SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence Platform

Overview

SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence Platform (XTI) is a cloud service combining threat intelligence, attack-surface monitoring, brand protection, and dark web monitoring. It best suits organizations with security teams that need several kinds of external threat monitoring in one service. Its breadth is useful, but the paid plans with published prices impose tight domain, asset, and seat limits.

Key features

XTI monitors dark web and other sources for threats aimed at organizations, including impersonating domains and social-media brand abuse. Its intelligence covers vulnerabilities, attack methods, sectoral and regional campaigns, supply-chain attacks, and threat-actor groups. That range makes it relevant to teams tracking both their public-facing exposure and the context around emerging threats; it is less compelling for buyers who need only a narrowly defined monitoring task.

The platform says it detects brand impersonations, phishing domains, and vulnerabilities before they affect operations. It supports indicator enrichment, STIX/TAXII, report and case management, and workflow automation. Integrations span SIEM, SOAR, EDR, firewalls, ticketing, vulnerability management, intelligence sharing, MDR, XDR, and threat-intelligence categories, giving security teams multiple routes to connect findings to existing processes.

XTI runs as a scalable cloud service without software installation or endpoint setup, which avoids deploying agents on protected devices. SOCRadar says it holds ISO 27001 certification and has completed SOC 2 Type I and Type II reports. It says data in transit uses TLS 1.2 or higher and stored data uses AES-256 encryption; service data is stored in Google Cloud data centers in the Netherlands, and infrastructure providers target at least 99.9% uptime.

Pricing

SOCRadar uses a freemium model, with a free plan and a 7-day trial. The named tiers cover distinct products, so compare the included scope and limits rather than treating them as interchangeable bundles.

• Advanced Dark Web Monitoring — Essential: $600 a month, billed Monthly, for 1 domain and 1 seat. This is a narrow entry point for a single-domain use case, not a broad multi-user deployment.
• Advanced Dark Web Monitoring — Business: $1,145 a month, billed Monthly, for 1 domain and 1 seat, with a Limited Dark Web Search Engine. The higher price adds that search capability, but does not expand the stated domain or seat allowance.
• External Attack Surface Management — Essential: $10,500 a year, billed Yearly, for up to 100 assets and 1 seat. The asset allowance is substantial for a small team’s inventory, while the single seat makes shared use a constraint.
• Brand Protection — Essential: $12,250 a year, billed Yearly, for 1 domain and 1 seat. It may suit a focused brand-protection requirement, but its limits do not accommodate multiple domains or users.
• External Attack Surface Management — Ultimate: custom pricing, billed Contact Sales for pricing; 1 seat, for commercial use, with OnWatch Services. SOCRadar describes Ultimate tiers as tailored to commercial and enterprise use.
• External Attack Surface Management — Business: custom pricing, billed Contact Sales for pricing; flexible assets and 3 seats. This is a better fit than Essential when asset counts vary or more than one person needs access.
• Advanced Dark Web Monitoring — Ultimate-Flex: custom pricing, billed Contact Sales for Pricing; flexible domains and seats. It avoids the fixed counts of the priced tiers, but requires a sales conversation.
• Brand Protection — Business: custom pricing, billed Contact Sales for pricing; 3 domains and 3 seats. The added domain and seat capacity suits a broader team than the one-domain Essential tier.

SOCRadar also lists dedicated support and customer success with Advanced Dark Web Monitoring plans, and dedicated analyst support for Extended Threat Intelligence Ultimate. The stated 7-day trial is brief; buyers should confirm the free plan’s caps and trial terms before relying on either for an evaluation.

Platforms

XTI is available through web and API platforms. Its cloud deployment needs no software installation or endpoint setup, which suits teams seeking an online service rather than software installed on managed devices.

Who it's for

XTI is a strong candidate for security teams that want threat intelligence alongside external attack-surface, brand, and dark-web monitoring, especially when integrations and structured intelligence formats matter to their workflows. SOCRadar identifies MSSPs as suitable customers, and positions Ultimate tiers for commercial and enterprise use. Solo analysts or small organizations with one domain and one seat may find the entry tiers workable, but the recurring prices and fixed caps deserve close scrutiny.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Broad coverage across threat intelligence, attack-surface management, brand protection, and dark-web monitoring can reduce the need to assemble these areas separately.
• Pros: STIX/TAXII, indicator enrichment, case management, workflow automation, and integrations across security and response categories support operational handoffs.
• Pros: Cloud delivery without installation or endpoint setup lowers deployment friction for organizations adopting an online service.
• Cons: The priced dark-web and brand-protection Essentials cover only 1 domain and 1 seat, limiting their fit for larger or collaborative teams.
• Cons: External Attack Surface Management Essential costs $10,500 a year while allowing only 1 seat, a significant commitment for a small team.
• Cons: The free plan’s caps are not detailed here, and the trial lasts just 7 days, so buyers should establish whether evaluation access is sufficient before committing.

Alternatives

For a free, tightly capped brand-monitoring starting point, consider PhishEye: its Free plan covers 1 monitored brand, one typosquat scan run, 30-day scan history, and no takedown cases or requests.

Flare may suit buyers seeking a 14-day free trial without payment information; it requires an identity-verification call and is scoped to the customer’s domain. Constella Hunter+ is another paid option with pricing by demo request. CTM360 is a freemium web-based alternative.

For mid-sized or evolving security environments, Fortra Data Security Posture Management offers a paid Advanced plan with enhanced support and required Quick Start Implementation. Group-IB Attack Surface Management is a paid alternative with pricing based on confirmed external assets and a free trial.

KELA Platform offers a 30-day free trial without commitment or payment details, as well as Cloud Attack Surface Management at $65,000 a year on a 12-month contract. For a simpler domain-monitoring comparison, Obscuryn charges $150 a month for up to 5 domains with email alerts and community support, or $300 a month for up to 25 domains and up to 5 VIP users.

Browse more options in Digital Risk Protection Software, Threat Intelligence Platforms, and Attack Surface Management Software.

Verdict

Choose SOCRadar XTI if your organization needs external threat intelligence, dark-web monitoring, brand protection, and attack-surface management together, with security integrations and workflow features to carry findings into response. Its breadth is the main reason to choose it; fixed one-domain or one-seat entry tiers, substantial annual prices, and custom pricing for flexible or higher tiers are the main reasons to compare alternatives first.