Vectra AI
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveAttack detection and response across network, identity, cloud and SaaS, triaged by AI for the SOC
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Quote-only: no price, plan or trial appears on the site; every call to action is a demo request. Deals are sized by sensors, identities and cloud accounts through sales.
Use tool ↗About Vectra AI
Vectra AI sells a security platform that watches network traffic, identity providers, cloud accounts and SaaS applications for attacker behaviour after the initial breach — lateral movement, privilege abuse, data staging — and scores each entity so analysts work the riskiest hosts and accounts first. The vendor calls the detection layer Attack Signal Intelligence and claims 39 patents and coverage of more than 90% of MITRE ATT&CK techniques; a managed detection service and a REST API with SIEM and SOAR integrations sit alongside. Pricing is by quote only.
- Platforms
- Web · API
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- Yes
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- Home page describes an AI-native security platform covering network, identity, cloud, SaaS and AI environments with Attack Signal Intelligence, claims 39 patents, 90%+ MITRE ATT&CK coverage and 80%+ alert fidelity, cites the 2026 Gartner NDR Magic Quadrant, names customers including AT&T, Blackstone and Deloitte; structured data gives Vectra AI, Inc., 550 S. Winchester Blvd, San Jose, CA; no pricing (15 October 2026)vectra.ai ↗
- About page: founded 2011, CEO Hitesh Sheth, 600+ employees, operating in 113 countries, San Jose address (15 October 2026)vectra.ai ↗
- Terms of use name Vectra AI, Inc. with US governing law, UK law for EU/UK users (15 October 2026)vectra.ai ↗
- Versioned v3.0–v3.4 REST API guides for RUX deployments with OAuth 2.0 client-credentials, a quickstart and a Postman collection; live reference at apidocs.vectra.ai (15 October 2026)docs.vectra.ai ↗
Is Vectra AI legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- Dec 16, 2017 (8 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar 101domain GRS Limited, looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Nov 30, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
- On the market since
- 2011The vendor's own material, read by us
- Operated by
- Vectra AI, Inc., United StatesOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of Vectra AI
Vectra belongs on the shortlist of any security operations team buying network and identity detection at enterprise scale: the entity scoring genuinely trims the alert queue, the API is documented and versioned, and the Gartner placement is current. It is a six-figure, sales-led purchase with sensors to deploy, so a small company without a SOC — or one already standardised on an EDR vendor's bundled NDR — will not get value from it.
Pros
- Entity-level risk scoring prioritises hosts and accounts rather than listing raw alerts
- Coverage spans network, identity, cloud and SaaS from one platform
- Versioned v3.x REST API with OAuth, a Postman collection and SIEM/SOAR integration guides
- Named in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Detection and Response
- Operating since 2011 with 600+ staff — low vendor risk for a long contract
Cons
- No public pricing or trial; procurement is a sales cycle
- Needs sensors and integrations deployed, so time to value is measured in weeks
- Vendor claims such as '80%+ alert fidelity' are unaudited marketing figures
- Overlaps with NDR modules that EDR and SIEM vendors now bundle
Best for
- Enterprise SOCs that need detections across on-prem network, Entra ID, AWS and M365 in one queue
- Teams integrating detections into a SIEM or SOAR through a documented REST API
- Organisations in regulated sectors that want MDR backing from the same vendor
Not for
- Small companies without analysts to act on prioritised detections
- Teams that only want endpoint protection — this covers network, identity and cloud, not EDR
Watch out: Licensing scales with monitored entities and sensors, and the same product line is sold as SaaS or on-prem with different API tracks (RUX versus QUX) — confirm which deployment you are quoted, because the integrations and docs differ.
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