Recorded Future
Intelligence-driven cybersecurity
As of 13 November 2026, Recorded Future starts at $25000/year. Recorded Future provides threat intelligence, vulnerability intelligence, and internet intelligence to help organizations make faster, smarter security decision. Softwr lists it under Cybersecurity. Recorded Future is made by Recorded Future, Inc., launched in 2009, available on Web, API.
Overview
What Recorded Future does
Recorded Future provides threat intelligence, vulnerability intelligence, and internet intelligence to help organizations make faster, smarter security decisions. It aggregates data from across the internet to identify risks before they impact your organization.
What people use it for
- Threat intelligence and monitoring
- Dark web monitoring and brand protection
- Third-party risk management
- Security operations and incident response
The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Recorded Future.
- No pricing published; all three tiers (Core, Professional, Elite) require sales contact for quotes
- Pricing depends on organization size, usage levels, and services in addition to tier selection
- API usage limits vary by package but limits not specified on pricing page
Pricing
What Recorded Future costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Threat Intelligence
$25,000 /yr
- Threat feeds
- IP reputation
- Domain analysis
- API access
Vulnerability Intelligence
$35,000 /yr
- CVE monitoring
- Patch intelligence
- Vulnerability trending
- Exploit data
Complete Intelligence
$50,000 /yr
- All features
- Analyst access
- Dedicated feed
- 24/7 support
Capabilities
Features
Real-time threat intelligence
Vulnerability intelligence
Internet-wide data analysis
Insikt group intelligence
Brand intelligence
API-first platform
Alert and notification system
Custom reporting
Splunk
Integration with Splunk
Slack
Integration with Slack
Jira
Integration with Jira
ServiceNow
Integration with ServiceNow
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
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What are the main pricing tiers offered by Recorded Future?
Recorded Future offers three tiers: Core (foundational intelligence), Professional (marked most-popular with automation and autonomous threat hunts), and Elite (comprehensive coverage including third-party risk assessment). Specific pricing requires contacting sales.
SourceWhat is included in Recorded Future's Core pricing tier?
Core tier includes cyber operations monitoring with threat and malware insights, digital risk protection covering dark web monitoring and credential detection, and the new digital risk hub. Exact cost depends on organization size and usage.
SourceWhat features does Recorded Future Professional tier add?
Professional tier adds autonomous threat hunts, continuous threat monitoring, automated threat preventions, external intelligence ingestion, and external asset discovery. Pricing is custom-quoted based on organization size and services.
SourceHow does Recorded Future handle user limits and API access?
Recorded Future does not limit the number of platform users or integrations across any tier. API usage limits vary by package tier but exact limits are not specified on the public pricing page.
SourceBehind it
Who makes Recorded Future
- Company
- Recorded Future, Inc.
- Based in
- Somerville, Massachusetts, USA
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