Darktrace Reviews

We use Darktrace for standard network security, mail security, and SaaS security.

NTG is now autonomous response.

The management user interface needs improvement. More insights are necessary, and deeper technical experience and knowledge are required to pinpoint actions, breaches, or behavior.

We have been using Darktrace for three years.

I would rate the stability of the solution as nine.

The scalability of Darktrace is very high. I would rate it eight out of ten.

Technical support is rated at nine out of ten.

We used more standard antivirus solutions and firewalling. However, these cannot be compared to an EDR or HDR like Darktrace.

The setup was straightforward and not a problem, even for someone not very technical.

Our service provider did some support there.

The pricing is rated at eight, implying it's considered expensive.

We evaluated other options, but they were more like standard antivirus and firewalling, not comparable to Darktrace.

I recommend Darktrace to others if they can afford it.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

The solution is a security cover for our on-premises solution to improve our security rating. Also, we want to protect our emails.

It has helped the organization to detect any malware affecting the machines. For example, if any phishing email creates a factory view bug or some of the workstations have some weird activities, or if someone downloaded malware from the internet, then Darktrace sends us a warning notification to look into the details so that our machine does not get involved with the malware. This function has helped our organization.

The network monitoring and the email monitoring features are very valuable for us.

The main portal needs improvement as it is difficult to use. But it's straightforward to follow compared to other VPN portals, for example, Azure. You don't have to bug the customer support team quite often.

They can add the EDR and follow-up options in the next release. For instance, if something happens, we get a notification. If a follow-up option is available, we can create a case and then understand how to record the evidence.

I have been using Darktrace for one year.

It is a stable solution. I rate it nine out of ten.

It is a scalable solution. I rate it a nine out of ten. Presently, 150 users are using the solution, and we wish to increase the number of users in the future.

The technical support team is slow, but not that bad. I rate it eight out of ten.

Positive

I do not know much about it, as an engineer from Darktrace did the setup for us.

The engineer from Darktrace set it up about two years ago.

There has been a return on investment using the product.

We pay 8,000 a year. The pricing is reasonable.

If any company has enough budget to put another layer between the internet and the on-prem device, they should consider Darktrace.

I rate the product a nine and a half out of ten.

We use Darktrace to monitor our network and block URLs from certain countries. Darktrace is integrated with our firewall, so the blocking is automatic. 

We allow customers to access our Wi-Fi as guests, and some of them were going to restricted sites. Darktrace showed us what they were doing so we could block them. 

Darktrace blocks any new scanning tools that are detected on your system. 

I was under impression that Darktrace's automatic blocking would be an out-of-the-box feature, but we had to integrate it with our firewall to get it to block automatically. The salesperson should be upfront and explain that you need to integrate it with your network. I would also like to see more reporting on risk. Banks in my region want to see at a glance the risk level of various assets.

We have used Darktrace for about six months.

Darktrace is highly stable. We haven't had any downtime except for a power outage last year. 

We reported one case, and Darktrace support responded right away.  They assigned us an account executive who contacts us at least once monthly to discuss any outstanding issues. 

Setting up Darktrace was pretty straightforward. We had to open the port that is plugged into the switch. The whole process was done in under five minutes. You plug in the device and turn it on. 

Darktrace has helped us identify gaps in our system.

Darktrace is pricey, but the price is reasonable for what the solution does, and it's comparable to other products.

I rate Darktrace 8.5 out of 10. I recommend doing a proof of concept to see what you're getting. We got good results. During the POC, Darktrace showed us lots of things we didn't know about. 

Darktrace is used for network security.

The solution can be deployed in the cloud and on-premise.

The most valuable feature of Darktrace is the AI that detects abnormal network activity.

Although we haven't detected any network threats since implementing Darktrace, we are unsure of its efficacy. It would be beneficial if the solution could offer additional details to the user regarding any potential or prevented threats. Additionally, there could be better search tools and integration.

I have been using Darktrace for approximately three years.

The stability has been good in my usage.

I rate the stability of Darktrace an eight out of ten.

We have serval engineers that use Darktrace.

I rate the scalability of Darktrace an eight out of ten.

The support has been good. When we contacted them we received a helpful response.

I rate the support of Darktrace an eight out of ten.

We have used many similar solutions before Darktrace. We choose Darktrace because of the AI. We can develop many use cases with the solution.

The initial setup of Darktrace is straightforward. We are using Slunk and the implementation is simple.

We used a third party for parts of the implementation of Darktrace.

There is an annual license to use Darktrace.

One person can handle the maintenance of Darktrace.

I recommend the solution to others.

I rate Darktrace an eight out of ten.

We were testing the solution to see its network detection response capabilities. 

We had an okay experience with the product and didn't really have any issues. 

The Antigena feature is very useful.

It is stable. 

The product can scale. 

Support so far has been helpful and responsive. 

I don't have any specific issues with the solution. We are still in the early phase of analyzing the product.

