Deepinfo vs. Microsoft Defender EASM.
Microsoft Defender EASM is the former RiskIQ, now bundled with the Microsoft 365 Defender suite. It's a sensible default if your shop is already standardized on Microsoft licensing. Deepinfo offers a larger underlying dataset, faster discovery cadence, and integrated CTI / BRP / TPRM modules in a platform that doesn't require a Microsoft commitment.
What Deepinfo does that Defender EASM doesn't.
Defender EASM gives you the EASM capability inherited from RiskIQ, packaged inside the Microsoft Defender suite. If your organization is committed to Microsoft licensing for security tooling and wants one bundled bill, the integration into Sentinel and the rest of the Defender stack is the path of least resistance.
Deepinfo is independent of Microsoft. The dataset is larger and refreshed on our own cadence; the platform extends beyond EASM into CTI, BRP, and TPRM as integrated modules; the integration story works against any SIEM or SOAR your team operates. For organizations that don't want their external-monitoring stack tied to a single vendor relationship, Deepinfo is the more independent option.
Four places Deepinfo goes beyond the bundle.
Larger underlying dataset, faster cadence.
Defender EASM's discovery is anchored to the RiskIQ corpus on Microsoft's refresh schedule. Deepinfo indexes the internet on our own cadence: 400M+ domains, 2B+ subdomains, 200B+ DNS records, 30B+ SSL certificates, plus daily and real-time feeds for newly registered domains and discovered subdomains. Depth and freshness are ours to optimize, not constrained to a packaged-product release cycle.
Integrated CTI, BRP, TPRM modules.
Defender EASM is EASM only. Deepinfo runs External Attack Surface Management plus Cyber Threat Intelligence (dark web, breached credentials, threat actors), plus Brand Risk Protection (lookalike domains, brand abuse, takedowns), plus Third-Party Risk Management, all in one platform sharing the same dataset. With Defender EASM you stitch CTI, brand defense, and TPRM from other Microsoft products or third parties.
Independent of Microsoft licensing.
Defender EASM is licensed inside the Microsoft 365 Defender suite. Pricing, feature gating, and roadmap are Microsoft's decisions. Deepinfo is licensed independently and integrates cleanly with whatever SIEM, SOAR, or ticketing stack you operate (including Sentinel). For organizations that maintain multi-vendor stacks deliberately, that independence has commercial and architectural value.
Direct dataset access via Data Feeds and APIs.
Deepinfo exposes the underlying dataset as Data Feeds and APIs that engineering teams can build with directly. Defender EASM is consumed inside the Defender portal; the API surface is narrower and tied to the Microsoft Graph model. If your team wants raw queryable access to the internet-scale dataset, the difference is large.
Defender EASM fits the Microsoft-committed shop.
If your security team operates entirely inside the Microsoft Defender stack, Sentinel as SIEM, Defender for Endpoint as EDR, Entra for identity, Purview for data, Defender EASM is a natural extension. The integration into Sentinel is well-instrumented; the licensing rolls into existing Microsoft commercial agreements; the operational model is consistent with the rest of the suite.
For organizations that operate multi-vendor stacks deliberately, want broader external-exposure capabilities than EASM alone, or value dataset depth and developer access over portal integration, Deepinfo is the more flexible option.
Where Deepinfo serves multi-vendor enterprises.
A cybersecurity ratings provider
Building on Deepinfo's dataset directly via the API tier; the depth and freshness of the underlying data is the product. Independent of any single security vendor.
Read the storyAn industrial conglomerate
Group-wide external monitoring across 30+ subsidiary brands, with a multi-vendor security stack. The platform integrates with whichever SIEM each subsidiary operates.
Read the storyA national telecom operator
Carrier-scale external monitoring across tens of thousands of public-facing assets, with deliberate independence from any single vendor relationship.
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Deepinfo vs. CyCognito.
Both Deepinfo and CyCognito lead with EASM.
Compare COMPAREDeepinfo vs. Cortex Xpanse.
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Compare COMPAREDeepinfo vs. Tenable.
Tenable is the established vulnerability-management standard, with EASM offered as a more recent add-on stitched onto the CVE-management product.
Compare COMPAREDeepinfo vs. Detectify.
Detectify is application security testing, DAST applied to assets you already know about, with strong test coverage on the targets you point it at.
CompareTest the dataset depth against your domain.
The free threat exposure report runs Deepinfo against your domain and emails the result within 24 hours. The same internet-scale dataset that powers customer deployments, applied to your own surface for comparison.