Best VX-Underground Alternatives & Competitors in 2026

Unknown Cyber Magic™

AI-powered malware analysis & threat research platform with chat interface.

CodeHunter Labs

Research division powering CodeHunter's pre-execution malware detection engine.

manalyze

A static analysis tool for PE files that identifies potential malicious indicators through compiler detection, packing analysis, signature matching, and suspicious string identification.

ANY.RUN

Interactive malware sandbox with TI lookup and IOC feeds for SOC teams.

Seqrite Malware Analysis Platform

Malware analysis platform for detecting and analyzing threats via sandbox

OPSWAT MetaDefender Sandbox

AI-driven malware sandbox for detecting evasive threats and zero-day attacks

Nucleon Malprob

AI-powered malware detection service with web interface and API access

PolySwarm Malware Intelligence

Malware intelligence marketplace aggregating multiple detection engines

Cyber Triage Malware Forensics Tool

Malware scanning tool for DFIR using 40+ engines from ReversingLabs

OPSWAT MetaDefender Core

Multi-engine malware detection & file sanitization platform with Deep CDR

OPSWAT MetaDefender Distributed Cluster

Distributed file scanning platform with centralized orchestration & control

Splunk Attack Analyzer

Automated threat analysis platform for phishing and malware investigation

ReversingLabs Spectra Analyze

Malware analysis platform for SOC teams with binary analysis and threat detection

ReversingLabs Spectra Detect

Enterprise file analysis platform for high-volume malware detection

FireEye Detection On Demand

RESTful API for file/URL malware analysis via FireEye virtual execution engine

VMRay Threat Analysis and Detection Platform

Malware sandboxing platform for threat analysis and detection in SOCs

Nightwing DejaVM

Whole-system emulation environment for software dev, debugging, testing & security

Varist Predictive Detection Engine

Real-time malware detection engine with sandboxing and zero-day detection

Antiy Labs PTA

APT-focused file threat analysis system using dynamic & static detection.

Antiy PTA-mobile

Android app dynamic behavior analysis system using sandbox technology.

Cloud Storage Security Antivirus

In-tenant malware scanning for AWS, Azure & GCP object storage.

Cythereal MalWeb

Cloud-based platform that maps malware relationships for threat intelligence.

GLIMPS Malware

Multi-engine file malware detection platform for securing business apps.

GLIMPS Fortress

On-premise AI file repository with continuous malware analysis and retrohunting.

GLIMPS Malware Expert

Deep learning-based malware analysis & threat contextualization platform.

GLIMPS Malware Detect

Multi-engine AI file analysis platform for malware detection via SaaS or on-prem.

Joe Security Joe Lab

Cloud-based bare-metal malware analysis lab for SOC, CERT & CIRT teams.

Joe Sandbox Hypervisor

Custom hypervisor for stealth malware analysis on VMs and bare metal.

Joe Sandbox DEC

Plugin that decompiles malware PE files into readable C code using hybrid analysis.

Joe Sandbox Cloud

Cloud-based automated malware analysis for Windows, macOS & Linux.

Joe Sandbox Detect

Endpoint utility for EDR/XDR alert validation and user phishing reporting.

Joe Security Joe Reverser

Agentic AI tool for automated malware reverse engineering & phishing analysis.

Joe Security Products

Suite of cloud & on-prem malware/phishing analysis tools for multiple OSes.

Joe Sandbox ML

ML plugin for Joe Sandbox Cloud detecting malicious files via deep learning.

Joe Security Joe Sandbox

Deep malware & phishing analysis via static, dynamic, and hybrid methods.

Malwation Threat.Zone

Multi-OS malware analysis platform with sandbox, static analysis & URL scanning.

Stairwell Analyze

Continuous, private malware analysis and threat intel platform for enterprises.

Stairwell Intelligent Analysis

AI-powered file analysis platform delivering malware verdicts in natural language.

Stairwell Variant Discovery

Expands a single malware hash into full family visibility via structural analysis.

Threatray

AI-driven binary code analysis platform for malware detection & intelligence.

WetStone Labs

Cybersecurity & digital forensics software for malware detection and DFIR.

Zenyard RE Agent

AI agent for in-depth binary analysis and reverse engineering assistance.

RevEng.AI

AI-powered binary analysis platform for reverse engineering & malware analysis.

Deep Instinct DSX Companion

GenAI-powered malware analysis tool for unknown & zero-day threats

INLYSE Malware.AI

Visual AI-based malware detection converting files to images for analysis

Intezer

Intezer is a cloud-based malware analysis platform that detects and classifies malware using genetic code analysis.

de4dot

An open source .NET deobfuscator and unpacker that restores packed and obfuscated assemblies by reversing various obfuscation techniques.

x64dbg

An open-source binary debugger for Windows with a comprehensive plugin system for malware analysis and reverse engineering.