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Darktrace vs ExtraHop

Darktrace sells security for AI systems and agents, for network, cloud and OT environments, and for email and collaboration tools. ExtraHop sells RevealX, a platform that brings NDR, NPM, forensics, and IDS together. CISO Tribune files both under Network detection and response. 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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  • Darktrace
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Darktrace vs ExtraHop: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
DarktraceDarktrace sells security for AI systems and agents, for network, cloud and OT environments, and for email and collaboration tools.darktrace.comExtraHopExtraHop sells RevealX, a platform that brings NDR, NPM, forensics, and IDS together.extrahop.com
What it sells
  • Darktrace / EMAIL[14][15]Email security that catches phishing, business email compromise, executive impersonation and social engineering attacks.
  • RevealX[1][2][3][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]A platform that brings NDR, NPM, forensics, and IDS together.
  • RevealX NDR[3][5]Detects potential cyber threats across the attack surface.
  • RevealX NPM[3][10]Monitors potential network and application performance issues.
  • Intrusion Detection SystemAn add-on module to the RevealX platform's core NDR module.
  • Packet Forensics[1][3][6]An add-on module that provides packet-level visibility.
  • ExtraHop Premier Support[11]An enhanced support offering for large-scale enterprises and organizations.
Categories
Headquarters
Cambridge, United Kingdom[2]Not stated on its pages
Founded
2013[2]Not stated on its pages
Ownership and funding
Owned by Thoma Bravo since 2024[3][12][13][17]Not stated on its pages
Named customers
  • Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast[4]
  • HARMAN International[5]
  • City of Las Vegas[6]
  • Centre Parcs[7]
  • Banco Galicia[8]
Not stated on its pages
Recent news
  • September 24, 2026Darktrace launched Signal Labs, a research unit that tests how AI models and agents misbehave in sandboxed environments, and published its first findings.[9]
  • September 22, 2026Darktrace made its SECURE AI product generally available, giving enterprises tools to discover AI use, monitor people and agents, and act on policy risks.[10]
  • August 4, 2026Darktrace announced an integration that feeds behavioral risk signals about AI agents from its SECURE AI product into the Microsoft Agent 365 portal.[11]
Not stated on its pages
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: listed, seen November 3, 2026[13]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
  • G2: Not stated on its pages
  • Gartner Peer Insights: listed, seen November 10, 2026[12]
Who it fits
Not written yetFrom its own pages, ExtraHop sells mainly to security teams and operations teams that monitor hybrid and multicloud networks. ExtraHop describes customers ranging from lean security teams to complex global enterprises, and its premium support tier is aimed at large-scale enterprises and organizations. ExtraHop also addresses operators of bulk electric system assets that fall under NERC rules requiring internal network security monitoring.
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October 10, 2026November 3, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Network detection and response is the primary category of both Darktrace and ExtraHop.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Darktrace is also filed under Email security and OT and ICS security. ExtraHop is also filed under Network visibility and traffic brokering.
  • Darktrace lists Darktrace / EMAIL. ExtraHop lists RevealX, RevealX NDR, RevealX NPM, Intrusion Detection System, Packet Forensics and 1 more.
  • Darktrace is headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom.
  • Darktrace was founded in 2013.
  • Darktrace is owned by Thoma Bravo, since 2024.
  • Darktrace publicly names Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast, HARMAN International, City of Las Vegas, Centre Parcs and Banco Galicia.

How they differ

CISO Tribune files both Darktrace and ExtraHop under Network detection and response as the primary category. Darktrace is also filed under Email security and OT and ICS security, while ExtraHop is also filed under Network visibility and traffic brokering. Darktrace sells security for AI systems and agents, for network, cloud and OT environments, and for email and collaboration tools. ExtraHop sells RevealX, a platform that brings NDR, NPM, forensics, and IDS together. Its Intrusion Detection System and Packet Forensics modules are add-ons to the core NDR module and cannot be purchased as standalone products.

ExtraHop says RevealX NDR passively ingests network traffic through a port mirror or tap, and its sensors are not in-line like a firewall. ExtraHop's RevealX NPM is focused on performance, while RevealX NDR is focused on cybersecurity. Darktrace is headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom, and has been owned by Thoma Bravo since 2024. Darktrace publicly names Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast, HARMAN International, City of Las Vegas, Centre Parcs, and Banco Galicia as customers. ExtraHop describes customers ranging from lean security teams to complex global enterprises, and it addresses operators of bulk electric system assets under NERC rules.

Darktrace launched Signal Labs, a research unit that tests how AI models and agents misbehave in sandboxed environments, on September 24, 2026. On September 22, 2026, Darktrace made its SECURE AI product generally available. ExtraHop lists integrations with vendors including CrowdStrike, Splunk, Netskope, AWS, Microsoft, and Gigamon.

