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Comparison

CyCognito vs Nuclei

No leader: the top candidate Nuclei has only 0.26 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

CyCognito full profile →Nuclei full profile →
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CyCognito9
Nuclei65
Score
Vioscale score
CyCognito9 / 100low · 3%
Nuclei65 / 100low · 26%
Pricing
Free tier
CyCognito–
Nuclei✗
Model
CyCognitocommercial
Nucleicommercial
Price level
CyCognito–
Nucleilow
Transparent
CyCognito–
Nuclei✓
Integrations
Count
CyCognito1
Nuclei7
Security
Gdpr
CyCognito✓
Nuclei✓
Market
Availability

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for attack surface management. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Deployment model
CyCognito-
Nuclei-
Continuous daily scanning
CyCognito-
Nuclei-
Agentless external discovery
CyCognito-
Nuclei-
Automated asset attribution
CyCognito-
Nuclei-
Cloud cspm integration
CyCognito-
Nuclei-
Certificate transparency monitoring
CyCognito-
Nuclei-
Dark web exposure monitoring
CyCognito-
Nuclei-
Servicenow CMDB sync
CyCognito-
Nuclei-
Jira ticketing integration
CyCognito-
Nuclei-
Cve vulnerability mapping
CyCognito-
Nuclei-
SOC2 type ii
CyCognito-
Nuclei-
ISO 27001
CyCognito-
Nuclei-
Pricing model
CyCognito-
Nuclei-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

CyCognito

CyCognito discovers and tests external exposures across your entire attack surface, combining autonomous pentesting, threat intelligence, and continuous monitoring to prioritize actionable risks for remediation.

Independently observed

Nuclei

A cloud-based security platform that uses AI-driven automation to test applications, APIs, code, and infrastructure for vulnerabilities in real time. It combines continuous scanning with community threat intelligence to detect and verify security issues faster than traditional security tools, with integrated remediation workflows.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

CyCognito

Pricing not documented yet.

Nuclei

from $5/moHybrid

From $250 entry point. Usage-based credit system at $5 per credit. Enterprise custom pricing available.

  • Pay as you goStarts at $250, 50 credits per seat, $5 per additional credit
    • Application and API pentesting
    • Attack surface management
    • Code and PR review
    • Red teaming
    • Mobile app security
    • +4 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • All Pay as you go features
    • Volume credit discounts
    • Bring your own key (BYOK)
    • Internal network auditing
    • SSO and SAML provisioning
    • +4 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
CyCognito✓
Nuclei✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
CyCognito✓
Nuclei✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

CyCognito

1 total
  • ServiceNow
Independently observed

Nuclei

7 total
  • GitHub
  • Slack
  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Azure
  • Cloudflare
  • Vercel
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.