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Product	Cortex Xpanse by Palo Alto Networks View product	Shodan Monitor by Shodan 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.	Shodan Monitor by Shodan: webhook integrations. Ideal for shadow IT discovery. Deployment: cloud. See how it compares with top Attack Surface Management alternatives.
Product type	Attack Surface Management (ASM) Platform	Continuous External Attack Surface Management (EASM) Service
Best for	Cross-industry, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Technology, Retail	Cross-industry, Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Manufacturing, Retail
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloud	SaaSCloud
Deployment details	Cloud SaaS; Cloud SaaS agentless platform	Cloud SaaS; Cloud SaaS
Data residency	Region-specific cloud hosting (US, Europe, Asia Pacific)	Global
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	Continuous CIDR subnet monitoring Automated open port notifications Unauthenticated database alerts CVE vulnerability tracking SSL/TLS certificate expiration alerts Webhook integrations External attack surface management Perimeter monitoring
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: no
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	Public IP blocksDomain namesCloud VPCs
Compliance	SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR	SOC 2GDPR
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Cortex XSOARCortex XDRPrisma CloudAWSAzureGCPServiceNowJira+1 more	SlackMicrosoft TeamsWebhooksEmailREST APIPagerDuty
Industries	Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentTechnologyRetail	Cross-industryTechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentManufacturing+1 more
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Palo Alto Networks	Shodan
Headquarters	Santa Clara, California, USA	Austin, Texas, USA
Company size	15,000+	1-10
Founded	2005	2009

Cortex Xpanse

by Palo Alto Networks

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Shodan Monitor

by Shodan

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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.

Shodan Monitor

Shodan Monitor by Shodan: webhook integrations. Ideal for shadow IT discovery. Deployment: cloud. See how it compares with top Attack Surface Management alternatives.

Product type

Cortex Xpanse

Attack Surface Management (ASM) Platform

Shodan Monitor

Continuous External Attack Surface Management (EASM) Service

Best for

Cortex Xpanse

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

Shodan Monitor

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

Pricing

Pricing model

Cortex Xpanse

Contact Vendor

Shodan Monitor

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Cortex Xpanse

Shodan Monitor

Deployment

Deployment options

Cortex Xpanse

SaaSCloud

Shodan Monitor

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

Cortex Xpanse

Cloud SaaS; Cloud SaaS agentless platform

Shodan Monitor

Cloud SaaS; Cloud SaaS

Data residency

Cortex Xpanse

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

Shodan Monitor

Global

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

Shodan Monitor

Continuous CIDR subnet monitoring
Automated open port notifications
Unauthenticated database alerts
CVE vulnerability tracking
SSL/TLS certificate expiration alerts
Webhook integrations
External attack surface management
Perimeter monitoring

Platform & access

API access

Cortex Xpanse

Shodan Monitor

Single sign-on (SSO)

Cortex Xpanse

Shodan Monitor

Role-based access (RBAC)

Cortex Xpanse

Shodan Monitor

Multi-tenant

Cortex Xpanse

Shodan Monitor

Mobile app

Cortex Xpanse

Shodan Monitor

Supported platforms

Cortex Xpanse

Cloudexternal IPv4/IPv6 internet address spacesmulti-cloud environments

Shodan Monitor

Public IP blocksDomain namesCloud VPCs

Compliance

Cortex Xpanse

SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR

Shodan Monitor

SOC 2GDPR

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Cortex Xpanse

Cortex XSOARCortex XDRPrisma CloudAWSAzureGCPServiceNowJira+1 more

Shodan Monitor

SlackMicrosoft TeamsWebhooksEmailREST APIPagerDuty

Industries

Cortex Xpanse

Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentTechnologyRetail

Shodan Monitor

Cross-industryTechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentManufacturing+1 more

Regions

Cortex Xpanse

Global

Shodan Monitor

Global

Vendor

Company

Cortex Xpanse

Palo Alto Networks

Shodan Monitor

Shodan

Headquarters

Cortex Xpanse

Santa Clara, California, USA

Shodan Monitor

Austin, Texas, USA

Company size

Cortex Xpanse

15,000+

Shodan Monitor

1-10

Founded

Cortex Xpanse

2005

Shodan Monitor

2009