The Best Free Shodan AlternativesTop Vulnerability Scanners and other similar apps like Shodan

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   Censys

    25 likes

   Censys is a search engine that allows computer scientists to ask questions about the devices and networks that compose the internet.

   30 Censys alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Vulnerability Scanner

   Origin

   • United States

   Since

   • Since 2016

   Platforms

   • Online

   • United States

   

   

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   Censys vs Shodan Comments

   Positive comment by Guest · May 5, 2020

   no limit on number of searches, lots of filters

   Positive comment by Guest · Dec 7, 2020

   Fresher data, more ports scanned

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   • Censys is Freemium and Open SourceShodan is Freemium and Proprietary
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   ZoomEye

    15 likes

   Network mapping service.

   29 ZoomEye alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Proprietary

   Origin

   • China

   Since

   • Since 2015

   Platforms

   • Online

   • China

   

   

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   ZoomEye vs Shodan Comments

   Positive comment by Guest · Nov 4, 2017

   the best shodan alternative

   Positive comment by hednkm · Jul 15, 2022

   never imagined i could one day find myself a hacked website... cheers to the team!

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   • ZoomEye is Freemium and ProprietaryShodan is also Freemium and Proprietary
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   Criminal IP

    58 likes

   Criminal IP protects IT assets and businesses by analyzing all years of cyber threats and prediciting exploits. Criminal IP provides real-time intelligence to enhance cybersecurity competencies in all aspects.

   18 Criminal IP alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • Vulnerability Scanner
   • IP Address Lookup

   Origin

   • South Korea

   Since

   • Since 2022

   Platforms

   • Online

   • South Korea

   

   

   

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   Criminal IP vs Shodan Comments

   Positive comment by dikocem681 · Dec 30, 2022

   Criminal IP has the benefit of being in Beta. They're completely free to use.

   Positive comment by yenexok620 · Nov 23, 2022

   the free service is appealing

   Positive comment by fofene4398 · Nov 16, 2022

   Certainly a good alternative to Shodan, I like how easy it is for us laymans.

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   • Criminal IP is Freemium and ProprietaryShodan is also Freemium and Proprietary
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   FOFA

    4 likes

   FOFA is a search engine that allows you to map global cyberspace.

   28 FOFA alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Penetration Testing

   Since

   • Since 2023

   Platforms

   • Online

   

   

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   IVRE

    24 likes

   Network recon framework, including a web interface to browse Nmap scan results.

   14 IVRE alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • IP Address Lookup

   Origin

   • France
   • EU

   Since

   • Since 2015

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Mac
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • Online
   • Self-Hosted

   • France
   • EU

   

   

   

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   IVRE vs Shodan Comments

   Positive comment by nm17 · Oct 11, 2020

   Great for indexing local networks and such

   Positive comment by Guest · Jun 1, 2017

   Because it's an open-source framework for scanning, indexing and researching data about connected device... Like Shodan.

   Positive comment by Guest · Mar 4, 2020

   Because it's completely free and open-source and works exactly like Shodan.

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   • IVRE is Free and Open SourceShodan is Freemium and Proprietary
   • IVRE is an IP Address Lookup Shodan is a Vulnerability Scanner
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   Intruder

    11 likes

   A single platform for AI pentesting, attack surface monitoring, cloud security and vulnerability management. Built for stretched security, IT and compliance teams.

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • Vulnerability Scanner
   • Penetration Testing

   Origin

   • United Kingdom

   Since

   • Since 2016

   Platforms

   • Online

   

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   ONYPHE

    1 like

   ONYPHE is a search engine for open-source and cyber threat intelligence data collected by crawling various sources available on the Internet or by listening to Internet background noise.

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Penetration Testing

   Origin

   • France
   • EU

   Since

   • Since 2020

   Platforms

   • Online

   

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    LeakIX

     4 likes

    LeakIX is a search engine indexing open hosts on the internet. It focuses on listing the databases and table names and keeps a history of every successful connection.

    11 LeakIX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Vulnerability Scanner

    Origin

    • France
    • EU

    Since

    • Since 2020

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    

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    LeakIX vs Shodan Comments

    Positive comment by Guest · May 28, 2020

    Has less data but is free for all. Also table names (mysql), collection names (mongo), index names ( elasticsearch ) and topic ( kafka ) names are searchable.

    Positive comment by khen_su · May 28, 2020

    Simple, too the point indexer with nice querying capacities

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    • LeakIX is Free and Open SourceShodan is Freemium and Proprietary
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    Vulners API

     1 like

    Vulners is a high-quality correlated database of software vulnerabilities. Users can create a custom VM solution using our consolidated database through API, multiple vulnerability scanners, plugins, and many other security tools and integrations.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Vulnerability Scanner

    Origin

    • United States

    Since

    • Since 2021

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    • United States

    

    

    

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    wapiti

     7 likes

    Wapiti allows you to audit the security of your web applications. Wapiti is a command line tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Origin

    • France
    • EU

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    

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    Natlas

     Like

    Natlas is an open source project designed to provide scalable network scanning and an interface to search through the results. For more information, visit github.com/natlas/natlas

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2020

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Self-Hosted

    

    

    

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    OSINT Researcher

     3 likes

    OSINT Researcher is a fast, login-free app that lets you discover and analyze all public GitHub repositories within any organization to support OSINT, security audits, recruiting, and collaboration scouting.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Origin

    • Australia

    Since

    • Since 2025

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad

    • Australia

    

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