What it sells: Darktrace

What Darktrace / EMAIL does[14][15]
Darktrace / EMAIL learns from each organization's own activity and users, not a shared cross-customer model. Darktrace says it catches phishing, business email compromise, executive impersonation, and social engineering attacks. Behavioral detection extends across Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and Slack. Each employee's risk score adapts their email controls.

What it sells: ExtraHop

What RevealX does[1][2][3][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
RevealX combines NDR, network performance monitoring (NPM), intrusion detection (IDS), and network forensics in a single platform. The RevealX platform consists of sensors, recordstores, and a console for centralized management and unified data views. RevealX can be self-hosted or cloud delivered for use in public networks to air-gapped environments, with physical and virtual sensors available.
What RevealX NDR does[3][5]
RevealX NDR detects potential cyber threats across the attack surface. RevealX NDR can decrypt SSL/TLS (including TLS 1.3), NTLM, Kerberos, and SMBv3 network traffic. RevealX NDR uses a port mirror or tap to passively ingest network traffic.
What RevealX NPM does[3][10]
RevealX NPM is focused on performance. RevealX NPM uses wire data to troubleshoot disruptions and verify SLAs across substation automation, SCADA services, and EMS.
What Intrusion Detection System does
IDS and Packet Forensics modules are add-on modules to the RevealX platform’s core NDR module. IDS can be deployed and managed from the same RevealX NDR sensor.
What Packet Forensics does[1][3][6]
Packet Forensics provides packet-level visibility to investigate the severity and scope of activity in multi-cloud or hybrid networks. The RevealX platform integrates Packet Forensics with a scalable packet capture (PCAP) repository.

Questions about Darktrace and ExtraHop

What do Darktrace and ExtraHop sell?
Darktrace sells Darktrace / EMAIL. ExtraHop sells RevealX, RevealX NDR, RevealX NPM, Intrusion Detection System, Packet Forensics and 1 more.
Are Darktrace and ExtraHop in the same category?
Yes. Network detection and response is the primary category of both on CISO Tribune.
Where are Darktrace and ExtraHop headquartered?
Darktrace is headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom.
When were Darktrace and ExtraHop founded?
Darktrace was founded in 2013.
Who owns Darktrace and ExtraHop?
Darktrace is owned by Thoma Bravo, since 2024.
Which customers do Darktrace and ExtraHop name?
Darktrace publicly names Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast, HARMAN International, City of Las Vegas, Centre Parcs and Banco Galicia.
Who are Darktrace and ExtraHop sold to?
From its own pages, ExtraHop sells mainly to security teams and operations teams that monitor hybrid and multicloud networks.
What have Darktrace and ExtraHop announced recently?
September 24, 2026: Darktrace launched Signal Labs, a research unit that tests how AI models and agents misbehave in sandboxed environments, and published its first findings.

About Darktrace

Darktrace sells security for AI systems and agents, for network, cloud and OT environments, and for email and collaboration tools. Darktrace says it understands behavior across people, networks, applications, cloud, and AI. Darktrace says its Adaptive AI learns an organization's own operational patterns, unlike security tools that rely on static rules or training data from other organizations. Darktrace says its AI learns from each organization's own business data to identify anomalous activity for each asset across domains.[1][14]

Darktrace says a dynamic understanding of every email user in an organization allows Darktrace / EMAIL to take a targeted response to threats that others miss. Darktrace learns from each organization's own activity and users, not a shared cross-customer model. Darktrace says its email security catches phishing, business email compromise, executive impersonation, and social engineering attacks. Darktrace says its behavioral detection extends across Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and Slack. When credentials are compromised, Darktrace responds autonomously by terminating sessions, forcing re-authentication, and restricting access across email, SaaS, and cloud. Darktrace says each employee's risk score adapts their email controls, so protection strengthens for higher-risk users as training progresses. The Darktrace Email Analysis Agent integrates with Microsoft Defender and Security Copilot to streamline investigation and response for SOC teams.[1][15][16]

Darktrace says one solution detects, investigates, and contains threats across network, cloud, OT, endpoint, and identity, and learns the environment from the ground up. Darktrace / HYBRID NETWORK passively ingests traffic from on-premises and virtual networks, multi-cloud environments, OT, endpoints, and identities. Darktrace analyzes encrypted and decrypted traffic across network, cloud, and OT to surface activity that does not fit the environment. Darktrace then contains that activity with response actions taken natively or through firewalls, EDR, SOAR, and ITSM tools. Darktrace says it can flag account takeover, privilege escalation, and insider misuse when an identity stops matching how that identity normally behaves. When a threat is identified, Darktrace automatically acquires host and workload artifacts across endpoints, cloud, containers, and SaaS environments. Darktrace says its approach detects zero-day threats an average of 8 days before public CVE disclosure.

