SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence Platform

Overview

SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence Platform (XTI) combines threat intelligence, external attack surface management, brand protection, and dark web monitoring in a cloud service. It suits security teams that want these external-risk functions together; buyers should weigh that breadth against plan limits and costs.

Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Newark, Delaware, SOCRadar says it has more than 250 team members and generates over 150,000 security alerts monthly. The company says its service has ISO 27001 certification and completed SOC 2 Type I and Type II reports. Data in transit uses TLS 1.2 or higher, and stored data is encrypted with AES-256. Service data is stored in Google Cloud data centers in the Netherlands; infrastructure providers target minimum 99.9% uptime.

Key features

XTI monitors dark web and other sources for threats aimed at organizations, including impersonating domains and social media brand abuse. Its threat intelligence covers vulnerabilities, attack methods, sectoral and regional campaigns, supply chain attacks, and threat actor groups. That scope can help teams connect external exposure with broader threat activity, but may be more than buyers seeking a single-purpose monitoring tool need.

The platform says it detects brand impersonations, phishing domains, and vulnerabilities before they affect operations. Indicator enrichment, STIX/TAXII support, report management, workflow automation, and case management give teams ways to enrich, organize, and route intelligence. Integrations span SIEM, SOAR, EDR, firewalls, team management, ticketing, vulnerability management, intelligence sharing, MDR, XDR, and threat intelligence categories—a broad set of possible connections for established security operations.

XTI runs online as a scalable SaaS service, without software installation or endpoint setup. That avoids deployment on local machines, while making it a cloud-dependent service. SOCRadar says website data in transit uses TLS 1.2 or higher and stored data uses AES-256 encryption.

Pricing

SOCRadar uses a freemium model, with a free plan and a 7-day trial. The listed paid plans are divided by function, and the published prices buy constrained domain, asset, or seat allocations.

Advanced Dark Web Monitoring — Essential: $600 a month, billed Monthly, for 1 domain and 1 seat. This is a defined entry point for a single-domain, single-user need.

Advanced Dark Web Monitoring — Business: $1,145 a month, billed Monthly, for 1 domain, 1 seat, and Limited Dark Web Search Engine. The higher price does not add domains or seats, so its fit depends on the included search-engine allowance.

External Attack Surface Management — Essential: $10,500 a year, billed Yearly, for up to 100 assets and 1 seat. The asset cap gives a defined scope, but the single seat limits how broadly a team can use it.

Brand Protection — Essential: $12,250 a year, billed Yearly, for 1 domain and 1 seat. Its narrow allocation is best suited to a tightly scoped requirement, not a multi-domain team.

Custom pricing applies to External Attack Surface Management — Ultimate (1 seat, commercial use, OnWatch Services), External Attack Surface Management — Business (flexible assets, 3 seats), Advanced Dark Web Monitoring — Ultimate-Flex (flexible domains and seats), and Brand Protection — Business (3 domains, 3 seats). The Ultimate tiers are described as tailored to commercial and enterprise use, and MSSPs are also identified as suitable customers. The published plan limits make it important to match the chosen function and allocation to the organization’s scale.

Platforms

XTI is available on web and through an API. Its cloud deployment requires no software installation or endpoint setup.

Who it's for

XTI is a stronger fit for organizations that want threat intelligence alongside attack-surface, brand, and dark web monitoring, especially where integrations and workflow or case management matter. MSSPs and commercial or enterprise customers may find the flexible or Ultimate tiers more suitable than the narrowly scoped published plans. A buyer who needs one domain or a single seat can start with a defined paid tier, but should compare its cap and price with the specific monitoring requirement.

Pros and cons

Pro: Combines several external-risk functions and intelligence covering vulnerabilities, campaigns, supply chain attacks, and threat actors, which supports a broader view than a single monitoring category.

Pro: Supports indicator enrichment, STIX/TAXII, workflow automation, reports, cases, and integrations across many security operations categories.

Pro: Cloud delivery avoids software installation and endpoint setup; SOCRadar also states specific encryption, certification, and hosting commitments.

Con: Several paid plans are tightly capped at one domain or one seat, constraining shared use or coverage unless a larger tier fits.

Con: The yearly Essential prices for attack surface management and brand protection are substantial commitments for plans that include one seat.

Con: Multiple tiers use custom pricing, so buyers seeking a predictable cost for flexible allocations must contact sales.

Alternatives

PhishEye is a better fit for a buyer focused on a free, single-brand typosquat scan: its free plan includes one monitored brand, one single-run scan, 30-day history, and no takedown cases or requests. Flare offers a 14-day free trial without payment information, but requires an identity verification call and is scoped to the buyer’s domain.

Group-IB Attack Surface Management is an alternative for buyers whose pricing should be based on confirmed external assets; its Standard and 3rd Party Risk plans have custom pricing. KELA Platform offers a 30-day free trial with no commitment or payment details, while its Cloud Attack Surface Management plan costs $65,000 a year on a 12-month contract.

Obscuryn is worth comparing for published monthly domain-monitoring tiers: Starter is $150 a month for up to 5 domains, and Professional is $300 a month for up to 25 domains and up to 5 VIP users. Seqrite Digital Risk Protection Service offers a plan tailored to organizational requirements. Doppel Digital Risk Protection uses custom pricing and invites buyers to request a demo. Allure Brand Protection uses flat-rate pricing with no per-incident fees or takedown limits; coverage varies by plan and organization needs.

For broader category comparisons, see Digital Risk Protection Software, Threat Intelligence Platforms, and Attack Surface Management Software.

Verdict

Choose SOCRadar XTI if your organization needs threat intelligence alongside external attack-surface, brand, and dark web monitoring, with integrations and workflow tools to connect findings to security operations. Its breadth is the main reason to choose it; the main reason to look elsewhere is the narrow allocation of several published plans and the cost or sales-contact requirement for broader capacity.