Threat intelligence platforms: AI search visibility ranking (2026)
How AI search engines rank threat intelligence platforms by visibility and citations. 20 brands measured monthly across Google AI Mode: which brands the AI names in answers, which domains it cites as sources, and how the leaders compare. Threat intelligence platforms used to collect, correlate, and operationalize adversary, malware, infrastructure, and campaign data for security teams. Composite score: 70% visibility (% of AI answers naming the brand) + 30% citation rate (% citing the brand's domain). Full methodology →
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At a glance
What we observed in this categoryauto-generated
Recorded Future dominates AI visibility in the threat intelligence platforms category with a 12.5% visibility score and a composite score of 8.8 — more than double the next-ranked brand, Group-IB, which scores 7.5. The remaining 18 brands average essentially zero visibility, with the category average sitting at just 0.6%. This concentration means a single brand absorbs nearly all AI narrative mentions, creating a stark winner-takes-most dynamic that leaves well-known players like CrowdStrike Falcon Intelligence and Cisco Talos with composite scores of 0.0.
The category reveals a sharp divergence between visibility and citation: Recorded Future holds 12.5% visibility but 0.0% citation, while Group-IB shows the inverse — 0.0% visibility but 25.0% citation, the highest citation rate in the dataset. This means Google AI Mode names Recorded Future in its own generated descriptions but links out to Group-IB content as a trusted external source. Microsoft Threat Intelligence, Unit 42, Anomali, and Flashpoint each carry 12.5% citation rates but zero visibility, reinforcing that being cited as a source is structurally separate from being named as a recommended platform.
The top cited sources anchoring Google AI Mode's responses are predominantly third-party and analyst properties — gartner.com and stellarcyber.ai appear alongside niche outlets like shadowdragon.io, cybersilo.tech, and cybernx.com. Reddit.com also features in the citation set, suggesting the AI is drawing on community-driven content alongside formal analyst research. None of the top-cited domains belong to the brands themselves, confirming that brand-owned content is not the primary reference layer driving AI synthesis in this category.
Movers & shakers since last refresh
Biggest visibility risers
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Recorded Future 0% → 12% · rank #0 → #1+12pp
The ranking
| # | Brand | Visibility | Citation | Top engine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
recordedfuture.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Recorded Future leads with 12.5% visibility and a composite score of 8.8, more than 20x the 0.6% category average, but carries zero citation share. |
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| 2 |
group-ib.com
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0% | 25% | Google AI Mode |
Group-IB holds the highest citation rate in the dataset at 25.0% despite zero visibility, making it the most-linked external source while never being named by the AI. |
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| 3 |
microsoft.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
Microsoft Threat Intelligence shares a 12.5% citation rate and 3.8 composite score with Unit 42 and Anomali, achieving no differentiation in AI visibility despite brand scale. |
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| 4 |
paloaltonetworks.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
Unit 42 matches Microsoft and Anomali exactly — 0.0% visibility, 12.5% citation, composite score 3.8 — indicating the AI treats these three brands as interchangeable citation anchors. |
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| 5 |
anomali.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
Anomali's 3.8 composite score and 12.5% citation with zero visibility mirrors ranks 3 and 4, placing it in a mid-tier cluster with no distinguishing AI presence from peers. |
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| 6 |
flashpoint.io
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 7 |
crowdstrike.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 8 |
mandiant.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 9 |
talosintelligence.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 10 |
threatconnect.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 11 |
intel471.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 12 |
eclecticiq.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 13 |
zerofox.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 14 |
cybersixgill.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 15 |
socradar.io
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 16 |
lookingglasscyber.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 17 |
kela.io
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 18 |
team-cymru.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 19 |
searchlightcyber.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 20 |
greynoise.io
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Sources AI engines trust in this category
Across the 8 buyer-intent queries we ran on threat intelligence platforms, these are the domains Google AI Mode cited most often. If you're not on this list — or if your competitors are — that's a concrete PR / linkbuilding target.
How to read this ranking
Four things worth knowing before you act on the numbers above. These are the same definitions across every industry page — for category-specific observations, see the What we observed section above (where available) and the per-brand insights inline in the ranking.
Visibility = being named
A brand's visibility % is the share of AI answers that mention it by name in the response prose. This is who AI engines actively recommend to the buyer.
Citation rate = being trusted
Citation rate is the share of AI answers that include the brand's domain as a clickable source link. This is what the AI treats as authoritative evidence — different from being named.
Top engine differs by brand
The "top engine" column shows which AI surface each brand performs best on. Big gaps between a brand's score across engines usually points to specific content or schema gaps.
Rankings move month to month
AI engines re-crawl and re-rank on shorter cycles than classical search. We re-audit every brand on this list at least every 30 days and refresh this page automatically.
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Frequently asked about threat intelligence platforms AI visibility
Who leads AI visibility in threat intelligence platforms?
Recorded Future leads with 12.5% visibility and a composite score of 8.8, far ahead of all other brands in the category. No other brand in the top 10 achieves any measurable AI visibility score.
Which brand is cited most often in AI responses about threat intelligence platforms?
Group-IB carries the highest citation rate at 25.0%, despite having zero AI visibility — meaning it is linked as a source but never named as a recommended platform by Google AI Mode.
What sources does Google AI Mode anchor on for threat intelligence platform research?
The top cited sources are third-party and analyst sites including stellarcyber.ai, gartner.com, reddit.com, shadowdragon.io, and cybersilo.tech — none of which are brand-owned domains of the platforms being evaluated.
Are major vendors like CrowdStrike and Cisco Talos visible in AI-generated threat intelligence responses?
No — CrowdStrike Falcon Intelligence, Cisco Talos, Mandiant Advantage, and ThreatConnect all score 0.0 on both visibility and citation, giving them no measurable presence in Google AI Mode outputs.
How concentrated is AI visibility across threat intelligence platform brands?
Visibility is heavily concentrated: Recorded Future accounts for virtually all visibility at 12.5% against a category average of just 0.6%, with 19 of 20 brands registering zero visibility.
Is there a meaningful difference between AI citation rates and AI visibility rates in this category?
Yes — the top-cited brand (Group-IB at 25.0% citation) has zero visibility, while the top-visibility brand (Recorded Future at 12.5%) has zero citation, showing the two metrics measure entirely different AI behaviors.