The Clear Alternative to Darktrace

Why Teams are Switching from Darktrace to Clear NDR:

Many security teams are turning away from Darktrace in search of a network threat detection and response solution that offers greater transparency, control, and flexibility. Clear NDR from Stamus Networks delivers exactly that with explainable AI, deep packet inspection powered by Suricata, and real-time threat detection your team can trust.

With Clear NDR, you get:

Immediate Value - Clear NDR leverages known threat behaviors, signatures, and contextual analytics to begin detecting threats immediately. No lengthy training period required.
Full Detection Customization - Modify or write detections tailored to your environment using custom logic, signatures, and rule sets.
Integrated Threat Intelligence - Ingest rules, signatures, and threat intel from any trusted source - not just IoCs - to extend and enhance detection coverage with precision.
Predictable, Deployment-Based Pricing - Clear NDR uses probe-based licensing, not host counts. That means no surprise fees at renewal and total visibility into what you're paying for.

Interested in more details? Download our competitive comparison brief today!

After deploying Clear NDR, we identified three previously undetected persistent threats within the first 48 hours. With our previous solution, these would have remained invisible until after the baseline period, and possibly even been part of the baseline of what is normal. – Security Operations Manager at a global financial institution

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Alert Fatigue/Overload

Excessive alerts and false positives, exacerbated by both legacy IDS and first-generation AI anomaly detection, leads to delayed or entirely missed attack detection.

Insufficient Attack Visibility

Limited visibility across agentless systems, cloud workflows, lateral movement, encrypted communications, and anomalous activity result in missed critical attack signals.

Lack of Context & Evidence

Proprietary “black box” threat detection lacks valuable event context and evidence, resulting in delayed impact assessment and response.

Increased Attack Velocity

Attackers leverage AI and exploit automation to breach defenses and accelerate attack timelines, inflicting serious damage before security teams can respond.

See what our customers are saying about Clear NDR

We use Clear NDR - Enterprise to monitor a multitude of custom applications to ensure they are operating securely.

Cyber Defense Engineering Manager at a major travel technology vendor

We selected the Stamus Networks solution based on our success at my previous employer. We found it to be an indispensable platform for understanding our security posture.

Head of Sector at a multi-national government institution

[Clear NDR] allowed us to reduce costs by simplifying IDS systems configuration and updates management, and by getting a single pane of glass on all IDS events with preconfigured dashboards and filters.

Lead of Information Security Team for a global engineering SaaS company

I have previously worked with six different IDS vendors, and only Stamus provides us with both the signature and anomaly-based data we need which previously required two separate traffic analyzers.

Lead Security Analyst at large DevOps vendor

Using the threat hunting capabilities of Clear NDR we have been able to uncover multiple instances of C2 communications and malware running within our infrastructure.

Head of Cyber Security and Governance at an international European Bank

The ability of Clear NDR - Enterprise to suppress the typically verbose stream of alerts enables us to quickly identify malicious activity from the tremendous noise associated with things like proxies on the network. By selecting the ‘relevant’ alerts, we are able to transition from millions of daily alerts to the 10 or 15 we actually need to review.

CTO at Bulgarian MSSP

After we started using Clear NDR, we were able to drop our MSSP and reduce our costs while strengthening our cyber security posture.

Director of Infrastructure Technology at U.S. public school system

Stamus Networks has provided us with the most effective solution within our security stack. Their dedication to supporting us has been unmatched by any other vendor. We are excited to continue expanding our deployment of Clear NDR - Enterprise.

Head of Cyber Security and Governance at an international European Bank

We are excited to install Clear NDR at a major manufacturing client because the context provided by the solution allows us to identify actual threats in less time than other tools we have used.

Sales Engineer at French MSSP

The detailed network definitions used in Clear NDR allows us to efficiently and intuitively hunt for improper encryption certificates and proxy services. It's incredibly useful.

Head of Cyber Security and Governance at an international European Bank

We managed to increase visibility of suspicious and malicious network activity which highly simplified incident investigation. But I think the biggest advantage we received is the support from Stamus Networks team which always was quick, constructive, and useful.

Lead of Information Security Team for a global software engineering firm

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Alert Fatigue/Overload

Excessive alerts and false positives, exacerbated by both legacy IDS and first-generation AI anomaly detection, leads to delayed or entirely missed attack detection.

Insufficient Attack Visibility

Limited visibility across agentless systems, cloud workflows, lateral movement, encrypted communications, and anomalous activity result in missed critical attack signals.

Lack of Context & Evidence

Proprietary “black box” threat detection lacks valuable event context and evidence, resulting in delayed impact assessment and response.

Increased Attack Velocity

Attackers leverage AI and exploit automation to breach defenses and accelerate attack timelines, inflicting serious damage before security teams can respond.

See what our customers are saying about Clear NDR

We use Clear NDR - Enterprise to monitor a multitude of custom applications to ensure they are operating securely.

We selected the Stamus Networks solution based on our success at my previous employer. We found it to be an indispensable platform for understanding our security posture.

[Clear NDR] allowed us to reduce costs by simplifying IDS systems configuration and updates management, and by getting a single pane of glass on all IDS events with preconfigured dashboards and filters.

I have previously worked with six different IDS vendors, and only Stamus provides us with both the signature and anomaly-based data we need which previously required two separate traffic analyzers.

Using the threat hunting capabilities of Clear NDR we have been able to uncover multiple instances of C2 communications and malware running within our infrastructure.

After we started using Clear NDR, we were able to drop our MSSP and reduce our costs while strengthening our cyber security posture.

Stamus Networks has provided us with the most effective solution within our security stack. Their dedication to supporting us has been unmatched by any other vendor. We are excited to continue expanding our deployment of Clear NDR - Enterprise.

We are excited to install Clear NDR at a major manufacturing client because the context provided by the solution allows us to identify actual threats in less time than other tools we have used.

The detailed network definitions used in Clear NDR allows us to efficiently and intuitively hunt for improper encryption certificates and proxy services. It's incredibly useful.

We managed to increase visibility of suspicious and malicious network activity which highly simplified incident investigation. But I think the biggest advantage we received is the support from Stamus Networks team which always was quick, constructive, and useful.