AI cybersecurity company whose self-learning ActiveAI Security Platform detects and responds to threats across network, cloud, email, endpoints, and OT.
Darktrace is an AI cybersecurity company founded in 2013 and headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom. Its self-learning artificial intelligence builds an evolving understanding of an organization to detect and respond to both known and unknown threats.
The company delivers its capabilities through the Darktrace ActiveAI Security Platform, with coverage across network, email, cloud, identity, endpoint, and operational technology (OT). Cyber AI Analyst automates investigation, and Proactive Exposure Management helps reduce risk before attacks occur.
Darktrace was taken private by the software investment firm Thoma Bravo in 2024. Ed Jennings was appointed president and chief executive officer in March 2026.
MSPs and internal IT teams use Darktrace for ActiveAI Security Platform, Darktrace / NETWORK, Darktrace / EMAIL.
Best for: businesses securing their network perimeter, remote access, and traffic with firewalls and threat prevention.
Darktrace pricing depends on your organization's size, the modules you enable, and your contract term. Tools in this category are usually licensed by subscription, billed per appliance or per user, and scale with the users, endpoints, or sites you cover.
Public rate cards are not always available, and many vendors set final pricing through a quote or their MSP and reseller channel. To get an accurate Darktrace price for your environment, request a quote from Darktrace directly, or ask a managed IT provider that supports Darktrace to bundle licensing, deployment, and management into one predictable monthly cost.
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Darktrace is an AI cybersecurity company founded in 2013 and headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom. Its self-learning ActiveAI Security Platform detects and responds to threats across network, email, cloud, identity, endpoint, and OT environments.
Darktrace is headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Darktrace offers the ActiveAI Security Platform, with products spanning network, email, cloud, identity, endpoint, and OT, plus Cyber AI Analyst for automated investigation and Proactive Exposure Management.
Ed Jennings was appointed president and chief executive officer of Darktrace in March 2026.