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Product	IBM X-Force Exchange by IBM View product	VirusTotal by VirusTotal View product
Overview
What it is	IBM X-Force Exchange by IBM: threat research. Ideal for threat research. Deployment: cloud. See how it compares with top Threat Intelligence alternatives.	See what VirusTotal offers: live YARA hunting. It is built for SOC alert triage enrichment, supports cloud deployment and competes with other Threat Intelligence tools.
Product type	Threat intelligence platform	Crowdsourced Threat Intelligence & Multi-Engine File Analysis
Best for	Enterprise, Government, Financial Services, Healthcare	Cybersecurity, SOC Teams, Incident Response, Threat Hunting, Financial Services
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	SaaSCloud
Deployment details	Cloud; Cloud	Cloud SaaS; API Service; Cloud SaaS; High-Throughput REST API
Data residency	Deployment and region dependent	United States; European Union; Google Cloud Infrastructure
Key features
What it offers	Threat intelligence sharing platform for researching indicators, vulnerabilities, malware and other security intelligence. Threat intelligence Security analytics Threat research Indicator investigation Intelligence sharing	Multi-scanning across 70+ antivirus engines Dynamic behavioral sandboxing VirusTotal Intelligence search Live YARA hunting (Livehunt) VirusTotal Graph visualization Automated multi-engine malware scanning Threat hunting with YARA rules Adversary infrastructure tracking
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	Web browser	Suspicious ExecutablesDocumentsScriptsURLsDomainsIP Addresses
Compliance	Threat intelligence platform controls	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRGoogle Cloud Security Standards
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Cloud	Google CloudSplunkMicrosoft SentinelMISPCortex XSOARREST APIs
Industries	EnterpriseGovernmentFinancial ServicesHealthcare	CybersecuritySOC TeamsIncident ResponseThreat HuntingFinancial Services
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	IBM	VirusTotal
Headquarters	Armonk, New York, USA	Malaga, Spain
Company size	250,000+	100,000+ (parent: Google)
Founded	1911	2004

IBM X-Force Exchange

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VirusTotal

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Overview

What it is

IBM X-Force Exchange

IBM X-Force Exchange by IBM: threat research. Ideal for threat research. Deployment: cloud. See how it compares with top Threat Intelligence alternatives.

VirusTotal

See what VirusTotal offers: live YARA hunting. It is built for SOC alert triage enrichment, supports cloud deployment and competes with other Threat Intelligence tools.

Product type

IBM X-Force Exchange

Threat intelligence platform

VirusTotal

Crowdsourced Threat Intelligence & Multi-Engine File Analysis

Best for

IBM X-Force Exchange

Enterprise, Government, Financial Services, Healthcare

VirusTotal

Cybersecurity, SOC Teams, Incident Response, Threat Hunting, Financial Services

Pricing

Pricing model

IBM X-Force Exchange

Contact Vendor

VirusTotal

Contact Vendor

Free trial

IBM X-Force Exchange

VirusTotal

Deployment

Deployment options

IBM X-Force Exchange

Cloud

VirusTotal

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

IBM X-Force Exchange

Cloud; Cloud

VirusTotal

Cloud SaaS; API Service; Cloud SaaS; High-Throughput REST API

Data residency

IBM X-Force Exchange

Deployment and region dependent

VirusTotal

United States; European Union; Google Cloud Infrastructure

Key features

What it offers

IBM X-Force Exchange

Threat intelligence sharing platform for researching indicators, vulnerabilities, malware and other security intelligence.
Threat intelligence
Security analytics
Threat research
Indicator investigation
Intelligence sharing

VirusTotal

Multi-scanning across 70+ antivirus engines
Dynamic behavioral sandboxing
VirusTotal Intelligence search
Live YARA hunting (Livehunt)
VirusTotal Graph visualization
Automated multi-engine malware scanning
Threat hunting with YARA rules
Adversary infrastructure tracking

Platform & access

API access

IBM X-Force Exchange

VirusTotal

Single sign-on (SSO)

IBM X-Force Exchange

VirusTotal

Role-based access (RBAC)

IBM X-Force Exchange

VirusTotal

Multi-tenant

IBM X-Force Exchange

VirusTotal

Mobile app

IBM X-Force Exchange

VirusTotal

Supported platforms

IBM X-Force Exchange

Web browser

VirusTotal

Suspicious ExecutablesDocumentsScriptsURLsDomainsIP Addresses

Compliance

IBM X-Force Exchange

Threat intelligence platform controls

VirusTotal

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRGoogle Cloud Security Standards

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

IBM X-Force Exchange

Cloud

VirusTotal

Google CloudSplunkMicrosoft SentinelMISPCortex XSOARREST APIs

Industries

IBM X-Force Exchange

EnterpriseGovernmentFinancial ServicesHealthcare

VirusTotal

CybersecuritySOC TeamsIncident ResponseThreat HuntingFinancial Services

Regions

IBM X-Force Exchange

Global

VirusTotal

Global

Vendor

Company

IBM X-Force Exchange

IBM

VirusTotal

Headquarters

IBM X-Force Exchange

Armonk, New York, USA

VirusTotal

Malaga, Spain

Company size

IBM X-Force Exchange

250,000+

VirusTotal

100,000+ (parent: Google)

Founded

IBM X-Force Exchange

1911

VirusTotal

2004