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.
Axiom
- Free and open source (MIT); you pay only for cloud compute
- Spins up 100 to 150 cloud instances on demand for big fan-out scans
- You build and maintain the image, tooling, and orchestration yourself
- No shared dashboard, no team accounts, no findings history
- Raw tool output; parsing and triage are on you
Crossfyre
- Proprietary Rust scan engines, with OSS tools as optional extensions
- Distributed execution across your own nodes, no image baking
- Crash-safe scans that resume across node failures
- Live dashboard, teams, findings history, proxy & tunnel routing
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, and hands you findings instead of log files.
Frequently asked
Is Crossfyre just managed Axiom?
No. Axiom spins up cloud instances you bake and maintain. Crossfyre runs proprietary Rust scan engines across nodes you control, with crash-safe orchestration, a dashboard and teams. 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.