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Cyver Core Alternative

The Cyver Core Alternative
Real On-Prem.

The self-hosted offensive security platform with AI inference on your hardware. Inside your network, not managed somewhere else. Air-gapped on day one.

At a Glance

Neuron vs Cyver Core

Side by side. The differences that change a buying decision.

Deployment model

Neuron: Self-hosted on customer infrastructure
Cyver Core: SaaS or managed Azure

Air-gapped operation

Neuron: Yes, including AI
Cyver Core: No

Where AI runs

Neuron: Your hardware (Neuron AI module)
Cyver Core: Cyver's cloud

Where client findings live

Neuron: Your infrastructure
Cyver Core: Cyver's cloud

AD attack path graphing

Neuron: Per-engagement, collaborative (Directory module)
Cyver Core: Not native

Burp Suite integration

Neuron: Right-click send from Burp
Cyver Core: XML import

Knowledge libraries

Neuron: Findings, commands, snippets, checklists, scan templates
Cyver Core: Findings libraries only

Client portal

Neuron: Client Portal module
Cyver Core: Yes

Retest workflow

Neuron: Round-based with peer cosign by severity, round-lock, per-assessment evidence schemas
Cyver Core: Finding-level retests via client portal, DevOps webhook sync

Engagement scheduling

Neuron: Gantt with drag-drop, five perspectives, capacity conflict detection, Health Dashboard
Cyver Core: Planning & Availability views (per-tester, per-team) with recurring engagements

Pricing model

Neuron: Per-seat plus optional modules
Cyver Core: Fixed tiers

Real-time collaboration

Neuron: Yes (core platform)
Cyver Core: Yes

Multi-scanner import

Neuron: Yes (core platform)
Cyver Core: Yes
Why Choose Neuron

Three reasons to choose Neuron over Cyver Core.

1

On-prem in your network, not managed Azure.

Cyver's 'on-prem' option is a managed instance Cyver hosts on Azure. The label is on-prem; the deployment is still in their cloud. Neuron deploys inside your existing infrastructure, in any datacenter or cloud, including air-gapped environments. The data and the deployment are both yours.

2

AI that uses your team's approved language.

Neuron's AI reads directly from your Findings Library and inserts approved Risk Statements and Remediation Guidance verbatim, every time. The AI fills in only what is engagement-specific. Cyver's AI runs in their cloud with whatever model and prompts ship that day; what your testers receive is what the model produced, not what your team curated.

3

No AD graphing in Cyver. Neuron makes it collaborative.

Cyver Core has no native Active Directory attack-path graphing. Neuron's Directory module does. Multiple testers collaborate on the same graph in real time, each engagement keeps its own isolated data, and findings tie directly to the path.

Deep Dive · AI Architecture

AI that uses your team's approved language.

Neuron's AI module reads directly from your Findings Library. Approved Risk Statements and Remediation Guidance go in verbatim, every time. The AI generates only what is engagement-specific: finding details, reproduction steps, retest verification.

That changes what "AI quality" means. Instead of the LLM choosing whether to use your boilerplate, the boilerplate is inserted before the LLM is asked to write anything. The output that ships to clients is built on the language your team has already QA'd.

Cyver's AI runs in their cloud. Whatever the model produces is what your testers see. There is no library-grounded insertion of your approved language; output quality is whatever Cyver's prompts and model deliver that day.

Neuron's AI drafting a finding from your library's approved language.

Deep Dive · Deployment

Managed Azure is not on-prem.

Every Cyver deployment runs on Cyver's infrastructure. Even the option Cyver calls "on-prem" is a managed instance they operate on Azure. There is no path to deploy in your own datacenter, in your existing cloud account, or in an environment with no internet connectivity.

Neuron self-hosts inside your existing infrastructure. Any datacenter, any cloud, air-gapped if needed. License activation supports a fully offline path with no callback to our servers.

Deep Dive · Active Directory

Per-engagement AD graphs, collaborative in real time.

Active Directory is where most internal engagements actually live, and the standard tools for graphing attack paths were built for one tester at a time, against one database at a time. Switching engagements means clearing data and re-importing.

