We performed a comparison between Cisco Stealthwatch and Darktrace based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: The two solutions are very comparable. However, their features slightly differ, and each has its own strengths and weaknesses.
"Stability is the most valuable feature we have seen in this solution."
"Cisco Stealthwatch has reduced the amount of time to detect an immediate threat."
"From what I understand, you can encrypt and unencrypt traffic moving in transit. This is one of the features that we liked about it."
"StealthWatch lets me see the ports running in and out and the country. It has excellent reporting, telemetry, and artificial intelligence features. With the telemetry, I can set thresholds to detect sudden changes and the alarms go through the PLC parts. I can see all the ports running on that trunk."
"The most valuable features are encrypted threat analysis and the ability to run jobs on entire flows."
"The solution reduces the amount of time it takes to detect and remediate threats."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is data hoarding because it catches threats on a frequent basis that we had no idea of."
"It has definitely helped us improve our mean time to resolution on network issues."
"It is very easy to work with Darktrace once you know how it works and the type of permissions that you need to get related to the security over a network. The interface is awesome. I'm sure that you have seen Ironman, and you know Jarvis, the computer of Tony Stark. The interface of Darktrace is very similar, and you can see in 3D, like a hologram, the whole network, traffic, and all the traces inside the network. The interface is awesome, and it provides a lot of information. At least for us, it is very easy to handle this interface, get the reports, and do the interpretation of those reports. Darktrace also provides mobile monitoring. With an app on your mobile phone, you can view the information live, which is very useful for area directors and field engineers. Darktrace can be also correlated with any type of big data solution, such as Splunk."
"The most valuable feature is that it gives us visibility of rogue traffic that is on the network."
"The most valuable feature is the alerts. The alerts are meaningful. The event rolls up into meaningful and actionable alerts rather than just being noise."
"AI analytics are built directly into the product."
"The initial setup is simple."
"The models, triggers, and alerts are customizable."
"It is a very simple product to use."
"I find it very good in the way that they show the past events, including the attack history."
"Some of our customers find this solution to be a little bit tough because they don't understand how to configure and use it."
"The initial setup is complex, as there is a lot to configure."
"We had some trouble with the installation as we migrated from our previous solution."
"One update that I would like to see is an agent-based client. Currently, Stealthwatch is network-based. A local agent could help manage endpoints."
"I would like Cisco to make it easier for the administrators to use it."
"The GUI could use some improvement. Being able to find features more easily would be a great improvement if it was simplified."
"They should include Citrix VDIs in the next release."
"The overall visibility into the actual device itself would be helpful. I don't just want support-specific data, but also to be able to see information such as CPU and other internal components or usage of the devices."
"The solution can improve the reporting."
"There aren't so many third-party vendor platforms natively integrated with the platform."
"The main portal needs improvement as it is difficult to use."
"The interface is too mathematical and it should be simplified."
"The level of tracking within the network from the transmission level up to the machine level can use improvement."
"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."
"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."
"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."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 4th in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) with 57 reviews while Darktrace is ranked 1st in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) with 65 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while Darktrace is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Network Analytics writes "Increased the visibility of what is happening in our network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Darktrace writes "Great autonomous support, offers an easy setup, and has responsive support". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI, Arista NDR and Cisco Cognitive Threat Analytics, whereas Darktrace is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, Vectra AI, SentinelOne Singularity Complete, Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks and ExtraHop Reveal(x). See our Cisco Secure Network Analytics vs. Darktrace report.
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Raffael Marty, Vice President, Forcepoint Research and Intelligence, said: "There is no artificial intelligence in the field of information security, and it is unlikely to be developed in 2019." Most of unsupervised machine learning-based network anomaly detection solution does not provide why the anomaly has been aroused and whether the anomaly is malicious or not. Most of such solution's pricing model is based on number of endpoints but I prefer to have flat fee subscription-based.
The most important thing to get traction is your business approach and some kind of openness for 3rd parties. NOBODY needs "fancy Dashboards"!
Most of the known vendors like Darktrace is extremely "sales offensive" and they don't have a clear sales strategy (direct or channel). A free POV (30days) is a common approach to attract new customers, but the outcome is not really important. It says nothing about the PAINS on the customer site.
Know your competitors!!!! There are many AI CyberSec Startups and Technologies - 99% are using "Machine Learning" what needs more time to the realtime reaction in critical phases. Preferred is Deep Learning like DeepInstinct offers.
Pricing Model per IP´s is pretty usual - but you need flexibility.
Thank you I’m not really interested in being sold to. I’m asking about what works, what doesn’t and pricing models. I don’t want any demos.
Thank you for your comments...what if the malware does not present as anomalous?
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Thank you, I am familiar with Darktrace and really like the product. I'd like to know your thoughts on additional features and pricing preferences.
In my opinion, the best response always comes from the source. I have many contacts at Darktrace that can precisely answer these and other questions. Please let me know if you would like me to arrange for a scheduled call.