Comparison Recon and ASM
Crossfyre vs Axiom
A managed recon platform vs a DIY cloud-fleet framework.
Axiom is a free, open-source framework for spinning up a fleet of cloud boxes to run your scanning tools across. It is powerful and free, and it is entirely yours to build, bake, and babysit. Crossfyre gives you the distributed execution without the infrastructure work, plus a shared dashboard, crash-safe scans, and AI triage on top.
Feature by feature
| Feature |  Axiom | Crossfyre |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free, plus your cloud bill | Free tier, then from $29/mo |
| Where scans run | 100 to 150 cloud boxes you spin up | Nodes you already control |
| Setup | Bake and maintain the image | Install the CLI, enrol a node |
| Orchestration and resilience | Yours to build | Built in, resumes across failures |
| Authenticated scanning and authz testing | Bring your own tools | Built in, on paid tiers |
| Dashboard, teams, findings history | no | yes |
| What you get back | Raw tool output | Ranked findings and exports |
Every claim about the other tool is taken from its own documentation and pricing as of mid-2026. Re-check before quoting a number.
Standards
What it covers, and what it will not claim.
Pick a list. Every row that says yes names the class that does the work, and every row that says no says why, because a coverage matrix with no gaps in it is a brochure.
8 covered 1 partly 1 not claimed The list this engine was built against. Eight fully, one partly, and one that nothing on the outside can honestly report.
MITRE ATT&CK is deliberately not here. It describes what an adversary does across a whole intrusion, and almost all of a web scanner collapses into one technique in it. A six-row ATT&CK matrix would look impressive and tell you nothing, which is the opposite of what this section is for.
The honest take
Choose Axiom if you enjoy owning every layer and have time to maintain it. Choose Crossfyre if you want distributed recon that works out of the box, survives crashes, adds authenticated and authorization testing, and hands you findings instead of log files.
Questions people ask
Is Crossfyre just managed Axiom?
No. Axiom spins up cloud instances you bake and maintain. Crossfyre runs open-source Rust engines across nodes you control, with crash-safe orchestration, authenticated scanning, API authorization testing, a dashboard, teams, and AI triage. You do not build or babysit an image.
Do I still control where scans run?
Yes. Your nodes run on your own boxes, so scan traffic originates from your chosen egress. The hosted control plane orchestrates them.
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