Cheapest EASM Tools in 2026: Starting Prices Compared
Which EASM tool is cheapest to start with?
All prices below are as of September 2026, as reported on each vendor’s public pricing page. Currency is shown as each vendor publishes it. Where a vendor does not publish a flat price, that is stated rather than guessed.
| Tool | Cheapest way in | Paid entry price | Watch-outs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intruder | Free plan: weekly scans, ports 80 and 443 only | Cloud from ~$299/mo; Pro | Base fee plus a per-target licence — consumed per scanned target, held 30 days |
| Detectify | Free Starter tier | Platform fees from €2,500/yr (Standard) | Plus per-domain/per-target usage on top; “from” pricing is quote-shaped |
| Attaxion | Free Community Edition after 30-day trial (monthly scans, 40 assets, 50% of findings viewable) | Starter $129/mo (40 assets) | Asset 41 moves you to Plus at $349/mo; Business is $949/mo (360 assets) |
| SurfaceLoop | 14-day full-product trial, no card | £149/mo flat, everything included | Built for businesses up to ~200 employees, not large enterprises; 12-month agreement |
| UpGuard | Self-service Breach Risk | From $250/mo | Scales by employee count up to ~$2,000/mo; broader platform is sales-led; vendor-risk focused |
A straight read of the table: on raw entry price, SurfaceLoop is not the cheapest — Attaxion’s Starter undercuts it and three vendors have free tiers. What SurfaceLoop’s flat price buys is predictability: it is the only model here where the bill cannot move when discovery finds more assets, you hire more people, or you add capabilities.
Why does starting price alone mislead?
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) treats knowing and reducing your internet-facing exposure as a baseline practice for organisations of every size — which means the tool has to stay affordable as your asset count grows, not just at signup. Three pricing traps to check before buying:
- Per-asset or per-target fees — confirm whether discovered assets, not just the ones you configure, count toward the bill. Attaxion’s tiers jump at 40, 120, and 360 assets; Intruder consumes a licence each time a target is scanned, held for 30 days.
- Employee-count scaling — UpGuard’s Breach Risk scales from $250/mo to around $2,000/mo by headcount, so the price can rise as you hire even when your attack surface has not changed.
- Platform fee plus usage — Detectify’s paid plans start “from” €2,500/yr with per-domain and per-target charges on top, so the pricing page cannot tell you your actual number.
Free tiers deserve the same scrutiny. Weekly scans of two ports (Intruder) or a view of half your findings (Attaxion’s Community Edition) are useful evaluations, but neither is ongoing attack-surface monitoring.
How SurfaceLoop handles this
SurfaceLoop is one flat price for small businesses: £149/month with everything included — automated asset discovery and all seven scan categories as standard, with plain-English findings. No per-asset, per-target, or per-employee maths. Start a 14-day free trial of the full product on your own domains — no card details, no sales call.
See External Attack Surface Management feature →Which cheap EASM tool fits your situation?
Price-first shopping still ends at fit. If you want the fuller picture of who each tool is built for, our roundup of the best EASM tools for small businesses gives fit-based verdicts for all five, and our comparison pages put SurfaceLoop head-to-head with Attaxion, Intruder, Detectify, and UpGuard.
For the discipline behind these tools, see the pillar on external attack surface management; to understand a common cost driver read the shadow IT glossary entry; and for buyer context see EASM for small business.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest EASM tool in 2026? +
- On raw entry price, three tools have a free tier as of September 2026: Intruder (weekly scans of ports 80 and 443 only), Detectify (a free Starter tier), and Attaxion (a free Community Edition after its 30-day trial, showing only 50% of findings). The cheapest paid entry points are Attaxion at $129/mo for 40 assets and SurfaceLoop at £149/mo flat with everything included. All prices as reported on each vendor's public pricing page.
- Which EASM tools have a free tier? +
- As of September 2026, as reported on vendor pricing pages: Intruder has a free plan limited to weekly scans of ports 80 and 443; Detectify has a free Starter tier; and Attaxion offers a free Community Edition after its 30-day trial, with monthly scans of up to 40 assets but only half of findings viewable. SurfaceLoop and UpGuard do not have free tiers -- SurfaceLoop offers a 14-day full-product trial with no card instead.
- Why do some EASM vendors not publish a flat price? +
- Some vendors price by employee count, per scanned target, or as a platform fee plus usage, so the real number depends on your profile. Detectify's paid plans start 'from' €2,500/yr plus per-domain usage -- quote-shaped pricing where the final figure comes from a conversation. UpGuard's broader platform is sales-led beyond its self-service Breach Risk product. Always confirm a current quote against your own asset count before buying.
- Is the cheapest EASM tool the best choice? +
- Not automatically. A free tier that scans two ports weekly, or shows half its findings, is a teaser rather than monitoring. The better question is the cheapest tool that includes automated asset discovery at the tier you would actually buy -- discovery is the point of EASM. For a small business without a security team, a flat all-inclusive price is usually the best value because the bill cannot climb as discovery finds more assets.
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