Neuron's Directory module runs the graph inside the engagement. Multiple testers collaborate on the same graph in real time. Each engagement keeps its own isolated data, so there is no clearing between projects and no risk of a query pulling from the wrong directory. Findings tie directly to the path.

Cyver Core has no equivalent.

Deep Dive · Schedule + Retests

From availability list to Gantt. From finding flag to round-locked record.

Cyver's Planning & Availability surfaces per-tester and per-team views and supports recurring engagements through templates. It tells you who is available and what is scheduled. It does not run the team's day.

Neuron's schedule is a Gantt the team runs from. Drag bars to reschedule, drop on a tester to reassign, switch between me, users, teams, by-client, and by-engagement perspectives without leaving the view. Capacity overlap surfaces as overload day counts, peak concurrent counts, and a next-free window calculation. The Health Dashboard ranks twelve categories of risk before they hit kickoff.

On retests, Cyver tracks at the finding level: clients flag a fix through the portal and the status syncs back, with recent DevOps webhook integration to keep external trackers aligned. That works for tracking remediation. The differences live in what an auditor can verify.

Neuron's retests are round-based first-class records under the same engagement. Each round has its own dates, scope, and attestor. Peer cosign is gated by severity policy. Once a round moves to ready for approval, per-finding mutations freeze. Every state change writes a QA log entry with actor, timestamp, and prior state. Custom field and document section schemas are configured once per assessment type, so a web app retest asks different questions than an Active Directory retest. Retests appear as first-class allocatable scope on the Gantt alongside phases and assessments.

Frequently asked questions

The questions buyers ask us most when evaluating Neuron against Cyver Core.

Can I migrate my data from Cyver Core to Neuron?

Yes. We work directly with customers to migrate findings, vulnerability libraries, project data, and templates from Cyver Core. Reach out and we will walk through your specific export and the migration path during a demo.

Cyver has a 'managed on-prem' option. Is that the same as self-hosting?

No. Cyver's managed on-prem is a private Azure stack that they operate, in EU data centers. Your data still lives on infrastructure that Cyver runs. Neuron self-hosts inside your existing network, in any datacenter or cloud you choose, with air-gapped operation supported on day one.

How does Neuron's client portal compare?

Neuron's Client Portal module covers what most MSP and continuous-pentesting workflows need: findings delivery, status tracking, retests, and an audit trail with IP and user-agent logging. The difference is where it lives. Cyver's portal runs in their cloud. Neuron's runs on your hardware, with the portal and the data both staying on your infrastructure.

What about continuous pentesting?

Cyver's continuous-pentesting model leans on auto-recurring engagements and client-initiated retests through their portal. Neuron does both, with more workflow depth on each. Engagement Scheduling is a Gantt with drag-drop, five perspectives, capacity conflict detection, and a Health Dashboard ranking twelve categories of risk. Retests are round-based first-class records with per-finding outcomes, peer cosign by severity policy, round-locked audit integrity, and per-assessment evidence schemas. The Client Portal module supports client-initiated retests and an audit trail with IP and user-agent logging. The difference in deployment still matters: Cyver's portal runs in their Azure tenant. Neuron's runs on yours.

Cyver initiates retests through the client portal. Can Neuron do that?

Yes. Neuron's Client Portal supports client-initiated retests, and the round that gets created is a first-class record under the engagement with per-finding outcomes, peer cosign by severity policy, round-locked audit integrity, and a QA log of every state change. Retests are allocatable scope on the Gantt the same as phases, so planned dates show alongside the rest of the team's work.

Is Neuron's on-prem deployment hard to set up?

No. Neuron ships as a single binary. Run it, and a guided init wizard walks you through license activation (online or fully air-gapped), database setup, admin user creation, and server config in one session. PostgreSQL is the only external dependency, and the wizard prints the exact commands to set it up.

See Neuron in action.

Walk through the platform, the on-prem AI, and how it deploys in your environment.

Real On-Prem
Your network, not managed Azure.
On-Prem AI
Inference on your hardware.
Air-Gap Ready
No vendor callback required.