Best OWASP Threat Dragon Alternatives in 2026

20 apps from threat modeling software ranked against OWASP Threat Dragon on the same published basis.

  1. 1OWASP Threat Dragon vs CAIRIS
  2. 2OWASP Threat Dragon vs IriusRisk
  3. 3OWASP Threat Dragon vs ThreatModeler Nexus
  4. 4OWASP Threat Dragon vs ThreatOpus
  5. 5OWASP Threat Dragon vs ThreatTree
  6. 6OWASP Threat Dragon vs CYMETRIS
  7. 7OWASP Threat Dragon vs itemis SECURE
  8. 8OWASP Threat Dragon vs AWS Threat Composer
  9. 10OWASP Threat Dragon vs KAVACH
  10. 11OWASP Threat Dragon vs ThreatZ
  11. 12OWASP Threat Dragon vs EnCo SOX ATA
  12. 13OWASP Threat Dragon vs SD Elements
  13. 14OWASP Threat Dragon vs Dethernety
  14. 15OWASP Threat Dragon vs Microsoft Threat Modeling Tool
  15. 16OWASP Threat Dragon vs AutoSec TARA Suite
  16. 17OWASP Threat Dragon vs ADTool
  17. 18OWASP Threat Dragon vs ThreatForge
  18. 19OWASP Threat Dragon vs pytm
  19. 20OWASP Threat Dragon vs Threagile
  20. 21OWASP Threat Dragon vs DevArmor

OWASP Threat Dragon alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1CAIRIS8.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2IriusRisk8.1Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
3ThreatModeler Nexus8.0Free plan$333.33/moAPI, self-hosted, Web
4ThreatOpus8.0Free plan£129.99/moAPI, Web
5ThreatTree7.1Free plan$29/moAPI, Web
6CYMETRIS7.0No€99/moAPI, self-hosted, Web
7itemis SECURE6.7No—Web, Windows
8AWS Threat Composer6.7No—API, Browser, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
10KAVACH6.5No——
11ThreatZ6.5No$8.33/moAPI, self-hosted, Web
12EnCo SOX ATA6.4No——
13SD Elements6.2No—Web
14Dethernety5.9No—Web
15Microsoft Threat Modeling Tool5.8No—Windows
16AutoSec TARA Suite5.5No—Web
17ADTool5.5No——
18ThreatForge5.3No—Web, Windows, Mac, Linux
19pytm5.2No—Windows, Mac, Linux
20Threagile5.1No—Web
21DevArmor4.7No—Web
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Questions about OWASP Threat Dragon alternatives

What is the best alternative to OWASP Threat Dragon?

CAIRIS, number 1 in threat modeling software with a score of 8.2 out of 10. The others here: IriusRisk, ThreatModeler Nexus, ThreatOpus and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to OWASP Threat Dragon?

CAIRIS is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 5 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked mobile-first: a phone app alongside the web or desktop product, a free tier and the depth of its documentation.