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Comparison

Microsoft Defender EASM 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.

Microsoft Defender EASM full profile →Nuclei full profile →
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Microsoft Defender EASM33
Nuclei65
Score
Vioscale score
Microsoft Defender EASM33 / 100low · 22%updating
Nuclei65 / 100low · 26%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Microsoft Defender EASM–
Nuclei✗
Model
Microsoft Defender EASMcommercial
Nucleicommercial
Price level
Microsoft Defender EASMunknown
Nucleilow
Transparent
Microsoft Defender EASM✗
Nuclei✓
Integrations
Count
Microsoft Defender EASM–
Nuclei7
Security
Gdpr
Microsoft Defender EASM✓
Nuclei✓
Iso27001
Microsoft Defender EASM✓
Nuclei–
Soc2
Microsoft Defender EASM✓
Nuclei–
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Microsoft Defender EASM

A tool for discovering vulnerabilities and exposures across internet-connected assets and infrastructure.

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.

Microsoft Defender EASM

Usage-based

Usage-based pricing. Specific rates not disclosed on provided pages.

as of verify ↗

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
Microsoft Defender EASM–
Nuclei✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Microsoft Defender EASM✓
Nuclei✓

Integrations

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

Microsoft Defender EASM

Not documented yet.

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.