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Cisco Cognitive Intelligence [EOL] vs Darktrace comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Cisco Cognitive Intelligenc...
Average Rating
10.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Darktrace
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
85
Ranking in other categories
Email Security (11th), Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) (1st), Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) (1st), Network Detection and Response (NDR) (1st), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (6th), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (11th), Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) (11th), Attack Surface Management (ASM) (4th), AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms (4th), AI Observability (12th)
 

Featured Reviews

Philippe GNEZZERE - PeerSpot reviewer
Core Network Manager at DATACONNECT
Simple deployment, reliable, and helpful support
Cisco Cognitive Threat Analytics is used for cloud security.  The most valuable feature of Cisco Cognitive Threat Analytics is its reliability. Cisco Cognitive Threat Analytics could improve by having quicker detection and response and web analysis. I have been using Cisco Cognitive Threat…
Pasan Jayarathna - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security Engineer at Cyberwell Solution
Monitoring has improved data loss detection and now spots abnormal internal file transfers quickly
In my understanding, the best feature Darktrace offers is the identification of copying files, which acts as a DLP, and it is a main concern for companies because users sometimes copy data outside without knowing, especially those without a technical background. When I mention the DLP-like feature and file copying detection, the alerts have been very timely, as we get an alert within a couple of minutes, which is excellent. Even if some developers are working after hours and copying files, our SOC team detects this, and most of the time they call us so we can identify the users. The alerts are quite accurate and proactive.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable feature of Cisco Cognitive Threat Analytics is its reliability."
"The most beneficial feature in Darktrace is identifying phishing emails with the help of the AI engine and machine learning."
"It's beneficial to me and I can see that with more time and energy put into optimizing it and personalizing the unit, it can be much more powerful than the way I am using it now."
"Darktrace is very stable, and I would rate its stability a ten out of ten."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that it does not require human intervention to eliminate a threat; it blocks everything automatically."
"The Enterprise Immune System, Cyber Artificial Intelligence Analyst, and Antigena technology are all very useful aspects of the product."
"I have found the most valuable features to be artificial intelligence for cybersecurity, advanced machine learning capabilities, enterprise Immune System, Antigena Network, and Antigena Email. The way the solution detects the threat over the network before it spreads is very good. It notifies you of what the threat is exactly doing and gives you all the details about the execution of that application that had created the threat over your network."
"The product offers us a very good user interface and we've found the network visibility to be very good so far."
"The most valuable features of Darktrace are the tracing of unusual external emails and monitoring the local network."
 

Cons

"Cisco Cognitive Threat Analytics could improve by having quicker detection and response and web analysis."
"It would be useful if there was a way to check to see if there are certain devices that are not in sync with the solution. I'm not sure if this is an option or not."
"The technical support is not very good."
"The stability isn't good but I like the product."
"The solution can improve the reporting. Currently, it only runs weekly and the reporting is complex."
"This is quite an expensive product so the pricing is something that can be improved."
"The pricing is costly in USD, and they charge based on device counts."
"I feel that Darktrace could be improved, particularly in the support aspect which is currently very poor. We need to chase Darktrace instead of them being proactive with us."
"Darktrace needs to automate the reports of false positives, botnets and everything."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Cisco Cognitive Threat Analytics could reduce the price to allow all countries to afford it. The price is expensive."
"In the ballpark, we're talking about $30K, $50K, and up. It can even be as much as $50K or $100K."
"There is an annual license to use Darktrace."
"I am using a demo of Darktrace for deployment and testing which is free."
"The pricing is quite high, estimated at around $350,000 per year."
"The pricing is very flexible for Darktrace. Sometimes, a customer does not have the appropriate budget, but Darktrace can handle that. They offer monthly payments, so the customer can acquire the solution very easily."
"The solution is about $6,000 per quarter."
"Darktrace is expensive. You can pay for the license yearly."
"Our customers feel that the price of Darktrace is quite high compared to other solutions."
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Manufacturing Company
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Financial Services Firm
9%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Government
7%
 

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