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Darktrace pricing
Darktrace publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
- Entry price
- $20000/year
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Not on record
Darktrace plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detect | $20000/year | 3 | Entry tier |
| Detect & Respond | $35000/year | 4 | +$15000/year, 4 more features |
| Enterprise | $50000/year | 4 | +$15000/year, 4 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Detect
$20000/yearThe entry tier. It covers network anomaly detection, ai-powered threat detection, compliance reporting.
Detect & Respond
$35000/yearOver Detect, this tier adds:
- All Detect features
- Autonomous response
- Email security
- Threat hunting
Enterprise
$50000/yearOver Detect & Respond, this tier adds:
- All features
- Dedicated support
- Custom training
- SLA guarantee
What the product covers
The full Darktrace feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- Self-learning AI
- Network anomaly detection
- Autonomous response
- Behavioral analysis
- Threat model visualization
- Email security
- Application control
- Incident response automation
Integrations
- Slack
- Microsoft Teams
- Splunk
- ELK Stack
- Honeypots
- Third-party tools via API
Security
- SOC2 Type 2
- ISO 27001
- GDPR
- HIPAA
Deployment
- Cloud deployment
- Hybrid deployment
- On-premises deployment
Platform
- Network support
- Cloud support
- Email support
Localization
- English language support
- German language support
- French language support
- Spanish language support
People bring Darktrace in for threat detection, ndr, incident response. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Darktrace are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Security & Cybersecurity
Across the 3 security & cybersecurity tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $19.99/month. Darktrace starts at $20000/year, which puts it above the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darktrace (this page) | $20000/year | subscription | - | |
| Keygen | On request | subscription | - | vs Darktrace |
| Authy | Free | free | - | vs Darktrace |
| Cisco Duo | Free | freemium | - | vs Darktrace |
| Bitdefender VPN | On request | subscription | - | vs Darktrace |
| Burp Suite | Free, then $449/year | subscription | - | vs Darktrace |
| Bitdefender Total Security | $19.99/year | - | - | vs Darktrace |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Darktrace badges page.
Before you pay for Darktrace
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between $20000/year and $50000/year, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Darktrace against the tools that do have one before committing.
Darktrace runs on network, cloud, email, and is published by Darktrace Cyber Security Limited of Cambridge, UK. The full record is on the Darktrace review, and the rest of the category is under best security & cybersecurity tools.
Darktrace pricing questions
- How much does Darktrace cost?
- Darktrace publishes 3 tiers, from $20000/year for Detect up to $50000/year for Enterprise. The cheapest paid tier is $20000/year.
- Does Darktrace have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Darktrace is listed as subscription. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Detect and Detect & Respond on Darktrace?
- Detect & Respond costs $35000/year against $20000/year, and adds all detect features, autonomous response, email security, threat hunting.
- Is the Enterprise plan on Darktrace worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is all features, dedicated support, custom training, sla guarantee. It costs $50000/year against $20000/year for Detect. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is Darktrace expensive for a security & cybersecurity tool?
- It starts above the middle of its category. Across the 3 security & cybersecurity tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $19.99/month; Darktrace starts at $20000/year.
- Which security & cybersecurity tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 8 security & cybersecurity tools listed alongside Darktrace have a free tier: Authy, Cisco Duo, Burp Suite, Avast One.
- What am I actually paying for with Darktrace?
- The record lists 28 features across 6 areas: core, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for threat detection, ndr, incident response.
- Does Darktrace charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Darktrace prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Darktrace against before paying?
- The closest security & cybersecurity tools in this directory are Keygen, Authy, Cisco Duo, Bitdefender VPN. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Darktrace covering price, platforms and features.