Alternatives to Cisco Talos Reputation Center
Online lookup for Cisco Talos reputation and threat intelligence on IP addresses and domains. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
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Cisco Talos Reputation Center
Online lookup for Cisco Talos reputation and threat intelligence on IP addresses and domains.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Cisco Talos Reputation Center.
URLVoid
Website reputation checker that looks up a domain against more than 30 blocklist services.
URLVoid checks a domain against more than 30 blocklist services at once instead of only Cisco's view, though submitted data is shared with security companies.
FortiGuard Web Filter Lookup
Online lookup showing how Fortinet's FortiGuard web filter categorises a URL or IP address.
FortiGuard Web Filter Lookup shows how Fortinet classifies a URL or IP and lets you request recategorisation, reflecting Fortinet's filters instead of Cisco's.
OpenText URL/IP Lookup
A web lookup that shows how OpenText threat intelligence, formerly BrightCloud, classifies a URL or IP.
OpenText URL/IP Lookup shows OpenText threat intelligence categories for URLs and IPs and accepts category change requests, rather than Cisco Talos data.
Gridinsoft Website Reputation Checker
A free online checker that reports whether a URL or domain looks safe, suspicious or dangerous.
Gridinsoft Website Reputation Checker combines blocklist, malware and domain age signals into one heuristic verdict, but its reports are public.
Norton Safe Web
Free web service from Norton for looking up the safety reputation of a website.
Norton Safe Web gives a quick safety rating for a website from Norton's data, with little detail on how ratings are decided and no IP lookup.
Google Safe Browsing Site Status
A lookup in Google's Transparency Report that shows whether Safe Browsing flags a site as unsafe.
Google Safe Browsing Site Status shows whether Google flags a site as unsafe, reflecting only Google's list and covering sites rather than IP addresses.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Cisco Talos Reputation Center as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Barracuda Reputation Lookup
Online lookup that checks whether an IP address or domain is listed in the Barracuda Reputation System.
Cisco Talos Reputation Center shows Cisco's reputation data for IPs and domains, with disputes handled through a separate support site.
Sender Score
Free web tool from Validity that rates the email sending reputation of an IP address or domain.
Cisco Talos Reputation Center shows Cisco's reputation view of an IP or domain, with disputes handled through a separate support site.
Spamhaus IP and Domain Reputation Checker
Online lookup that shows whether an IP address or domain appears on Spamhaus blocklists.
Cisco Talos Reputation Center shows Cisco's own reputation data for IPs and domains, with disputes handled through a separate support site.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
MultiRBL
A free tool that checks a mail server IP against over 200 DNS blacklists and whitelists.
MXToolbox Blacklist Check
An online tool that tests a mail server IP or domain against over 100 DNS blacklists.
PhishTank
Community-run phishing URL database where you can check, submit and verify suspected phishing sites.
VirusTotal
Online service that checks a URL or file against many antivirus engines and URL scanners.
urlscan.io
Sandbox for the web that loads a URL and records screenshots, requests and indicators.
