BitSight vs. SecurityScorecard
We’ll try to help you choose between BitSight and SecurityScorecard. The best way to be sure is to create a free account. Yes, free. Here is a little information to get you started:
- Gain a holistic view of your cybersecurity posture and your vendors.
- Integrate ratings into your workflows with the largest Marketplace of apps and integrations.
- Collaborate seamlessly with your vendors to improve your security posture together.
- Join 98% of the Fortune 500 who trust SecurityScorecard.
BitSight | ||
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Number of companies scored | 12,000,000+ | 40,000,000+ |
Risk Mitigation Services | ||
Full range offering of TPRM services | ||
Award-winning Customer Success Manager for every customer | ||
Data Forensics, Investigation, and Response | ||
Intelligence as a Service | ||
Automatic Vendor Detection (AVD) | ||
3rd party monitoring | ||
4th party monitoring | ||
Automatic detection | ||
Data collection, attribution, fast scoring | ||
Time to produce a rating | Minutes | Months |
Monthly scoring updates | ||
Machine learning-driven algorithm | ||
Predictive of breach likelihood | ||
Ability to interact and refine digital footprint | ||
Data transparency and easy remediation | ||
Public Trust Portal with real-time platform information | ||
In-platform resolution process | ||
Fast resolution turnaround | ||
Proprietary in-house data collection | ||
Risk contextualization | ||
Easy to understand A to F scoring | ||
Historical audit log | ||
Risk asset matrix | ||
Meaningful performance metrics and analytics | ||
Ease of Use | ||
Automatically build a plan to improve your score | ||
Invite and onboard vendors with unlimited access to their Scorecard | Vendor access expires | |
Build custom workflows based on score changes | ||
Compliance mapping with 20+ frameworks | ||
Customer community & thought leadership | User Academy, Connect Online Customer Community | BitSight Training Academy |
Award winning Customer Success and Support | ||
API and extensibility | API-first platform with REST API, easy-to-use Developer Hub, and guides to build custom apps | |
Marketplace of Integrations & Apps | 90+ | 23 |
Customers | ||
Number of customers (paid + free) | 50,000+ | 3,000+ |
Gartner Peer Insights rating (from customers) | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Gartner Peer Insights (% of customers likely to recommend) | 87% | 84% |
The Forrester New Wave™: Cybersecurity Risk Rating Platforms, Q1 2021 report has recognized SecurityScorecard as a leader in cybersecurity risk ratings.
SecurityScorecard earned a differentiated rating (the highest rating possible) in the following evaluation criteria:
- Data accuracy
- Process transparency
- Dispute resolution
- Integration
- Breadth of use case
- Commercial strategy
Download your report today to see the new Cybersecurity Risk Rating Landscape and how each provider measures up.




The industry’s most expansive data set provides in-depth insights to make faster, smarter business decisions.
- 12+ Million Companies continuously monitored
- Over 100 Billion Vulnerabilities and attributions published weekly
- The world’s largest malware sinkhole with 2 Billion+ malware requests per day
Get a unified view of any company’s risk posture—through SecurityScorecard’s platform, APIs, or integrations—with security ratings data automatically validated against questionnaire responses.
- Accelerate the vendor risk assessment process by 75% and cut the questionnaire cycle in half
- 90+ out-of-the-box integrations with leading industry solutions


Transparent scoring methodology behind SecurityScorecard’s comprehensive A-F grades is fair and 100% verifiable via the industry’s first public Trust Portal.
- Trusted by 9 of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies, banking institutions and telecommunications companies
- Trusted by all of the top 10 insurance companies
- Partnered with 14 Information Sharing and Analysis Centers (ISACs)
- Awarded Best Product in Security Ratings
- Founder-led with 40+ years of security experience
Hands-on customer support to maximize investment with a flexible fair use policy and open access to view and improve cybersecurity posture.
- Best-In-Class customer success team highly rated for “ease-of-setup”and “quality customer service”
- Over 98% satisfaction rate for customer service and support
- Winner of Best Customer Service by SC Media
I can base all my assessments off the security ratings because they’re very accurate. I have no part to play in assessing what score they should be. I trust SecurityScorecard to do it properly.