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Corelight vs NEOX NETWORKS

Corelight sells the Open NDR Platform, which transforms network data into evidence. NEOX NETWORKS provides network visibility for IT and OT observability and security. CISO Tribune files both under Network detection and response and Network visibility and traffic brokering. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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Corelight vs NEOX NETWORKS: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
CorelightCorelight sells the Open NDR Platform, which transforms network data into evidence.corelight.comNEOX NETWORKSNEOX NETWORKS provides network visibility for IT and OT observability and security.neoxnetworks.com
What it sells
  • Investigator[1][4][9][10][12][13][15][18]A SaaS-based NDR platform for investigations. It uses Agentic Triage playbooks to triage alerts.
  • Corelight Sensors[8][12][13]Sensors that capture a copy of traffic out-of-band and turn it into network evidence with Zeek.
  • Smart PCAP[1][4][12]Links Zeek logs, detections and extracted files to only the packets needed for investigations.
  • AI/ML detections[8]A subscription-based module of AI/ML detections that can be purchased with Corelight Sensors.
  • Threat Intelligence[4][8][13]A licensed feature for Corelight Sensors and Investigator.
  • Cloud Sensors[14]Corelight sensors for cloud networks, available for AWS, GCP and Azure.
  • PacketRaven[1][7]Network TAPs that export a copy of data traffic so it can be evaluated with tools.
  • PacketOwl[2][3][8]A set of 10G, 25G, 40G, and 100G network security appliances for visibility and real-time threat detection.
  • PacketOwlVirtual[3]The virtual version of PacketOwl for cloud-native and virtualized deployments.
  • PacketRoo[1][9]A data diode that provides galvanic isolation of the networks and enables only unidirectional transmission.
  • NEOXSecureFileTransmitter[9]A software solution for secure, one-way file transfer from OT to IT systems.
  • NEOX PacketOps™ FrameworkA framework that unifies how organizations Access, Direct, Record, and Protect network traffic.
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Headquarters
San Francisco, United States[3]Not stated on its pages
Founded
2016Not stated on its pages
Ownership and funding
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Named customers
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Recent news
  • October 6, 2026Corelight announced the establishment of Corelight Canada, a standalone entity intended to work more closely with customers, partners and public sector organizations in Canada.[17]
  • July 27, 2026Corelight announced the appointment of Amanda Berger as its Chief Customer Officer.[5]
  • June 9, 2026Corelight announced that its Open NDR Platform, including Investigator and Hosted Fleet Manager, was listed on the FedRAMP Marketplace as FedRAMP In Process at the Class C (Moderate) level.[18]
  • June 9, 2026Corelight announced it has reached FedRAMP In Process status.[6]
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G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: listed, seen November 5, 2026[7]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
  • G2: Not stated on its pages
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
From its own pages, Corelight sells mainly to SOC teams that want network evidence for detection, investigation and threat hunting. Corelight describes customers extending visibility across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Customer examples on its pages include a global beauty retailer protecting point-of-sale terminals and a major U.S mortgage lender with data centers and multi-cloud workloads in AWS and Azure.Its pages name the Banking, Utilities, Healthcare, and Government sectors, and target verticals such as Financial Services, Manufacturing, Transportation, Energy & Utilities, and Defense. PacketOwl is described as purpose-built for enterprises, data centers, service providers, HFT/HPC environments, edge networks, and other critical deployments. PacketOwl integrates into security environments that are on-premises, in the cloud, or hybrid.
Last verified
September 27, 2026November 8, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Corelight and NEOX NETWORKS are both filed under Network detection and response and Network visibility and traffic brokering.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Corelight's primary category is Network detection and response; NEOX NETWORKS's is Network visibility and traffic brokering.
  • NEOX NETWORKS is also filed under OT and ICS security and Unidirectional gateways and secure transfer.
  • Corelight lists Investigator, Corelight Sensors, Smart PCAP, AI/ML detections, Threat Intelligence and 1 more. NEOX NETWORKS lists PacketRaven, PacketOwl, PacketOwlVirtual, PacketRoo, NEOXSecureFileTransmitter and 1 more.
  • Corelight is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.
  • Corelight was founded in 2016.