For cloud, Darktrace says its Adaptive AI continuously monitors activity across cloud assets, workloads, APIs, containers, and identities. Darktrace says Cyber AI Analyst automatically investigates alerts and connects related cloud and infrastructure activity. Darktrace's coverage extends across Compute, Serverless, Containers, IAM, Storage Services, and beyond. Darktrace draws data from lightweight host-based server agents or a combination of traffic mirroring and API logs. Darktrace supports security investigations by combining its detection and response capabilities with Amazon Security Lake.[18][19]

For operational technology, Darktrace maintains a live asset inventory, obtained through passive and active scanning, and immediately reveals CVEs and End-Of-Life status. Darktrace says it identifies and contains threats across converged IT and OT environments with Adaptive AI. Darktrace says Cyber AI Analyst automatically investigates alerts and correlates related activity across OT and IT environments. Darktrace says it automatically maps its models to the MITRE for ICS attacks/techniques, and says it helps organizations meet NIST and other regulations and standards.[20]

Darktrace calls its endpoint functionality Network Endpoint eXtended Telemetry (NEXT), which shows the endpoint process root cause for network threats. Darktrace says Cyber AI Analyst autonomously investigates alerts, gathers evidence, tests hypotheses, and delivers incident context. Darktrace responds autonomously with targeted actions that contain threats and avoid business disruption. Darktrace lets customers set response policies with configurable actions based on device types, user groups, locations, business hours, and operational requirements. Darktrace complements Microsoft Defender for Endpoint by connecting endpoint signals with behavioral understanding across a wider infrastructure.[15][21]

Darktrace says action can be taken independently or via integrations with native security controls, and that alerts are sent wherever the customer wants them. Darktrace extends its autonomous response to Check Point firewalls and to Palo Alto firewalls. Darktrace incidents and model breach alerts can be analyzed in CIM compatible Splunk dashboards. Darktrace enriches its AI decision-making with alerts from the Crowdstrike Falcon platform. Darktrace's Cyber AI Analyst integrates with Microsoft Copilot for Security.[14][15][22][23]

HARMAN International uses Darktrace coverage for email, network, and OT systems. Centre Parcs turned to Darktrace to protect its network, email, and cloud environments with a single AI security platform. Darktrace says organizations across all sizes and industries rely on it to get proactive about cyber security.[14][16][20]

Darktrace on the record

Sources

Darktrace full record

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  2. [2]Darktrace named technology pioneer by world economic forumDarktrace · darktrace.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Darktrace announces formal completion of its acquisition by thoma bravoDarktrace · darktrace.com · published October 1, 2024 · Tier A
  4. [4]Coca cola beverages northeastDarktrace · darktrace.com · undated page, accessed October 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Harman internationalDarktrace · darktrace.com · undated page, accessed October 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]City of las vegasDarktrace · darktrace.com · undated page, accessed October 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Center parcs darktraceDarktrace · darktrace.com · undated page, accessed October 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Banco galiciaDarktrace · darktrace.com · undated page, accessed October 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Darktrace launches signal labs to research emerging risks of enterprise ai agentsDarktrace · darktrace.com · published September 24, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Darktrace extends behavioral security with general availability of darktrace secure aiDarktrace · darktrace.com · published September 22, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Darktrace among first cybersecurity companies selected to integrate risk signals into microsoft agent 365Darktrace · darktrace.com · published August 4, 2026 · Tier A
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  14. [14]AI Cyber Security Solutions | Harden Defenses Inside & OutDarktrace · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  15. [15]Microsoft Azure Security & Compliance | Security ServicesDarktrace · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  16. [16]AI-Based Email Security Software | Email Threat ProtectionDarktrace · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  17. [17]Network Security Management | AI Network Security ProtectionDarktrace · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  18. [18]Cloud Security Solutions | AI for Cloud Cyber SecurityDarktrace · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  19. [19]AWS Data Loss Prevention, Security Compliance, & ProtectionDarktrace · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  20. [20]Operational Technology (OT) Cyber Security SolutionsDarktrace · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
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  23. [23]Integrations | Darktrace/EndpointDarktrace · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A

ExtraHop full record

  1. [1]extrahop.comExtraHop · extrahop.com · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Network visibility for the agentic enterprise — ExtraHopExtraHop · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]ExtraHop Security and Performance FAQ: NDR & NPM Answers — ExtraHopExtraHop · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]What is NDR — ExtraHopExtraHop · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Modern IDS - Automated security workflows — ExtraHopExtraHop · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Platform - Modern Network Detection and Response Solutions Platform — ExtraHopExtraHop · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]How It Works: The All-in-One Sensor and Platform Explained — ExtraHopExtraHop · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]ExtraHop Security: Advanced Capabilities for Threat Defense — ExtraHopExtraHop · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Speed Your SOC Transformation with ExtraHop — ExtraHopExtraHop · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Energy: Securing Critical Infrastructure and Grid Resilience — ExtraHopExtraHop · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Customer Support — ExtraHopExtraHop · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]ExtraHop Reviews, Ratings & Features 2026Gartner Peer Insights · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier C

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