# Detectify vs Nuclei

| Attribute | Detectify | Nuclei |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 53.4 (55% (medium)) | 52.4 (19% (low)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A cloud-based security platform that continuously discovers, monitors, and tests your external attack surface across domains, applications, and APIs. Uses payload-based scanning, ethical hacker research, and AI-driven vulnerability testing to identify exploitable weaknesses before attackers can exploit them. It is indexed under Attack Surface Management.","source":"https://detectify.com","question":"What is Detectify?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Detectify offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at €2500 per year. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://detectify.com/pricing","question":"Is Detectify free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Detectify. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://detectify.com","question":"What platforms does Detectify support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Detectify can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://detectify.com","question":"Can Detectify be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 8 integrations for Detectify, including Jira, Slack, Okta, Ping Identity, OneLogin, SAML 2.0, AWS Marketplace and Workato. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://detectify.com/pricing","question":"What does Detectify integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed ISO 27001 and GDPR for Detectify. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Detectify not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://detectify.com/solutions/a-tool-for-continuous-compliance","question":"What security certifications does Detectify have?","confidence":0.7}]` | `[{"answer":"A command-line tool that discovers subdomains by querying public data sources without active scanning, optimized for speed and operational stealth. It is indexed under Attack Surface Management.","source":"https://projectdiscovery.io","question":"What is Nuclei?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Nuclei is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. A commercial or hosted edition starts at $5. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://projectdiscovery.io/pricing","question":"Is Nuclei free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Nuclei supports a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://projectdiscovery.io","question":"What platforms does Nuclei support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Nuclei can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://projectdiscovery.io","question":"Can Nuclei be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 7 integrations for Nuclei, including GitHub, Slack, AWS, GCP, Azure, Cloudflare and Vercel. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://projectdiscovery.io/pricing","question":"What does Nuclei integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed GDPR for Nuclei. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Nuclei not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://projectdiscovery.io/privacy","question":"What security certifications does Nuclei have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Nuclei is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://projectdiscovery.io/pricing","question":"Where is Nuclei available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Detectify performs continuous discovery and mapping of internet-facing assets combined with payload-based vulnerability testing to identify real exploitable security gaps across your external infrastructure. | A security discovery platform that identifies vulnerabilities and exposed assets across external-facing systems, internal infrastructure, and application code in real-time. It centralizes asset discovery and helps teams detect and remediate exposures before exploitation. |
| features.capabilities | `{"iso_27001":true,"pricing_model":"subscription_tier","deployment_model":"hybrid","cloud_cspm_integration":true,"continuous_daily_scanning":true,"cve_vulnerability_mapping":true,"jira_ticketing_integration":true,"automated_asset_attribution":true,"agentless_external_discovery":true}` | `{"pricing_model":"open_source","deployment_model":"standalone_cli","continuous_daily_scanning":true,"cve_vulnerability_mapping":true,"agentless_external_discovery":true,"certificate_transparency_monitoring":true}` |
| integrations.count | 18 | 7 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Okta"},{"name":"Ping Identity"},{"name":"OneLogin"},{"name":"SAML 2.0"},{"name":"AWS Marketplace"},{"name":"Workato"},{"name":"AWS","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Azure","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Cloudflare","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"GCP","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams","native":true,"category":"chat","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"ServiceNow","native":true,"category":"itsm","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Splunk","native":true,"category":"siem","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"PagerDuty","native":true,"category":"incident_management","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"OpsGenie","native":true,"category":"incident_management","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"GoDaddy","native":true,"category":"dns","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"HTTP Webhooks","native":true,"direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Email","native":true,"category":"notifications","direction":"outbound"}]` | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"GCP"},{"name":"Azure"},{"name":"Cloudflare"},{"name":"Vercel"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Starter","summary":"Free (up to 5 users, 1 team)","features":["API scanning (REST & GraphQL)","Standard