Product

Censys Platform

by Censys

Product website
https://censys.com/platform/
Documentation
https://docs.censys.com/docs/get-started-platform
Pricing
https://censys.com/resources/pricing/
Categories
OSINT

Description

Internet intelligence platform for finding exposed assets and investigating threat infrastructure.

AI-native score

How ready this product is for agents to use, on a 0–100 scale across four weighted dimensions. Security is one of them, so a high score is not a substitute for your own security or vendor-risk review. How is this scored?

Research coverage: 42% of the scored decision fields carry a confirmed value. Unresearched fields score zero in the grade above.

Integration5/10Trust0/6Portability3/4Security2/4Tier C40/100
Component Raw Weight Contribution
Integration 5/10 35% 17.5
Trust 0/6 30% 0.0
Portability 3/4 20% 15.0
Security 2/4 15% 7.5
Signals that fired
  • Integration: MCP server (+2) ; Command-line interface (+1) ; SDK / developer kit (+1) ; Agent skill (+1)
  • Portability: Open standards (+1) ; Standard protocol access (+1) ; No proprietary-SDK lock-in (+1)
  • Security: MFA available (+1) ; Access controls — RBAC / ABAC (+1)
Signals not researched

These gaps cover the fields used in the AI-native score.

  • Integration surfaces: llms.txt, Headless signup, Native connectors, API specs
  • Trust & data policy: Trust center, Zero data retention, No generative AI training, Hard budget caps, Sandbox environment, Data export, Data import, Documented provider swap, Self-hostable, Open source
  • Security & compliance: Compliance certifications

Trust & data policy

Multi-factor authentication
Available
Open standards
Yes
Standard protocol access
Yes
No proprietary-SDK lock-in
Yes

Not yet researched Trust center, Zero data retention, No generative AI training, Hard budget caps, Sandbox environment, Data export, Data import, Documented provider swap, Self-hostable, Open source

Security & compliance

Certifications and access controls this product reports on its own pages. We confirm the vendor lists each one; for certifications we don't audit the underlying report. Part of the 15% security score.

Access controls

RBAC

Not yet researched Compliance certifications

What it does

Capabilities

Jobs to be done

Integration surfaces

How an agent connects to this product and finds its documentation. The largest dimension of the AI-native score (35%).

WebMCP
No

MCP servers

Model Context Protocol endpoints an AI agent can connect to for this product's tools and data.

Command-line interfaces

Agent skills

Packaged skills an agent can load to operate this product.

Developer kits

Confirmed absent Agent2Agent (A2A) servers

Not yet researched llms.txt, Headless signup, Native connectors, API specs

Offers

Full pricing page

Free

Free

Basic visibility into standard ports and services.

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Adversary Investigation

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For threat hunting and CTI teams investigating adversary campaigns and infrastructure. Includes five or more users.

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Core

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For security analysts who need visibility into IPs, services, domains and certificates to triage alerts. Includes five or more users.

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Security Operations

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For enterprises using Censys data across alert triage, incident response, threat intelligence and detection engineering. Includes unlimited users.

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Tier C · 40/100 AI-native · 42% researched.

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