The 6 best Detectify alternatives in 2026
Published May 17, 2026 · Editorial, not sponsored. All pricing references reflect the public vendor websites at the time of writing. CyberScore is at #3 — not first, because Intruder is the more direct Detectify peer for most readers.
Detectify is one of the best external attack-surface and application security products on the market. If you are reading a "Detectify alternatives" article you are probably one of three people: the renewal quote arrived and the asset-count multiplier hurt, you need a tool that produces a non-engineer-friendly report for a CTO or board, or your data team requires EU residency Detectify cannot accommodate to their satisfaction.
This roundup is honest about all three cases. Intruder is the most direct peer in the category. Probely is the strongest DAST-first competitor. CyberScore is the right pick for a specific subset of the market — we will say where and where not. The other three (Acunetix, Pentest-Tools, Sucuri) round out adjacent use cases that sometimes overlap with what Detectify does.
#1Intruder
The most direct Detectify peer. UK-based, SMB and mid-market focus, mature external + internal scanning with a polished SaaS interface.
Pricing: Tiered subscriptions on the public Intruder pricing page — Essential, Pro and Vanguard, ranging from the low hundreds to the low thousands per month depending on assets.
Strengths
- Strong external + internal coverage in one product (uses an authenticated scanner where credentials are provided).
- Genuinely good UI — among the clearer SaaS vulnerability tools on the market.
- Hybrid: scheduled scans + on-demand emergency rescans for new high-severity CVEs.
Weaknesses
- UK-hosted by default. EU data residency is achievable but ask explicitly.
- Pricing scales with asset count — broader scope gets expensive quickly.
- Reports are designed for security engineers more than for boards.
Best for: SMB to mid-market wanting an established product with hybrid external + internal coverage in one place.
#2Probely
Portuguese-founded DAST-first product with strong API security coverage and an emphasis on developer-friendly workflows.
Pricing: Subscription tiers on the public Probely pricing page — small business, professional, enterprise. Starts in the low hundreds per month.
Strengths
- API security coverage (OpenAPI / Swagger / GraphQL) is genuinely above-average for this price tier.
- Tight CI / CD integration — designed to be wired into engineering workflows, not just SOC dashboards.
- EU-founded, EU-hosted options available.
Weaknesses
- DAST-first means it focuses on web application scanning more than external attack-surface discovery.
- Smaller installed base than Detectify or Intruder — fewer reference customers in any given region.
Best for: Engineering-led teams who want a DAST tool that sits inside their CI/CD pipeline rather than a separate SOC product.
#3CyberScorethat's us
French-built passive external attack-surface monitoring for SMB and mid-market. Fourteen scanners across five pillars, weekly digest, no agents.
Pricing: $49 one-time / $249 per month Pro / $399 per month Always-On (-20% annual).
Strengths
- Reports a non-engineer can read — 0-100 score, top-five findings, plain-language PDF.
- EU-hosted (France, single VPS, single Postgres per tenant). Data never leaves the EU.
- Published pricing, credit-card-this-afternoon. No sales call.
- Public opt-in /badge/<domain> page for transparency-conscious teams.
Weaknesses
- External only and passive. No internal coverage, no agent CVE detection, no authenticated DAST.
- BOLA / API checks are heuristic (Swagger parsing, GraphQL introspection), not active exploitation.
- Single VPS architecture — perfectly fine at our current scale, but not the right answer if you need multi-region SLAs.
Best for: SMBs without a dedicated security team who need EU hosting and a board-friendly report alongside the technical detail.
#4Acunetix
Web vulnerability scanner from Invicti (formerly Netsparker). One of the older and more comprehensive DAST tools, with on-premise and cloud options.
Pricing: Quote-driven, with a starting tier around the low-to-mid four figures per year for a single-site cloud subscription per public reseller listings.
Strengths
- Deep DAST engine with strong SQL injection and XSS coverage — long pedigree.
- On-premise option available — useful if cloud DAST is off the table.
- Acunetix Premium variant covers internal network scanning too.
Weaknesses
- Heavier product than Detectify or Intruder — more configuration, more for an operator to learn.
