Hadrian vs Cortex Xpanse: attack surface management compared

Hadrian

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

Cortex Xpanse

• Owner or subsidiary attributedPartial
• Exploitability provenNot documented
• Ticket or workflow createdDocumented
• Compensating control appliedDocumented
• Fix retestedNot documented

Hadrian wins on

• Exploitability validation: 9 vs 5

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

• Pricing transparency: 6 vs 2

  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.

Cortex Xpanse wins on

• Discovery of unknown assets and subsidiaries: 8 vs 7

  Palo Alto Networks says Xpanse scans the full IPv4 space several times a day (4.3 billion addresses; 500 billion+ ports scanned daily).

• Remediation and mitigation support: 8 vs 7

  Active Response runs built-in automated playbooks, with routing and remediation through Cortex XSOAR playbooks.

• Integrations and platform reach: 9 vs 6

  Native ties to Cortex XSOAR and Prisma Cloud inside the Palo Alto Networks Cortex portfolio.

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 need every asset tied to the right entity and owner, with the evidence shown. Hadrian scores 7 on attribution: Uses machine learning trained by ethical hackers to confirm asset ownership.

Choose Cortex Xpanse if

• The tool has to fit a wider security platform or many existing tools. Cortex Xpanse scores 9 on integrations: Native ties to Cortex XSOAR and Prisma Cloud inside the Palo Alto Networks Cortex portfolio.
• Finding unknown assets, subsidiaries and acquired infrastructure is your main gap. Cortex Xpanse scores 8 on discovery: Palo Alto Networks says Xpanse scans the full IPv4 space several times a day (4.3 billion addresses; 500 billion+ ports scanned daily).