricing on request Visit site
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    Censys Attack Surface Management

    Paid Web

    Censys ASM combines broad internet mapping, continuous change monitoring and risk prioritization for external exposure management. Pricing is quote-based and uses Assets Under Management.

    5.6 Pricing on request Visit site
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    Hadrian

    Paid Web

    Hadrian combines continuous external exposure management with on-demand penetration testing.

    5.4 Pricing on request Visit site
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    Tenable One Attack Surface Management

    Paid LinuxMacWeb+1

    Tenable One Attack Surface Management centers on external asset discovery, ongoing monitoring, and risk assessment.

    5.4 From $4,790/yr Visit site
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    ThreatNG Security

    Free trial Web

    ThreatNG combines external attack-surface discovery, digital-risk monitoring, and security ratings in a web platform.

    5.4 Pricing on request Visit site
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    ThingsRecon

    Paid APIWeb

    ThingsRecon combines attack-surface discovery, supplier intelligence, monitoring, and integration options in web and API forms.

    5.1 Pricing on request Visit site
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    Mastercard Cyber Secure

    Paid Web

    Choose Mastercard Cyber Secure if you are an acquirer seeking merchant cyber risk snapshots and assessments tied to account data compromise investigations.

    5.0 Pricing on request Visit site
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    ReConfirm

    Paid APIWeb

    Consider ReConfirm if you need continuous external attack surface monitoring and will obtain it through an MSP or distributor.

    5.0 Pricing on request Visit site
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    SolidLayer

    Paid Web

    SolidLayer offers passive domain ratings with supporting evidence and portfolio tracking.

    5.0 From €71.99/mo Visit site
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    4.9 Pricing on request Visit site

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