We performed a comparison between Cisco NGIPS and Darktrace based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is more or less stable. Sometimes I have some issues normally when we need to upgrade it to newer versions. I think it does the job."
"I like Firepower's automation, and the security intelligence is a powerful feature."
"The IPS functionality is useful if you have offices all over the place. It's nice to have centralized management instead of going to a separate ASA or FirePOWER device."
"Its ease of use and its ability to block and allow ports in and out of our organization are the most valuable features. It works very well. It gives us all the information that we need."
"The most valuable features of Cisco NGIPS are protection and reporting."
"Cisco NGIPS is a stable tool...The technical support provided by Cisco NGIPS is okay."
"The most valuable feature would be the IPS is very important in Cisco Firepower because I can configure deep configuration in IPS and tuning."
"We have found the IPS detection to be a very valuable feature of this solution. It is easy to use to stop policy violations."
"t was pretty as far as the granularity of what you were getting out of it."
"The solution is outstanding from a monitoring perspective."
"It is a stable solution without downtime."
"Darktrace is very flexible."
"The most valuable features of Darktrace are the tracing of unusual external emails and monitoring the local network."
"The active threat dashboard is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"I am impressed with the product's ability to give insights into network traffic."
"The solution can scale."
"I would recommend this solution to others for medium, large, and enterprise businesses only."
"The initial setup is a bit complex because it requires a lot of configuration, firewall and zoning."
"The pricing is very expensive. They should make their equipment more affordable."
"The feedback from some of our customers is that they weren't interested in Cisco because it was too complicated to deploy, especially in cloud-related areas."
"Better integration with other products, such as a SIEM tool, would provide better peer visibility about your security posture."
"Cisco NGIPS' performance could be better."
"The only thing I think they may need to improve on a little bit is identifying software more correctly when you do network discovery."
"The price could be improved."
"The pricing is a bit high for the region."
"The interface is too mathematical and it should be simplified."
"In terms of improvements, fine-tuning is the area where we have to spend some time because it works on unsupervised machine learning. It would be good if they can improve their algorithm or technical functionality to reduce the fine-tuning effort. They can also come up with something at the endpoint level. So far, Darktrace has been a network detection response (NDR) solution. It does not offer much at the endpoint level or on user-client devices or servers. There should be more visibility at the endpoint level. It would be good to have the detection and response at the endpoint level by Darktrace. It should also have integration with an agile environment so that we can have continuous development and continuous integration in the application development environment. This is currently not there. It should also have internet-facing platform visibility, which is currently missing. They also need to improve the reporting and management dashboards. Currently, these are not so easy for a non-technical person. All these features would make Darktrace much better, and they would also be helpful in selling more solutions."
"It's quite expensive to have."
"The level of tracking within the network from the transmission level up to the machine level can use improvement."
"It would be good if they can include some endpoint protection for remote workers. Nowadays, most people are working remotely. Therefore, they should include some type of sensors that can be installed on the endpoint in order to directly report the main usage and protect remotely. Phone protection will also be a great feature to add to Darktrace."
"I'd love them to see maybe covering the cloud a bit more."
"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."
Cisco NGIPS is ranked 5th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 62 reviews while Darktrace is ranked 1st in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 65 reviews. Cisco NGIPS is rated 8.2, while Darktrace is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco NGIPS writes "Very effective for malware and signature-based anomalies but stability needs improvement". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Darktrace writes "Great autonomous support, offers an easy setup, and has responsive support". Cisco NGIPS is most compared with Check Point IPS, Fortinet FortiGate IPS, Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System, Cisco Sourcefire SNORT and Cisco Secure Network Analytics, 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 Cisco NGIPS vs. Darktrace report.
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