CyCognito
SpartanX vs CyCognito
Learn how SpartanX covers internal and external surfaces vs CyCognito's external-only scope
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Category | SpartanX | CyCognito |
|---|---|---|
| Core Vision | Agentic AI Security Workforce, autonomous agents that find, validate, and fix vulnerabilities across the full stack including internal assets. | External Attack Surface Management (EASM), seedless discovery of all external assets and continuous automated testing. |
| Mission Focus | Full lifecycle: discover → validate → prioritize → fix → simulate attacks → report. | 'Discover your weak spots before attackers do', find every external-facing asset and validate what's exploitable. |
| Scope of Coverage | Code → Infra → Cloud → APIs → LLMs → Continuous Red-Team. | External attack surface only, domains, IPs, subdomains, cloud assets, third-party/subsidiary exposure. |
| Automation Level | Multi-agent AI, fully autonomous from discovery to auto-fix. | Automated seedless discovery + AutoPT continuous external testing, no remediation automation. |
| Remediation Capability | Auto-generates code fixes + Pull Requests into developer repos. | None, delivers prioritized findings; fixing is manual. |
| Asset Discovery | Discovers internal and external assets via deep integration with cloud, code, and infra layers. | Seedless discovery of external assets, finds up to 20x more exposures than other tools without any setup. |
| Offensive Security | Continuous autonomous AI Red-Team across full stack. | AutoPT, automated penetration testing across all external assets; no internal or code-level testing. |
| Knowledge Intelligence | Ontology-driven Knowledge Graph linking vulns ⇔ MITRE ATT&CK ⇔ business impact ⇔ compliance. | Business context-aware prioritization, beyond CVSS to organizational risk. |
| M&A / Shadow Asset Coverage | Discovers internal shadow assets via connected cloud and code integrations. | Strongest in market for M&A and subsidiary asset discovery, finds assets 'nobody knew existed.' |
| False-Positive Handling | AI Validation Agents auto-retest and deduplicate findings. | Exploitability-validated findings, not just scan alerts. |
| DevSecOps Integration | Deep CI/CD and developer workflow integration. | No developer tooling or CI/CD integration. |
| Compliance Reporting | Auto-generates ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, NIST, GDPR, DORA, SOX reports. | No compliance framework automation. |
| Multi-Tenant / MSSP Ready | Native multi-tenant architecture for MSSPs and large enterprises. | Global enterprise with complex subsidiaries, not MSSP multi-tenant architecture. |
| AI / LLM Security | Full LLM/AI red-team module. | No AI/LLM attack surface testing. |
| Outcome Speed | Detection → Auto-Fix → Report in minutes. | Discovery → Prioritized findings → Manual fix in days/weeks. |
| Market Positioning | AI Security Workforce, proactive, autonomous, full stack offense + defense. | EASM category leader, 'Rule Your Risk', external exposure management at enterprise scale. |
| Ideal Users | CISOs, AppSec leads, DevSecOps engineers, MSSPs. | CISOs, global IT leaders, security directors at large enterprises with subsidiaries and M&A activity. |
SpartanX Key Advantages
External attack surface only, no internal or code coverage
Full stack from source code to external perimeter
No remediation capability
Auto-PR generation with validated code fixes
No DevSecOps or CI/CD integration
Native developer workflow and CI/CD integration
No compliance framework automation
Auto-mapped reports for ISO, PCI, HIPAA, NIST, GDPR
No AI/LLM attack surface testing
Dedicated LLM red-team module
No MSSP multi-tenant architecture
Native multi-tenant platform for service providers
No natural-language agent orchestration
NL command execution with human-in-loop governance
Enterprise-only M&A focus
Full SME to enterprise coverage with flexible deployment