Morphisec vs The NodeZero Platform by Horizon3.ai comparison

Morphisec and Horizon3.ai are both solutions in the Vulnerability Management category. Morphisec is ranked #54, while Horizon3.ai is ranked #11 with an average rating of 8.9. Morphisec holds a 0.5% mindshare in VM, compared to Horizon3.ai’s 1.5% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Morphisec users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Horizon3.ai users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 8, 2026

Morphisec and the NodeZero Platform by Horizon3.ai compete in the cybersecurity solutions space. Morphisec appears to have the upper hand due to its advanced threat prevention capabilities, coupled with zero false positives, providing peace of mind for users.

Features: Morphisec offers advanced threat prevention, including deterministic attack prevention and in-memory protection. Its solution provides full visibility into security events. It does not generate false positives, protecting against zero-day threats and ransomware. NodeZero Platform emphasizes autonomous, AI-driven pen testing with real attack capabilities, supporting rapid vulnerability detection. It provides ease of use with a focus on security testing features.

Room for Improvement: Morphisec may enhance customer interaction frequency, automate updates, and improve reporting capabilities. Occasional false positives and inefficient updating processes have been noted. NodeZero Platform could improve integration with existing systems and increase visibility and reporting for large enterprises. Faster scan speeds and enhanced external vulnerability testing for web applications are also potential improvements.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Morphisec offers flexibility with deployment in public, private, and hybrid clouds, as well as on-premises. It has responsive customer service and solid technical support, though time zone differences may affect response times. NodeZero Platform supports public and hybrid cloud deployments with straightforward on-premises options. Users appreciate its proactive support, despite some technical data presentation challenges.

Pricing and ROI: Morphisec is competitively priced with flexible licensing options per endpoint, showing a substantial return on investment through reduced security incidents and minimized false positives. NodeZero Platform offers reasonable pricing, competitive against traditional penetration testing, and shows ROI through cost savings via flexible licensing options, reducing time spent on manual security assessments.

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Categories and Ranking

Morphisec

Ranking in Vulnerability Management

54th

Ranking in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)

32nd

Average Rating

9.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (52nd), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (60th), Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) (34th), Threat Deception Platforms (20th)

The NodeZero Platform by Ho...

Ranking in Vulnerability Management

11th

Ranking in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)

12th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Penetration Testing Services (1st), Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) (1st), Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (5th)

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Vulnerability Management category, the mindshare of Morphisec is 0.5%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of The NodeZero Platform by Horizon3.ai is 1.5%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Vulnerability Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
The NodeZero Platform by Horizon3.ai	1.5%
Morphisec	0.5%
Other	98.0%

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reviewer1739325

CISO at a media company with 10,001+ employees

Easy to deploy and configure, stable, and has good support

The weakest point of this product is how difficult it is to understand the reasons for an alert. This is a problem because it is hard to determine whether an attack is real or not. It blocks the behavior automatically but it is quite difficult to check the reason for this, and it is something that we are discussing with Morphisec. We need to have better reporting features that are able to produce KPIs that we can show to management. Improved analytics reports would help us to understand what type of attack it is and how it was able to reach a particular computer.

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Shaun Hunt

Chief Information Officer at a construction company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Has unified our IT teams by providing clear visibility into network vulnerabilities and accelerated remediation with real-world attack testing

One of the things that we've shared with Horizon is just the reporting. They've made a lot of changes over time, but when examining computers, most average normal people don't look at a computer and identify it as 114.82.117.180. They identify it as 'the printer for accounting.' When many of the reports give the very detailed technical IP address or serial number, that's really not helpful for anyone other than the person, the hands-on person that's trying to remediate it. All the managers, all the leaders, having information in that format isn't helpful. Being able to have information about what those devices are would be very helpful. There's a technical reason they can't just have an easy button because some people have really complicated networks. When examining things for the average company, the average executive, that 114 number, there's only one of those. But if examining an AT&T or a Walmart, it isn't unique. They haven't solved that problem. But for the 90% of companies, being able to have just a human readable name for all devices on your network in all of the reports all of the time would be the most beneficial.

