# Darktrace alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 439 of the 504 answers in the 2 categories where Darktrace holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/darktrace/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: 24
- Security Onion: 20
- ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer: 17
- Paessler PRTG Network Monitor: 9
- SentinelOne Singularity: 9
- Check Point AI Security: 8

## Network detection and response

**Small business**: 72 of 84 answers did not name Darktrace (Darktrace is #12 of 12 at 0%).

- Security Onion: first choice in 11 of those 72
- Paessler PRTG Network Monitor: first choice in 6 of those 72
- ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer: first choice in 5 of those 72
- Sophos NDR: first choice in 4 of those 72
- Blumira: first choice in 3 of those 72
- Corelight Open NDR: first choice in 2 of those 72
- Lumu Technologies: first choice in 2 of those 72
- Blackpoint Cyber: first choice in 1 of those 72

**Mid-market**: 65 of 84 answers did not name Darktrace (Darktrace is #7 of 9 at 4%).

- ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer: first choice in 12 of those 65
- Security Onion: first choice in 9 of those 65
- Vectra AI: first choice in 5 of those 65
- Corelight Open NDR: first choice in 3 of those 65
- ExtraHop Reveal: first choice in 3 of those 65
- Paessler PRTG Network Monitor: first choice in 3 of those 65
- Blumira: first choice in 2 of those 65
- Gatewatcher AIonIQ: first choice in 2 of those 65

**Enterprise**: 58 of 84 answers did not name Darktrace (Darktrace is #2 of 7 at 13%).

- ExtraHop RevealX: first choice in 4 of those 58
- Kentik: first choice in 3 of those 58
- Vectra AI: first choice in 3 of those 58
- Corelight Open NDR: first choice in 2 of those 58
- ExtraHop Reveal: first choice in 2 of those 58
- SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer: first choice in 2 of those 58
- Arctic Wolf: first choice in 1 of those 58
- Cisco Secure Network Analytics: first choice in 1 of those 58

## AI security platforms

**Small business**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Darktrace (Darktrace is #7 of 7 at 0%).

- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 18 of those 82
- Lakera Guard: first choice in 5 of those 82
- CrowdStrike Falcon Go: first choice in 4 of those 82
- Prompt Security: first choice in 4 of those 82
- UnderDefense AI SOC: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Check Point AI Security: first choice in 2 of those 82
- Cloudflare: first choice in 2 of those 82
- Huntress: first choice in 2 of those 82

**Mid-market**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Darktrace (Darktrace is #6 of 6 at 0%).

- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 6 of those 80
- SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 5 of those 80
- Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS: first choice in 3 of those 80
- Bitdefender GravityZone: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Check Point AI Security: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Cloudflare AI Gateway: first choice in 2 of those 80
- CrowdStrike Falcon: first choice in 2 of those 80
- CrowdStrike Falcon Go: first choice in 2 of those 80

**Enterprise**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Darktrace (Darktrace is #8 of 8 at 0%).

- Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS: first choice in 5 of those 82
- Check Point AI Security: first choice in 4 of those 82
- SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 4 of those 82
- Prompt Security: first choice in 3 of those 82
- CrowdStrike Falcon: first choice in 2 of those 82
- HiddenLayer: first choice in 2 of those 82
- Lakera Guard: first choice in 2 of those 82
- Lasso Security: first choice in 2 of those 82

Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.