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Cynet vs ExtraHop Reveal(x) comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 6, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.1
Cynet offers effective and affordable cybersecurity, providing immediate value and reducing management needs, enhancing user investment confidence.
Sentiment score
6.5
ExtraHop Reveal(x) enhances MTTR and ROI by swiftly identifying issues, benefiting finance firms but costly for healthcare.
The return on investment with Cynet is pretty good, as it doesn't require a dedicated resource to manage, being highly automated.
CoFounder at Vinca Cybertech Pvt. Ltd.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.4
Cynet's customer service is generally praised for responsiveness, though some users desire faster support and wider geographic coverage.
Sentiment score
7.6
Users highly rate ExtraHop Reveal(x) support for reliable, knowledgeable, and efficient issue resolution, despite occasional time zone delays.
Based on our needs, they schedule remote sessions and resolve the issues.
Technical Consultant at Vincacyber
My experience with the technical support of Cynet is excellent; they are just one click away.
CoFounder at Vinca Cybertech Pvt. Ltd.
Their SOC side support, when a threat is detected, is excellent.
vCIO At Grove Networks Inc. at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
I would rate their technical support nine out of ten.
Network Consultant at a non-profit with 201-500 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
Cynet offers scalable, flexible deployment for medium to enterprise businesses, supporting various systems and user bases efficiently.
Sentiment score
6.5
ExtraHop Reveal(x) is scalable and manages up to 100GB, though cost and upgrades may pose challenges for some users.
The solution is highly scalable.
Senior Chief Manager at Arcil
We can deploy Cynet for 50,000 users, and we have deployed it at that scale, with the capability to scale higher to 100,000 users without any challenges.
CoFounder at Vinca Cybertech Pvt. Ltd.
The solution is easy to scale.
Co-Founder & Managing Director at CyberOne S.A.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.1
Cynet is favored for its stability, reliability, minimal system impact, and users' long-term satisfaction despite minor Linux update issues.
Sentiment score
7.5
ExtraHop Reveal(x) is highly stable and reliable, consistently performing well with regular updates, despite minor hardware issues.
Within six years of usage, we have not had any issues such as outages or downtime.
CoFounder at Vinca Cybertech Pvt. Ltd.
 

Room For Improvement

Cynet should enhance mobile support, integration, customization, usability, and AI features, with better incident data and third-party integrations.
ExtraHop Reveal(x) needs improvements in integrations, flexibility, reporting, pricing, and cloud capabilities, while offering better training options.
There should be more options than deploying solely through group policy, as the assumption that GPO is working isn’t always the case.
vCIO At Grove Networks Inc. at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
One area where Cynet needs improvement is tamper protection for Mac and Linux agents.
Technical Consultant at Vincacyber
Having a DLP feature would also add value.
Senior Technical Consultant at Vincacyber
Currently, we have to check manually as we do not receive any notifications about new patches, maintenance, or firmware releases.
Network Consultant at a non-profit with 201-500 employees
I would like to see improvements in areas where events are getting dropped; we're not able to view complete insights.
Assistant VP, Idm Compliance at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Setup Cost

Cynet offers competitive pricing with flexible licensing, appreciated for its cost-benefit ratio and comprehensive features by enterprise buyers.
Enterprise buyers find ExtraHop Reveal(x) costly, with escalating costs for scaling and specific features, despite robust capabilities.
Cynet does not ask for additional costs for add-on features.
Technical Consultant at Vincacyber
I think the pricing of Cynet is fair and one of the better options in the market.
vCIO At Grove Networks Inc. at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
The price of Cynet is reasonable considering its features and support.
IT infrastructure Specialist at Nok airline public company limited
 