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Pros

"The biggest feature is that it hides everything from your operating system that's running in-memory from anything to try to run against it. That's the most unique thing that's on the market. There's nothing else out there that's quite like that. That's a big selling point and why we went with it. It does exactly what the design does. If you can't find it, you can't execute against it."

"Morphisec has enabled us to become a lot less paranoid when it comes to staff clicking on things or accessing things that they shouldn't that could infect the whole system. Our original ransomware attack that happened came from someone's Google drive and then just filtered on through that. It has put our minds at ease a lot more in running it. It's also another layer of security that has been proven to be effective for us."

"Morphisec's in-memory protection is probably the most valuable feature because it stops malicious activity from occurring. If something tries to install or act as a sleeper agent, Morphisec will detect and stop it."

"Since using Morphisec we have seen a downturn in attacks because Morphisec protects us versus Defenders and whatnot that are signature-based. I know we have not had any issues with ransomware or other zero-day attacks that we've seen with machines that, all of a sudden, have become before we instituted the product. Now the machine had to be re-imaged and there was a loss of data because something was on the machine. You couldn't really determine what was on the machine because nothing was picking it up. The products we were using weren't picking it up."

"Morphisec stops attacks without needing to know what type of threat it is, just that it is foreign. It is based on injections, so it would know when a software launches. If a software launches and something else also launches, then it would count that as anomalous and block it. Because the software looks at the code, and if it executes something else that is not related, then Morphisec would block it. That is how it works."

"Morphisec Guard enables us to see at a glance whether our users have device control and disk encryption enabled properly. This is important because we are a global company operating with multiple entities. Previously, we didn't have that visibility. Now, we have visibility so we can pinpoint some locations where there are machines that are not really protected, offline, etc. It gives us visibility, which is good."

"We don't have to do anything as a user or as an admin. It does everything by default with its coding and inbuilt AI-based intelligence. We don't have to instruct it about what to do. It automatically takes corrective actions and quarantines or deletes a virus, malware, etc. That is the best part that I like about it."

"It also provides full visibility into security events from Microsoft Defender and Morphisec in one dashboard. We've always had that capability with Morphisec. The more recent version appears to do that even a little bit more natively and it's given us visibility that we didn't have otherwise."

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"We experienced a threat that could have severely crippled us, but we were able to shut it down before it escalated, thanks to internal vulnerability testing and addressing critical vulnerabilities using their tool."

"Penetration testing and scans are useful features."

"The NodeZero Platform's real attack capabilities help identify vulnerabilities on my on-premise systems by adding an element of validation and offensive security testing on top of known vulnerabilities. The feature that allows security teams to fix and retest vulnerabilities instantly is very useful, even though it may not happen literally 'instantly.' It's a necessary tool for any organization to understand whether vulnerabilities are genuinely exploitable by attackers. With its near-real-time testing capabilities, it's an essential part of any security portfolio."

"For us, The NodeZero Platform is literally the single best security solution we have because the way that it works is we're able to scan every part of our network, both internally and externally, and then get completely actionable feedback that doesn't matter if it's for an application developer or a network admin."

"After the third party conducts the pen test, The NodeZero Platform is run, and it finds the same things they found and sometimes a few other things that they did not even identify."

"Overall, I'd rate NodeZero at nine to 9.5 out of ten."

"The NodeZero Platform is amazing; what I love most about it is that it's automated and comparable to the manual pen testing we did with a third-party company, but with the added benefit of unlimited retesting to validate fixes."

"The NodeZero Platform's real attack capabilities help in identifying vulnerabilities on our on-prem systems because it provides actual vulnerabilities by attacking our systems."

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Cons

"In the Windows Defender integration, they have put in a report of computers that need Windows Defender updates. If those updates could be kicked off directly from the dashboard, instead of having to go to another system entirely, that would be good."