integration templates","Email support"],"minSeats":1,"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"year","currency":"EUR"}],"description":"Great for developers and security researchers","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"teams":"1","users":"5"}},{"free":false,"name":"Standard","summary":"€2,500/year (up to 10 users)","features":["Up to 10 users","API scanning (REST & GraphQL)","Single sign-on (Okta, Ping Identity, OneLogin, SAML 2.0)","2 hours expert onboarding","Dedicated professional support"],"minSeats":1,"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":2500,"period":"year","currency":"EUR"}],"description":"For growing teams requiring advanced access controls and comprehensive API scanning","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"10"}},{"free":false,"name":"Professional","summary":"€5,000/year (unlimited users, 2 teams)","features":["Unlimited users across 2 teams","CI/CD integration with internal scanning","Advanced discovery (IP ranges & apex domains)","All integrations access","White-labeled scan reports","5 hours hands-on onboarding","Dedicated customer success manager","Surface Monitoring with continuous asset discovery","Application Scanning"],"minSeats":1,"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":5000,"period":"year","currency":"EUR"}],"description":"For scaling operations requiring internal network visibility and automated CI/CD workflows","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"teams":"2","users":"unlimited","internal_environments":"1"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"€15,000+/year (unlimited users & teams)","features":["Unlimited users and teams","3 internal scanning agents included","Fully customized vulnerability tests and modules","Service level agreement (SLA)","Dedicated customer success manager and solutions engineer","15 hours tailored onboarding","Quarterly business reviews","Priority early access to new features","All Professional features"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":15000,"period":"year","currency":"EUR"}],"description":"Fully customizable solution for enterprise-scale security operations","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"teams":"unlimited","users":"unlimited","internal_environments":"3"}}],"addOns":[{"name":"PCI ASV Scanning","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":500,"period":"year","currency":"EUR"}]},{"name":"Additional domains (Surface Monitoring)"},{"name":"Additional application scan targets"},{"name":"Additional internal scanning environments"}],"summary":"Free tier available. Subscription plans from €2,500–€15,000 annually. 14-day free trial.","currency":"EUR","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://detectify.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-25T08:38:56.955Z","freeTrialDays":14,"startingPrice":{"amount":2500,"period":"year","currency":"EUR"},"billingPeriods":["year","month"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free with 1 seat and limited one-time usage","features":["Every Neo workflow","Custom automations","Project workflows","Standard models"],"minSeats":1,"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For researchers and engineers with limited one-time usage","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"seats":"1","usage":"limited one-time"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pay as you go","summary":"$200/$400/$800 per seat/month (save 12.5% annually)","features":["Everything in Free","Frontier models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google","Weekly usage allowance (resets every 7 days)","Top-ups available"],"minSeats":1,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":200,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":400,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":800,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For MSSPs and startups with self-serve seats and usage tiers","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"seats":"up to 5","usage":"weekly allowance per seat"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing with enterprise security features","features":["Everything in Pay as you go","On-prem or dedicated VPC deployment","Private network access","SSO/SAML","Bring your own key (BYOK)","Dedicated onboarding and support","Unlimited seats","Org-level usage controls"],"description":"For regulated industries and government with on-prem deployment and SSO","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"seats":"unlimited","usage":"custom"}}],"summary":"Free tier available; Pay as you go from $200/seat/month for up to 5 seats; Enterprise pricing on request","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://projectdiscovery.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-24T12:03:09.570Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"seat","amount":200,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | high | high |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":2500,"currency":"EUR"}` | `{"amount":200,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.trust_center | https://detectify.com/solutions/a-tool-for-continuous-compliance | - |

## Capabilities (Attack Surface Management)

| Capability | Detectify | Nuclei |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Deployment model | Hybrid | Standalone CLI |
| Continuous daily scanning | ✓ | ✓ |
| Agentless external discovery | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automated asset attribution | ✓ | - |
| Cloud cspm integration | ✓ | - |
| Certificate transparency monitoring | - | ✓ |
| Dark web exposure monitoring | - | - |
| Servicenow CMDB sync | - | - |
| Jira ticketing integration | ✓ | - |
| Cve vulnerability mapping | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOC2 type ii | - | - |
| ISO 27001 | ✓ | - |
| Pricing model | Subscription tier | Open source |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:06:13.868Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*