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ExtraHop Reveal(x) vs Secureworks Taegis XDR 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:
 

Categories and Ranking

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)
Secureworks Taegis XDR
Ranking in Network Detection and Response (NDR)
14th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (18th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Network Detection and Response (NDR) category, the mindshare of ExtraHop Reveal(x) is 5.8%, down from 8.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Secureworks Taegis XDR is 1.9%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Network Detection and Response (NDR) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
ExtraHop Reveal(x)5.8%
Secureworks Taegis XDR1.9%
Other92.3%
Network Detection and Response (NDR)
 

Featured Reviews

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.
Mohammad Talha Talkin Alam - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Manager IT at PDS Multinational
Improved network protection has secured our servers and monitors web and application traffic
Till now, I have not seen any weak point that needs to be improved in Secureworks Taegis XDR. I think that since the technology is becoming upgraded, it will be good for Sophos to include more features in future updates of this solution. Secureworks Taegis XDR is a good product, but it should include AI technology.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The ability ExtraHop Reveal(x) has to mitigate risk from external IP addresses has been a lifesaver for us."
"ExtraHop has improved our service drastically, and in that sense, it has saved us money because we can quickly identify problems."
"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. This can be helpful for detecting network attacks. Additionally, I really like the customizable dashboards and reports. The incident dashboard and alerts provide a good summary initially, and diving deeper into them gives more detailed information. It's also great for analyzing specific attacks and victim logs. The feature that tracks the full attack chain makes it easier to monitor the progress of attacks. Plus, it's connected to the Netria.com app, which I find useful for certain tasks."
"We had useful information within the hour of deployment. The ability to trace back for historical analysis, as well as the behavioral analysis done with the security information, puts the user in a position to make an informed decision to mitigate the performance or security incidents. Regarding the security incidents, Reveal (x) is able to create incident cards that guide your teams through the incidents and gives you the option to delve into the transaction detail to potentially view payloads as well."
"We've done our due diligence and research on other products such as Riverbed and NetScout, and this product is by far the supreme leader."
"The solution's ability to decrypt SSL traffic is its most valuable feature."
"Reveal X integrates seamlessly with CrowdStrike. If you see something sketchy on the network, you can quarantine devices through ExtraHop and it'll push to the CrowdStrike server."
"The solution's initial setup process is easy."
"It's a complete solution package."
"The auto-triage feature of Secureworks Taegis XDR makes my workflow easier and efficient, helping me shorten the time of responding to every alert, make my activities productive, and manage everything that I need to check every alert and detection."
"The features I find most valuable are the fact that Secureworks Taegis XDR runs itself without any form of intervention."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"Secureworks Taegis XDR has positively impacted our organization by improving detection rates and reducing our time; as I mentioned, it saves us from manually going through all the logs, which is not practical."
"Definitely, Secureworks Taegis XDR is cost effective for the long run since the product is at a lower cost rather than other brands."
 

Cons

"I would like to see more cloud capability."
"It needs integration with more security vendors."
"I would rate the price a three out of five. It could be less expensive."
"I would like to see improvements in areas where events are getting dropped; we're not able to view complete insights."
"There is a little training online, but it'd be cool if ExtraHop provided certifications. CrowdStrike does elective training that gives you a certification as a Falcon administrator. It'd be nice to see ExtraHop have something like that"
"They used to have the ability to decode Citrix sign-on, setup, and tear down. Unfortunately, Citrix has stopped sharing that knowledge. Citrix has continued to change its model of processing, making it harder and harder to troubleshoot."
"The solution should include more support protocols."
"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."
"Customer support for Secureworks Taegis XDR is not that bad; they are reachable but not super efficient."
"Secureworks Taegis XDR is a good product, but it should include AI technology."
"The pricing could be improved."
"The efficiency or the smooth navigation of the website or the application can be improved in Secureworks Taegis XDR."
"We found limitations in the XDR's detections, lacking the ability to create customized detection and log parsing rules."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate ExtraHop Reveal(x) six out of 10 for affordability. We pay for an annual license. It's always one of those trade-offs. You get a lot of value, but ExtraHop isn't exorbitantly priced. You can pay extra for additional features like the ability to decode HL7 traffic, which is crucial for EMR environments."
"I rate the price of ExtraHop Reveal(x) a seven on a scale of one to ten, where one is a high price, and ten is a low price."
"I would rate the price a three out of five. It could be less expensive."
"The solution is based on an annual subscription model and is expensive."
"The pricing is six out of ten."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Healthcare Company
8%
Government
7%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Computer Software Company
9%
Educational Organization
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise5
 

Questions from the Community

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 is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ExtraHop Reveal(x)?
We manage the setup cost ourselves, so I am quite happy with that. I also had engagement with professional services from ExtraHop, and it wasn't bad, but I was not impressed; it's not academic work...
What needs improvement with Secureworks Taegis XDR?
I suggest that we can check also the data sources of every data collector so that we can be informed of what data source the alerts came from and add that to our investigation. The efficiency or th...
What is your primary use case for Secureworks Taegis XDR?
The main use for Secureworks Taegis XDR is to triage alerts from low to critical alerts and analyze and investigate different kinds of alerts from the platform. As a SOC analyst, Secureworks Taegis...
What advice do you have for others considering Secureworks Taegis XDR?
Secureworks Taegis XDR has been dependable for me regarding its AI capabilities in terms of accuracy and reliability of its output. The Taegis XDR AI is helpful to analysts such as myself to check ...
 

Also Known As

Reveal(x), Revealx
Secureworks Taegis NDR
 

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Sample Customers

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