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ServiceNow vs VulnCheck

ServiceNow sells Security Operations, a product that unifies security, IT, and risk into a single system of action. VulnCheck sells a Cyber Threat Intelligence platform that provides exploit and vulnerability intelligence for prioritizing and remediating vulnerabilities. CISO Tribune files both under Vulnerability 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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ServiceNow vs VulnCheck: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
ServiceNowServiceNow sells Security Operations, a product that unifies security, IT, and risk into a single system of action.servicenow.comVulnCheckVulnCheck sells a Cyber Threat Intelligence platform that provides exploit and vulnerability intelligence for prioritizing and remediating vulnerabilities.vulncheck.com
What it sells
  • Security Operations[1][2][3]ServiceNow Security Operations unifies security, IT, and risk into a single system of action.
  • Security Incident Response[1][3]Security Incident Response uses AI-assisted playbooks that help contain threats.
  • Unified Security Exposure Management[1][2][3]Unified Security Exposure Management comes as the next evolution of Vulnerability Response.
  • Third-party Risk Management[4]Third-party Risk Management centralizes vendor risk in one system.
  • Identity and Access Security[5]Identity and Access Security addresses risk across human, non-human, and AI agent identities.
  • Super Intelligence Control Tower[6]Super Intelligence Control Tower is a central hub to discover, secure, govern, observe, and measure any AI across an enterprise.
  • Exploit & Vulnerability Intelligence[1][4][5][10][11][15]Early access to new vulnerability information not found in the NVD, with dozens of unique fields.
  • Initial Access Intelligence[1][5][8]In-house developed exploit PoCs, packet captures and Suricata signatures for initial access vulnerabilities.
  • VulnCheck for Government[16]Features, functionality and data available only to Government partners.
Categories
Headquarters
Not stated on its pagesLexington, United States[3]
Founded
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pages
Ownership and funding
Not stated on its pagesPrivately held[2]
Named customers
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pages
Recent news
Not stated on its pages
  • February 17, 2026VulnCheck announced it raised $25 million in new funding to scale its growth and expand its intelligence capabilities.[19]
  • February 17, 2026VulnCheck announced a $25 million Series B round led by Sorenson Capital, with National Grid Partners and existing investors also taking part.[12]
  • February 17, 2026Axios reported that VulnCheck raised a $25 million Series B round led by Sorenson Capital.[14]
  • December 8, 2025VulnCheck announced two executive hires: Mike Price as Vice President of Product & Engineering and Jon Loehr as Vice President of Finance.[13]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: listed, seen November 10, 2026[9]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
  • G2: Not stated on its pages
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
From its own pages, ServiceNow sells mainly to organizations that run business functions across IT, HR, customer service, finance and procurement, in all industries and business types. Security Incident Response includes handing security incidents off to new analysts, and a view of security and risk metrics that executives can use. ServiceNow describes its platform as the cloud-based foundation for all of its products.Not written yet
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November 5, 2026November 2, 2026

Where they overlap

  • ServiceNow and VulnCheck are both filed under Vulnerability management.

Where they differ, field by field

  • ServiceNow's primary category is GRC and integrated risk platforms; VulnCheck's is Threat intelligence.
  • ServiceNow is also filed under Incident response and forensics.
  • ServiceNow lists Security Operations, Security Incident Response, Unified Security Exposure Management, Third-party Risk Management, Identity and Access Security and 1 more. VulnCheck lists Exploit & Vulnerability Intelligence, Initial Access Intelligence and VulnCheck for Government.
  • VulnCheck is headquartered in Lexington, United States.
  • VulnCheck is privately held.

What it sells: ServiceNow

What Security Operations does[1][2][3]
Security Operations consolidates signals from any SIEM, EDR, TIP, scanner, or cloud and maps them to the CMDB for business context. Security Operations applies threat intel and AI to prioritize and act.
What Security Incident Response does[1][3]
Security Incident Response triggers automated containment and remediation tasks across security and IT tools. Security Incident Response coordinates major security incidents in a dedicated workspace with task tracking, integrated collaboration, and executive status reporting.
What Unified Security Exposure Management does[1][2][3]
Unified Security Exposure Management consolidates findings from scanners, cloud, containers, and code into one workflow. Unified Security Exposure Management maps issues to the CMDB for context, prioritizes risks using threat intelligence and AI scoring, and automates remediation.
What Third-party Risk Management does[4]
Third-party Risk Management automates assessments, monitors vendor changes, and routes remediation tasks to the right teams to manage risk consistently across suppliers. Third-party Risk Management centralizes issue tracking across all vendors and automates escalation workflows.
What Identity and Access Security does[5]
Identity and Access Security examines users, groups, roles, and policies to uncover the actual permissions each identity has for specific resources across cloud, SaaS, and on-premises systems. Identity and Access Security discovers non-human identities, maps permissions and blast radius, assigns owners, and reduces sprawl.
What Super Intelligence Control Tower does[6]
Super Intelligence Control Tower auto-discovers agents, models, copilots, MCP servers, and datasets across an enterprise and displays them in a unified inventory tied to the CMDB. Super Intelligence Control Tower tracks AI identity and access, blocks prompt injections, and includes a kill switch to stop an AI agent.

