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Detectify vs Group-IB

Detectify is an application security platform that combines Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) and Attack Surface Management (ASM). Group-IB is a Prediction-First cybersecurity company built on collective defense. CISO Tribune files both under External attack surface management. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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Detectify vs Group-IB: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
DetectifyDetectify is an application security platform that combines Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) and Attack Surface Management (ASM).detectify.comGroup-IBGroup-IB is a Prediction-First cybersecurity company built on collective defense.group-ib.com
What it sells
  • Application Scanning[9][10]Crawls and fuzzes custom web apps, including the parts behind login.
  • API Scanning[10]Tests every operation in an OpenAPI spec or GraphQL schema with payload-based tests.
  • Alfred AI[13]Turns published CVEs into payload-based tests that a Detectify security researcher reviews before they go live.
  • Threat Intelligence[1][3][5]Group-IB Threat Intelligence Platform has a graph interface for investigating cyber threats.
  • Attack Surface Management[1][5]Group-IB delivers external attack surface management that automatically maps every asset and provides continuous attack surface monitoring and analysis.
  • Fraud Protection[1][4]Group-IB's online fraud protection platform uses global fraud intelligence, device fingerprinting and behavioral analysis to detect fraud.
  • Digital Risk Protection[1][6][11]Group-IB's digital risk protection solution continuously monitors and detects threats across the open, deep and dark web.
  • Managed XDR[7]Group-IB Managed XDR solution secures an email gateway using intelligence-driven behavioral analysis technology.
  • Business Email Protection[1][7]Group-IB offers Business Email Protection against phishing and scam attacks.
Categories
Headquarters
Stockholm, SwedenNot stated on its pages
Founded
2013[1]Not stated on its pages
Ownership and funding
Owned by Insight Partners since 2024[2][5][6][13]Not stated on its pages
Named customers
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pages
Recent news
  • October 29, 2026Detectify announced that it is one of the vendors featured in KuppingerCole's 2026 Leadership Compass on Attack Surface Management.[17]
  • May 26, 2026Detectify unveiled an MCP Server, an integration layer that brings its security testing engines into AI.[4]
  • March 24, 2026Detectify launched IP Range Scanning, which enables continuous discovery and monitoring of entire IP address blocks.[18]
  • February 3, 2026Detectify launched Internal Scanning, which brings its crawling and fuzzing engine behind the customer's firewall.[3]
  • October 29, 2026Group-IB's Digital Risk Protection solution is now available in AWS Marketplace.[11]
  • January 27, 2026Group-IB launches a Cloud Security Posture Management solution as part of its Unified Risk Platform.[10]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: listed, seen November 4, 2026[5]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
  • G2: listed, seen November 10, 2026[12]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
Not written yetNot written yet
Last verified
November 2, 2026November 4, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Detectify and Group-IB are both filed under External attack surface management.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Detectify's primary category is Dynamic application security testing; Group-IB's is Threat intelligence.
  • Group-IB is also filed under Digital risk protection and Fraud prevention.
  • Detectify lists Application Scanning, API Scanning and Alfred AI. Group-IB lists Threat Intelligence, Attack Surface Management, Fraud Protection, Digital Risk Protection, Managed XDR and 1 more.
  • Detectify is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Detectify was founded in 2013.
  • Detectify is owned by Insight Partners, since 2024.

What it sells: Detectify

What Application Scanning does[9][10]
Application Scanning crawls apps in a real browser, so it renders JavaScript and handles single-page apps. It tests with payloads from 1,765+ modules built by ethical hackers in the Crowdsource community. A recorded login lets it test areas behind sign-in.
What API Scanning does[10]
API Scanning builds the scan from an uploaded OpenAPI spec or GraphQL schema. Findings are confirmed by running the payload, not by matching a signature.
What Alfred AI does[13]
Alfred AI monitors public CVE disclosures to find CVEs with a working public proof of concept. It builds a payload-based test from the proof of concept. A Detectify security researcher reviews every test before it goes live.

What it sells: Group-IB

What Threat Intelligence does[1][3][5]
Group-IB's digital threat intelligence solution, powered by the Unified Risk Platform, integrates with SIEM, SOAR and TIP solutions, or via API and STIIX/TAXII data transfer. Group-IB threat intelligence lets users uncover illicit activities and monitor the dark web to determine if their organization is mentioned there. Group-IB's Threat Intelligence solution is available in AWS Marketplace.
What Attack Surface Management does[1][5]
Group-IB's platform enriches findings with threat intelligence to assess risk and prioritize issues. The Assets tab lists Internet-facing assets that are part of an organization's infrastructure, which can be confirmed or ignored. The Issues tab lists identified issues among confirmed assets, which can be marked as Under Review, Solved, Ignored or False Positive. Group-IB's attack surface platform checks confirmed assets for common vulnerabilities and assigns each one a risk score.
What Fraud Protection does[1][4]
Group-IB device fingerprinting technology is powered by the patented Global ID innovation. Group-IB device fingerprinting identifies devices, generates unique fingerprints, tracks fraudulent activities and uncovers hidden multi-accounting, anti-detection browsers and account farming. Group-IB Fraud Protection's AI uses a combination of signature analysis and User Behavior Analysis (UBA).
What Digital Risk Protection does[1][6][11]
Group-IB Digital Risk Protection solution implements a three-stage takedown process for violations such as scam and phishing. Group-IB Digital Risk Protection uses machine learning to detect scams, phishing and other violations. Group-IB analysts research scam groups, actors and popular schemes, creating new assets for monitoring and public reports.

