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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 5, 2025

Recorded Future and Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence compete in the threat intelligence category. Based on the provided comparison, Microsoft Defender appears to have an upper hand due to its seamless integration within the Microsoft ecosystem and cost-effectiveness for Microsoft 365 users.

Features: Recorded Future offers a robust threat intelligence platform featuring zero-day vulnerability detection, dark web monitoring capabilities, and easy integration with existing security solutions. Its customization options for dashboards also stand out. Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence integrates effectively across the entire Microsoft ecosystem, leveraging immense global data to identify threats, offering anti-spam, malware scanning features, and native integration with Microsoft platforms.

Room for Improvement: Recorded Future could enhance automation efficiency and reduce false positives, while also improving its export and alert systems. The complexity and cost may pose challenges for smaller companies. For Microsoft Defender, pricing can be an issue for non-Microsoft service users, with some refinement needed in licensing and integration with non-Microsoft products. Users also suggest improvements in automation and stability.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Recorded Future primarily deploys on Public Cloud with highly rated technical support for its responsiveness. Microsoft Defender provides flexible deployment options across Public, Hybrid, and On-premises clouds. Customer service is satisfactory but could improve in responsiveness, particularly with non-Microsoft product integrations.

Pricing and ROI: Recorded Future is considered a high-cost solution, providing significant value when used effectively, especially in areas like dark web monitoring, though potentially expensive for smaller businesses. Microsoft Defender offers cost-effectiveness, particularly for Microsoft 365 users, with efficient integration within its bundled services. Transitioning can be complex for small to medium businesses.

To learn more, read our detailed Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence vs. Recorded Future Report (Updated: January 2025).

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Defender Threat I...

Ranking in Threat Intelligence Platforms

4th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (10th), Microsoft Security Suite (18th)

Recorded Future

Ranking in Threat Intelligence Platforms

1st

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Digital Risk Protection (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the Threat Intelligence Platforms category, the mindshare of Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence is 2.5%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Recorded Future is 18.3%, up from 18.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Nim Nadarajah

Partner & Director Advisory Services at Cruciallogics

A native Microsoft solution the provides great ROI and continuously improves its offering

We have Microsoft bias. We generally don't have any significant negative feedback or improvement points around Defender, EDR and CMDR platforms. It does a good job across the board. The price point is something they can improve slightly for those who don't have an M 365 E5. I believe it's a $2.80 cents add-on. In Canadian, that's expensive. If they can drop it to a dollar, for those who don't have M 365 E5, they're going to open up market share and increase affordability for an entire market segment in the medium business category. Other than that, we have no major negative feedback.

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Dr. Merrick Watchorn

Chief Executive Officer at The Watchorn Innovation Group, Inc. (TWIGI)

Traceless online searches, stable, and scalable

There is a semantic oncology dynamic relationship between how the MIGR Tech framework needs more data infusion enrichment capabilities. To be clear, what the vendor is doing is of a high standard, and my only critique is that they need to make new enhancements. I am aware that the vendor is making a concerted effort to add additional information to their repository, and it is something they actively do. The vendor has publicly stated that they will work on this, and I always pay attention to make sure they adhere to that. This does not change over time. The export feature of the recording needs to stop being so restricted. When they record in order to save themselves by operations, I would expect that as a super user, if I asked to download the dataset I'm looking for, I would not be limited in my data downloads. One of the cool things is, let's say we do our entire research and we want to save all of the materials that were returned, and that special custom search that we made, we can export that into a CSV file. The problem is it gets restricted. So sometimes when I say it's restricted, we don't get all the data that we saw online. So then we have to go and manually search for the specific thing we're looking for. I would like to have the URI and whatever value set that I search off, and for the NLP package to not be stripped out. It's like saying I want to do a Pcap analysis. Don't strip out the Pcap when I asked to see Pcap. That's what they're doing. They do this for many different reasons. One of them is, imagine if everyone downloaded datasets that are very large and it brings the whole system down.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The technical support services are excellent."

"The user interface is pretty user-friendly."

"I would rate Microsoft Defender ATP as nine out of ten."

"The solution is one suite covering everything from email protection to threat intelligence and vulnerability scanning."

"The product provides efficient email security for sending links and file attachments."

"They have a very transparent roadmap for the product."

"You can use it to monitor third parties and ensure they are not under threat attacks. It is beneficial in the GRC model."

"The product is useful when the end user downloads malware files."