What it sells: Corelight

What Investigator does[1][4][9][10][12][13][15][18]
Investigator is Corelight's SaaS-based NDR platform that streamlines complex investigations. Agentic Triage uses transparent, expert-written playbooks. SIEM Verdict Export sends triage verdicts, reasoning chains and evidence links into a SIEM.
What Corelight Sensors does[8][12][13]
The sensor captures a copy of all traffic out-of-band, then deduplicates and cleans the data. Powered by Zeek, it performs deep protocol parsing across 70+ data types. The evidence is routed to Investigator, a SIEM or a data lake.
What Smart PCAP does[1][4][12]
Corelight Smart PCAP links Zeek logs, detections and extracted files to only the packets needed for investigations. Corelight says it lets teams store packets longer and find them faster.
What AI/ML detections does[8]
AI/ML detection is a subscription-based module that can be purchased with Corelight Sensors. It can be deployed across air-gapped, hybrid, cloud or multicloud environments. Models are enabled, managed and tuned through Fleet Manager. Many detections run directly on-sensor with no cloud dependency.
What Threat Intelligence does[4][8][13]
Threat Intelligence is a licensed feature for Corelight Sensors and Investigator. It is supported on all sensor options. It is managed through Fleet Manager or the sensor's Threat Intelligence framework.
What Cloud Sensors does[14]
Corelight Cloud Sensors are available for AWS, GCP and Azure. Corelight supports AWS, Azure and GCP native packet mirroring, and third-party packet brokers.

What it sells: NEOX NETWORKS

What PacketRaven does[1][7]
NEOXPacketRaven Secure Modular Fiber TAPs are designed for use in critical environments (CRITIS). NEOXPacketRaven Secure Modular Fiber TAPs have an optical isolator and an optical filter with data diode functionality. NEOXPacketRaven vTAP supports tapping of inter-Docker traffic.
What PacketOwl does[2][3][8]
PacketOwl operates as a unified NIDS, NSM, and NDR platform. PacketOwl offers up to 720TB of onboard SSD/SED storage. PacketOwl is integrated with the Stamus Clear NDR solution as a 100Gbps NDR probe.
What PacketOwlVirtual does[3]
NEOX PacketOwlVirtual brings similar capabilities to cloud-native and virtualized deployments. PacketOwl Virtual supports cloud and multi-cloud threat hunting and forensics for SDDC, AWS, Azure, and GCP.
What NEOXSecureFileTransmitter does[9]
NEOXSecureFileTransmitter works independently of the manufacturer and can be integrated into existing infrastructures that already have a data diode. NEOXSecureFileTransmitter combined with PacketRoo forms a solution for Windows and Linux environments.

Questions about Corelight and NEOX NETWORKS

What do Corelight and NEOX NETWORKS sell?
Corelight sells Investigator, Corelight Sensors, Smart PCAP, AI/ML detections, Threat Intelligence and 1 more. NEOX NETWORKS sells PacketRaven, PacketOwl, PacketOwlVirtual, PacketRoo, NEOXSecureFileTransmitter and 1 more.
Are Corelight and NEOX NETWORKS in the same category?
They share Network detection and response and Network visibility and traffic brokering. Corelight's primary category is Network detection and response and NEOX NETWORKS's is Network visibility and traffic brokering.
Where are Corelight and NEOX NETWORKS headquartered?
Corelight is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.
When were Corelight and NEOX NETWORKS founded?
Corelight was founded in 2016.
Who are Corelight and NEOX NETWORKS sold to?
From its own pages, Corelight sells mainly to SOC teams that want network evidence for detection, investigation and threat hunting. Its pages name the Banking, Utilities, Healthcare, and Government sectors, and target verticals such as Financial Services, Manufacturing, Transportation, Energy & Utilities, and Defense.
What have Corelight and NEOX NETWORKS announced recently?
October 6, 2026: Corelight announced the establishment of Corelight Canada, a standalone entity intended to work more closely with customers, partners and public sector organizations in Canada.

About Corelight

Corelight sells the Open NDR Platform, which transforms network data into evidence. Corelight says that evidence powers AI-driven detection and expert-authored workflows.

Corelight sensors capture a copy of all traffic out-of-band. The sensor then deduplicates and cleans the data, discarding redundant multicast traffic. Powered by Zeek, the sensor performs deep protocol parsing across 70+ data types. The resulting evidence is routed to Corelight Investigator, a SIEM, or a data lake for long-term forensics.[9]

Investigator is Corelight's SaaS-based NDR platform. Corelight says it streamlines complex investigations by eliminating repetitive review steps and enables up to 10x faster triage. Agentic Triage uses transparent, expert-written playbooks to follow consistent triage logic for every investigation. SIEM Verdict Export sends every triage verdict, including the reasoning chain, evidence links and recommended next steps, directly into the customer's SIEM. Investigator also offers host isolation, IP blocking and identity actions through integrated EDR, firewall and identity provider workflows.[1][10]

