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Bitsight vs Cybersixgill comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 4, 2024

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Bitsight
Ranking in Attack Surface Management (ASM)
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
IT Vendor Risk Management (2nd)
Cybersixgill
Ranking in Attack Surface Management (ASM)
20th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (44th), Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP) (9th), Digital Risk Protection (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Attack Surface Management (ASM) category, the mindshare of Bitsight is 3.5%, down from 6.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Cybersixgill is 1.7%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Attack Surface Management (ASM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Bitsight3.5%
Cybersixgill1.7%
Other94.8%
Attack Surface Management (ASM)
 

Featured Reviews

SA
Senior AIML Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Continuous monitoring has strengthened external security and improved customer trust
There are areas for improvement; we do notice sometimes finding vulnerabilities which gives us visibility to find them quickly. However, there could be a mechanism they can build on top of that for validation as they identify the issues. What will the real risk be for that identifiable issue? Sometimes it could be open because of the traffic; how they detected it could be seen as vulnerable, but upon testing, it might not be a real issue. It could be a false positive because there could be a honeypot that we built. My thinking is about validation, so if they can build that validation part before they expose the risk to the specific asset, that would help. Additionally, based on their reporting, they could also build risk scores and prioritization, which would also aid us. I would suggest adding dashboards and custom reporting, which could help us by enabling rich custom reports with filters. That is especially for leadership because they will not look at each technical area, but overall they would be looking at the risk score and what the assets or critical exposure areas are. Customizable reporting based on requirements would be valuable. I chose 9 out of 10 because the reporting and dashboards would be the first thing I would consider for improvement, and then the second is about the validation part, which could probably improve to 10 out of 10. I cannot think of too much for additional improvements. Maybe some good automation with the API solutions that could be integrated with the CI/CD pipeline or DevOps tools we are running would also be automated and tested.
Proactive dark web intelligence has reduced breach impact and protects organizations quietly
Cybersixgill has one of the largest data lakes around. I think the way they can be improved is to be able to initially during the onboarding, make sure that the false positives are correctly addressed to really do the tweaks that need to be done to filter through exactly what the organization is trying to accomplish and give them the outcomes they are looking for without all the extra noise or chatter. I just think during the onboarding, that is the most crucial part to make sure that the organizations who purchase Cybersixgill ensure that they actually have the right person or persons to go through the onboarding to make sure that the data lake feeds can be properly set up and organized so it can filter through the noise and the chatter.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Bitsight gives me a holistic view of my entire security posture, which is something any organization would want to have after getting a tool such as Bitsight."
"Bitsight has positively impacted my organization by improving security and customer trust, giving us continuous monitoring so we now find misconfigurations within hours instead of days or weeks, which directly improves our overall security posture and reduces risk as we catch high-risk exposures early, especially unexpected cloud assets or testing endpoints that accidentally went public."
"The solution is user-friendly."
"Bitsight has positively impacted the organization by helping with vendor benchmarking and providing outside-in cyber visibility across hundreds of vendors, which is the biggest plus."
"BitSight provides information about the external servers, botnet infection and credential leaks, and also offers open ports from an external point of view, so we benefit before any adversary misuses the particular servers that are exposed externally."
"Offers open ports from an external point of view."
"The product helps us identify the vulnerabilities of internet-facing applications."
"The security posture trends can be communicated visually, which is fantastic."
"If you are looking for threat intelligence that can cater to various needs from IOC to threat advisories and along with dark web intelligence, then you should try Cybersixgill."
"The solution’s approach of using limited open source intelligence and focusing, instead, on the Deep Web and Dark Web is what seals the deal. That is why I like them. I have other tools that I can aggregate all the open source intelligence from. I value Cybersixgill because it provides access to things that no one else does."
"Rather than hiring more analysts, we have been able to do more with less and automate some of our investigation functions."
"The advanced analysis has made our security operations more efficient. It has also potentially given us quicker access to data that we might not have otherwise located."
"Cybersixgill has positively impacted many organizations by being able to quickly identify what attack is taking place."
"Cybersixgill has positively impacted our organization significantly because it helps us by providing leaked information in case a client is being attacked."
"If I conducted research manually it would take one week, but by using Sixgill it takes two hours or three hours."
"I have been very vocal about how much this tool has helped."
 

