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Detectify vs OpenVAS: catalog facts
Detectify	OpenVAS
Paid Commercial service with a trial available; pricing is aimed at organisations.	Free The Community Edition is free and open source. Greenbone enterprise products are paid.
Web	Linux, Self-hosted
Continuous discovery of external assets such as subdomains and ports Payload-based testing rather than version matching	Large community vulnerability feed with authenticated scanning Scheduling, reporting and tracking included rather than bolted on
Intended for authorized testing of assets you own or have permission to scan Priced and built for organisations rather than individuals	The community feed lags the paid enterprise feed Installation and feed synchronisation are involved
Hosted service	Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-2.0
Account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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