Name: Darktrace / NETWORK
Rating: 4.8 (612 reviews)

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Updated 13th October 2025

What is Darktrace / NETWORK?

Darktrace NETWORK is a cybersecurity software designed to identify and respond to cyber threats within enterprise network environments. The software utilizes machine learning technology to analyze network activity, detect anomalies, and provide real-time alerts on potential security incidents. It helps organizations manage risks by offering automated response capabilities to contain threats and minimize disruptions. Darktrace NETWORK supports monitoring across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid infrastructures, enabling visibility into network traffic and vulnerabilities. The software assists organizations in maintaining security posture, reducing the potential for data breaches, and addressing advanced persistent threats by continuously adapting to evolving attack techniques.

Overall experience with Darktrace / NETWORK

Engineer

50M - 250M USD, Construction

FAVORABLE

“Strong AI Driven NDR with Pricing concerns”

4.0

Apr 1, 2026

Darktrace Network delivered strong NDR capabilities in our evaluation by focusing on behavior-based detection and helping reduce manual triage. The main limitation I identified is cost: depending on licensing scope, pricing can be difficult to justify for a mid-sized organization.

It Technical Engineer

Gov't/PS/ED <5,000 Employees, Education

CRITICAL

“Darktrace Provides strong Network Visibility but User Interface Remains Challenging to Navigate”

3.0

Mar 24, 2026

Once set up and running in autonomous mode, Darktrace offers a comfort blanket to security engineers: you get good visibility of abnormal network traffic. I find the UI to be pretty tricky and not very user friendly. It seems like they prioritized a cool looking design interface over something that is user friendly to work with. That being said, Darktrace does give me peace of mind that we can see abnormal behaviour across our network.

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For Market:
Network Detection and Response

About Company

Company Description

Darktrace is a Cambridge, UK-based firm concentrating on the mitigation of cyber disruptions globally. The company employs a unique AI technology used by thousands of businesses globally to counteract, identify, react to, and recover from cyber-attacks. With a team of over 2200 people spread over 30 global offices, Darktrace is dedicated to containing the global impacts of cyber threats.

Company Details

Year Founded

2013

Head office location

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Number of employees

1001 - 5000

Annual Revenue

500M-1B USD

Website

https://darktrace.com/

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I value that the product detects anomalous network behavior beyond static rules, for example endpoints connecting to previously unseen domains or IP addresses or showing unusual communication patterns. During our POC, it surfaced concrete misuse on the guest Wi-Fi (including access to illegal football streaming services), which demonstrated practical detection value. The option for a local appliance is a clear advantage for privacy and governance, because telemetry can be processed on-premises and sensitive data can remain under the organization's control. I also appreciate the ability to tune thresholds and create custom alerts, as well as the integration benefits across the Darktrace ecosystem-using Network together with Identity and Email typically improves investigation context and confidence. Finally, the active response capability is distinctive: when configured, it can attempt to terminate suspicious sessions by injecting TCP FIN packets for the relevant connection/port, supporting rapid containment while the alert is validated.

Love the autonomous mode, knowing that automatic actions will take place against abnormal network traffic, meaning you don't have to immediately down tools to deal with an alert. I like the ai assistant to help breakdown the details in an alert and explain what's going on, and overall I appreciate the alerts to give me a deep understanding of what is happening in our network.

what i like most about the product is the level of visbility it provides across the networks. Darktrace delivers extremely detailed insights and presents them in a very visual and intuitivr way, makin it easier to understand what is happening in real time and make decisions. One of the standout features i appreciate is Darktrace's autonomous response capability (Antigena). It ability to take real-time, proportionate actions to contain suspicious activity - wihtout disrupting normal operations- is a major advantage and clearly differentiates the product from traditional monitoring tools.

Licensing tied to IP addresses can scale quickly and was the primary drawback in our evaluation.

As mentioned previously I have a strong dislike of the UI, I find tuning models to be quite tricky and I also found that sometimes picking up device DNS can be inaccurate so you have to rely more on IP addresses than DNS names

what i dislike the most is that amount of information darktrace provides can sometime feel overwhelming, especially during the initial learning phase.

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Magic Quadrant for Network Detection and Response

50M-1B USD

Construction

Review Source

Strong AI Driven NDR with Pricing concerns

CHIEF INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER

<50M USD

IT Services

Autonomous Response And Visual Insights Elevate Darktrace Network Security Experience

Dec 1, 2025

My overall experience with Darktrace/Network was very positive. When i tested it, i found it to be a very powerful solution that provides deep visibility and presents information in a highly visual and intuitive way. At time, the amount of data it offers can feel overwhelming, and it does require some time to learn your environment and fine-tune it detections. However, once it is adapted to the network’s behavior, it offers a significant leap in the ability to identify unusual activities. It is true that the price is not low, but i really believe the value it delivers can make it worthwhile, especially when extended to OT environments. During the POV, we discovered some interesting things thanks to the solution in the OT network of a client. In our case the project ultimately did not move forward due to cost constraints, but i still think the tool would have provided strong visibility and strengthened the security insights of the company.

Gov't/PS/Ed

Education

Darktrace Provides strong Network Visibility but User Interface Remains Challenging to Navigate

DIRECTOR, IT SECURITY AND RISK MANAGEMEN

Limited AI Customization and High Cost Balanced By Strong Support and Integration

5.0

Jan 29, 2026

From my first call with their sales rep to the completed installation to any follow-up support they have been nothing but on point. Providing time and a listening ear to whatever our needs were.

INFORMATION SECURITY SPECIALIST

Transportation

Detection Accuracy Praised But Concerns Raised Over Interface and Infrastructure Costs

Nov 14, 2025

Detections are precise and straight forward, however, the user interface seems a bit troublesome in cases where to many detections are related. Also, the capabilities to packet sniff inside your network is useful.