The cost is a bit on the higher side. We'd like it to be less expensive. 

We were using the solution. In the past month, we stopped using it. We used it for three months.

We're just trying the solution. We had meetings. We were testing it. Nothing is finalized.

The solution is stable and reliable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

It is scalable. However, it varies on a case-by-case basis. 

We have four people working with the solution in our company right now. They are in the IT department. 

We did speak to technical support and found them to be very helpful and responsive. 

I did not handle the setup process. We had a vendor come in and set it up and handle the whole process. 

The vendor set the solution up with us. 

The cost is a little high.

We've budgeted about 50,000 Kuwaiti dinars for the solution. That is a yearly operating cost.

We're busy with some different projects and we wanted to evaluate different products as well on the same technology. We looked into, for example, Check Point EDR and options like Crowdstrike.

We're a potential end-user. We tested the solution. We just tried different scenarios to see what would suit us. We were testing it and will still go ahead with testing. The testing is not yet complete. We've put it on hold for now; however, we will still continue testing in the coming days.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

I'd advise potential new users that they should definitely give it a try; however, the price is on the higher side. Darktrace has to consider lowering its price.

Our use cases for Darktrace are intrusion detection in the complete network, including for all the devices connected, detection, emails, email spoofing, and supply chain attacks.

The most valuable Darktrace feature is the cloud protection for all the cloud services, OneDrive, and all the things related to that.

Darkforce could be improved in the range of the interface; how to interact with the actions it's taking or not taking.

I have been using Darktrace for about a year now. 

Darktrace is stable. 

Darktrace is scalable.

The initial setup was quite straightforward. It took us between two and six months. We got shipped an appliance and installed it in the data center. It then started collecting data. We had a few reviews of what it was collecting and what it would do. There was a test phase after which we enabled it, part by part, following a series of reviews.

Right now, 350 users are affected by Darkforce in our organization. It exists in the background, so they are not actively using it.

One member of staff is enough for deployment and maintenance because Darkforce is AI-driven. It does a lot of things by itself. You need to review what it's doing every now and then. You may, for example, need to release an email that was blocked for some reason, but it's quite low maintenance overall.

You do not need an engineer to manage it. It can be managed by a manager as doing so is not super technical. You always have access to Darktrace support, which means their engineers are available help you with the more complex stuff.

Our deployment was done by Darktrace themselves, but they have some partners that also do it. Once you are up and running, you can deploy any additional appliances by yourself.

This is a difficult question and one that was asked of us by the higher ups, but you have to compare the cost with what would happen if there was a breach. It is difficult to articulate a return on investment in hard numbers, but I can see that Darkforce deflects typical attacks and protects users.

I cannot be completely sure what the license cost but it is on a per-user basis. I handle the technical side, so I do not have insight into how much we are paying for it exactly.

I would surely recommend Darkforce. The price might be quite high, but it is really worth it.

We primarily use the solution for network detection and response.

Antigena is the most valuable due to the reduction in terms of the mean time to respond.

The solution can scale.

It's reliable and stable. 

Technical support is great.

The pricing is good. 

The initial setup is a bit complex. 

It's quite a good product. However, I'd love them to see maybe covering the cloud a bit more. We'd like a cloud version. For example, FortiGate firewalls now have virtual firewalls that you can just install, as well as the cloud. They can drive it with Microsoft, and Microsoft can maybe provide technology that would allow Darktrace to work seamlessly in the cloud. 

I've used the solution for almost two and a half years. 

The solution is stable. It's reliable. 

The solution is very scalable. You can also install it in a Citrix environment very easily.

The whole security team has access to it. That said, I have the most hands on in terms of the product. Five or six people use the solution.

Technical support is great. They come from the UK and they came out to Africa to meet us personally. The engineers are always available. Their resellers are supportive. Even to this day we still run through weekly meetings.

We consume quite a lot of products from Darktrace, so we have a few. We got that Darktrace Network, Antigena, Cloud Sales, and AIS integrations, et cetera.

This is my first time working with an NDR that has AI and machine learning.

From a networking perspective, it is a bit complex since we sort of have to keep an end tab on the network for network log ingestion, flow ingestion, and all of that.

The implementation took about two months or so.

We did the implementation with the help of a technician from Darktrace and a reseller. I'd rate their assistance a ten out of ten. They were great.

The pricing is reasonable. I'm not sure of the exact costs. However, they are not that expensive. We pay annually.

I did not compare the solution to other options, although I did look into Cisco Secure Network Analytics.

I'm an end-user.

It's quite a good tool. They've worked hard to be the top security control in terms of AI and machine learning, and their product works well. Cisco would not match up. Maybe Palo Alto Cortex could do what they do. Cisco is not a security house, even though they have the networking knowledge and all of that. Most of their products are only now catching up to cybersecurity.

I'd rate Darktrace ten out of ten.

