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AttackCompass vs Faraday
Faraday is known for multi-tool aggregation and collaborative pentest workspaces. AttackCompass is operator-controlled engagement guidance — ranked next actions from recorded state — plus a report workflow from that work. They sit in adjacent parts of the stack.
Context
What Faraday is good at
What teams usually hire Faraday for — before stacking AttackCompass beside it.
- Bringing outputs from multiple pentest tools into a shared engagement workspace
- Collaborative visibility when the pain is consolidating scanner and tool findings
- Familiar aggregation-centric workflow for teams that already run Faraday
AttackCompass
What AttackCompass adds
- Ranked next actions with reasons from recorded engagement evidence and state
- Deterministic, evidence-aware recommendations — not open-ended model improvisation as the core engine
- Blocked steps show missing prerequisites; priorities update as state changes
- Operator-controlled; does not autonomously execute attacks
- Coherence from discovery to report; report editor plus PDF and lossy Markdown export
- Lab-mode Nmap/OpenVAS XML can populate hosts and services where applicable — it is not a universal multi-tool aggregator
Keep Faraday if aggregation is solved. AttackCompass adds decision guidance on top of recorded state — what to do next and why — then report from that work.
Side by side
Category comparison
Where a cell shows a dash, that product is not built for that job.
| Topic | Faraday (category) | AttackCompass |
|---|---|---|
| Primary job | Multi-tool aggregation / collab workspace | Operator-controlled engagement guidance |
| Ingesting tool output | Strong category fit | Selective imports (e.g. Lab Nmap/OpenVAS XML); not a universal aggregator |
| Next-step guidance | — | Ranked next actions with reasons |
| Why a step is suggested | — | Reasons plus blockers and prerequisites |
| Autonomous execution | — | No |
| Reporting | Varies by workflow | Report workflow from captured engagement context |
| Best when | You need a hub for many tool outputs | You need “what deserves attention next” from live state |
FAQ
Common questions
- I already aggregate in Faraday.
- Keep it if aggregation is solved. AttackCompass adds decision guidance on top of recorded state — what to do next and why — then report from that work.
- Is AttackCompass a scanner?
- No.
- Will you import everything Faraday does?
- Do not expect universal connectors. AttackCompass documents selective Lab imports (for example Nmap/OpenVAS XML) and Agent API updates — not parity with every aggregator connector.
- Is this PentestGPT?
- No. AttackCompass is an engagement intelligence layer, not an autonomous AI pentester.
Try it on a real engagement
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