Censys ASM
Internet intelligence platform providing real-time visibility into external assets and internet-facing infrastructure
- Vendor
- Censys, Inc.
- Also known as
- censys-asm
Available worldwide · Popular in: US
What is Censys ASM?
A cloud-based security intelligence service that continuously scans and maps internet-connected assets to help organizations discover their external attack surface, investigate threats, track adversary infrastructure, and monitor third-party vendor exposure.
Censys ASM pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Free tier available; most plans require contacting sales. Flexible credit-based consumption model starting at $100.
Core
Contact salesFor security analysts performing alert triage across IPs, services, domains, and certificates
- Enrichment API (20K calls/day base)
- 1+ month data history
- 15+ collections
- Natural language search
- CVE/vulnerability data
- Threat data
- Asset relationship mapping
Adversary Investigation
Contact salesFor threat hunting and CTI teams investigating adversary campaigns and infrastructure
- Enrichment API unlimited (add-on)
- 3+ months data history
Security Operations
Contact salesFor enterprises using platform data across alert triage, incident response, threat intelligence, and detection engineering
Government
FreePurpose-built for government agencies with compliance controls
- Government-grade access controls
- All protocols and services searchable
- Unlimited result pages
- Deep application scanner data
- 1+ month host history
- Raw/JSON export
- API access
- SSO/SAML
- 10 users per account
What Censys ASM does
The capabilities that matter for attack surface management, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Deployment model
- Cloud managed easm
- 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
- Quote
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (6)
Independently observed- AWS•
- Azure•
- Google Cloud Platform•
- Okta•
- OneLogin•
- Microsoft Azure Active Directory•
Censys ASM alternatives
Other attack surface management we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- CyCognitoDiscover your external vulnerabilities before attackers exploit themlow · 19%
- DetectifyExternal attack surface testing platform that identifies exploitable vulnerabilities using research from hacker communities and AI analysismedium · 55%
- NucleiContinuously discover and manage security exposures across cloud infrastructure, internal networks, code, and endpointslow · 19%
- Microsoft Defender EASMDiscover vulnerabilities and security exposures on internet-facing resourceslow · 37%
- AmassNonprofit foundation supporting application security through open-source projects and community educationlow · 18%
- Tenable Attack Surface Managementlow · 7%
Compare Censys ASM
Side by side against other attack surface management, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
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| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price level | 80 | 0.04 | 3.4 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 58 | 0.05 | 3.0 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 25 | 0.05 | 1.3 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 24 | 0.05 | 1.2 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.09 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.21 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
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Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Pricing model: quote · Deployment model: cloud_managed_easm · Cloud cspm integration: Yes · Continuous daily scanning: Yes · Cve vulnerability mapping: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-10-06 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 6 | mediumsource · 2026-10-06 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | mediumsource · 2026-10-06 · 50% |
Pricing
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Trust center | https://censys.com/resources/censys-compliance-programs/ | mediumsource · 2026-10-06 · 60% |
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