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Corelight Open NDR vs Trend Micro Deep Discovery [EOL] comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 22, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

Corelight Open NDR
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) (3rd), Network Detection and Response (NDR) (7th)
Trend Micro Deep Discovery ...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
29
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2834367 - PeerSpot reviewer
Growth And Strategy Lead at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Network visibility has transformed how we detect nation state threats and protect critical industry
Before Corelight recently started pushing some of the agentic features, querying at times could be a little difficult, depending on your mastery of log scale. However, I think with a lot of the artificial intelligence that they are building in, it is getting a lot easier to query in the platform. I would definitely encourage them to continue down that path where anybody can hop into the platform and start running queries, whether it is a simple instruction like I want this, and an artificial intelligence process can actually build the query and do it. I think that would be super powerful. Cyber skill sets are in high demand, and there is a huge backlog in cyber talent. We cannot fill all the positions we need. The easier we can make these cyber systems for people to pick up and be effective on, I think is really key. Explainability of data is hyper important. In the past few artificial intelligence related updates we have gotten from Corelight, that has been one of the first questions our team has asked every time or that I have asked: show me what the model is doing, show me how it came to this analysis. Within Investigator platform, they are able to walk through and see exactly what data the artificial intelligence pulled from where and why it did what it did as far as making its suggestions. They have definitely built their system with artificial intelligence in mind up front, and having that openness as one of the key features of any of their artificial intelligence and machine learning processes in the platform is important. The issue with black boxes is obviously hallucinations from artificial intelligence and just not being able to trace to ground truth. When we are talking about these cyber incidents and being able to do forensics, you need to be able to pinpoint and tie everything together, and black boxes really obscure that and prevent you from doing so. Corelight has done a really good job of making sure that everything is explainable and everything is mapped when it comes to leveraging any of their artificial intelligence features.
reviewer2266119 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior IT Security Engineer at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Has improved email security through advanced filtration and timely threat detection
I work with Trend Micro Apex One. I have used the Deep Discovery's Sandbox analysis feature, and we utilize another appliance known as Deep Discovery Analyzer, abbreviated as DDA. This tool makes analysis for URLs and attachments contained in inbound emails, so whenever we receive an email with a URL or attachment, it will be analyzed by Trend Micro Deep Discovery Analyzer. In evaluating Deep Discovery's real-time visibility on network traffic, it is important to note that we applied our Deep Discovery Analyzer for Trend Micro to conduct sandboxing specifically for email channels only, and we do not utilize it for network channels. For network channel sandboxing, we use a solution called FortiAnalyzer, which belongs to another team called network security. I assess Deep Discovery's effectiveness in identifying sophisticated attack patterns by looking at how it handles high traffic loads, and how effectively it can use its instances and images to analyze numerous URLs and attachments simultaneously. Additionally, I evaluate its ability to maintain round-robin or load balancing across different analyses without leaving samples queued for analysis. The performance is critical when the product updates for signatures are up-to-date, as this aids in the detection and classification of URLs and attachments without delay in the analysis process. On a scale of one to ten, I rate Trend Micro Deep Discovery a nine.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It's easy to create additional dashboards specific to supporting specific tasks."
"Corelight Open NDR has had a positive impact on my company, providing visibility as the Suricata engine can scan huge volumes of traffic, including north-south and east-west, revealing signatures and exposures I was not expecting and enabling me to catch them with Suricata alerts."
"It is easy to deploy and easy to handle."
"Corelight makes much easier the remediation of cyber attacks; instead of facing a chaotic amount of logs, Corelight provides correlated metrics that allow pivoting to find, in seconds, all the data related to an alert, detection, or asset."
"Corelight is easy to use."
"It is easy to deploy and easy to handle."
"The most valuable feature is the embedded IDS from Suricata."
"It's an easy way for us to get visibility in a client's environment."
"As a security product, managing threats is crucial for my clients."
"One of the most valuable features is the performance, since, so far, we have not faced any issues with Deep Discovery."
"The tool's most valuable feature is its collaboration with other products. Integrating with other security products was simple and easy."
"Trend Micro has divided most of the solutions into different sectors, and if you want to go for the end-to-end solution, they are very much in a position to provide that because Trend Micro covers almost everything."
"Generally speaking, it just gives us a broad understanding of exactly what kind of threats occur. The submission point, analyzing point, and virtualization are within the environment that it supports. It helped us to improve our security levels and protect our internal network from any threats outside."
"I like the sales operations testing. and support."
"The environment is imported inside the sandbox and in this way, Trend Micro is the leader in the world's markets of sandbox solutions."
"The performance and stability are great, and we've been able to maximize the bandwidth allocated to us while Trend Micro has been very helpful in guiding us on what we need and where to place all the missing sniffing ports."
 

Cons

"Machine learning could be a good improvement, but it's very costly."
"The solution’s architecture is complex and difficult to understand. There are multiple machines and VMs."
"Machine learning could be a good improvement, but it's very costly."
"They can enhance the interface of the product. They can make it more interactive and also easier to use for feature access."
"They can enhance the interface of the product. They can make it more interactive and also easier to use for feature access."
"Before Corelight recently started pushing some of the agentic features, querying at times could be a little difficult, depending on your mastery of log scale."
"It's an expensive solution and the price could be reduced."
"Corelight hasn’t added features in a long time."
"Trend Micro Deep Discovery's technical support could be improved, and it could be made more active."
"I would like to see them create a rule where It could integrate with the network and start mitigating with auto-detection."
"The solution could be more secure."
"I would like to see integration with third-party tools to improve the visibility of the dashboards."
"There were a few instances where legitimate traffic (WPAD) was flagged as C2 communication."
"I would like to see them create a rule where it could integrate with the network and start mitigating with auto-detection."
"The solution needs to be able to integrate better with third-party infrastructure."
"The product's scalability feature needs to be improved, as it is an area in the product with certain shortcomings."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's a yearly fee and depends on what you are looking for."
"The tool’s licensing costs depend on the customers."
"The tool's licensing costs are yearly. There are no additional costs associated with the product."
"The price of the solution is lower compared to the competition."
"The pricing is okay for some, and sometimes, some people find it expensive."
"Its price is fine, but Trend Micro can improve the pricing in general. It is a hardware solution. It is based on the number of nodes, and according to the number of nodes, clients decide which box they should acquire. They have to renew their license every year. It is subscription-based."
"Trend Micro Deep Discovery is quite expensive compared to other endpoint security products."
"The licensing cost is a bit pricey. We pay a yearly subscription."
"Overall, the price is good."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
12%
Real Estate/Law Firm
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
Healthcare Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise1
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise9
 

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What do you like most about Trend Micro Deep Discovery?
The tool's most valuable feature is its collaboration with other products. Integrating with other security products was simple and easy.
What needs improvement with Trend Micro Deep Discovery?
Server Protect is not commonly used. When considering the Sandbox feature, it only inspects small files, and not all types of files are supported. The solution is very expensive. The solution is no...
 

Also Known As

Corelight Open NDR
Trend Micro Deep Discovery Inspector, Trend Micro Deep Discovery Analyzer
 

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Sample Customers

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