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title: "Trooth vs traditional security ratings - Trooth"
description: "Outside-in tools infer a vendor's posture from its public surface. Trooth witnesses it from the inside where the vendor has connected its systems, and checking a vendor is free. A plain comparison with traditional security ratings and TPRM tools."
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# Witnessed from the inside where a vendor connects. Free to check.

> "Responsible software and AI shouldn't be a luxury. That is why our monitoring is free."

Outside-in tools infer a vendor's posture from its public surface. Trooth witnesses it from the inside where the vendor has connected its systems, and checking a vendor on Trooth is free.

Trooth compared with traditional security ratings and third-party risk management tools

| Dimension | Trooth | Traditional security ratings & third-party risk management tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| How it reads a vendor | Trooth (Free)Witnessed from the sources the vendor connected, re-read hourly; an outside-in read of the public surface where it has connected none. | TraditionalInfers posture from the public surface. |
| Accuracy and disputes | Trooth (Free)Every fact carries its source label and a date where one is known, and any fact on a page can be disputed through a published process. | TraditionalRead from the public surface only, so a finding can concern infrastructure the vendor does not control. |
| Covers any vendor | Trooth (Free)Any vendor: witnessed if on Trooth, an outside-in read if not. | TraditionalBroad outside-in coverage of any company. |
| Breach and dark-web data | Trooth (Free)Phasing in. Not our strength yet. | TraditionalEstablished breach and dark-web data feeds. |
| Track record and scale | Trooth (Free)New, launching 2026. | TraditionalYears of data and a large enterprise install base. |
| Workflow | Trooth (Free)Monitor, alert, portfolio, and request-to-witness in one free tool. | TraditionalRatings are a data feed. A full program usually needs a separate module or a governance, risk and compliance system. |

Comparison reflects the traditional outside-in security-ratings model. The Traditional column describes how that model reads a company, not any named vendor's product, pricing or terms. No figures are quoted.

[Check any vendor now, free](https://trooth.co/monitor#check-vendor)[See how Trooth witnesses posture](https://trooth.co/methodology)

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