SIDE BY SIDE · FACTS ONLY

Censys vs JupiterOne: asset inventory facts side by side

SHORT ANSWER

Censys describes 2 of the five approaches on the pages we read and JupiterOne describes 2; they differ on CAASM aggregation and External attack surface management. On collection, Censys works without new agents and JupiterOne works without new agents. Many estates run two of these approaches together, so the question is often which pair, not which one; we do not score either.

By The Inventory Desk · CAASM Finder · Published 2026-10-11

Desk research from public vendor pages read on 27 September and 11 October 2026. Profiles follow our published method; we did not run the products.

How do their approaches compare?

Top bar: Censys ASM
Lower bar, lighter: JupiterOne

Full bar: described on the vendor's pages we read
Hatched bar: described with a condition (another product, a higher tier, or part of the approach)
Stub: not in our sources (it may exist; we did not find it)

The bars show what each vendor's own pages describe, or how your answers weigh the five approaches. They are not a measure of how well a product works.

What are the facts, side by side?

From each vendor's own pages. Differs marks rows where the recorded status or check value differs.
Fact	Censys ASM	JupiterOne
Positioning	Censys's external exposure management product, built on first-party scanning of all 65K ports and the Censys Internet Map.	A cyber asset platform built on a security graph: more than 200 integrations feed assets and their relationships into a graph you can query in plain English or with a pre-built query library.
Deployment	Discovery expands from seeds the customer adds in the console or through the API; assets found beyond the seeds appear under a Found by Censys tab. Source: Censys docs: seed your attack surface · Read 27 Sep 2026	SaaS with API integrations; useful coverage depends on how many integrations a team configures. Source: JupiterOne platform · Read 27 Sep 2026
CAASM aggregationDiffers	Not in our sources Not described on the pages we read.	Described 200+ pre-built integrations feed a security graph of devices, users, networks, applications, data, code repositories, security controls and owners. Source: JupiterOne platform · Read 27 Sep 2026
Agent-based inventory	Not in our sources Not described on the pages we read.	Not in our sources Not described on the pages we read.
External attack surface managementDiffers	Described First-party scanning across all 65K ports finds services on nonstandard ports, starting from seeds you supply. Source: Censys external exposure management · Read 27 Sep 2026	Not in our sources Not described on the pages we read.
CMDB-centred inventory	Not in our sources Not described on the pages we read.	Not in our sources Not described on the pages we read.
Exposure management	With a condition Applies EPSS and KEV to external findings, confirms reachability and routes remediation tasks; internal assets are not described. Source: Censys external exposure management · Read 27 Sep 2026	With a condition Blast radius views on the graph; Unified Vulnerability Management, announced in May 2026, deduplicates findings across tools. Source: GlobeNewswire: JupiterOne AI system mapping and Unified Vulnerability Management · Read 27 Sep 2026
Servers and network devicesDiffers	Not in our sources	Partly Networks are a listed asset class; network devices are not called out. Source: JupiterOne platform · Read 27 Sep 2026
Cloud workloadsDiffers	Matches Names AWS, Google Cloud and Azure among its integrations. Source: Censys integrations · Read 27 Sep 2026	Partly Covered through integrations; cloud workloads are not named as a class on the platform page. Source: JupiterOne platform · Read 27 Sep 2026
SaaS applicationsDiffers	Not in our sources	Partly Applications are a listed asset class. Source: JupiterOne platform · Read 27 Sep 2026
Identities as assetsDiffers	Not in our sources	Matches Users are a listed asset class. Source: JupiterOne platform · Read 27 Sep 2026
Off-network laptopsDiffers	Not in our sources	Partly Devices are a listed asset class, through the endpoint tools you integrate. Source: JupiterOne platform · Read 27 Sep 2026
OT and IoT devices	Not in our sources	Not in our sources
Internet-facing discoveryDiffers	Matches First-party scanning of all 65K ports. Source: Censys external exposure management · Read 27 Sep 2026	Not in our sources
Offers its own agent	Not in our sources	Not in our sources
Works without new agents	Matches Discovery runs from the internet, starting from seeds added in the console or through the API. Source: Censys docs: seed your attack surface · Read 27 Sep 2026	Matches Builds its graph from API integrations. Source: JupiterOne platform · Read 27 Sep 2026
Merges records from several sourcesDiffers	Not in our sources	Partly The graph maps relationships between assets; how duplicate records merge depends on the data each integration supplies. Source: JupiterOne platform · Read 27 Sep 2026
Feeds or updates a CMDBDiffers	Matches ServiceNow CMDB is a named integration. Source: Censys integrations · Read 27 Sep 2026	Not in our sources
Cross-source queries and reportsDiffers	Not in our sources	Matches Graph queries in plain English, a pre-built query library and compliance insights. Source: JupiterOne platform · Read 27 Sep 2026
Workflows, tickets or actionsDiffers	Matches Auto-creates, routes and tracks remediation tasks. Source: Censys external exposure management · Read 27 Sep 2026	Partly Alerts are documented; write-back actions into other systems are not. Source: JupiterOne platform · Read 27 Sep 2026
Price or pricing basis publishedDiffers	Partly ASM is contact sales; a free platform account exists and credits start at $100. Source: Censys pricing · Read 27 Sep 2026	Matches Annual list prices of $25,000, $50,000 and $100,000 by tier. Source: JupiterOne pricing · Read 27 Sep 2026
Free tier or trialDiffers	Partly A free Censys platform account exists; ASM itself is sold through sales. Source: Censys pricing · Read 27 Sep 2026	Not in our sources
Platform it is part of	None	None
Integrations	Webex, Slack, Jira, ServiceNow ITSM, Tenable VM, Google Security Operations, Microsoft Sentinel, ServiceNow CMDB, Axonius, Brinqa, AWS, Google Cloud and Azure. Source: Censys integrations · Read 27 Sep 2026	200+ pre-built security integrations. Source: JupiterOne platform · Read 27 Sep 2026
Price	ASM: contact sales. A free Censys platform account exists, and credits start at $100. Source: Censys pricing · Read 27 Sep 2026	Published: Small-Market $25,000 a year; Mid-Market $50,000 for 12 months up to 200,000 data points; Enterprise $100,000 for 12 months up to 400,000 data points; custom above 1 million data points. Priced on data points and term. No free tier or trial mentioned. Source: JupiterOne pricing · Read 27 Sep 2026

