Cybersecurity · head to head
Resolver vs ThetaRay
Resolver
Cybersecurity
Risk, incident and investigations platform for corporate security and operational risk teams, owned by Kroll
- From
- On request
- Rated
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ThetaRay
Cybersecurity
Unsupervised AI transaction monitoring for cross-border and correspondent banking
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Resolver kroll ownership since 2022 means the product is sold alongside risk consulting services, so buyers who want software with no services attach should expect that conversation and should price the licence separately in negotiation.; ThetaRay unsupervised models are harder to justify to an examiner than explicit rules, and some regulators still expect documented threshold logic, which can force you to run both systems.
- They diverge on capability: Resolver covers Incident management, ThetaRay covers Unsupervised detection.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Resolver and ThetaRay actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Cybersecurity).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Resolver
- Incident management
- Investigations
- Enterprise risk management
- Internal audit
- Compliance and obligations
- Business continuity
- Risk Event Management
- Configurable dashboards
Only in ThetaRay
- Unsupervised detection
- Cross-border focus
- Sanctions screening
- Alert triage
- Customer risk scoring
- Cloud native
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Resolver
- A national retailer consolidating store incident reporting, loss prevention cases and investigations into one system with defensible evidence handlingnot ThetaRay
- A bank that needs operational risk events captured against a risk and control register rather than in spreadsheets and emailnot ThetaRay
- A university security operations centre running dispatch, case management and clery-style reporting from a single recordnot ThetaRay
- An organisation that already retains Kroll for investigations and wants case intake and vendor handoff in the same platformnot ThetaRay
ThetaRay
- A correspondent bank that cannot see the ultimate originator and needs behavioural signals rather than counterparty listsnot Resolver
- A cross-border payments fintech whose rules engine produces more alerts than its compliance team can clearnot Resolver
- A bank under a regulatory consent order needing demonstrable improvement in detection within a fixed periodnot Resolver
- A payment institution entering a high-risk corridor where existing thresholds were calibrated on domestic trafficnot Resolver
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Resolver
- Kroll ownership since 2022 means the product is sold alongside risk consulting services, so buyers who want software with no services attach should expect that conversation and should price the licence separately in negotiation.
- Configuration flexibility comes at the cost of implementation time, with deployments commonly running several months and typically requiring vendor or partner services, so the first-year cost is well above the annual licence.
- Module-based pricing means the platform gets expensive quickly once you add audit, compliance and continuity to a security-led purchase, and modules bought later rarely carry the discount of the original deal.
- The IT and cyber compliance side is thinner than dedicated tools, so organisations chasing SOC 2 or ISO 27001 evidence automation will find it does not replace a Drata or Vanta.
- Reporting is capable but the drag and drop builder has a real learning curve, and organisations that do not train an internal administrator end up raising support tickets for changes that should be self-service.
ThetaRay
- Unsupervised models are harder to justify to an examiner than explicit rules, and some regulators still expect documented threshold logic, which can force you to run both systems.
- The alert reduction claim depends heavily on your data, so a parallel run is essential and adds months and cost before you can decommission the incumbent.
- Coverage is strongest in cross-border and correspondent flows; institutions whose risk is domestic retail fraud will find the fit weaker than a general-purpose monitoring platform.
- It is a smaller vendor than the incumbents, so integration connectors into legacy core banking systems are often bespoke work rather than a supported adapter.
- Model retraining and tuning are vendor-led, which means changing detection behaviour is a support conversation rather than something your own analysts can do that afternoon.
Pricing, plan by plan
Resolver
On request- Resolver Core$undefined/year
- Priced by modules selected and number of users
- Annual or multi-year enterprise agreement
- Implementation and configuration quoted separately
ThetaRay
On request- ThetaRay Sonar$undefined/year
- Priced by monitored transaction volume and number of monitored entities
- SaaS on Azure with regional data residency options
- Parallel run and model tuning included in onboarding
Which should you pick?
Choose Resolver if
- You need incident management.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want investigations.
Questions people ask
- Is Resolver or ThetaRay better?
- Neither clearly leads. Resolver starts at On request and ThetaRay at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Resolver or ThetaRay?
- Resolver starts at On request and ThetaRay at On request.
- Does Resolver or ThetaRay run on more platforms?
- Resolver runs on Web, iOS, Android. ThetaRay runs on Web.
- What is Resolver best used for?
- Resolver is most often used for a national retailer consolidating store incident reporting, loss prevention cases and investigations into one system with defensible evidence handling, a bank that needs operational risk events captured against a risk and control register rather than in spreadsheets and email, a university security operations centre running dispatch, case management and clery-style reporting from a single record, an organisation that already retains kroll for investigations and wants case intake and vendor handoff in the same platform. Of those, a national retailer consolidating store incident reporting, loss prevention cases and investigations into one system with defensible evidence handling and a bank that needs operational risk events captured against a risk and control register rather than in spreadsheets and email are not what ThetaRay is typically brought in for.
- What can Resolver do that ThetaRay cannot?
- Resolver covers Incident management, Investigations, Enterprise risk management, Internal audit. ThetaRay covers Unsupervised detection, Cross-border focus, Sanctions screening, Alert triage.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Resolver: Who owns Resolver?
Kroll, which acquired it in 2022. It is marketed as a Kroll business and sold alongside Kroll risk and investigations services.
ThetaRay: Does it replace a rules engine entirely?
Rarely on day one. Most institutions run it alongside existing rules during a parallel period, and some keep specific regulator-mandated rules permanently.
Resolver: What does Resolver cost?
Pricing is not published. It is quoted by module and user count on an annual or multi-year enterprise agreement, with implementation charged separately.
ThetaRay: Where is the data processed?
SaaS runs on Microsoft Azure with regional deployment options, which is the mechanism for meeting data residency conditions in regulated markets.
Resolver: Is Resolver a SOC 2 compliance tool?
No. It is a risk, incident and investigations platform. Automated evidence collection for security certifications is not its strength.
ThetaRay: Is sanctions screening included?
Screening is available on the same platform but licensed as part of the commercial package rather than bundled by default. Confirm it is in your quote.
Resolver: How long does implementation take?
Months rather than weeks for a multi-module deployment, and most customers use vendor or partner services to configure it.
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