CyCognito vs Hadrian: attack surface management compared

CyCognito

• Owner or subsidiary attributedDocumented
• Exploitability provenDocumented
• Ticket or workflow createdDocumented
• Compensating control appliedNot documented
• Fix retestedDocumented

Hadrian

• Owner or subsidiary attributedPartial
• Exploitability provenDocumented
• Ticket or workflow createdDocumented
• Compensating control appliedNot documented
• Fix retestedDocumented

CyCognito wins on

• Discovery of unknown assets and subsidiaries: 9 vs 7

  Starts from the organization's name with no IP ranges or asset lists and covers subsidiaries, acquired-company infrastructure and third-party-connected systems.

• Attribution accuracy and false-positive handling: 8 vs 7

  Every finding carries a trace of how it was found, why it belongs to the organization and who owns it.

• Integrations and platform reach: 7 vs 6

  Names ServiceNow, Jira, Splunk and Zendesk among its integrations.

• Time to value: 9 vs 7

  The organization's name is the only required input.

Hadrian wins on

• Exploitability validation: 9 vs 8

  Agentic AI simulates attacks and, by Hadrian's account, proves exploitability within 15 minutes.

• Pricing transparency: 6 vs 4

  Publishes a price for NOVA agentic penetration tests (from 1,250 euros per test excluding VAT, bundles available); ATLAS is priced by total asset count on request.

Choose CyCognito if

• Finding unknown assets, subsidiaries and acquired infrastructure is your main gap. CyCognito scores 9 on discovery: Starts from the organization's name with no IP ranges or asset lists and covers subsidiaries, acquired-company infrastructure and third-party-connected systems.
• You want results with the least setup. CyCognito scores 9 on time to value: The organization's name is the only required input.

Choose Hadrian if

• You want proof that an exposure is exploitable before it reaches a ticket. Hadrian scores 9 on exploitability validation: Agentic AI simulates attacks and, by Hadrian's account, proves exploitability within 15 minutes.
• You want help closing exposures, not only a longer list of them. Hadrian scores 7 on remediation: Actionable remediation guidance, automatic ticket creation and automatic regression testing after fixes; no edge mitigation documented.