Questions about Detectify and Group-IB

What do Detectify and Group-IB sell?
Detectify sells Application Scanning, API Scanning and Alfred AI. Group-IB sells Threat Intelligence, Attack Surface Management, Fraud Protection, Digital Risk Protection, Managed XDR and 1 more.
Are Detectify and Group-IB in the same category?
They share External attack surface management. Detectify's primary category is Dynamic application security testing and Group-IB's is Threat intelligence.
Where are Detectify and Group-IB headquartered?
Detectify is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.
When were Detectify and Group-IB founded?
Detectify was founded in 2013.
Who owns Detectify and Group-IB?
Detectify is owned by Insight Partners, since 2024.
What have Detectify and Group-IB announced recently?
October 29, 2026: Detectify announced that it is one of the vendors featured in KuppingerCole's 2026 Leadership Compass on Attack Surface Management. October 29, 2026: Group-IB's Digital Risk Protection solution is now available in AWS Marketplace.

About Detectify

Detectify is an application security platform that combines Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) and Attack Surface Management (ASM). Detectify says it discovers a full attack surface, including assets an organization may not know exist, and tests every asset for exploitable vulnerabilities using payload-based techniques developed by more than 400 ethical hackers.

Detectify describes a problem with legacy application security: scanners only test the assets they are told about, so shadow IT stays invisible. Detectify also says fingerprint-based checks flag versions instead of real exploitability. Detectify positions its platform as SaaS-only with nothing to install.[7][14]

Every Detectify product starts with Discovery, a single inventory of assets that becomes the source of truth for every scan, integration and finding across the platform. Surface Monitoring finds the domains, subdomains, IPs and open ports a customer has on the internet, and keeps testing them with payload-based tests. Surface Monitoring also checks subdomains for takeover every 8 hours.[7][8]

Application Scanning crawls and fuzzes custom web apps, including single-page apps and the parts behind login. API Scanning takes an OpenAPI spec or GraphQL schema and tests every operation in it with payload-based tests, including prompt injection on AI endpoints. Both use the same fuzzing engine.[9][10]

Detectify also offers tools for AI. Alfred AI turns published CVEs into payload-based tests, and a Detectify security researcher reviews each one before it goes live. The MCP Server lets Claude Code, Cursor and other AI tools query Detectify findings, scans and assets in plain language, and it is included in every Detectify plan.[14]

Detectify says its research comes from Crowdsource, a community of 400+ ethical hackers, and that 99% of the vulnerabilities it finds have no CVE assigned, based on its own data over the past three years. Detectify says it is used by more than 2,100 organizations, from high-growth SaaS companies to large enterprises and public institutions.[7][8][9][10][11][12][14][15][16]

Detectify on the record

Sources

Detectify full record

  1. [1]AboutDetectify · detectify.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Insight partners acquires majority stake in detectifyDetectify · newsroom.detectify.com · published October 29, 2024 · Tier A
  3. [3]Introducing Detectify Internal Scanning for internal scanning behind the firewallDetectify · published February 3, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Detectify brings AppSec automation to AI agents with MCP Server and continuous testingHelp Net Security · published May 26, 2026 · Tier B
  5. [5]Detectify Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features - G2G2 · undated page, accessed October 24, 2026 · Tier C
  6. [6]Detectify - Application security built and trusted by hackersDetectify · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Application security built on hacker researchDetectify · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Surface Monitoring | Attack Surface Management | DetectifyDetectify · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Application Scanning | DAST for Web Apps | DetectifyDetectify · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]API Scanning | API Security Testing | DetectifyDetectify · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Internal Scanning | DAST for Internal Apps | DetectifyDetectify · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]PCI ASV Scanning | Approved PCI DSS Scans | DetectifyDetectify · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]Alfred AI | CVE Tests Built by AI | DetectifyDetectify · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]MCP Server | Claude Code, Cursor and more | DetectifyDetectify · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  15. [15]Agentic Tooling | DetectifyDetectify · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  16. [16]Integrations | Jira, Slack, Teams and More | DetectifyDetectify · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  17. [17]Detectify featured in KuppingerCole's Analysts 2026 Leadership Compass on Attack Surface ManagementDetectify · published October 29, 2026 · Tier A
  18. [18]Detectify uncovers hidden assets and risks across entire IP rangesHelp Net Security · published March 24, 2026 · Tier B

Group-IB full record

  1. [1]group-ib.comGroup-IB · group-ib.com · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Group-IB | Prediction-First Cybersecurity and Anti-FraudGroup-IB · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Threat Intelligence Platform | Cyber Threat Intelligence Software | Group-IBGroup-IB · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Fraud Protection Service with Online Fraud Protection Software | Group-IBGroup-IB · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Attack Surface Management & Monitoring Solutions Platform | Group-IBGroup-IB · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Digital Risk Protection & Digital Brand Protection Services | Group-IBGroup-IB · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Solutions for Anti-Phishing and Scam Protection | Group-IBGroup-IB · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Blockchain Security: Safeguard Your Crypto Business | Group-IBGroup-IB · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]OT ICS Cybersecurity Threats: Tactics, Paths, DefensesGroup-IB · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Group-IB launches Cloud Security Posture Management with advanced misconfiguration detection and cloud compliance monitoring | Group-IBGroup-IB · published January 27, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Group-IB launches Digital Risk Protection availability in AWS Marketplace | Group-IBGroup-IB · published October 29, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Group-IB Threat Intelligence Reviews & Product DetailsG2 · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier C

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