"We wanted to have multi-tenants in their cloud platform, so every entity can look into their own systems and not see other systems in other entities. I have a beta version on that now. I would like them to incorporate that in the cloud solution."

"Those are some of the features that I was looking for on my on-prem platform that they've already instituted in the cloud and that I'm sure will be instituting on their on-prem platform as well. Having to have an on-prem server required a lot of administration. Being able to push that to the cloud and have it managed up there for us is a real nice addition."

"We started in the Linux platform and we deployed to Linux. The licensing of that has been kind of confusing between Linux licensing and Windows licensing. The overall simplicity of licensing or offering an enterprise license to just cover everything and then we don't have to count needs improvement."

"If anything, tech support might be their weakest link. The process of getting someone involved sometimes takes a little time. It seems to me that they should have all the data they need to let me know whether an alert is legitimate or not, but they tend to need a lot of information from me to get to the bottom of something. It usually takes a little longer than I would expect."

"I haven't been able to get the cloud deployment to work. When there's an update, I'm supposed to be able to roll it out for the cloud solution, but right now I'm continuing to use our SCCM solution to update it."

"Some of the filters for the console need improvement. There are alerts that show up and just being able to acknowledge that we've seen those and not turn them off, but dismiss them, would be a huge benefit."

"Right now, it's just their auto-update feature. I know they are currently working on that. When they release a new version of the threat prevention platform, I do have to update that, rolling out to every computer. They have said, "From version 5, you would be able to do an auto-update." While this is very minor, that is the only thing that I would say needs to be upgraded. It would just make life a lot easier for other IT teams. However, I have simplified the process, so all I need to do is just download one file."

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"They've added a chatbot which isn't particularly useful, but when it can't answer questions, it forwards messages to human support."

"You need to be cautious about what it scans, as it could potentially cause issues."

"The reports are quite useless."

"The speed of the scans takes some time, but in my opinion, it is not surprising for what it is doing."

"I think The NodeZero Platform could improve by leveraging GPUs for password cracking, which would be pretty good."

"I encountered challenges with patch management, as we struggled to test and implement patches due to time constraints. This led to our patch management process being ineffective."

"One of the areas where improvement is needed is in the visibility and reporting for large enterprises."

"Sometimes even their support doesn't know why we're seeing certain issues."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Licenses are per endpoint, and that's true for the cloud version as well. The only difference is that there is a little extra charge for the cloud version."

"It is priced correctly for what it does. They end up doing a good deal of discounting, but I think it is priced appropriately."

"We are still using a separate tool. I know for our 600 or I think we're actually licensed for up to 700 users, it runs me 23 or $24,000 a year. When you're talking to that many users plus servers being protected, that's well worth the investment for that dollar amount."

"Morphisec is reasonably priced because our parent company's other subsidiaries use different products like CrowdStrike. CrowdStrike is four or five times more expensive than Morphisec. The competitive pricing saves us money in our overall security stack."

"It does not have multi-tenants. If South Africa wants to show only the machines that they have, they need their own cloud incidence. It is not possible to have that in a single cloud incidence with multiple tenants in it, instead you need to have multiple cloud incidences. Then, if you have that, it will be more expensive. However, they are going to change that, which is good."

"Our licensing is tied into our contract. Because we have a long-term contract, our pricing is a little bit lower. It is per year, so we don't get charged per endpoint, but we do have a cap. Our cap is 80 endpoints. If we were to go over 80, when we renewed our contract, which is not until three years are over. Then, they would reevaluate, and say, "Well, you have more than 80 devices active right now. This is going to be the price change." They know that we are installing and replacing computers, so the numbers will be all over the place depending on whether you archive or don't archive, which is the reason why we just have to keep up on that stuff."

"It is an annual subscription basis per device. For the devices that we have in scope right now, it is about $25,000 a year."

"It is a little bit more expensive than other security products that we use, but it does provide us good protection. So, it is a trade-off."

