What BinaryEdge does

BinaryEdge was a Zürich-based cybersecurity company founded in 2015 that operated an internet-facing system scanning engine designed to identify vulnerabilities and monitor organizational attack surfaces. Its core technology continuously scanned internet-exposed systems to detect potential entry points and assess cyber risk exposure for businesses. The platform served customers seeking vulnerability assessments and attack surface monitoring, with a horizontal segmentation approach targeting organizations across industries.

The company operated a product-led growth model, monetizing through subscription-based services that included a free monthly tier alongside paid monthly and annual subscriptions. Customers accessed the platform via self-serve registration, positioning BinaryEdge in the SMB and individual user segment of the cybersecurity market. In 2020, BinaryEdge was acquired by Coalition, Inc., after which its proprietary scanning engine and data collection technology was fully integrated into Coalition Control, Coalition's AI-powered cyber risk management platform.

Following the acquisition, BinaryEdge's standalone platform was discontinued on March 31, 2025, with customers migrated to Coalition Control. Paid monthly subscriptions were set to non-renew starting March 1, 2025, and pro-rated refunds were offered for prepaid annual subscriptions expiring after the shutdown date. BinaryEdge now exists as a registered trademark of Coalition, Inc., with its technology operating as the backbone of Coalition's integrated cyber risk management offering.

Name

BinaryEdge

Legal name

BinaryEdge

Website

https://binaryedge.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

BinaryEdge was a Zürich-based cybersecurity firm that built an internet-facing system scanning engine for vulnerability assessment and attack surface monitoring. Acquired by Coalition in 2020, its technology now powers Coalition Control; the standalone platform was shut down on March 31, 2025.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Attack Surface Management

NAICS

Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths) (561621), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Vulnerability Assessment & Scanning (HDADAHAA)

Keywords

• Attack surface monitoring
• Internet exposure scanning
• Cyber threat intelligence
• Vulnerability assessment platform
• External asset discovery

Headquarters

HQ city

Zürich

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Subscription Services: BinaryEdge generated revenue through subscription-based services including free monthly subscriptions and paid monthly and annual subscriptions. Following the platform shutdown on March 31, 2025, prepaid subscriptions ending after the shutdown date receive pro-rated refunds.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

BinaryEdge built and operated an external attack surface management platform that continuously scanned the public internet to discover organizations' internet-exposed assets, identify the technologies and services running on them, and surface vulnerabilities, misconfigurations and exposures. The platform exposed this intelligence through a web dashboard, APIs and integrations so security and risk teams could monitor and prioritize external risk, with the standalone service retired on March 31, 2025 and capabilities continued inside Coalition Control.

Product overview

BinaryEdge was originally a standalone internet scanning platform that offered vulnerability assessments and attack surface monitoring for internet-facing systems. Acquired by Coalition in 2020, BinaryEdge's core scanning engine and data collection technology was fully incorporated into Coalition Control, Coalition's AI-powered cyber risk management platform. As of March 31, 2025, the standalone BinaryEdge platform has been shut down in favor of Coalition Control, which represents the successor product built on BinaryEdge's foundational technology.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• BinaryEdge Platform Subscription-based external attack surface management platform that continuously scans the public internet to discover organizations' exposed assets, services and vulnerabilities, and exposes the resulting intelligence through a web dashboard, APIs and integrations for security and IT teams.
• BinaryEdge API Developer-facing API providing programmatic access to BinaryEdge's internet-scan-derived intelligence, used by security teams, MSSPs and developers to integrate external exposure data into their own tools and workflows.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• CyCognito: CyCognito offers external attack surface management and risk prioritization, comparable to BinaryEdge's attack surface monitoring and vulnerability discovery use cases.
• UpGuard: UpGuard provides attack surface monitoring and vendor risk management with continuous scanning, similar in product scope to BinaryEdge's vulnerability assessment platform.
• Censys: Censys provides internet-wide scanning and attack surface management, directly overlapping with BinaryEdge's vulnerability assessment and internet-facing system monitoring capabilities.
• Shodan: Shodan is an internet-connected device and exposed-systems search engine that closely mirrors BinaryEdge's original focus on scanning and indexing internet-facing systems for security and asset discovery purposes.
• SecurityTrails: SecurityTrails offers internet asset discovery and attack surface monitoring, overlapping with BinaryEdge's focus on identifying exposed systems and potential entry points.

Broad incumbents

• Wiz: Wiz provides cloud security posture management with external attack surface visibility, overlapping with BinaryEdge's vulnerability and exposure discovery use cases within a broader cloud security suite.
• Rapid7: Rapid7 offers vulnerability management, attack surface visibility, and detection/response products that overlap with BinaryEdge's external scanning and vulnerability assessment focus.
• Tenable: Tenable is a leading vulnerability management platform (Nessus, Tenable.io) that addresses a similar vulnerability assessment problem space as BinaryEdge but at enterprise scale with a much broader product portfolio.
• Qualys: Qualys delivers a broad cloud-based vulnerability management and security posture platform, comparable to BinaryEdge's scanning-driven vulnerability assessment capabilities at significantly larger scale.
• Palo Alto Networks (Cortex Xpanse, ex-Expanse): Palo Alto Networks' Cortex Xpanse (formerly Expanse) provides attack surface management, directly competing with BinaryEdge's external scanning and exposure discovery capabilities as part of a broader security platform.

Market position

Strengths2 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/binaryedgeio

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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