What it sells: VulnCheck

What Exploit & Vulnerability Intelligence does[1][4][5][10][11][15]
Exploit & Vulnerability Intelligence is offered for decisions on which vulnerabilities need immediate remediation. It gives early access to new vulnerability information not found in the NVD, along with dozens of unique fields. It includes an exploitation timeline covering when a vulnerability was first disclosed, when evidence of exploitation was first discovered and when it was remediated.
What Initial Access Intelligence does[1][5][8]
VulnCheck develops exploit PoCs, packet captures, and Suricata signatures in house. They are used to defend against initial access vulnerabilities.
What VulnCheck for Government does[16]
VulnCheck for Government includes features, functionality and data. They are available only to VulnCheck's Government partners.

Questions about ServiceNow and VulnCheck

What do ServiceNow and VulnCheck sell?
ServiceNow sells Security Operations, Security Incident Response, Unified Security Exposure Management, Third-party Risk Management, Identity and Access Security and 1 more. VulnCheck sells Exploit & Vulnerability Intelligence, Initial Access Intelligence and VulnCheck for Government.
Are ServiceNow and VulnCheck in the same category?
They share Vulnerability management. ServiceNow's primary category is GRC and integrated risk platforms and VulnCheck's is Threat intelligence.
Where are ServiceNow and VulnCheck headquartered?
VulnCheck is headquartered in Lexington, United States.
Who owns ServiceNow and VulnCheck?
VulnCheck is privately held.
Who are ServiceNow and VulnCheck sold to?
From its own pages, ServiceNow sells mainly to organizations that run business functions across IT, HR, customer service, finance and procurement, in all industries and business types.
What have ServiceNow and VulnCheck announced recently?
February 17, 2026: VulnCheck announced it raised $25 million in new funding to scale its growth and expand its intelligence capabilities.

About ServiceNow

ServiceNow sells Security Operations, a product that unifies security, IT, and risk into a single system of action. ServiceNow Security Operations consolidates signals from any SIEM, EDR, TIP, scanner, or cloud, maps them to the CMDB for business context, and applies threat intel and AI to prioritize and act. ServiceNow Unified Security Exposure Management, shortened to USEM, comes as the next evolution of Vulnerability Response. Unified Security Exposure Management consolidates findings from scanners, cloud, containers, and code into one workflow and maps issues to the CMDB for context. Unified Security Exposure Management prioritizes risks using threat intelligence and AI scoring and automates remediation. Unified Security Exposure Management routes high-priority vulnerabilities directly to IT, dev, and cloud teams with the asset context and workflows needed to fix them. Application Vulnerability Response aligns security and development teams on the same data. Unified Security Exposure Management lets security and cloud teams work from a single system rather than chasing alerts across multiple consoles.[1][2][7]

Security Incident Response establishes a single system of record for security operations with consistent, accountable triage and AI-driven insights. ServiceNow describes correlation of assets, users, and observables across Security Incident Response, Unified Security Exposure Management, and IT Service Management.[1][3]

Security Incident Response triggers automated containment and remediation tasks across security and IT tools. Security Incident Response centralizes data loss prevention incidents from multiple sources, automates assignment and escalation, and tracks policy violations with full audit trails. Security Incident Response coordinates major security incidents in a dedicated workspace with task tracking, integrated collaboration, and executive status reporting. Security Incident Response includes dynamic adjustment of playbooks based on the specific details of the security incident. Security Incident Response includes a unified view of security and risk metrics across SecOps and Integrated Risk Management, so executives can benchmark posture and guide decisions.[3]

Third-party Risk Management centralizes vendor risk in one system. Third-party Risk Management automates assessments, monitors vendor changes, and routes remediation tasks to the right teams to manage risk consistently across suppliers. Third-party Risk Management includes creating and tracking assessments with pre-built, configurable templates, and aligning to global frameworks. Third-party Risk Management collects evidence automatically with templates and ready-to-use content. Third-party Risk Management centralizes issue tracking across all vendors and automates escalation workflows. Third-party Risk Management lets users communicate with vendors through a single secure portal.[4]

