Corelight Open NDR vs Progress Flowmon

Corelight Open NDR turns network and cloud traffic into evidence for security operations. Its detection combines machine learning, behavioral analytics, curated signatures and threat intelligence, with real-time detection and anomaly explanations. Automated triage and integrated response workflows provide context for containing threats. The platform brings network security monitoring, intrusion detection, static file analysis and intelligent packet capture together. It handles network traffic, packets, flow logs, cloud network traffic, protocol logs and files. Deployment options include physical, software, virtual, cloud and flow-log sensors across on-premises, air-gapped, hybrid and multicloud environments. Cloud-native sensors support AWS, Azure and Google Cloud; software sensors support Linux-based systems. Physical and software sensors are built for environments at 100+ Gbps scale. Native integrations cover SIEM, XDR, SOAR and cloud platforms, including Splunk, CrowdStrike, Microsoft, Elastic and AWS. A Logs API and MCP server support programmatic access. Pricing is on request, with capacity-based licensing. Corelight serves large enterprises and government agencies in more than fifteen countries.

Progress Flowmon is a network and security monitoring platform for detecting threats and examining network and application performance. Flowmon ADS applies behavior analysis to traffic to expose malicious activity, attacks, data breaches, and indicators of compromise, including in encrypted traffic. Network operations tools cover visibility, troubleshooting, capacity planning, dashboards, reports, root-cause analysis, and SLA measurement. Supported flow formats include NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, jFlow, cflowd, NetStream, and RFC formats, plus cloud-native FlowLogs from Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform. Flowmon integrates with network access control, authentication, firewall, and incident-response tools, and provides a documented REST API. Collector and Probe can run as virtual, cloud, or hardware appliances, with hybrid deployment available. Progress describes scaling from small and midsize businesses to large enterprises. A free, expert-guided 30-day Proof of Concept precedes final sizing and pricing through Progress’s partner network.