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Alternatives to Darktrace, as AI models named them

In the October 2026 Edition, 439 of the 504 answers collected in the two categories where Darktrace holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.

Named instead, most often
Microsoft Defender for Cloud24
Security Onion20
ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer17
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor9
SentinelOne Singularity9
Check Point AI Security8
First choices in the 439 answers that did not name Darktrace, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Network detection and response

Security operations. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Darktrace is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessDarktrace is #12 of 12 here at 0% of first choices, 40 labels.

Seventy-two of the eighty-four answers did not name Darktrace; it was the first choice in one. The first choices in those seventy-two answers, thirty-seven products in all, the eight most named:

Security Onion11 of 72
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor6 of 72Head to head →
ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer5 of 72Head to head →
Sophos NDR4 of 72
Blumira3 of 72
Corelight Open NDR2 of 72Head to head →
Lumu Technologies2 of 72
Blackpoint Cyber1 of 72
29 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketDarktrace is #7 of 9 here at 4% of first choices, 44 labels.

Sixty-five of the eighty-four answers did not name Darktrace; it was the first choice in nine. The first choices in those sixty-five answers, sixteen products in all, the eight most named:

ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer12 of 65Head to head →
Security Onion9 of 65
Vectra AI5 of 65Head to head →
Corelight Open NDR3 of 65Head to head →
ExtraHop Reveal3 of 65Head to head →
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor3 of 65Head to head →
Blumira2 of 65
Gatewatcher AIonIQ2 of 65
8 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseDarktrace is #2 of 7 here at 13% of first choices, 54 labels.

Fifty-eight of the eighty-four answers did not name Darktrace; it was the first choice in thirteen. The first choices in those fifty-eight answers, eighteen products in all, the eight most named:

ExtraHop RevealX4 of 58Head to head →
Kentik3 of 58
Vectra AI3 of 58Head to head →
Corelight Open NDR2 of 58Head to head →
ExtraHop Reveal2 of 58Head to head →
SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer2 of 58
Arctic Wolf1 of 58
Cisco Secure Network Analytics1 of 58
10 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

AI security platforms

Security operations. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Darktrace is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessDarktrace is #7 of 7 here at 0% of first choices, 10 labels.

Eighty-two of the eighty-four answers did not name Darktrace; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-two answers, thirty-two products in all, the eight most named:

Microsoft Defender for Cloud18 of 82
Lakera Guard5 of 82
CrowdStrike Falcon Go4 of 82
Prompt Security4 of 82
UnderDefense AI SOC3 of 82
Check Point AI Security2 of 82
Cloudflare2 of 82
Huntress2 of 82
24 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketDarktrace is #6 of 6 here at 0% of first choices, 13 labels.

Eighty of the eighty-four answers did not name Darktrace; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty answers, forty-three products in all, the eight most named:

Microsoft Defender for Cloud6 of 80
SentinelOne Singularity5 of 80
Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS3 of 80
Bitdefender GravityZone2 of 80
Check Point AI Security2 of 80
Cloudflare AI Gateway2 of 80
CrowdStrike Falcon2 of 80
CrowdStrike Falcon Go2 of 80
35 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseDarktrace is #8 of 8 here at 0% of first choices, 14 labels.

Eighty-two of the eighty-four answers did not name Darktrace; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-two answers, forty-one products in all, the eight most named:

Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS5 of 82
Check Point AI Security4 of 82
SentinelOne Singularity4 of 82
Prompt Security3 of 82
CrowdStrike Falcon2 of 82
HiddenLayer2 of 82
Lakera Guard2 of 82
Lasso Security2 of 82
33 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of fourteen models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is eighty-four answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled Darktrace neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named Darktrace only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from Darktrace's side.

Every answer and every label behind these figures is in the record, sent on request. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of Darktrace was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.

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