Best go-HoneyPot Alternatives & Competitors in 2026

Anantis TrapEye

Detects intruders the moment they interact with your network.

CatchProbe SmartDeceptive

AI-based deception platform for collecting cyber threat intelligence

Acalvio ShadowPlex

Deception platform using external-facing decoys for threat intel & recon detection

AD Tripwires

Active Directory deception technology for threat detection and response

Sesame IT LOKI: Threat Deception

Network deception tool deploying lures to detect & analyze advanced threats.

Deception Platform

Cyber deception platform for early threat detection, attacker engagement & response.

Trapster

Honeypot platform deploying network decoys to detect intrusions with zero false positives

HoneyWire

Open-source canary/deception platform for detecting lateral movement on Linux networks.

TANNER

TANNER is a remote data analysis service that evaluates HTTP requests and generates responses for SNARE honeypots while emulating application vulnerabilities.

Aves Netsec Defused

SaaS cyber deception platform deploying decoy sensors to detect attackers.

Hudinx

Medium interaction SSH honeypot for logging brute force attacks and shell interactions.

StrutsHoneypot

An Apache 2 based honeypot with detection capabilities specifically designed to identify and analyze Struts CVE-2017-5638 exploitation attempts.

Honeycomb Plugins

A plugin repository that extends the Honeycomb honeypot framework with additional features and capabilities for enhanced threat detection and analysis.

mhn-core-docker

A Docker-based honeypot network implementation featuring cowrie and dionaea honeypots with centralized event collection, geolocation enrichment, and real-time attack visualization.

Delilah Honeypot

A honeypot system that detects and identifies attack commands, recon attempts, and download commands, mimicking a vulnerable Elasticsearch instance.

DDoSPot

DDoSPot is a plugin-based honeypot platform that tracks UDP-based DDoS attacks and generates daily blacklists of potential attackers and scanners.

Ensnare

Ensnare is a Ruby on Rails gem that deploys honey traps and automated responses to detect and interfere with malicious behavior in web applications.

sshd-honeypot

A modified version of OpenSSH deamon forwarding commands to Cowrie for logging brute force attacks and shell interactions.

Bluepot

A Java-based Bluetooth honeypot that captures and analyzes malware and attacks targeting Bluetooth-enabled devices.

Kippo

Kippo is a medium interaction SSH honeypot with fake filesystem and session logging capabilities.

SSH Honeypot

A low-interaction SSH honeypot that logs connection attempts, usernames, and passwords without allowing actual login access.

Troje

Troje is a honeypot that creates dynamic LXC container environments to attract and monitor attackers while recording their activities and system changes.

Honeyntp

Honeyntp is an NTP honeypot and logging tool that captures NTP packets into a Redis database to detect DDoS attacks and monitor network time protocol traffic.

BW-Pot

BW-Pot is an interactive web application honeypot that deploys vulnerable applications to attract and monitor HTTP/HTTPS attacks, with automated logging to Google BigQuery for analysis.

Ghost USB Honeypot

Ghost USB Honeypot emulates USB storage devices to detect and analyze malware that spreads via USB without requiring prior threat intelligence.

iMISP

A honeypot designed to detect and analyze malicious activities in instant messaging platforms.

AMT Honeypot

A Go-based honeypot that mimics Intel's AMT management service to detect and log exploitation attempts targeting the CVE-2017-5689 firmware vulnerability.

HoneyFS

HoneyFS is an LLM-powered honeypot tool that generates realistic fake file systems using GPT-3.5 to deceive attackers and enhance security analysis.

Telnetlogger

A simple Telnet honeypot program that logs login attempts and credentials from botnet attacks, specifically designed to track Mirai botnet activity.

Miniprint

A honeypot that simulates an exposed networked printer using PJL protocol to capture and log attacker interactions through a virtual filesystem.

hived

Hived is a honeypot tool for deceiving attackers and gathering information.

Nodepot

A nodejs web application honeypot designed for small environments like Raspberry Pi to capture and analyze malicious web-based attacks.

GridPot

GridPot is a honeypot framework that combines GridLAB-D, Conpot, and libiec61850 to simulate industrial control systems and detect attacks on power grid infrastructure.

Honeytrap by Till Mannw

Honeytrap is a low-interaction honeypot and network security tool with various modes of operation and plugin support for catching attacks against TCP and UDP services.

NoSQL-Honeypot-Framework (NoPo)

An open source honeypot for NoSQL databases with support for Redis and additional features for detecting attackers and logging attack incidents.

Tracebit Dynamic Security Canaries

Cloud-native deception platform deploying dynamic security canaries

Guardpot AI-Powered Cyber Deception

AI-powered deception platform using honeypots to detect & disrupt attacks

MokN Bait

Credential-based deception platform that lures attackers to capture stolen creds

Acalvio ShadowPlex Advanced Threat Defense

AI-powered deception platform for early APT and advanced threat detection

Acalvio ShadowPlex Cloud Security

AI-powered deception platform for cloud threat detection using honeytokens

Cybermerc Aushield Detect

Adversary engagement & deception platform for detecting advanced threats

CyberTrap Engage Platform

AI-driven deception platform using honeypots and decoys to detect threats.

CounterCraft The Platform

Deception platform that diverts attackers & provides threat intelligence

Nothreat CyberEcho

AI-driven deception tech creating cyber clones to trap attackers & detect threats

Monarx Global Honeynet

Crowd-sourced honeynet providing real-time threat intelligence and protection

Netcraft Credential Baiting

Tracks criminal use of honeypot credentials to monitor fraud activities

Cybersense Deception

Deception-based intrusion detection system for CRITIS compliance

Mimic Deflect

Real-time ransomware attack deflection through deception and diversion