- Pricing model is harder to evaluate without a sales call.
Best for: Mid-market with a security engineer who wants a deep DAST engine and is willing to invest in configuration.
#5Pentest-Tools.com
A web-based collection of well-known offensive tools packaged into a SaaS interface with reporting.
Pricing: Tiered SaaS plans on the public pricing page — starts at the low hundreds per month for personal use, more for teams.
Strengths
- Genuinely cheap entry point.
- Useful as a hands-on tool for someone learning offensive security.
- Network plus web scans in one UI.
Weaknesses
- Narrower scope than Detectify in continuous monitoring.
- Best treated as a pentester toolbox rather than a managed external monitoring product.
Best for: Solo security person at a small company who wants on-demand scans without a heavy contract.
#6Sucuri SiteCheck (free) + paid Sucuri
Website security platform best known for the free SiteCheck scanner. Paid tiers add WAF, malware cleanup and continuous monitoring focused on WordPress sites.
Pricing: Free SiteCheck tier. Paid plans on the public Sucuri pricing page start at the low hundreds per year per site.
Strengths
- Free tier is genuinely useful as a first-pass website check.
- Best-in-class for WordPress malware cleanup and post-incident recovery.
- WAF + CDN bundled into paid tiers.
Weaknesses
- Narrow scope compared to Detectify — built around website integrity rather than external attack-surface management.
- Best fit is WordPress / CMS sites, not API-heavy SaaS.
Best for: WordPress agencies or content-heavy sites that need website integrity monitoring more than ASM.
Decision matrix
| If you are… | Probably pick |
|---|---|
| SMB / mid-market, want a direct Detectify peer | Intruder |
| Engineering-led, want DAST inside CI/CD | Probely |
| SMB, need EU hosting and a board-friendly report | CyberScore |
| Mid-market with a security engineer and budget | Acunetix |
| Solo security person, on-demand scans | Pentest-Tools.com |
| WordPress site / agency | Sucuri |
The honest meta-point
The external attack-surface category has converged on broadly similar feature sets — subdomain discovery, TLS posture, HTTP headers, SPF / DKIM / DMARC, OSINT, leaked secrets. The real differentiators in 2026 are not feature coverage, they are pricing model, report audience, hosting region, and how the tool handles the conversation with non-technical stakeholders. Pick the tool whose defaults match where you are, not the one with the longest feature list.
Frequently asked questions
Why look for a Detectify alternative?+
The most common reasons we hear: pricing climbed faster than expected as asset count grew, the report style was geared toward security engineers rather than founders or CTOs, or the company needed EU data residency Detectify could not satisfy. Detectify is a solid product — most people looking for an alternative are not unhappy with the technology, they are looking for a better fit on price, audience or hosting.
What is the cheapest Detectify alternative?+
For paid SaaS with comparable external coverage, CyberScore at $249/month (Pro) is one of the cheaper options. Intruder publishes Essential at the low hundreds per month. Sucuri SiteCheck has a free tier with a much narrower scope. The absolute cheapest is open-source DIY (Subfinder + Nuclei + httpx) at zero licence cost and significant operator time.
Does Detectify do internal vulnerability scanning?+
Detectify is external-only by design — their core offering is surface monitoring and application scanning from the outside. If internal vulnerability management is also a requirement, you need to add an agent-based VM (Qualys, Tenable, Rapid7) or an internal scanner (OpenVAS). The same is true of every product on this list except Acunetix, which has an internal-scanner variant.
Is CyberScore really not #1 on its own list?+
Correct. Intruder is the most direct Detectify peer in 2026 — similar audience, comparable feature surface, established product. Probely is a strong DAST-first competitor. CyberScore is the right pick for a specific subset (SMBs wanting EU hosting and a board-friendly report) but it would be dishonest to call it the universal #1.
See where you sit before talking to any vendor
Run a free CyberScore sample scan on your own domain. Two minutes, no card. If the report matches your needs, the path forward is the cheapest one on this list. If it does not, you will at least know which gaps the others need to fill.
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