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"It can collect data from various sources, including social media and the dark web."

"As a threat intelligence tool, it's very helpful."

"The most valuable feature is Recorded Future's protection of exposed customer data on the hardware side."

"The most valuable features of Recorded Future are the useful alerts it provides. If we are monitoring a domain, the solution will provide us with an alert in a prompt manner. It is simple for clients to receive alerts. The advanced search is useful for more accurate filter results."

"The tool is helpful in vulnerability assessment of zero-day vulnerabilities and phishing domains. The solution provides information on any domains of the organization that has undergone phishing or any other cyberattacks."

"Has the ability to conduct and build any query without limitations."

"The solution is diverse and provides me with a lot of different mechanisms for evaluation."

"The tool can integrate with a lot of security control and proactive protection devices."

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Cons

"One area that can be improved is reducing false positives."

"Some of the customization features could be improved by providing a portion of it as open source."

"I would like to see more frequent updates, which is always better for security because of daily threats."

"Non-Microsoft products may not integrate as smoothly."

"The solution could be more stable and precise because, at times, the threats detected are not legitimate."

"Some of the customization features could be improved by providing a portion of it as open source."

"The product's dashboard and incident reports functionality needs enhancement."

"Technical support could be a bit better."

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"At present, my clients need to be trained by me or another organization on how to use Recorded Future and how to get the best out of it as an analyst, engineer, and administrator. It would be better if clients could directly learn these things without having to go through me or other organizations."

"While I don't think the tool is weak, its position isn't as dominant as it once was. Other companies like CrowdStrike and Mandiant are now challenging them in many areas. One downside is that Recorded Future can be complex for customers to use and understand. This isn't easy for clients to navigate."

"The tool should improve its third-party supply chain risks because there is a lack of visibility."

"The solution could improve in reducing the false positives. However, most of the other tools on the market have false positives. If they enhance their data algorithm, it could improve the accuracy of results and minimize false positives. Identifying patterns of false possibilities can aid in developing better reporting features that could potentially eliminate them in the future. This recording feature tool could benefit from adopting similar techniques utilized by other tools to enhance its functionality. By doing so, it could minimize the need for manual efforts in distinguishing true positives from false positives, ultimately reducing the workload."

"The product gives many false positives. If someone talks about the brand or organization name in the public domain over chats or blocks, it gets highlighted. It may not necessarily be a threat but still gets highlighted which increases the false positive count."

"When you add one website to Recorded Future, it should automatically call all other websites and social media platforms."

"There is a semantic oncology dynamic relationship between how the MIGR Tech framework needs more data infusion enrichment capabilities."

"It sometimes detects false positives and reduces the overall accuracy of the system."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product has multiple subscription models."

"There is a need to make yearly payments towards the licensing charges attached to the product."

"Considering Microsoft is constantly changing licensing, I would give it a seven out of ten. It can be difficult to get your head around it, especially for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)."

"It is an expensive product."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a six or seven out of ten."

"They offer two license plans: Microsoft Defender for endpoints and Microsoft Defender for businesses."

"I use the product's default version, which is a free one and not the licensed version."

"The solution is relatively expensive; however, our status as a gold partner provides us with several complimentary licenses, which offsets the cost."

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"The biggest disadvantage of Recorded Future is the cost here in Eastern Europe. The solution is correctly priced for big companies who have the money to invest in such solutions. Also, the solution is useless on its own, which means that you have to invest in other solutions with which Recorded Future can be integrated. At present, Recorded Future can cost 60,000 euros per year. I am able to offer my clients a 5% to 10% discount, but in this region, the cost is still prohibitive even with the discount. If Recorded Future were more flexible in terms of price, there would be better sales opportunities in Europe and Eastern Europe, in particular, because we have more small- and medium-sized companies here."

"I would rate the solution’s pricing a seven out of ten."

"The price of the solution is worth it. The overall performance of the solution outweighs the cost."

"There appear to be up to five different levels, with the most expensive version costing around $95,000 to $105,000 a year for subscription services."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Educational Organization

10%

Government

10%

Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

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Midsize Enterprise

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence?

It just runs in the background. I don't have to worry about, making sure it's Intelligence. So, you know, this kind of makes it very easy, have to worry about installing. It is easy to use.

What needs improvement with Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence?

Some of the customization features could be improved by providing a portion of it as open source. This would allow integration with other solutions, enhancing Threat Intelligence. Providing code cu...

What is your primary use case for Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence?

