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ExtraHop vs FireMon

ExtraHop sells RevealX, a platform that brings NDR, NPM, forensics, and IDS together. FireMon is a network security company focused on firewall policy control for the hybrid enterprise. CISO Tribune files both under 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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ExtraHop vs FireMon: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
ExtraHopExtraHop sells RevealX, a platform that brings NDR, NPM, forensics, and IDS together.extrahop.comFireMonFireMon is a network security company focused on firewall policy control for the hybrid enterprise.firemon.com
What it sells
  • 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.
  • Security Manager[5][7]The foundational platform that the Policy Planner and Risk Analyzer add-on modules require.
  • Policy Planner[5]FireMon's firewall change automation software.
  • Policy Optimizer[2][5]Handles identifying redundant, shadowed, or unused rules.
  • Risk Analyzer[7]An add-on module for Security Manager that correlates vulnerabilities with network policy.
  • Workbench Agentic AI[5]A guided, AI-assisted experience for rule recommendations in Workbench.
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Recent news
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  • October 27, 2026FireMon unveiled AI agents for its platform that handle investigation and planning steps behind firewall policy changes.[14]
  • October 20, 2026FireMon announced an integration with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation that extends its policy control for microsegmentation.[13]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
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  • Gartner Peer Insights: listed, seen November 10, 2026[12]
  • G2: listed, seen November 14, 2026[15]
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Who it fits
From 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.FireMon's products are aimed at organizations that manage rules and prove compliance across on-premises, virtual, and cloud network controls. FireMon describes buyers who run multi-vendor firewalls, cloud networks, and microsegmentation environments. FireMon is channel-only by design, and resellers, MSSPs, GSIs, distributors, and technology partners can bring FireMon into the architectures and services they already deliver.
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November 3, 2026November 13, 2026

Where they overlap

  • ExtraHop and FireMon are both filed under Network visibility and traffic brokering.

Where they differ, field by field

  • ExtraHop's primary category is Network detection and response; FireMon's is Microsegmentation.
  • FireMon is also filed under Vulnerability management.
  • ExtraHop lists RevealX, RevealX NDR, RevealX NPM, Intrusion Detection System, Packet Forensics and 1 more. FireMon lists Security Manager, Policy Planner, Policy Optimizer, Risk Analyzer and Workbench Agentic AI.

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.

What it sells: FireMon

What Security Manager does[5][7]
FireMon Security Manager is the foundational platform required by the Policy Planner add-on module. Risk Analyzer requires Security Manager for policy visibility, network topology, and analytics.
What Policy Planner does[5]
Policy Planner manages the full change lifecycle, analyzing proposed rules in real time, checking them against compliance requirements, and deploying them across on-premises and cloud environments. Policy Planner performs pre-deployment compliance checks against requirements such as PCI DSS, NERC-CIP, NIST, and DORA. Policy Planner integrates with ServiceNow and Remedy for ticket tracking and automated reviews. Policy Planner handles modifications to network objects, service objects, and group objects across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
What Policy Optimizer does[2][5]
Policy Optimizer handles identifying redundant, shadowed, or unused rules. Policy Optimizer adds event-driven rule review and recertification to keep policy clean over time. Paired with Policy Planner, Policy Optimizer makes rule decommissioning fully automated.
What Risk Analyzer does[7]
Risk Analyzer provides real-time risk assessment by correlating vulnerabilities with network policy, simulating attack paths, and prioritizing remediation based on threat impact. Risk Analyzer integrates with scanners like Qualys, Rapid7, and Tenable. Risk Analyzer detects misconfigurations, exposed paths to vulnerable assets, overly permissive rules, and potential policy violations that increase attack surface. Risk Analyzer supports what-if analysis for attacks and changes.
What Workbench Agentic AI does[5]
Workbench Agentic AI provides a guided, AI-assisted experience for rule recommendations. The agentic AI assistant analyzes the environment to identify impacted devices and policies, then generates rule and object change recommendations. Engineers review and save the proposed changes, and the plan then proceeds through the applicable assessment and approval workflow before implementation. Workbench Agentic AI requires a FireMon Insights activation.

