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Darktrace / EMAIL vs. Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense

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

MetricDarktrace / EMAIL

by Darktrace

Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense

by Cisco

Overall rating4.24.3
Review count4228
Ease of use8.58.6
Ease of setup8.48.8
Quality of support8.39.1
Meets requirements8.79.2
NPS54.76190557.692308
Small Business5.0%17.9%
Mid-Market62.5%50.0%
Enterprise32.5%32.1%
Total page views651211
Total LLM citations3,212467

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

Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense

Cisco Email Security protects against ransomware, business email compromise, spoofing, and phishing.

Pros