Shodan AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Vulnerability Scanners

The best Vulnerability Scanner alternative to Shodan is Criminal IP, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Shodan and ten of them are Vulnerability Scanners so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Vulnerability Scanner alternatives to Shodan are Censys, Intruder, Nexpose and LeakIX.

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  1. Criminal IP icon
     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.

    14 Criminal IP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
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  2. Censys icon
     24 likes

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

    24 Censys alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
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  3. Intruder icon
     11 likes

    Intruder is a security monitoring platform for internet-facing systems.

    Intruder provides an easy to use security solution which continually scans your digital assets, highlighting vulnerabilities and outlining remediation advice in simple terms.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. Nexpose icon
     3 likes

    Learn about our vulnerability management software, Nexpose. See how our vulnerability scanner prioritizes vulnerabilities and speeds up remediation.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. LeakIX icon
     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.

    8 LeakIX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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  6. Vulners API icon
     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.

    23 Vulners API alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  7. Netlas.io icon
     28 likes

    Enriched and structured information about every host on the Internet. Non-intrusive internet scanner, whois, domain names & SSL certs database.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • BSD
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  8. skipfish icon
     13 likes

    A fully automated, active web application security reconnaissance tool. Key features: High speed: pure C code, highly optimized HTTP handling, minimal CPU footprint - easily achieving 2000 requests per second with responsive targets.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  9. Grabber is a web application scanner. Basically it detects some kind of vulnerabilities in your website.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
     
  10. RedGem icon
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    Discover, monitor, and protect your organization's entire digital footprint with real-time alerts for security changes.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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