# Monkey-Spider

Monkey-Spider is a Honeypots & Deception product. It runs on-premises. Pricing is free.

A crawler-based low-interaction client honeypot for exposing website threats.

## What is Monkey-Spider?

The Monkey-Spider is a crawler-based low-interaction client honeypot that crawls websites to expose their threats to web clients. It is released under the GPLv3 and welcomes improvements and support from developers and users.

Tags: Open Source

## Where it fits in your security program (NIST CSF 2.0)

- [Detect](https://cybersectools.com/guides/building-detect-program-small-team): helps you spot attacks and unusual activity.

## Quick facts

- Category: [Security Operations](https://cybersectools.com/categories/security-operations) · [Honeypots & Deception](https://cybersectools.com/categories/honeypots)
- Deployment: On-Premises
- Company size fit: Startup, SMB, Mid-Market, Enterprise
- Pricing model: Free
- Website: monkeyspider.sourceforge.net

## Where it ranks

No shortlist covers this product's category yet. The closest is [Best MDR Solutions for Business](https://cybersectools.com/shortlists/best-mdr-solutions).

## Monkey-Spider FAQ

### What is Monkey-Spider?

Monkey-Spider is a product in the Honeypots & Deception category. It covers Open Source.

### What is the pricing for Monkey-Spider?

Monkey-Spider is free. Download and setup instructions are at https://monkeyspider.sourceforge.net/.

### What are alternatives to Monkey-Spider?

Alternatives to Monkey-Spider listed on CybersecTools:

1. [The Honeynet Project](https://cybersectools.com/tools/the-honeynet-project) - Open-source nonprofit org developing honeypot tools & threat research. (Free)
2. [HoneyWire](https://cybersectools.com/tools/honeywire) - Open-source canary/deception platform for detecting lateral movement on Linux networks. (Free)
3. [Thinkst Applied Research](https://cybersectools.com/tools/thinkst-applied-research) - Deception-based breach detection tools including honeypots & canary tokens. (Commercial)
4. [Tracebit](https://cybersectools.com/tools/tracebit-dynamic-security-canaries) - Deploys security canaries across cloud, endpoints, SaaS and CI/CD to catch attackers. (Commercial)
5. [Guardpot AI-Powered Cyber Deception](https://cybersectools.com/tools/guardpot-ai-powered-cyber-deception) - AI-powered deception platform using honeypots to detect & disrupt attacks (Commercial)

Compare all Monkey-Spider alternatives at [https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/monkey-spider](https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/monkey-spider)

### What deployment and organization size does Monkey-Spider fit?

Monkey-Spider is available as on-premises software. It is listed for startups, small businesses, mid-market companies and enterprises. It is free.

## Compare Monkey-Spider with similar solutions

- [Monkey-Spider vs The Honeynet Project](https://cybersectools.com/compare/monkey-spider-vs-the-honeynet-project)
- [Monkey-Spider vs HoneyWire](https://cybersectools.com/compare/honeywire-vs-monkey-spider)
- [Monkey-Spider vs Thinkst Applied Research](https://cybersectools.com/compare/monkey-spider-vs-thinkst-applied-research)

All alternatives to Monkey-Spider: [/alternatives/monkey-spider](https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/monkey-spider)

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