We performed a comparison between Darktrace and Cynet based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Cynet comes out ahead of Darktrace. Darktrace is challenging for large networks in terms of deployment and management, and it has a higher subscription-based pricing model.
"The product detects and blocks threats and is more proactive than firewalls."
"I like FortiClient EMS. FortiEDR has a lot of great features like lockdown mode, remote wipes, and encryption. I can set malware outbreak policies and controls for detecting abnormalities. You can also simulate phishing attacks."
"he solution is an anti-malware product that integrates well with other vendor products such as firewalls, SIEM, etc. It captures threat intelligence and gives you better visibility. The product also has sandboxing features."
"It is a scalable solution...The initial setup of Fortinet FortiEDR was straightforward."
"The most valuable feature is the analysis, because of the beta structure."
"Exceptions are easy to create and the interface is easy to follow with a nice appearance."
"The stability is very good."
"It notifies us if there's any suspicious file on any PC. If any execution or similar kind of thing is happening, it just alerts us. It doesn't only alert. It also blocks the execution until we allow it. We check whether the execution is legitimate or not, and then approve it or keep it blocked. This gives us a little bit of control over this mechanism. Fortinet FortiEDR is also very straightforward and easy to maintain."
"It can be deployed in autonomous mode, and then it automatically blocks malware threats."
"The initial setup is very fast and very easy."
"This solution requires less management and is very easy to use."
"It's transparent, so it's not something where every user has to press a button to download or do the thing. It is centralized, in fact. Personally, I use Malwarebytes and other tools, which are fine for home use. Cynet is also relatively silent in terms of operation, except when it's required to act."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the network part of it because most of the endpoint products in XDS products we find Cynet has networking user behavior analysis and network analysis, for the whole team."
"A good feature is how the solution packages varied information into a single dashboard that's readable and meets our needs."
"The level of automation is very good because the majority of the time, it blocks the attacks without requiring anything from our side. The technicians don't have to do anything. They are just alerted about what happened. So, the user intelligence works quite well."
"It is quite stable. I would rate the stability of the solution a nine out of ten."
"One thing I appreciate is Antigena Email, which is for email protection."
"I like the Antigena feature in Darktrace, as it offers immediate response and is helpful."
"The most valuable feature is that it gives us visibility of rogue traffic that is on the network."
"The product offers us a very good user interface and we've found the network visibility to be very good so far."
"It is very stable and easy to use."
"It provides a comprehensive, detailed view of network activity and whatever is happening inside it."
"The NDR is good in their solution and they have NTG for email."
"I have used multiple solutions, but its graphical user interface is quite interesting and quite descriptive. There are a lot of video animations, and we can easily see how the data is transferred between various points. That's something really interesting. It is also quite easy to understand for a new user."
"The SIEM could be improved."
"I haven't seen the use of AI in the solution."
"Everything with Fortinet having to do with their cloud services. They need to invest more in their internal infrastructure that they are running in the cloud. One of the things I find with their cloud environment compared to others' is that they go cheap on the equipment. So it causes some performance degradation."
"It takes about two business days for initial support, which is too slow in urgent situations."
"The support needs improvement."
"The solution should address emerging threats like SQL injection."
"Detections could be improved."
"We've encountered challenges during API deployment, occasionally resulting in unstable environments."
"Cynet fails to deploy the same technology in mobile devices."
"The reporting is a little weak and could be improved. The other downside is that Cynet does not use the local time zone. It's based off of Greenwich Mean Time."
"I would like to see more emphasis on building the data lake and storing all endpoint data in the enterprise data lake so that data mining can be performed"
"Management of the console could be simplified and made more user-friendly because right now it's not very easy to use."
"They have automated response capability, and they're moving more and more into SOAR capability. They have built-in deception technology with host-file users, phantoms, etc. We used to call them honeypots. So, they're on target. They're doing a really good job, and they should continue to improve with SOAR."
"Could have better integration with other security applications."
"Automation could be improved, and orchestration could be added to the features."
"I would like to see support for mobile protection and some additional reports included."
"I'd love them to see maybe covering the cloud a bit more."
"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."
"I was under impression that Darktrace's automatic blocking would be an out-of-the-box feature, but we had to integrate it with our firewall to get it to block automatically. The salesperson should be upfront and explain that you need to integrate it with your network. I would also like to see more reporting on risk. Banks in my region want to see at a glance the risk level of various assets."
"In the next version, I'd like to see penetration testing."
"It takes time to go through the interface and pick up things. If it were a more straightforward interface, then it would free up time."
"Darktrace requires numerous configurations. It would be beneficial if the configuration could be made simpler."
"The cost is a bit on the higher side."
"I would like to see more protection in the endpoint. Especially because we have a lot of people using VPNs. If they would improve end point security, it would give more control there."
Cynet is ranked 4th in Network Detection and Response (NDR) with 35 reviews while Darktrace is ranked 1st in Network Detection and Response (NDR) with 65 reviews. Cynet is rated 8.8, while Darktrace is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cynet writes "Provides memory protection, device control, and vulnerability management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Darktrace writes "Great autonomous support, offers an easy setup, and has responsive support". Cynet is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity Complete, ESET Endpoint Protection Platform, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Check Point Harmony Endpoint, whereas Darktrace is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, Vectra AI, SentinelOne Singularity Complete, Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks and Cisco Secure Network Analytics. See our Cynet vs. Darktrace report.
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