G2 Vendor Directory

Amazon GuardDuty vs. Darktrace / EMAIL

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricAmazon GuardDuty

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Darktrace / EMAIL

by Darktrace

Overall rating4.14.2
Review count5742
Ease of use8.98.5
Ease of setup9.08.4
Quality of support9.18.3
Meets requirements9.18.7
NPS31.48148154.761905
Small Business33.3%5.0%
Mid-Market28.1%62.5%
Enterprise38.6%32.5%
Total page views220651
Total LLM citations4743,212

Amazon GuardDuty

Amazon GuardDuty is a managed threat detection service that continuously monitors for malicious or unauthorized behavior to help you protect your AWS accounts and workloads.GuardDuty also detects potentially compromised instances or reconnaissance by attackers.

Pros

    Darktrace / EMAIL

    Darktrace / EMAIL secures email and collaboration by training exclusively on each organization’s own communication patterns, not shared threat intelligence. It builds a Unique Behavioral Profile for every user – spanning email, identity, DLP, and human risk – to catch novel phishing, business email compromise, and account takeover that signature-based tools miss by design. It’s recognized as a Leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant and in the 2025 Voice of the Customer for Email Security Platforms.

    Pros

    • AI Technology
    • Product Quality
    • Customer Support
    • User Interface
    • Detection Efficiency
    • Reporting