Identity and Access Security examines users, groups, roles, and policies to uncover the actual permissions each identity has for specific resources across cloud, SaaS, and on-premises systems. Identity and Access Security maps effective permissions across cloud, SaaS, and on-premises systems to guide automated remediation. Identity and Access Security detects risky access, dormant accounts, and toxic permissions with scoring and automated remediation. Identity and Access Security discovers non-human identities, maps permissions and blast radius, assigns owners, and reduces sprawl. Identity and Access Security identifies AI agents, maps effective access and blast radius, assigns owners, and enforces least privilege.[5]

ServiceNow Super Intelligence Control Tower gives a central hub to discover, secure, govern, observe, and measure any AI across an enterprise. Super Intelligence Control Tower auto-discovers agents, models, copilots, MCP servers, and datasets across an enterprise and displays them in a unified inventory tied to the CMDB for business context. Super Intelligence Control Tower tracks AI identity and access, blocks prompt injections, and includes a kill switch to stop an AI agent. Every AI agent, native or third-party, gets a signed document confirming its identity and defining what it is allowed to do, scoped to the business context. Super Intelligence Control Tower provides compliance gates that are flexible, automated, auditable, and traceable. Super Intelligence Control Tower has out-of-the-box governance workflows and content packs for EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, and state regulations such as the California AI Transparency Act. Super Intelligence Control Tower is used to evaluate the ROI of every AI asset in an inventory.[6]

The ServiceNow AI Platform is the cloud-based foundation for all ServiceNow products. The ServiceNow AI Platform connects and automates business workflows across the enterprise using one architecture, one data model, and a collection of AI capabilities, business applications, and low-code/no code development tools. The ServiceNow Platform and its native workflows serve all business functions, from IT to HR to customer service, finance and procurement, across all industries and business types. ServiceNow AI Agents are powered by the ServiceNow AI Platform and automate workflows across IT, HR, CRM, and more.[1][3][4][5][7][8]

ServiceNow on the record

Sources

ServiceNow full record

  1. [1]servicenow.comServiceNow · servicenow.com · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Vulnerability Response – Threat Intelligence - ServiceNowServiceNow · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Security Incident Response Pricing - ServiceNowServiceNow · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Third-Party Risk Management – ServiceNowServiceNow · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Identity and Access Security | Risk Management - ServiceNowServiceNow · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Super Intelligence Control Tower - ServiceNowServiceNow · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]IT Asset Management - ITAM - ServiceNowServiceNow · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Resource Management - ServiceNowServiceNow · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]ServiceNow IT Service Management Reviews 2026G2 · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier C

VulnCheck full record

  1. [1]vulncheck.comVulnCheck · vulncheck.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Series aVulnCheck · vulncheck.com · published March 18, 2025 · Tier A
  3. [3]PrivacyVulnCheck · vulncheck.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Introduction - VulnCheck DocsVulnCheck · undated page, accessed October 30, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]VulnCheck - Outpace AdversariesVulnCheck · undated page, accessed October 30, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Canary Intelligence - VulnCheck DocsVulnCheck · undated page, accessed October 30, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Target Intelligence - VulnCheck DocsVulnCheck · undated page, accessed October 30, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Initial Access Intelligence - VulnCheck DocsVulnCheck · undated page, accessed October 30, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Query Parameters - VulnCheck DocsVulnCheck · undated page, accessed October 30, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Package Manager Support - VulnCheck DocsVulnCheck · undated page, accessed October 30, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]NVD Migration - VulnCheck DocsVulnCheck · undated page, accessed October 30, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]VulnCheck Raises $25M Series B Financing to Address Surging Demand for its Exploit Intelligence SolutionsVulnCheck · published February 17, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]VulnCheck Announces Strategic Leadership Appointments to Accelerate GrowthVulnCheck · published December 8, 2025 · Tier A
  14. [14]Exclusive: VulnCheck nabs $25M Series B fundingAxios · published February 17, 2026 · Tier B
  15. [15]Exploit & Vulnerability Intelligence | Products | VulnCheckVulnCheck · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  16. [16]Products | VulnCheckVulnCheck · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  17. [17]Company | VulnCheckVulnCheck · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  18. [18]Service Terms | VulnCheckVulnCheck · published April 20, 2026 · Tier A
  19. [19]VulnCheck raises $25M to expand real-time exploit intelligence platformSiliconANGLE · published February 17, 2026 · Tier B

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