Darktrace Reviews

Primarily we use the solution to spot problems that cannot be found by other solutions. 

Darktrace has improved our knowledge of abnormal phenomenen which could have potentially be hazardous for the organization.You have to be vigilant with GDPR compliance rules in Europe 

The most valuable aspect of the solution is that you can see all the process mistakes. You can see all the different types of unusualcsituations that you usually don't see in a traffic solution.

The solution would benefit from automation. Currently, you have to know what you are searching for.

I've been using the solution for one month.

The solution is stable. We've never had any problems with it.

The solution is scalable. So far, we have 12 networks done. We have about 500 users on it currently.

I haven't had too much interaction with technical support. Technical support was in France but the experts were in England. It's good generally, but we haven't used the solution for too long.

We didn't previously use a different solution.

When you have an expert, the initial setup is easy, but if you do it on your own, it could be complex. Deployment takes at least a month.

We didn't evaluate another solution. We met the solution's team in Cannes for an IT meeting and decided to pursue discussions with implementation.

We use the on-premises deployment model.

It's a quite clever solution. It has a lot of potential, but I'd advise those considering to hold off implementing the solution until after a newer version is released.

I'd rate the solution seven out of ten. If they added automation and included it in the price, I'd rate it higher.

Our primary use case is incident response.

One thing I appreciate is Antigena Email, which is for email protection.

One of the most valuable features is Behavior analytics.

One thing I would like is for Darktrace to flag SMB traffic more accurately. Currently, it only flags that SMB traffic has occurred, but it doesn't specify which file was being transferred. This makes it difficult to investigate incidents involving SMB traffic, as we don't have concrete evidence of what was being sent.

For example, if a user is sent an unauthorized file via SMB, Darktrace would only flag that SMB traffic occurred between the two users. It wouldn't be able to tell us which file was sent, so we would have to manually investigate the incident to determine what happened.

It would be helpful if Darktrace could flag the specific file that was being transferred in SMB traffic incidents. This would make it much easier to investigate these incidents and take appropriate action.

In future releases, I would like to see more playbooks.

I have been using this solution for a year now. 

I would rate the stability a ten out of ten. 

I would rate the scalability an eight out of ten. There are five end users in our analyst team. 

The customer service and support are really good. That's one of the things that I've come to appreciate about Darktrace. 

Any concern that you give to them, they come on board and arrange a meeting where you could possibly do some practical work with them. They would take on the incident, and they would say, "Okay. Let's set this incident together."

Positive

We used Sophos. We chose Darktrace because of its reliability. Unlike other solutions that rely heavily on signature-based logins, Darktrace operates by learning the behavior of individual users. This means that what may seem normal to me could be considered abnormal for someone else, and Darktrace can effectively block such anomalies. This feature has proven to be immensely helpful.

The initial setup is very easy. I would rate my experience with the initial setup a ten out of ten, where one is difficult and ten is easy to set up. 

It took around an hour to set up. 

The deployment process is pretty self-sufficient. It handles network closure and device discovery.

One person is sufficient for the deployment process. 

The solution is quite expensive. I would rate the licensing model an eight out of ten. 

I would recommend it based on its excellent behavior analytics and AI implementation.

Overall, I would rate the solution an eight out of ten. 

We use the solution for email, network and cloud security.

The network security and AR response are the main things.

The product is expensive, but it is a very good product. The user interface is also good.

I have been using Darktrace for two years.

The product is stable.

I rate the solution’s stability a nine out of ten.

The solution’s scalability is pretty straightforward. We’ve around 3500 users using this solution.

I rate the solution’s scalability an eight out of ten.

I contact technical support on occasion and ask questions, and they are responsive. I can get them on call or email. I’m very happy with the support.

Positive

The initial setup was quick and painless.

The product is very expensive.

The product is expensive, but it is a quality product. If you look apart from the cost, it's a good product followed by very good support. If you're willing to spend the money, it is worth consideration.

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

We are a consulting company and sell Darktrace to our customers. Our company is in West Africa. I'm the company CEO.

Darktrace can observe networks and respond to those observations. It provides great network protection, is innovative and flexible.

I think Darktrace needs to improve its collaboration with local partners. That would include training and improving the technical skills of vendors. Desktop and mobile device protection could also be improved. 

We've been selling this solution for two years. 

The solution is stable. 

Our customers report that the technical support is very good. 

Positive

The initial setup is reasonably straightforward although the process requires some preparation beforehand. The size of deployment varies greatly, we've deployed in companies ranging in size from 200 up to 5,000 users. 

Licensing costs are expensive, although I think the high cost is partly a currency issue because we're based in West Africa. 

I rate this solution eight out of 10. 

Darktrace is used for network security.

Darktrace has helped our organization be secure from network spam and attacks.

The most valuable features of Darktrace are the tracing of unusual external emails and monitoring the local network.