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Top Industries

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Outsourcing Company

17%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Government

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Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	8

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Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	4

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What do you like most about Horizon3.ai?

Penetration testing and scans are useful features.

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I think The NodeZero Platform could improve by leveraging GPUs for password cracking, which would be pretty good.

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We use The NodeZero Platform for control validation and we are also looking for the likelihood of vulnerabilities.

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Also Known As

Morphisec, Morphisec Moving Target Defense

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Overview

Morphisec delivers signatureless endpoint-specific protection, effectively blocking zero-day threats and ransomware without affecting performance, making it a preferred choice for enhancing security strategies.

Morphisec empowers users by providing comprehensive protection against advanced threats with its innovative signatureless and in-memory security features. Its seamless integration with Microsoft Defender ensures complete visibility and automatic threat blocking through a unified dashboard. The Moving Target Defense technology enhances deployment efficiency while its lightweight design maintains system performance. Despite some challenges in cloud deployment and feature updates, users find value in its ease of use and minimal administrative effort.

What are the key features of Morphisec?

Signatureless Protection: Blocks threats without relying on signatures, ensuring up-to-date defense.
In-Memory Protection: Prevents attacks targeting system memory to safeguard endpoints.
Zero-Day Threat Blocking: Offers proactive defense against undiscovered threats.
Unified Dashboard: Provides comprehensive security event visibility and integration with Microsoft Defender.
Lightweight Design: Ensures smooth operation without system performance issues.

What benefits can users expect when evaluating Morphisec?

Enhanced Security: Strengthens defense layers against ransomware and memory attacks.
Seamless Integration: Works alongside existing antivirus solutions like Microsoft Defender.
Minimal Administration: Requires low maintenance due to its set-and-forget nature.
Automatic Updates: Keeps protection current without manual intervention.
Broad Coverage: Suitable for desktops, servers, and cloud platforms.

In industries with high security needs, deploying Morphisec adds a robust defense against advanced threats. Its compatibility with antivirus solutions and cloud platforms makes it adaptable to diverse environments, ensuring effective threat mitigation and detection.

Morphisec

NodeZero by Horizon3.ai is an offensive security platform that enables users to adopt an attacker’s perspective, reveal vulnerabilities, and verify defense effectiveness with evidence-backed insights.

NodeZero provides autonomous pentesting, showing how attackers exploit misconfigurations, credentials, and exposures into attack paths. It helps focus on real risks rather than hypothetical ones, integrating seamlessly into existing IT and security workflows to streamline processes. The platform drives risk-based vulnerability management and CTEM by validating vulnerabilities and measuring resilience.

What standout features improve your security?

Autonomous Pentesting at Scale: Executes extensive pentests across broad IT landscapes swiftly.
Hybrid Cloud Coverage: Navigates on-premises and cloud domains to find attack paths.
Proof of Exploitation: Offers evidence for every finding.
Fix Validation: Allows quick retesting to ensure vulnerabilities are resolved.
NodeZero Tripwires: Uses deception tokens for real adversary detection.

What benefits should you expect from reviews?

Reduced Vulnerability Noise: Prioritizes exploitable risks with ServiceNow integration.
Automated Workflows: MCP Server automates processes, reducing bottlenecks and enhancing efficiency.
Immediate Fix Validation: Ensures defenses work during attacks.
Real-Time Resilience Measurement: Helps schedule routine assessments without external help.

NodeZero assists in automated penetration testing and vulnerability management in industries like finance and healthcare. It enhances security processes by complementing or replacing existing solutions, enabling efficient testing, feedback, and control validation.

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Sample Customers

Lenovo/Motorola, TruGreen, Covenant Health, Citizens Medical Center

Government agencies, Defense Industrial Base organizations, and enterprises in regulated industries such as finance, healthcare, manufacturing, and criticalinfrastructure rely on NodeZero to meet rigorous security and compliance requirements with continuous, scheduled, and on-demand testing.

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