Darktrace is used for lateral entry investigations, lateral movement investigations, behavioral anomalies from end users, and endpoint detection.

Darktrace has helped our organization by troubleshooting a few issues that were happening in the environment. It was able to see the traffic between the two network components.

Darktrace's most valuable features are that it understands the network environment and is able to trace the traffic and alert on anomalies.

I did not use the AI features because they should make it more user-friendly which would be a benefit. Additionally, the solution could integrate with more SIEM or SOAR tools.

I have been using Darktrace for approximately two and a have years.

Darktrace is stable. We had it set up to where it was redundant. If one sensor went offline, we had another sensor that was constantly monitoring, and it worked well for us.

The scalability of Darktrace was very good.

We had a license for five users, but we had two that were working on it on a daily basis.

We used Darktrace's technical support to help with the setup and with implementation.

I rate the support from Darktrace a four out of five.

Positive

I did not use a similar solution prior to Darktrace.

The initial setup of Darktrace was straightforward, but we used professional services to do it.

We used professional services for the implementation of Darktrace.

We received a return on investment using Darktrace.

We evaluated other solutions prior to using Darktrace.

My advice to others is they have to understand that the solution is looking for behavioral anomalies, and it is going to take tuning to achieve this. It's not a set-it-and-forget-it solution. You have to monitor, update, and optimize it for your environment.

I rate Darktrace an eight out of ten.

We're using it in a complete security solution yet still within a different product that Darktrace has that's related to the network or email.

The most valuable aspect of the product would be that it's a product that is quite easy to integrate. It's quite easy to start working with it, which is working well. The concept of artificial intelligence that is behind the solution is the most interesting feature for us.

The sense of detection and monitoring and topics within security is good.

It was easy to set up the product.

We have found the product to be stable and issue-free.

It is scalable. 

We need them to ensure they will detect new attacks and pick up anomalies.

We, of course, would love more threat intelligence, and more integration with vulnerability scanners. We'd like threat hunting, and we'd like to see a global solution that can automate vulnerability scans. I know it is something they are working on. 

They're working in different modules that could be related to threat intelligence and to the tech vulnerabilities or functionalities related to EDR.

We've been working with the solution for the last couple of years. 

We've had no issues with stability. It's reliable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze.

It is scalable and easily expands. 

The whole of the organization leverages the product, however, I do not have a clear picture of how many people we are working it. That said, we have a company of 2,000.

I've dealt with technical support in the past. I found them to be helpful. 

Positive

We did previously use a different solution. That said, I don't remember what it was called. 

The product is easy to set up.

After deployment, we spent three months, which is the time that this solution needs to learn about what's happening in our network. In one day, once we had defined all the configurations and once they have been seen on the appliance, we were able to start running it.

It's an easy product to maintain. 

We handled the initial setup ourselves. We did not need any outside assistance from integrators or consultants. 

The pricing is okay. I'd rate it seven out of ten in terms of affordability.

You have different modules which you have to pay for. If you want to expand functionality, it ends up costing more. 

Looked at Microsoft, Proofpoint, and Minecraft when we were looking into Darktrace. We decided on this product based on the available features. 

We are using the last version of the solution, although I don't know the exact version number. We plan to upgrade in the next couple of weeks. We might be on version five, with the latest being six.

This is something that is really easy to implement in an organization. It gives us good visibility about what is happening in our networks, and on the system. We like the transparency available within our infrastructure now. We can also personalize it to fit our needs. You can either choose plug and play or you can go deeper. They have artificial intelligence you can start working with. You can define more by leveraging modules. Overall, it's very interesting. 

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

Darktrace is an appliance that has been installed in our network, and it is connected to the database SaaS applications and they're collecting the data from there.

We are using Darktrace for tracking our network and if any suspicious activity happens, we will be notified or we can check it on our tenant.

The most valuable features of Darktrace are its full capabilities. You have visibility of everything.

Darktrace could improve by being more user-friendly.

I have been using Darktrace for approximately six months.

Darktrace is stable.

The scalability of Darktrace is good.

We have approximately 350 users using the solution in my company. Everyone is using it.

The support from Darktrace is responsive and speedy.

I rate the support of Darktrace a nine out of ten.

Darktrace is simple to install and the full process took approximately three weeks.

The deployment of Darktrace was done by the vendor.

The price of Darktrace is high and could be reduced. We pay approximately $30,000 to $54,000 annually.

The cost of the solution is high making it an issue for smaller companies. We are a small organization and it is difficult to afford. We are not a large organization. For this reason, the solution's price must be reduced. Having 350 users is not a large organization. It's a small organization and paying approximately $30,000 to $54,000 annually, is a lot. However, sometimes we had too many services to have more visibility and be secure, this is the idea why we went with Darktrace without negotiating the prices.

I recommend Darktrace to others, it is a helpful service you will have full visibility of what's happening on your network, emails, and SaaS applications.

I rate Darktrace an eight out of ten.