At a Glance Censys vs Shodan
To get actionable and trustworthy insights, you need internet data that’s complete, accurate, and up-to-date. Censys outperforms Shodan across all three:
- 8x more visibility across all 65K ports
- 4x fewer stale or duplicate results
- 7x faster discovery of infrastructure changes
Censys is THE Authority for Internet Intelligence
Censys captures 8x more services than Shodan across the complete 65K port space. Non-Standard and high number ports commonly are exploited by attackers and the source of Shadow IT so you need to see it all.
With Censys, 92% of listed services are live, compared to just 68% in Shodan. The internet evolves quickly. Stale or duplicate data creates noise, false positives, and worse, a false sense of security.
Censys detects new services in <24 hours whereas Shodan requires ~3 days. Services appear and disappear quickly so fast discovery is critical to minimize risk.
Trusted by Security Teams Worldwide Industry, Governments, & Security Companies Rely on Censys
We had a 35% improvement in time to detection and efficacy for a certain APT group through automated infrastructure ingestion with Censys.