Questions about ExtraHop and FireMon

What do ExtraHop and FireMon sell?
ExtraHop sells RevealX, RevealX NDR, RevealX NPM, Intrusion Detection System, Packet Forensics and 1 more. FireMon sells Security Manager, Policy Planner, Policy Optimizer, Risk Analyzer and Workbench Agentic AI.
Are ExtraHop and FireMon in the same category?
They share Network visibility and traffic brokering. ExtraHop's primary category is Network detection and response and FireMon's is Microsegmentation.
Who are ExtraHop and FireMon sold to?
From its own pages, ExtraHop sells mainly to security teams and operations teams that monitor hybrid and multicloud networks. FireMon's products are aimed at organizations that manage rules and prove compliance across on-premises, virtual, and cloud network controls.
What have ExtraHop and FireMon announced recently?
October 27, 2026: FireMon unveiled AI agents for its platform that handle investigation and planning steps behind firewall policy changes.

About ExtraHop

ExtraHop sells RevealX, a platform that brings NDR, NPM, forensics, and IDS together. ExtraHop turns network traffic into real-time context for analysts and AI agents. RevealX combines NDR, network performance monitoring (NPM), intrusion detection (IDS), and network forensics in a single platform. NDR, short for network detection and response, is a category of cybersecurity solution that ingests and analyzes network traffic to detect suspicious activity and understand security risks and exposure.[1][2][3][4]

RevealX NDR is focused on cybersecurity, and RevealX NPM is focused on performance. RevealX NDR detects potential cyber threats across the attack surface, and RevealX NPM monitors potential network and application performance issues. The RevealX platform enables users to integrate modules for Intrusion Detection System (IDS) and Packet Forensics with a scalable packet capture (PCAP) repository. IDS and Packet Forensics modules are add-on modules to the RevealX platform’s core NDR module and cannot be purchased as standalone products.[1][3]

IDS can be deployed and managed from the same RevealX NDR sensor. Sensors with restricted access receive health and rule updates through automated cloud updates. Packet Forensics provides packet-level visibility to investigate the severity and scope of activity in multi-cloud or hybrid networks.[5]

RevealX NDR can decrypt SSL/TLS (including TLS 1.3), NTLM, Kerberos, and SMBv3 network traffic. RevealX NDR decodes 90+ protocols, including SMBv3, Kerberos, Active Directory, and MSRPC. RevealX NDR combines real-time detection of the latest CVEs with continuous behavioral machine learning. ExtraHop creates structured records from raw network packets and transports those records to ExtraHop Cloud Services. RevealX uses ML models to baseline performance and behaviors and to spot anomalies, unexpected changes, and risks. RevealX sensors discover and profile every device, user, and application and analyze over 5,000 metrics. RevealX provides information on weak ciphers and expiring certificates, and offers manual triage or AI-powered Smart Triage.[3][7][8]

RevealX sensors receive network packets via port mirroring, physical and virtual network taps, SPANs, and aggregation switches. RevealX sensors are not in-line like a firewall. RevealX sensors passively ingest traffic at up to 100 Gbps. RevealX sensors range from virtual sensors for AWS, Azure, and GCP to physical sensors designed for full 100 Gbps line rate high-speed networks. 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. RevealX NDR can be deployed in on-premises, remote, and cloud environments.[1][3][7]

RevealX NDR can be purchased directly from ExtraHop, through channel partners and distributors, or via listings on marketplaces such as the AWS Marketplace. RevealX NDR is available as a managed security service via partners such as Binary Defense. ExtraHop has integrations with vendors including CrowdStrike, Splunk, Netskope, AWS, Microsoft, and Gigamon. RevealX can use the CrowdStrike Falcon agent for push-button response from ExtraHop detections. RevealX was designed to combine with tools like EDR, SIEM, SOAR, and SASE. RevealX NDR data can be sent to data lakes.[3][7][8]

RevealX can discover unmanaged OT devices like PLCs, RTUs, and IEDs without installing agents. RevealX decodes 90+ protocols, including native DNP3 and Modbus, at speeds up to 100 Gbps. ExtraHop offers a credit-based system for professional services, including implementation assistance, training, integrations, support, and more. Standard Support is included with the RevealX subscription or license. ExtraHop offers support in native languages across over 150 countries. ExtraHop support teams are distributed across the United States, Asia Pacific, and EMEA. All RevealX subscriptions include access to the ExtraHop Learning Hub.[3][5][7][9][10][11]

ExtraHop on the record

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ExtraHop full record

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FireMon full record

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