Cybersecurityratings.com vs Rapid7 Surface Command

Cybersecurityratings.com provides cybersecurity ratings and consulting for businesses. Its A–F rating draws on more than 250 data points covering network and application security, data protection, DNS health, email security, and patching cadence. The free Starter plan provides one security snapshot, a basic grade, and the five leading risk factors, with access to a limited ratings database. Vendor lookup can show the rating of an organization in its database, such as a supplier, partner, or SaaS tool. Professional costs $299 a month and includes monthly score updates, five vendor lookups monthly, and email risk alerts. Business costs $799 a month and lists continuous monitoring, 50 vendor lookups monthly, 1,000 API calls monthly, quarterly expert review, and priority email and chat support. Its REST API returns JSON over HTTPS using bearer-token API key authentication, with SDKs listed for Python, Node.js, PHP, and Ruby. Business lists compliance mapping for SOC 2, NIST, and HIPAA; Enterprise includes custom frameworks. Professional and Business offer a 14-day free trial. The service is available via web and API.

Rapid7 Surface Command gives security teams a unified view of internal and external assets across an organization’s digital estate. It discovers assets and builds an inventory, then adds security context and relationships to help assess exposures and potential blast radius. Continuous monitoring and discovery aim to uncover exposed assets across internal and external inventories. Threat intelligence and machine learning correlate security data to prioritize exposures likely to be exploited. The Remediation Hub recommends and tracks prioritized fixes with ownership, SLAs, and workflow integrations. Rapid7 lists over 150 tool integrations, connectors for major tools, and custom connectors for enterprise systems; sources that cannot be reached over the internet require an Orchestrator. The product supports cloud asset inventory, multi-cloud environments, IaC scanning, identity risk analysis, and CI/CD integration. Listed platforms are API, Linux, macOS, web, and Windows, with hybrid deployment and cloud deployment also listed. Pricing is paid, from $1.62/mo, based on the average number of monitored assets. There is no free plan, but a free trial is offered.