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Darktrace vs Dragos comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Darktrace
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
85
Ranking in other categories
Email Security (11th), Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) (1st), Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) (1st), Network Detection and Response (NDR) (1st), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (6th), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (11th), Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) (11th), Attack Surface Management (ASM) (4th), AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms (4th), AI Observability (12th)
Dragos
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
4.8
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
Operational Technology (OT) Security (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Network Security Systems solutions, they serve different purposes. Darktrace is designed for Network Detection and Response (NDR) and holds a mindshare of 12.8%, down 21.4% compared to last year.
Dragos, on the other hand, focuses on Operational Technology (OT) Security, holds 7.8% mindshare, down 11.6% since last year.
Network Detection and Response (NDR) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Darktrace12.8%
Vectra AI8.7%
Cisco Secure Network Analytics5.3%
Other73.2%
Network Detection and Response (NDR)
Operational Technology (OT) Security Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Dragos7.8%
Nozomi Networks13.0%
Claroty Platform12.4%
Other66.8%
Operational Technology (OT) Security
 

Featured Reviews

Pasan Jayarathna - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security Engineer at Cyberwell Solution
Monitoring has improved data loss detection and now spots abnormal internal file transfers quickly
In my understanding, the best feature Darktrace offers is the identification of copying files, which acts as a DLP, and it is a main concern for companies because users sometimes copy data outside without knowing, especially those without a technical background. When I mention the DLP-like feature and file copying detection, the alerts have been very timely, as we get an alert within a couple of minutes, which is excellent. Even if some developers are working after hours and copying files, our SOC team detects this, and most of the time they call us so we can identify the users. The alerts are quite accurate and proactive.
Rajesh Podishetty - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Risk monitoring has improved and real-time fraud detection provides transparent banking control
Dragos should be improved in deployment complexity as it requires OT engineering coordination. One needs to have proper engineering coordination to understand the system, deploy it, integrate it, and make all the complex things into one system. This is very challenging, and one should be really skillful and have experience to accomplish this. Cost is another area for improvement. The cost is higher due to site-based licensing and expert services. The licensing is very heavy, and expert services are required for deployment. Cost-wise is also challenging and needs to be improved. Integration needs alignment with IT security systems and compliance frameworks. Controlling cybersecurity where any fraudulent person or third party should not access the system is controlled, and managing that level of complexity is quite challenging. Since there is continuous monitoring, it can reduce operational risk losses by 20% to 30% annually. Controlling that huge amount of data and transactions, especially regarding storage, requires a lot of database space. The space-wise storage should be reduced.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The Enterprise Immune System, Cyber Artificial Intelligence Analyst, and Antigena technology are all very useful aspects of the product."
"The solution automatically monitors everything on the network to prevent anti-phishing by monitoring, responding, and restoring the system."
"Darktrace has improved our knowledge of abnormal phenomenen which could have potentially be hazardous for the organization."
"Its most valuable feature is its ability to identify malicious connected IPs from outside and the attacks that get through to the inside."
"It has helped the organization to detect any malware affecting the machines...The network monitoring and the email monitoring features are very valuable for us."
"This is something that is really easy to implement in an organization, gives us good visibility about what is happening in our networks and on the system, and we like the transparency available within our infrastructure now."
"The product offers us a very good user interface and we've found the network visibility to be very good so far."
"The autonomous mode, which is the Antigena AI response, is particularly valuable."
"Dragos is more expensive than other vendors, probably about fifteen to twenty percent more, but it is generally worth the investment."
"Dragos has positively impacted my organization by aiding us to compensate our time."
"Dragos especially ensures systems recover quickly, providing resilience, and it handles all the operational resilience in banking with metrics of 99.9% uptime, 30 minutes recovery time, and 99% transaction accuracy."
"Dragos' best features are that they are more focused towards Incident Response, so they have a dedicated playbook in their platform, making it easier for anyone investigating any incidents to investigate the alerts."
"I have been working with Dragos almost since the time when they started the company."
"Dragos has positively impacted my organization by providing awareness of what exists, allowing us to obtain visibility in OT environments and giving us good information about the assets."
 

Cons

"The price point for the product was too high for what our possible use case could be."
"The pricing is costly in USD, and they charge based on device counts."
"The level of tracking within the network from the transmission level up to the machine level can use improvement."
"Darktrace needs to automate the reports of false positives, botnets and everything."
"It would be good if they can include some endpoint protection for remote workers."
"Darktrace requires numerous configurations. It would be beneficial if the configuration could be made simpler."
"The product doesn't have an endpoint agent that can react to triggers set on the device,"
"There is a high ratio of false positive information."
"Dragos should be improved in deployment complexity as it requires OT engineering coordination."
"I think Dragos can offer more flexibility similar to Nozomi and more visibility into the assets, nodes, and links, which would make it more competitive in the future."
"Dragos basically helped us get to know the entire infrastructure because there were many devices that not even the client themselves knew existed or that were still active, making it a very good tool; however, it requires a lot of hardware and knowledge, especially expertise from people who have worked in the industry and know security, which was lacking in the company where it was implemented, leading to lucky hits but ultimately prompting my decision to change companies."
"Dragos could improve its asset visibility and discovery tools, as the competitor Claroty has better options in this area."
"We considered selecting based on pricing, so we are not choosing Dragos at this time but probably in the future."
"From my point of view, Dragos cannot be improved at the moment, but having more user-friendly platforms would be good."
"Dragos is very expensive, charging more than the OEMs. For example, if a PLC costs ten thousand dollars, a customer pays Dragos almost one to ten price in relation to what they would have spent building their plant."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is quite high, estimated at around $350,000 per year."
"It is expensive."
"Darktrace is expensive. You can pay for the license yearly."
"I am using a demo of Darktrace for deployment and testing which is free."
"The product is expensive."
"Prior to negotiating, Darktrace offered their appliance and service for $80,000 per year."
"We had an issue with pricing initially and had to cancel some of the features of the projects to fit the budget. I would like to see pricing that is not broken up into parts so that we can buy the whole package once. Darktrace is more expensive than an average solution, but it's functionality won't match that of an average solution."
"The pricing is subscription-based and it is high."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Government
7%
Energy/Utilities Company
17%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Healthcare Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business44
Midsize Enterprise21
Large Enterprise29
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Large Enterprise4
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Darktrace?
Concerning pricing for the product, I would say it is somewhat expensive.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dragos?
It is amazing to see that Dragos is the only solution for OT environments that quotes based on bandwidth use and not asset number. So it was very nice to see that there is an option to reduce bandw...
What needs improvement with Dragos?
Dragos could probably improve in the way they present remediation information, which is called playbooks. I have seen other applications that provide a drawing of the attack path, which is very int...
What is your primary use case for Dragos?
My main use case for Dragos involves OT monitoring, vulnerability assessment in the OT environment, and automatic inventory. In my day-to-day use of Dragos, I gather information about OT assets, ch...
 

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Sample Customers

Irwin Mitchell, Open Energi, Wellcome Trust, FirstGroup plc, Virgin Trains, Drax, QUI! Group, DNK, CreaCard, Macrosynergy, Sisley, William Hill plc, Toyota Canada, Royal British Legion, Vitol, Allianz, KKR, AIRBUS, dpd, Billabong, Mclaren Group.
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