Corelight fuses machine learning, behavioral analytics and curated signatures in its threat detection. AI/ML detection is a subscription-based module that can be purchased with Corelight Sensors, and AI/ML models are enabled, managed and tuned through Fleet Manager. Many of these detections run directly on-sensor, with no cloud dependency. Threat Intelligence is a licensed feature for Corelight Sensors and Investigator, and it is supported on all sensor options. Corelight Smart PCAP links Zeek logs, detections and extracted files to only the packets needed for investigations.[8][11][12][13]

For cloud environments, Corelight Cloud Sensors are available for AWS, GCP and Azure. Corelight supports AWS, Azure and GCP native packet mirroring, and third-party packet brokers. Performance and Asset Visibility is a Corelight Open NDR module that passively extracts asset classification and network performance telemetry from traffic the sensors are already collecting.[14][15]

Corelight also sells services. Corelight says it can provide a resident engineer to work alongside a customer's team, and services can be purchased standalone or bundled with the platform. Corelight describes integrations with Splunk Enterprise Security and Splunk SOAR, and with Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft Entra ID.[1][2][10][12][14][16]

Corelight on the record

Sources

Corelight full record

  1. [1]All productsCorelight · corelight.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]About corelightCorelight · corelight.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]H i g growth partners invests in corelights 75m series d financingH.I.G. Capital · hig.com · published September 3, 2021 · Tier C
  4. [4]Corelight | Evidence-Based NDR & Threat Hunting PlatformCorelight · undated page, accessed October 24, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Corelight Welcomes Veteran Customer Advocate Amanda Berger as Chief Customer OfficerCorelight · published July 27, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Corelight Achieves FedRAMP In Process Certification, Advancing Network Detection and Response for Federal Government AgenciesCorelight · published June 9, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Corelight Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features - G2G2 · undated page, accessed October 24, 2026 · Tier C
  8. [8]AI/ML Detections: Transparent, Evidence-Based NDR | CorelightCorelight · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Network Visibility: Complete Visibility for Security Operations | CorelightCorelight · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Investigator: Agentic AI Triage for NDR | CorelightCorelight · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]AI-Powered Threat Detection Platform | CorelightCorelight · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Intrusion Detection System (IDS) Powered by Suricata | CorelightCorelight · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]Cyber Threat Intelligence for Open NDR | CorelightCorelight · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Cloud Solutions | CorelightCorelight · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A
  15. [15]Performance and Asset Visibility | CorelightCorelight · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A
  16. [16]Professional & Consulting Services | CorelightCorelight · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A
  17. [17]Corelight establishes Corelight CanadaCorelight · published October 6, 2026 · Tier A
  18. [18]Corelight Achieves FedRAMP In Process Certification, Advancing Network Detection and Response for Federal Government AgenciesPR Newswire · published June 9, 2026 · Tier A

NEOX NETWORKS full record

  1. [1]neoxnetworks.comNEOX NETWORKS · neoxnetworks.com · undated page, accessed November 8, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Neox stamus partnership clearndrNEOX NETWORKS · neoxnetworks.com · published May 5, 2025 · Tier A
  3. [3]New PacketOwl 100Gbps Security Appliance - NEOX NETWORKSNEOX NETWORKS · published May 6, 2025 · Tier A
  4. [4]NEOX NETWORKS and APEIRO NETWORKS Partnerto Offer Next-Generation Network Visibility Solutions - NEOX NETWORKSNEOX NETWORKS · published April 15, 2024 · Tier A
  5. [5]Unified Network Visibility For IT & OT | NEOX NetworksNEOX NETWORKS · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]About Us - NEOX NETWORKSNEOX NETWORKS · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Network TAPs – a Cost-Effective Solution to Bring Transparency and More Security to the Network Infrastructure - NEOX NETWORKSNEOX NETWORKS · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]PacketOwl - Suricata IDS Security Monitoring - NEOX NETWORKSNEOX NETWORKS · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]The Revolutionary Solution for Secure Data Transmission in Critical Infrastructures at it-sa 2024 - NEOX NETWORKSNEOX NETWORKS · published October 10, 2024 · Tier A
  10. [10]Global GTM Reach Through Channel and Solution Partnerships - NEOX NETWORKSNEOX NETWORKS · published September 4, 2025 · Tier A
  11. [11]Financial Services - NEOX NETWORKSNEOX NETWORKS · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A

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