MISP (Malware Information Sharing Platform)
by MISP Project (Open Source Community)
MISP is the world's most widely deployed open source threat intelligence platform — a free threat intelligence platform that enables organizations to share, store, and correlate indicators of compromise across a global network of thousands of security teams, governments, and ISACs — making it the best open source threat intelligence platform for collaborative intelligence sharing.
Starting Price
Free (open source) — infrastructure costs only; commercial support via CIRCL or certified partners
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Ratings & Reviews
Key Features
- Open Source Threat Intelligence Platform — Free Forever
- Global Sharing Network — 6
- 000+ Active MISP Instances Worldwide
- STIX 1.x/2.x & TAXII Support — Full Standards Interoperability
- Galaxy Clusters — Structured Threat Actor & TTPs Library
- Flexible Data Model — Events
- Attributes
- Objects
- Automatic Correlation — Identifies IOC Relationships Across Events
- REST API — Full Programmatic Access
- Decaying Indicators — Automatic IOC Freshness Management
- MISP Modules — Extensible Enrichment via Community Plugins
- Multi-Tenancy — Separate Communities on One Instance
- Export to SIEM/EDR/Firewall Formats
- MITRE ATT&CK Integration
- Community Support via MISP Project & Circl.lu
Pros & Cons
Pros
- +Best open source threat intelligence platform — completely free
- +no licensing cost ever
- +World's most widely deployed TIP — 6
- +000+ active instances means the largest global sharing community
- +Best open source threat intelligence platforms community — constant community development and free modules
- +STIX/TAXII native — full interoperability with all commercial TIP vendors
- +Decaying indicators automatically manage IOC freshness — reduces stale intel noise
- +NATO and EU government approved for official intelligence sharing
- +Examples of threat intelligence platforms — MISP is cited in virtually every TIP evaluation as the open source reference
Cons
- −No SaaS option — requires self-hosting
- −infrastructure management
- −and technical expertise
- −No commercial support SLA — community support only (unless paying CIRCL or partners)
- −UI less polished than commercial platforms
- −Requires significant configuration to reach enterprise-grade deployment
- −No built-in AI enrichment or automated analysis — manual analyst effort required
- −Scalability challenges at very high IOC volumes without optimization
Best For
Government CERTs, ISACs, MSSPs, and enterprise CTI teams wanting the best free threat intelligence platform for collaborative intelligence sharing across a global community — with full STIX/TAXII interoperability, zero licensing cost, and the backing of 6,000+ active global instances.
Target Audience
Government, CERTs/CSIRTs, ISACs, MSSPs, Financial Services, Enterprise CTI Teams, Security Researchers
Key Integrations
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Pricing
Model
Free and open source — no licensing cost; infrastructure and support costs only
Starting At
Free (open source) — infrastructure costs only; commercial support via CIRCL or certified partners
Free Trial
Yes — free to download and deploy at misp-project.org; demo instances availableCompany Info
Founded
2011
Headquarters
Luxembourg (CIRCL — Computer Incident Response Center Luxembourg)
Employees
Open source community (core team ~20 at CIRCL)
Company Size
All sizes — from individual researchers to national-level government CERTs
Funding
Open Source — funded by CIRCL (Luxembourg government), EU grants, and community contributions; no commercial VC backing
Certifications
Awards & Recognition
ENISA (EU Cybersecurity Agency) Recommended TIP | NATO CCDCOE Approved Sharing Platform | SC Awards Best Open Source Security Tool Finalist 2025 | Most Deployed TIP Globally — Cited by Gartner, Forrester, and IDC
Official Website
MISP (Malware Information Sharing Platform)
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