OpenCorporates vs Censys Attack Surface Management

OpenCorporates9.0Visit Censys Attack Surface Management8.2Visit

Higher score OpenCorporates #3 in Web Data Providers Software 9.0/10 Paid ✓ 0 of 2 features Visit OpenCorporates

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Censys Attack Surface Management #6 in Web Data Providers Software 8.2/10 Pricing on request ✓ 0 of 2 features Visit Censys

• OpenCorporates fits best

  Teams verifying companies and ownership across jurisdictions

• Censys Attack Surface Management fits best

  Enterprise external attack-surface data

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Side by side

Feature	OpenCorporates 9.0/10 Visit ↗	Censys Attack Surface Management 8.2/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	8.2
Ranking	#3 in Web Data Providers Software	#6 in Web Data Providers Software
Best for	Teams verifying companies and ownership across jurisdictions	Enterprise external attack-surface data
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	£2,250/yr	Pricing on request
Free plan	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Docs	Email, Docs
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features OpenCorporates 0/2 · Censys Attack Surface Management 0/2
Historical data	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Custom datasets	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Data delivery	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Refresh frequency	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Geographic coverage	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Data categories	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Company and officer searches with filters across jurisdictions and other fields Records include filings, officers, beneficial owners and corporate relationships Source-registry links and API or SFTP delivery support data workflows	Continuously discovers and monitors internet-facing assets and exposure changes AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure connectors provide cloud asset visibility API, alerts, and security-tool integrations support remediation workflows
Cons	Essentials starts at £2,250 per year Essentials allows up to 500 API calls per month and 200 per day Support is listed through documentation	Pricing is sales-led, with no published plan prices or asset quotas Cloud deployment may not suit teams seeking another deployment option Mid-market and enterprise fit may exceed smaller teams’ needs
Our verdict	OpenCorporates provides searchable legal-entity information collected from official sources across more than 140 jurisdictions. Company and officer searches, filings, ownership details and corporate relationships make it relevant to teams… Read the review →	Censys Attack Surface Management discovers and monitors an organization’s internet-facing hosts, domains, certificates, services, and cloud resources. Its external scanning and attribution build an asset inventory, while risk… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• OpenCorporates — where it wins

  • Company and officer searches with filters across jurisdictions and other fields
  • Records include filings, officers, beneficial owners and corporate relationships
  • Source-registry links and API or SFTP delivery support data workflows

  Where it doesn't

  • Essentials starts at £2,250 per year
  • Essentials allows up to 500 API calls per month and 200 per day
  • Support is listed through documentation

• Censys Attack Surface Management — where it wins

  • Continuously discovers and monitors internet-facing assets and exposure changes
  • AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure connectors provide cloud asset visibility
  • API, alerts, and security-tool integrations support remediation workflows

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing is sales-led, with no published plan prices or asset quotas
  • Cloud deployment may not suit teams seeking another deployment option
  • Mid-market and enterprise fit may exceed smaller teams’ needs

• OpenCorporates9.0/10 · Paid

  A global company-data service with registry provenance, filters and API access.

  Visit OpenCorporatesFull verdict →
• Censys Attack Surface Management8.2/10 · Pricing on request

  Continuous asset discovery, exposure analysis, and remediation workflows for security teams.

  Visit CensysFull verdict →