Darktrace could improve its features, such as monitoring and detecting ransomware. 

I have been using Darktrace for approximately three months.

Darktrace is a stable solution.

The scalability of Darktrace is good.

We have four companies that are using this solution.

I have not used the support from Darktrace.

The initial setup of Darktrace was simple. The deployment of Darktrace took approximately two weeks.

I am using a demo of Darktrace for deployment and testing which is free.

My company chose Darktrace because it helped other companies that needed some help with metrics monitoring and spam monitoring.

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate Darktrace a ten out of ten.

Darktrace makes up part of our security solution and it is able to operate without intervention from IT staff. Antigena feature for automatic response is awesome.

You can have a one-person IT team and with Darktrace, you can get notification of potential threats that are incoming or are already happening on the network.

I like the Antigena feature in Darktrace, as it offers immediate response and is helpful.

This product collects more data than your traditional type of software, which is useful for us.

Darktrace picks up anomalies as soon as they arise.

The interface is too mathematical and it should be simplified. If you are a seasoned user then you would know where to go, but you have to learn it first. The terminologies being used are mostly numbers. In general, it could be more user-friendly. The GUI can be more simplified and the sections on the interface can be better organised. Usability and visibility of features can improve the skills of administrators and the product will be a preferred solution and ratings will increase.

My experience with Darktrace is short because we are just implementing it now.

The stability of Darktrace is fine.

We do not intend to scale. Scalability is more of a contract issue that comes into play if you want to add nodes to the system. We are opting for a specific number of nodes or endpoints, which we would be able to keep for quite a number of years. I don't expect that we will expand that much, so scalability should not be an issue.

We have been in contact with technical support using different platforms. We have dealt with them using Microsoft Teams, Zoom, WhatsApp and via email.

Positive

No

The initial setup was quite simple and straightforward, taking about an hour to complete. After that, the port modeling took perhaps an hour or two.

Vendor Team

If you consider the features and the cost of market leaders, we are satisfied with the pricing.

Snode

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

We are a financial Institute and make use of the IDS solution. We have the SIM called QRadar. We analyze all the traffic clouds with Darktrace and SIM.

The most valuable feature has been the behavioral analytics that allows us to monitor all the traffic.

Sometimes the solution gives some false positives which could be improved. The dashboard and reporting for this solution could be improved as it is currently complex. The GUI for this solution could also be improved. 

I have been using this solution for three years. 

This is a stable solution. 

This is a scalable solution. 

The technical support is very good but we would like to get some information from APAC because we are in APAC region.

We considered McAfee and other solutions but based on budget and features, we decided to go with Darktrace.

The initial setup is straightforward and so is the maintenance. 

The deployment was done in-house.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten. 

We have Antigena on the email, and we also use the network monitoring capabilities. We are using the latest version of the Antigena Email and AI analytics platform. 

I particularly like Antigena and the analytics around the real-time monitoring of our network. I also like its reporting because it has got a seven-day reporting period within the system. Every time you run the reports, it gives you the data about the previous seven days. I like that because it is in real-time. I enjoy reading those reports and getting a very clear and decisive idea of what's happening on my network on a real-time basis. I like the actual real-time monitoring of spoofing and things like that. I also like the user monitoring as well as the network logging capabilities. 

One thing that I would like to look at going forward is to have a fully automated network infrastructure that is monitored automatically real-time, and that gives me this kind of capability where I would be able to look at my network at any given time and see the state of my network. With Darktrace, at the moment, I have to almost put in a date and tell them that want you to give me data from this date to this date. I don't want that. I want a fast solution in which it doesn't matter when I log into the application. Whenever I log in, I must be able to see my network and run a report. In other words, if I go in now and I say, "Give me a full report of what happened today, it must be able to give me that. It mustn't just be limited to a seven-day period, for argument's sake. It must be able to give me real-time and day-to-day tracking of what has happened within my network.

We have been using Darktrace for two years.

There were a couple of times when we needed some of the expertise, and the guys were not available at the time when we needed them. Subsequently, they've managed to improve.

In terms of our organization, we are a massive IT organization or financial services company. We've got a very small ITP, but we've got a lot of data. We are not sure about Darktrace in terms of its capacity to deal with huge data, but it is probably too early for me to give some sort of indication of what is not big.

At the moment, they are delivering on the set objective in terms of what I want to achieve as a CIO, and I'm quite happy with some of the deliverables that are coming through at the moment. In terms of what our requirements were and what we expect in terms of what we want them to deliver, they have delivered. Within the next two to three years, I would probably be able to provide a different perspective after we've matured within the Darktrace environment. At the moment, they've delivered the actual scope of work. There is nothing really that they're not delivering on as promised. So, at the moment, I'm quite happy with where we are.

I would rate Darktrace a nine out of ten.