Where do they differ?

CAASM aggregation: Censys is not in our sources; JupiterOne describes it.
External attack surface management: Censys describes it; JupiterOne is not in our sources.
Servers and network devices: Censys is not in our sources; JupiterOne partly matches.
Cloud workloads: Censys matches; JupiterOne partly matches.
SaaS applications: Censys is not in our sources; JupiterOne partly matches.
Identities as assets: Censys is not in our sources; JupiterOne matches.
Off-network laptops: Censys is not in our sources; JupiterOne partly matches.
Internet-facing discovery: Censys matches; JupiterOne is not in our sources.
Merges records from several sources: Censys is not in our sources; JupiterOne partly matches.
Feeds or updates a CMDB: Censys matches; JupiterOne is not in our sources.
Cross-source queries and reports: Censys is not in our sources; JupiterOne matches.
Workflows, tickets or actions: Censys matches; JupiterOne partly matches.
Price or pricing basis published: Censys partly matches; JupiterOne matches.
Free tier or trial: Censys partly matches; JupiterOne is not in our sources.

Can they work together?

Neither vendor's pages we read name the other as an integration. That does not mean they cannot work together; ask both vendors.

Choose Censys if

Your biggest unknown is what you expose to the internet
You want external findings to land in ServiceNow CMDB or an aggregation tool you already run

Choose JupiterOne if

You want to ask relationship questions across assets, users and code
You need a published price before a sales call

Which limits should you check?

Censys

An external view only: internal devices, SaaS apps and identities are not covered.
Discovery starts from seeds you supply, and ASM pricing goes through sales.

JupiterOne

OT and IoT devices are not listed among its asset classes.
Write-back actions into other systems are not documented, and no free tier or trial is mentioned.

Put Censys and JupiterOne in the asset census with others Run the finder

Questions people ask

Is Censys or JupiterOne better?

Neither is scored on this site. Censys describes 2 of five approaches and JupiterOne 2 on the pages we read, and they differ on 14 recorded facts. Which fits depends on where your assets live, whether you can install agents, your CMDB and your tools; the finder checks those.

Do Censys and JupiterOne work with a CMDB?

Censys: Matches. ServiceNow CMDB is a named integration. JupiterOne: Not in our sources.

Do Censys or JupiterOne publish prices?

Censys: ASM: contact sales. A free Censys platform account exists, and credits start at $100. JupiterOne: Published: Small-Market $25,000 a year; Mid-Market $50,000 for 12 months up to 200,000 data points; Enterprise $100,000 for 12 months up to 400,000 data points; custom above 1 million data points. Priced on data points and term. No free tier or trial mentioned.