Alternatives and competitors

Sites like VirusTotal

The 20 closest malware scanning and threat intelligence alternatives to VirusTotal, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 8 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to VirusTotal? The closest matches are 360 Total Security, Avira and AVG AntiVirus. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About VirusTotal

VirusTotal virustotal.com

VirusTotal

VirusTotal

Wikidata: cybersecurity website

Top 10K · #3,363 English 8 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit VirusTotal

Summary by Claude

VirusTotal is a free online service that scans files, URLs, domains and IP addresses with dozens of antivirus engines and threat intelligence sources to detect malware and malicious content. It also offers paid threat intelligence and API access for security teams.

Who it’s for
Security researchers, IT professionals and general users
Business model
Freemium; paid enterprise threat intelligence and API subscriptions

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to VirusTotal’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

KasperskyLokaMalwarebytesCISATurnitinCDCStatcounterAVG AntiVirusAvira360 Total Security

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to VirusTotal

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to VirusTotal, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English

We can’t read virustotal.com’s homepage (too little text on the homepage), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.

  1. 01
    360 Total Security 360totalsecurity.com Top 10K English

    360 Total Security for Home and Business | Free & Easy

    360 Total Security is a Cybersecurity software. Protect your PC against malware, ransomware, malicious websites and other advanced online threats, Download 360 Total Security for free and secure your PC.

  2. 02
    Avira avira.com Top 10K

    computer security software company

  3. 03
    AVG AntiVirus avg.com Top 10K

    antivirus software

  4. 04
    DomainTools domaintools.com Top 10K English

    Threat Intelligence & Domain Security Platform | DomainTools

    DomainTools provides DNS-based threat intelligence covering 97% of internet infrastructure. Detect, investigate & block malicious domains. Request a demo.

  5. 05
    Statcounter statcounter.com Top 10K

    Web Analytics Made Easy - Statcounter

    StatCounter is a simple but powerful real-time web analytics service that helps you track, analyse and understand your visitors so you can make good decisions to become more successful online.

  6. 06
    CDC cdc.gov Top 1K English

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC

    United States government public health agency

  7. 07
    Turnitin turnitin.com Top 10K

    ERROR: The request could not be satisfied

    Internet-based plagiarism-prevention service

  8. 08
    CISA cisa.gov Top 10K English

    Home Page | CISA

    Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency: America's Cyber Defense Agency

  9. 09
    Malwarebytes malwarebytes.com Top 10K English

    All-in-One Cybersecurity Protection: Antivirus, VPN & Scam Guard

    All-in-one cybersecurity software for all your devices. Malwarebytes provides smarter antivirus, VPN, and scam detection for you and your family.

  10. 10
    Loka loka.my English

    Vercel Security Checkpoint

    Malaysian travel and location intelligence platform

  11. 11
    Kaspersky kaspersky.com Top 1K English

    Kaspersky Cyber Security Solutions for Home and Business | Kaspersky

    Official Site – A Global Leader in next-generation cybersecurity solutions and services, Kaspersky offers premium protection against all cyber threats for your home and business.

  12. 12
    kontur.ru Top 10K Russian

    Контур | Доступ запрещен

  13. 13
    Dr.Web drweb.com Top 10K English

    Dr.Web Download antivirus for PC / Mac / Android

    Doctor Web is a Russian IT-security solutions vendor developing Dr.Web anti-virus for businesses and personal use, as well as anti-virus as a service since 1992.

  14. 14
    Snopes snopes.com Top 10K English

    Snopes.com | The definitive fact-checking site and reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.

    The definitive Internet reference source for researching urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.

  15. 15
    360safe.com Top 10K

    Chinese software company

  16. 16
    Wireshark wireshark.org Top 10K

    network traffic analyzer

  17. 17
    guard.io Top 10K English

    Guardio | Powerful Online Protection for Your Digital Life

    Protect all your devices online. Keep your personal and business data safe from phishing, malware, and identity theft. Get your free Guardio security scan today.

  18. 18
    SurveyMonkey surveymonkey.com Top 1K English

    SurveyMonkey: The World’s Most Popular Survey Platform

    Easily create surveys and forms with AI and templates for employee and customer feedback, market research, event registrations and more. Get started free.

  19. 19
    ESET eset.com Top 1K English

    ESET Cybersecurity | Enterprise, Business and Home Solutions | ESET

    Best IT security solutions for your home and business devices. Try ESET antivirus and internet security solutions for Windows, Android, Mac or Linux OS.

  20. 20
    Norton norton.com Top 10K

    software brand

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to virustotal.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones VirusTotal uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What VirusTotal is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

Tag managers
Marketing automation
  • HubSpot TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:_spf.zdsys.com include:mail.ze…
Live chat & support
  • Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:_spf.zdsys.com include:mail.ze…
Hosting
Authentication
Email hosting
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)

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