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Digital risk protection · October 2026 Edition

SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence vs Recorded Future

One of fourteen models named SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence first on the direct prompt; zero named Recorded Future. SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence was named by ten of the fourteen models and Recorded Future by thirteen and SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence carries 19 labels and Recorded Future 35, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Named in two categories this edition.

Recorded Future

criticized challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share6%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate5%34%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#5A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels1935A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.UpGuard BreachSight was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. UpGuard BreachSight vs SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence · UpGuard BreachSight vs Recorded Future · ZeroFox vs SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the digital risk protection page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
SOCRadar Extended Threat IntelligenceFirst choices, of fourteen modelsRecorded Future
Direct101 against SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence · 3 against Recorded Future
Paraphrase011 against Recorded Future
Comparative02
Budget-constrained204 against Recorded Future
Scale-constrained01
Negative004 against Recorded Future
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence and Recorded Future were named in the same answer thirty times, of the 78 answers naming SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence and the 128 naming Recorded Future. In those answers Recorded Future took the first choice three times and SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence six.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence and Recorded Future stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence Recorded Future first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence on the left and Recorded Future on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence and Recorded Future stood in it.

SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence first, Recorded Future not the choice

1 of 14 modelsRecorded Future was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashSOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence alternatives: Flare, UpGuard BreachSight, ZeroFox

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Mistral SmallUpGuard BreachSight alternatives: Kaduu, Recorded Future
DeepSeek V4 FlashUpGuard BreachSight alternatives: Netcraft, Rapid7, SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence, ZeroFox
Llama 4 MaverickFortra Brand Protection alternatives: Kaduu, Recorded Future, UpGuard BreachSight
Qwen 3.7 FlashRapid7 alternatives: Corvus Logic, Cyberhaven, Recorded Future, ThreatConnect
MiniMax M2.5UpGuard BreachSight alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon, Group-IB Digital Risk Protection, Recorded Future, ZeroFox

Neither was named

8 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Cyble Vision alternatives: BlueVoyant Sky, CrowdStrike Falcon, Rapid7 Threat Command, UpGuard BreachSight
GPT-5.4 miniZeroFox alternatives: Bitsight, Proofpoint Digital Risk Protection, SecurityScorecard, UpGuard BreachSight
Perplexity SonarRapid7 Threat Command, UpGuard BreachSight alternatives: CybelAngel
Grok 4.1 FastUpGuard BreachSight alternatives: Rapid7 Threat Command, ZeroFox
Kimi K2UpGuard BreachSight alternatives: Fortra Brand Protection, ZeroFox
GLM 4.7 FlashXUpGuard BreachSight alternatives: Bolster
GPT-6 LunaCybelAngel Core alternatives: Bolster, BrandShield, ZeroFox
Muse Glimmer 30BUpGuard BreachSight alternatives: CybelAngel

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence leads by eight points.
SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence8%#3 of 8
Recorded Future0%#8 of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence leads by two points.
SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence6%#3 of 11
Recorded Future4%#5 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Recorded Future leads at enterprise.
Recorded Future17%#2 of 9
SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence0%#9 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.

“Broader intel, but more enterprise-oriented” Grok 4.1 Fast · direct prompt · soft negative
“SOCRadar has gained massive momentum in the mid-market because it consolidates DRP, External Attack Surface Management (EASM), and Supply Chain Intelligence into a single, modular platform.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“My top recommendation: Start with SOCRadar's free tier to get immediate dark web and threat intelligence coverage” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Recorded Future

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“What to avoid ... Recorded Future: Quote-based, but generally above $10,000/year.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Recorded Future is cited as an example of this trade-off: * Weaknesses: * Limited social media monitoring compared to platforms specializing in brand protection” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“Top-ranked for threat intel and DRP, but complaints include high costs, setup complexity, alert fatigue (less relevant noise), and limited automation” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“Strong threat intelligence integration, excels at contextualizing exposed data, dark web chatter, and threat actor signals.” Mistral Small · comparative prompt · first choice
“If you want deep threat intelligence context (understanding who is attacking and why) → Recorded Future” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“From leaders like Recorded Future (strong intel), ZeroFox (takedowns), Rapid7 (SOC integration).” Grok 4.1 Fast · scale prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.