We are using Microsoft Defender ATP specifically as an email security solution, as well as for our critical servers as a web security solution. We have almost eleven hundred users utilizing it for ...

What do you like most about Recorded Future?

The most valuable feature of Recorded Future is how it detects everything regarding our domain.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Recorded Future?

The price of the solution is worth it. The overall performance of the solution outweighs the cost.

What needs improvement with Recorded Future?

Recorded Future depends on or relies on just the deep and dark web analysis through their quantum computing and algorithms. Sometimes, the feed is not accurate or valuable. Other threat intelligenc...

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Overview

Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence is a comprehensive security solution that provides organizations with real-time insights into the latest cyber threats. Leveraging advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence capabilities, it offers proactive threat detection and response, enabling businesses to stay one step ahead of attackers. With Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence, organizations gain access to a vast array of threat intelligence data, including indicators of compromise (IOCs), security incidents, and emerging threats. This data is collected from a wide range of sources, such as Microsoft's global sensor network, industry partners, and security researchers, ensuring comprehensive coverage and accuracy. The solution's advanced analytics and machine learning algorithms analyze this threat intelligence data in real-time, identifying patterns, trends, and anomalies that may indicate a potential security breach. By continuously monitoring the network and endpoints, Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence can quickly detect and respond to threats, minimizing the impact of attacks and reducing the time to remediation.

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Recorded Future is a powerful and effective cyber threat intelligence (CTI) platform that aims to empower administrators to protect their organizations from threats, both known and unknown. The machine learning engine that Recorded Future utilizes can process the same amount of data that 9,000 analysts working five days a week, eight hours a day for an entire year can process. It simplifies threat detection and remediation so that organizations can focus on other tasks.

Recorded Future Benefits

Some of the ways that organizations can benefit by choosing to deploy Recorded Future include:

Quick threat identification and resolution. The suite of threat detection and resolution features that Recorded Future provides enables users to find and react to threats faster than users who employ their competitors. Organizations can identify 22 times more threats 10 times faster than they would have been able to with any other solution. They can also resolve these threats 63% faster than they were able to before.

Access far-reaching deep insights. Recorded Future gives users the ability to expand their vision beyond that which is immediately visible to them. They can set Recorded Future to detect issues that originate outside of the immediate vicinity of their network. Organizations can utilize machine learning to analyze for links between themselves and the dark web. This provides users insights as to what their vulnerabilities are and gives them insights that they can use to remediate any issues that have arisen or will arise.

Customization. Organizations can integrate Recorded Future with a wide variety of other security tools. If the organization feels that Recorded Future is lacking the capability that they need, then it can expand its toolbox by combining it with other solutions. Additionally, users can easily create dashboards and modify them to best meet their objectives as their needs change.

Recorded Future Features

Some of the many features Recorded Future offers include:

Vulnerability scanning tools. Recorded Future is built with the ability to scan for, identify, and score potential vulnerabilities in real time. It searches a wide variety of sources for information on the risks that an organization faces. This information is analyzed and scored for severity in real time. These tools enable users to prioritize the most severe threats over those issues that will only be nuisances.

Threat authentication. Users can set security protocols that Recorded Future leverages to reduce false positives. It has tools that compare the detected threats against the organization’s protocols. This allows the system to notify administrators whether they are looking at an actual threat or simply a mistake that the system initially misidentified.

Attack surface intelligence. Organizations gain the ability to see the points of vulnerability that would normally be invisible to them and would only be visible to outside attackers. This tool fully exposes the environment that surrounds their network. Everything from historical data going as far back as 10 years to real-time information is gathered so that administrators can create the best possible security strategy for their organization.

Reviews from Real Users

Recorded future is a solution that stands out when compared to its top competitors. Two major advantages it offers are the threat research tools that it provides and the threat monitoring capabilities that it enables users to leverage.

A security operations lead at a comms service provider writes, “Recorded Future covers a lot of different use cases. For example, we are using it for threat intelligence research. We do use the tool to make active research on what is found around the threat. We look at patterns, for example, and see what can be elaborated on from that.”

They also write, “We can also use it for active monitoring in the customer interface. We can monitor the business side of a campaign. We can monitor for specific threats or market activity on the dashboard. We can develop queries to run in a continuous mode in order to get the best reviews.”

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Fujitsu, Regions, SITA, St. Jude Medical, Accenture, T-Mobile, TIAA, Intel Security, Armor, Alert Logic, NTT, Splunk