Cons

"The solution’s benchmarking should be improved."
"We found that some of the findings are clear false positives, but they still report that, and based on that, the rating goes down until we rectify them."
"BitSight could improve the classes and lower-level detections of anomalies that compound the information used to compute the rating."
"There are limitations with Bitsight; I am not saying everything is 100 percent accurate."
"Since if the number of findings increases for a particular month, your overall risk score decreases, which can become a challenge for a team working on this particular issue."
"I would rate Bitsight closer to nine, or somewhere between eight and nine, because the reasons I do not rate it a ten relate to opportunities for improvement I mentioned, such as broader risk, cyber risk intelligence, and emphasis on supply chain risk intelligence."
"There has been quite a bit of data discrepancy in BitSight."
"There are areas for improvement; we do notice sometimes finding vulnerabilities which gives us visibility to find them quickly. However, there could be a mechanism they can build on top of that for validation as they identify the issues."
"The breadth of access to data is good, but there are gaps. More data would be my suggestion because the platform is good and I have no complaints about the system. I think it is just a case of always trying to get more data sources."
"We need real-time updated information. If we could have this, it would be amazing. For example, if someone was posting something, then ten second later, it was on the platform. Sometimes, it takes a minute or hours right now, depending on the forum."
"I think the way they can be improved is to be able to initially during the onboarding, make sure that the false positives are correctly addressed to really do the tweaks that need to be done to filter through exactly what the organization is trying to accomplish and give them the outcomes they are looking for without all the extra noise or chatter."
"We need real-time updated information. If we could have this, it would be amazing."
"Regarding their scraping abilities, things could be solidified. There are definitely improvements that could be made on the specificity for setting certain queries."
"The breadth of access to data is good, but there are gaps."
"Sixgill has strong capabilities based on search queries, but there is some difficulty in using Sixgill. Their querying is very powerful but it can be difficult. It's not hugely complex but you need some skill to use Sixgill querying."
"I want to highlight that sometimes Cybersixgill retrieves leak information from the past two years, which can be very irrelevant to the client."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product has a reasonable price."
"The solution's price is average."
"The pricing is cheap compared with Recorded Future. Sixgill's cost-effectiveness is very good."
"The pricing and licensing are good. It is expensive for us because the US dollar is quite strong compared to our dollar. Otherwise, it is quite reasonable for what it is. All the tools in the market are around the same price from my experience."
"Sometimes, Cybersixgill Investigative Portal is cheaper than its competitors."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Insurance Company
7%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Large Enterprise9
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BitSight?
My experience with Bitsight's pricing, setup cost, and licensing reflects strong enterprise acceptance; I did not opt for only a one-year annuity-based contract but a multi-year one that was based ...
What needs improvement with BitSight?
BitSight is a good tool, but there are a few areas that could be better. Sometimes the asset mapping and findings are not fully accurate, which creates extra work to validate them. It is also not a...
What advice do you have for others considering BitSight?
I think I have mentioned the features comprehensively. I do not think anything else is left unsaid; I talked about continuous monitoring, benchmarking, dashboards, and attack surface visibility, al...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cybersixgill Investigative Portal?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that the pricing was very well priced. It was not the cheapest, but it was not the most expensive, and based on the needs of the customer, t...
What needs improvement with Cybersixgill Investigative Portal?
Cybersixgill has one of the largest data lakes around. I think the way they can be improved is to be able to initially during the onboarding, make sure that the false positives are correctly addres...
What is your primary use case for Cybersixgill Investigative Portal?
My main use case for Cybersixgill is dealing with cyber threat intelligence. When an organization's information was breached or found on the dark web, I was able to immediately notify them through ...
 

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Sample Customers

Cabela's, Belgium Center for Cybersecurity, Fordham University, RBC, Max Life Insurance, Schneider Electric
Current customers include large enterprises, financial services, manufacturing, GSIs, MSSPs, government and law enforcement entities.
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