Valuable Features

Cynet delivers seamless threat detection with automation, scalability, and low management effort, featuring advanced EDR/XDR capabilities and 24/7 support.
ExtraHop Reveal(x) offers seamless integration, powerful analytics, and machine learning for effective threat detection and comprehensive network visibility.
These features manage our infrastructure's cybersecurity effectively.
IT infrastructure Specialist at Nok airline public company limited
The SOAR function, deception, and forensics are very useful.
Cyber Security Specialist at a computer software company with 1-10 employees
The most valuable feature is the UBA (User behavior analysis). It has integration with SIEM solutions, allowing us to share our logs to third-party SIEM servers.
Technical Consultant at Vincacyber
If I want to know a specific IP and which server it has been connected to, it's easy to gather those kinds of trees from the NDR.
Assistant VP, Idm Compliance at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
The solution offers a friendly GUI for security features.
Network Consultant at a non-profit with 201-500 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Cynet
Ranking in Network Detection and Response (NDR)
4th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
45
Ranking in other categories
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (11th), Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (14th), User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (4th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (12th), Threat Deception Platforms (2nd), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (10th), Ransomware Protection (3rd)
ExtraHop Reveal(x)
Ranking in Network Detection and Response (NDR)
5th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Network Detection and Response (NDR) category, the mindshare of Cynet is 2.0%, down from 2.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ExtraHop Reveal(x) is 7.0%, down from 9.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Network Detection and Response (NDR) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Cynet2.0%
ExtraHop Reveal(x)7.0%
Other91.0%
Network Detection and Response (NDR)
 

Featured Reviews

Roshan Jadhav - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Consultant at Vincacyber
Has improved threat detection and streamlined incident analysis through centralized control and AI-driven insights
People are looking for Cynet because it has next-generation threat protection that detects zero-day threats. It has UEBA (user entity behavior analysis), threat hunting features, and storage device control where we can create profiles and block unauthorized USB storage devices. We can also create threat protection policies to detect malware, ransomware, and many other threats. The most valuable feature is the UBA (User behavior analysis). It has integration with SIEM solutions, allowing us to share our logs to third-party SIEM servers. Cynet has AI integration which showcases complete forensic data about threats, making it very easy to understand what happened with the system and what type of incident was detected. Autonomous breach protection is a feature of Cynet which can detect and mitigate known and unknown threats based on signatures. If there are any signature-less files, malware, or ransomware, it will detect them based on autonomous breach protection capabilities. The centralized management console provides a dashboard where we can see four types of attack vectors and incident counts in real-time. It continuously scans the radar and shows open alerts related to files, hosts, users, or networks. We can easily export these alerts and send reports via email.
Henri Heuvel - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Consultant at Axians
Cloud-based administration streamlines network security management
ExtraHop Reveal(x) can improve regarding integration capabilities. For instance, the market is getting really flooded with Microsoft Sentinel, and I know there is an integration possible, but the tools on the market right now indicate that integration should not be a skill from an integrator point of view. It should be quite easy for customers to integrate that solution into SOCs, SIEMs, or any other integration with other tools. There are various integrations from which there's a manual on how to do it, but specifically, the Microsoft portfolio, particularly Sentinel, integration is not yet there. If you score them on a scale of one to ten, ExtraHop scores around a 7.5 to an 8 on an integration basis, but there's actually room for improvement on that side. In the older days, ExtraHop had a license model where you could do all you can eat, so if you had a sensor with 10 gig of capacity, you could use all the entire 10 gig of throughput. They changed that to an asset-based license model, and that's an absolute downside of the solution, where it is harder for smaller companies to acquire the solution itself. That has given us quite some problems in positioning the solution properly within the network, so the licensing model is an absolute downside where they need to improve.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Healthcare Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business29
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise12
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise9
 

Questions from the Community

When evaluating User Activity Monitoring, what aspect do you think is the most important to look for?
The support team that stands behind the detection and response. Is there adequate expertise and are they behind you 24x7x365? Cynet CyOps has been there for us.
What do you like most about Cynet?
In terms of incident response, Cynet can contain attacks, offer a trial period to customers, and uninstall if not continued. The most valuable aspect is its integration capabilities, covering endpo...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cynet?
Cynet is not very costly. We can refer it to other customers because Cynet does not ask for additional costs for add-on features. They provide an all-in-one platform in a single license. We don't h...
What is the best network monitoring software for large enterprises?
We just did an assessment for our 47 datacenters around North America. The top two enterprise-level network monitoring solutions were ExtraHop first, Riverbed SteelCenter second. Their negotiated c...
What open source tool can one use to measure bandwidth from one's upstream service provider?
One I am looking closely at is AppNeta. They have an appliance that can digest the flow and do a better job than Netflow. The other one we are using is ExtraHop. This has both a Datacenter Hig...
What do you like most about ExtraHop Reveal(x)?
With ExtraHop Reveal(x), it gives me more visibility into the packets. It doesn't provide the entire packet capture, but it offers more information on how connections are made at the network layer....
 

Also Known As

No data available
Reveal(x), Revealx
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Meuhedet, East Boston Neighborhood Health Center
Wood County Hospital
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