Comparisons
How Guardian360 compares.
Honest, factual comparisons with the tools you are likely weighing up. We describe what each vendor does well, and we are clear about where they fit better than us. Some we replace; many we sit alongside, each one is labelled so you know which. No fear, no spin.
Compliance & GRC
Cyberday.ai
A Finnish AI-assisted ISMS that lives inside Microsoft Teams and turns 70+ frameworks into prioritised tasks.
Compare →DataGuard
A German GRC SaaS with strong compliance automation across ISO 27001, GDPR, NIS2, TISAX, SOC 2 and the EU AI Act.
Compare →Tenacy
A French cyber-GRC SaaS hosted under French sovereignty rules, orchestrating 50+ frameworks for CISOs.
Compare →Vanta
A US trust-management platform that automates evidence collection for SOC 2, ISO 27001 and more through hundreds of integrations.
Compare →Vulnerability management
ConnectSecure
A US MSP-focused vulnerability and compliance platform (formerly CyberCNS) built for true multi-tenant management.
Compare →Enginsight
A German vulnerability, IDS and SIEM platform with agents and on-prem options.
Compare →Greenbone / OpenVAS
A German open-source vulnerability management vendor with a daily feed and a new containerised scanner.
Compare →Holm Security
A Swedish next-generation vulnerability management platform with NIS2 packages and broadening attack-surface coverage.
Compare →Lywand
An audit and risk-assessment platform for MSPs with automated reporting and up to 80% auto-healing, focused on DACH.
Compare →OpenKAT
A Dutch open-source assessment toolkit that orchestrates existing scanners, suited to technical and public-sector teams.
Compare →Outpost24
A Swedish exposure-management vendor covering network, web and cloud scanning, oriented to the enterprise.
Compare →Qualys
A US cloud-native vulnerability and risk-management platform with deep container and cloud coverage and an agentic-AI fabric.
Compare →Rapid7
A US unified vulnerability management and SIEM/XDR vendor sharpening an AI-SOC strategy.
Compare →RoboShadow
A UK platform offering free and low-cost vulnerability scanning, device management and auto-remediation for MSPs and SMBs.
Compare →Security Hive
A Dutch honeypot-as-a-Service vendor providing deception technology for early breach detection.
Compare →Tenable
The US market leader in vulnerability management, with deep scanning and broad container and cloud coverage for large enterprises.
Compare →ThreadStone
A Dutch SMB-focused vulnerability scanner (ThreadScan), recently acquired by Techone, broadening its NL channel reach.
Compare →Microsoft 365 security
Attic Security
A Dutch SaaS platform focused on continuous Microsoft 365 and Entra ID hardening and configuration monitoring.
Compare →CyberDrain CIPP
An open-source Microsoft 365 multi-tenant management portal for MSPs, self-hosted or sponsored.
Compare →Defend365
A cloud platform focused on Microsoft 365 tenant security checks, drift detection and policy compliance.
Compare →Inforcer
A UK Microsoft 365 multi-tenant management platform for MSPs, standardising and backing up M365 policies.
Compare →Intrusion detection & network
Rapid7
A US unified vulnerability management and SIEM/XDR vendor sharpening an AI-SOC strategy.
Compare →SecureMe2 (CyberAlarm)
A Dutch network-threat-detection vendor using on-prem sensors, with a real-time NIDS dashboard.
Compare →Security Hive
A Dutch honeypot-as-a-Service vendor providing deception technology for early breach detection.
Compare →Endpoint & EDR
Bitdefender (GravityZone)
A Romanian endpoint-protection leader with mature EDR/XDR, ransomware detection and an MSP console.
Compare →ClamAV
An open-source antivirus engine used widely for mail and web gateways, a malware component, not a posture tool.
Compare →Coro
A modular AI-driven SMB/MSP platform spanning endpoint, email, network, M365 and data governance.
Compare →ESET (PROTECT)
A Slovakian vendor providing antivirus, EDR and endpoint-risk management, with cloud workload protection.
Compare →Heimdal
A Romanian/UK MSP-focused platform spanning patching, DNS, EDR and privilege management with heavy automation.
Compare →Imunify360
A host-security suite from CloudLinux for Linux web servers, with malware removal and WAF.
Compare →Microsoft Defender
Microsoft’s XDR/EDR/MDR platform with Secure Score, automatic attack disruption and Security Copilot in M365 E5.
Compare →Exposure management & pentesting
Aikido Security
A Belgian developer-first security platform that unifies SAST, DAST, SCA, secrets, IaC and cloud posture scanning in one tool.
Compare →Detectify
A Swedish EASM and application-security (DAST) vendor built on crowdsourced hacker research.
Compare →Edgescan
An Irish continuous-exposure-validation and pentest-as-a-service (PTaaS) vendor that combines automated scanning with human validation.
Compare →Hadrian
A Dutch offensive-security platform combining attack-surface management, continuous red teaming and CTEM.
Compare →Horizon3.ai
A US vendor whose NodeZero platform runs autonomous, AI-driven penetration testing in a find-fix-verify loop.
Compare →Intigriti
A Belgian bug-bounty and pentest-as-a-service (PTaaS) platform connecting organisations to a global researcher community.
Compare →Intruder.io
A UK external-attack-surface and vulnerability-management SaaS for small and mid-market customers, with simple pricing.
Compare →IONIX
A US and Israel based external attack surface and exposure management vendor focused on preemptive exposure mitigation.
Compare →Patrowl
A French SaaS combining attack-surface management, CTEM and continuous pentesting with pentester-validated findings.
Compare →Pentera
An Israeli automated security-validation platform with a natural-language AI agent guiding offensive testing.
Compare →Managed security & MDR
Arctic Wolf
A US security-operations vendor delivering 24/7 managed detection and response (MDR) as a concierge service on its Aurora platform.
Compare →cWatch (Comodo)
A US managed website-security service including WAF, SOC monitoring and malware cleanup.
Compare →Eye Security
A Dutch MDR and cyber-insurance hybrid for SMB and mid-market, with a 24/7 SOC.
Compare →Guardey
A Dutch SMB platform combining VPN, DNS-filtering and gamified security awareness.
Compare →Orange Cyberdefence
A French managed-cybersecurity giant with pan-European reach and analyst-driven managed services.
Compare →Rather just see it on your own environment?
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