Thinkst Canary

6.4easy start · #10 of 18
in Honeypot Software

Free to practise onnot on record
Free trialnot on record
Well documentedyes
Runs where you workyes

Runs on api, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows. Paid plans from $625/mo.

Thinkst Canary is ranked #10 of 18 in honeypot software on The Geeks Club. It runs on API, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is no free plan. Paid plans start at $625/mo.

Thinkst Canary plans and pricing

All plans

Thinkst Canary — 5 Canaries $7,500/yr $7500 /USD per year 5 Thinkst Canaries · hardware, virtual, cloud, or container deployment options · unlimited Canarytokens · hosted AWS Canary Console · support, maintenance, and updates for one year canary.tools · 30 Sept 2026

Compared on honeypot software

Free plan: No
Deployment model: hybrid
Decoy scope: multi-layer
Credential lures: Yes
Cloud decoys: Yes
Maximum decoys: 5 decoys

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The record

Purpose: Thinkst Canary emulates attractive network targets and alerts when someone interacts with them, helping detect intruders.
Deployment: Hardware, virtual, cloud, and container Canaries are described as deployable in under two minutes.
Management: Each customer gets a hosted management console to configure Canaries, manage them, and handle events.
Alerts: The console can deliver incident alerts through email, text message, Slack, webhooks, or Syslog.
Canarytokens: The service includes unlimited Canarytokens, which act as tripwires and alert when interacted with.
Integrations: The support documentation lists integrations for Microsoft Sentinel, Google SecOps SOAR, Tines, Rapid7 InsightIDR, Elastic SIEM, CrowdStrike SIEM, ServiceNow, DataDog, Splunk, PagerDuty, IBM QRadar, and runZero.
API: The Canary API can manage configurations, alerts, users, Canarytokens, and Flocks, and supports read-only, analyst, and admin key types.
Security: Thinkst says customer consoles are single-tenant, Canaries do not support VLANs, and updates are signed with a key never exposed to the Internet.
Data handling: Thinkst says Canaries do not collect or store sensitive environment data and send the console only information in alerts triggered by interaction.
Updates: Thinkst says it typically makes three or four planned releases per year and automatically deploys updates over the air to online Canaries.
Support: The listed annual bundle includes support, maintenance, and updates for a full year.
Docker limitation: Docker Canaries lack IP stack fingerprinting, Windows personalities, firewall and portscan modules, Windows File Share, remote webroot uploads, and DNS over HTTPS support.
Company: The terms identify the maker as Thinkst Applied Research (Pty) Ltd and give its address in Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa.
Headquarters: Cape Town, South Africa
Price from: $625/mo

Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best Honeypot Software in 2026#10 of 18

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Sources

canary.tools· checked 30 Sept 2026
help.canary.tools/hc/en-gb/sections/360001772357-Integrat· checked 30 Sept 2026
help.canary.tools/hc/en-gb/articles/360012727537-How-does· checked 30 Sept 2026
canary.tools/security· checked 30 Sept 2026
help.canary.tools/hc/en-gb/articles/4407224803089-Docker-· checked 30 Sept 2026
resources.canary.tools/documents/thinkst-terms.pdf· checked 30 Sept 2026