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Product	Cortex Xpanse by Palo Alto Networks View product	Balbix Cyber Risk Platform by Balbix View product
Overview
What it is	Cortex Xpanse is an attack surface management platform for external attack surface management. See features and Attack Surface Management alternatives.	Evaluating Balbix Cyber Risk Platform? See how this Exposure Management tool handles unified asset inventory, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.
Product type	Attack Surface Management (ASM) Platform	Cyber Risk Quantification & Exposure Management
Best for	Cross-industry, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Technology, Retail	Financial Services, Healthcare, Insurance, Manufacturing, Technology
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloud	SaaSCloud
Deployment details	Cloud SaaS; Cloud SaaS agentless platform	Cloud (SaaS); SaaS
Data residency	Region-specific cloud hosting (US, Europe, Asia Pacific)
Key features
What it offers	Automated internet asset discovery Shadow IT mapping Outside-in vulnerability scanning Continuous exposure tracking Cloud asset attribution Service exposure detection Automated ticketing integration External attack surface management	Unified asset inventory Data aggregation from security tools Breach likelihood modeling Dollar-based risk quantification Risk by business unit and owner Mitigation scenario analysis Automated remediation tickets Executive dashboards
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Cloudexternal IPv4/IPv6 internet address spacesmulti-cloud environments	WindowsmacOSLinuxCloudNetwork devices
Compliance	SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR	SOC 2 Type II
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Cortex XSOARCortex XDRPrisma CloudAWSAzureGCPServiceNowJira+1 more	CrowdStrikeMicrosoft DefenderSentinelOneTenableQualysRapid7ServiceNow CMDBAWS+1 more
Industries	Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentTechnologyRetail	Financial ServicesHealthcareInsuranceManufacturingTechnology
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Palo Alto Networks	Balbix
Headquarters	Santa Clara, California, USA	San Jose, California, USA
Company size	15,000+	201-500
Founded	2005	2015

Cortex Xpanse

by Palo Alto Networks

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Balbix Cyber Risk Platform

by Balbix

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Overview

What it is

Cortex Xpanse

Cortex Xpanse is an attack surface management platform for external attack surface management. See features and Attack Surface Management alternatives.

Balbix Cyber Risk Platform

Evaluating Balbix Cyber Risk Platform? See how this Exposure Management tool handles unified asset inventory, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.

Product type

Cortex Xpanse

Attack Surface Management (ASM) Platform

Balbix Cyber Risk Platform

Cyber Risk Quantification & Exposure Management

Best for

Cortex Xpanse

Cross-industry, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Technology, Retail

Balbix Cyber Risk Platform

Financial Services, Healthcare, Insurance, Manufacturing, Technology

Pricing

Pricing model

Cortex Xpanse

Contact Vendor

Balbix Cyber Risk Platform

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Cortex Xpanse

Balbix Cyber Risk Platform

Deployment

Deployment options

Cortex Xpanse

SaaSCloud

Balbix Cyber Risk Platform

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

Cortex Xpanse

Cloud SaaS; Cloud SaaS agentless platform

Balbix Cyber Risk Platform

Cloud (SaaS); SaaS

Data residency

Cortex Xpanse

Region-specific cloud hosting (US, Europe, Asia Pacific)

Balbix Cyber Risk Platform

Key features

What it offers

Cortex Xpanse

Automated internet asset discovery
Shadow IT mapping
Outside-in vulnerability scanning
Continuous exposure tracking
Cloud asset attribution
Service exposure detection
Automated ticketing integration
External attack surface management

Balbix Cyber Risk Platform

Unified asset inventory
Data aggregation from security tools
Breach likelihood modeling
Dollar-based risk quantification
Risk by business unit and owner
Mitigation scenario analysis
Automated remediation tickets
Executive dashboards

Platform & access

API access

Cortex Xpanse

Balbix Cyber Risk Platform

Single sign-on (SSO)

Cortex Xpanse

Balbix Cyber Risk Platform

Role-based access (RBAC)

Cortex Xpanse

Balbix Cyber Risk Platform

Multi-tenant

Cortex Xpanse

Balbix Cyber Risk Platform

Mobile app

Cortex Xpanse

Balbix Cyber Risk Platform

Supported platforms

Cortex Xpanse

Cloudexternal IPv4/IPv6 internet address spacesmulti-cloud environments

Balbix Cyber Risk Platform

WindowsmacOSLinuxCloudNetwork devices

Compliance

Cortex Xpanse

SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR

Balbix Cyber Risk Platform

SOC 2 Type II

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Cortex Xpanse

Cortex XSOARCortex XDRPrisma CloudAWSAzureGCPServiceNowJira+1 more

Balbix Cyber Risk Platform

CrowdStrikeMicrosoft DefenderSentinelOneTenableQualysRapid7ServiceNow CMDBAWS+1 more

Industries

Cortex Xpanse

Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentTechnologyRetail

Balbix Cyber Risk Platform

Financial ServicesHealthcareInsuranceManufacturingTechnology

Regions

Cortex Xpanse

Global

Balbix Cyber Risk Platform

Global

Vendor

Company

Cortex Xpanse

Palo Alto Networks

Balbix Cyber Risk Platform

Balbix

Headquarters

Cortex Xpanse

Santa Clara, California, USA

Balbix Cyber Risk Platform

San Jose, California, USA

Company size

Cortex Xpanse

15,000+

Balbix Cyber Risk Platform

201-500

Founded

Cortex Xpanse

2005

Balbix Cyber Risk Platform

2015