Two platforms. Two different jobs.
CybelAngel and Recorded Future both monitor external threats, but they take different platform approaches. Understanding this distinction matters more than any feature checklist.
The right question to ask: “Do we want access to threat data or do we want someone to tell us what to do about our specific exposure, right now?” Recorded Future gives you the former. CybelAngel gives you the latter.
CybelAngel, a Multi-Capability Threat Platform
- One platform covering DRPS, EASM, Threat Intelligence, Brand Protection, and Vendor Exposure, no need to stitch together point solutions.
- Flexible service tiers, from self-service intelligence feeds to fully managed, analyst-reviewed incident delivery, depending on the level your team needs.
- Automated ML-powered detection reduces signal noise at scale. In a representative analyst-managed deployment: 396,980 alerts → 3,114 actionable incidents (99.2%filtered).
- French company, EU data hosting, GDPR-native, data protection built into our architecture from day one.
- Single platform, single data model, no fragmented context across separately licensed modules.
Recorded Future, Threat Intelligence Data Platform
- Access to 1.2 million sources and 26 billion intelligence entities, your analysts do the analysis.
- 9 separate entitlement modules (SecOps, Brand, Identity, Attack Surface Intelligence, etc.) with each priced individually.
- Intelligence Cards, Smart Collections, and Insikt Group research require trained CTI analysts to extract value.
- US company, acquired by Mastercard for $2.65B in December 2024, raises EU data sovereignty questions.
- Best ROI with 3+ dedicated CTI analysts and a large-enterprise security budget.
Feature-by-feature comparison
CybelAngel covers the full external threat surface in one platform. Recorded Future leads on raw intelligence depth for advanced CTI teams. Both vendors offer strong domain and brand protection capabilities.
Why platform structure matters. Recorded Future sells DRPS and Attack Surface Intelligence as separate entitlements from its core SecOps module. A customer needing full external coverage (domain protection, data leak detection, account takeover monitoring, and asset discovery) must activate and budget for multiple modules. CybelAngel includes these capabilities within a single multi-capability platform, with service tiers that adapt to how much analyst support your team needs.
How each platform is structured
Beyond individual features, the two platforms reflect different architectural philosophies: one built around a single multi-capability platform with flexible service tiers, the other around modular.
シベルエンジェル
- One multi-capability platform: DRPS, EASM, Threat Intelligence, Brand Protection and Vendor Exposure.
- Tiered service models from self-service intelligence feeds to fully managed, analyst-reviewed incident delivery.
- Single data model and team across all capabilities no fragmented context.
- EU-hosted, GDPR-native data protection built into the architecture.
Recorded Future
- Modular entitlement model SecOps, Brand Intelligence, Identity, Attack Surface Intelligence licensed separately.
- Built for teams who want to query, correlate, and operationalize raw intelligence themselves, regardless of tier.
- Deep integration ecosystem: SIEM, SOAR, browser extension, mobile app.
- US-headquartered, raising data residency questions for EU-regulated use cases.
Key questions to ask any vendor in this category
When evaluating CybelAngel, Recorded Future, or any DRPS / threat intelligence platform, these questions will surface the real differences faster than any demo.
What level of analyst support is included at our service tier and what would it cost to add more if we need it?
Both vendors offer a range of service levels. Confirm what’s included before comparing platform fees.
How many actionable incidents,not alerts, not data points, will we receive per month, on average?
Volume of raw data is not an outcome metric. Qualified, prioritised incidents are.
Where is our security incident data hosted, and has your DPO approved data transit through a US-domiciled payment network?
Directly relevant for EU-regulated sectors following the Mastercard acquisition of Recorded Future.
Can you share with me a sample deliverable from a POC at our intended service tier not the platform, the actual output our team would see after two weeks.
This distinguishes managed, analyst-reviewed outputs from raw dashboard access.
How many modules or entitlements do we need to activate to get domain protection, data leak detection, and asset discovery within one platform?
Modular licensing fragments context and inflates the total cost to achieve full coverage.
What remediation or takedown support is included once a threat is identified automated workflow, dedicated team, or do we manage it ourselves?
Detection without a clear remediation path just shifts the workload back onto your team.
よくある質問
CybelAngel is a multi-capability external threat platform covering Digital Risk Protection (DRPS), External Attack Surface Management (EASM), Threat Intelligence, Brand Protection, and Vendor Exposure monitoring all within one platform, with service tiers ranging from self-service intelligence feeds to fully managed, analyst-reviewed incident delivery. Recorded Future is a threat intelligence data platform that aggregates 1.2 million sources and 26 billion intelligence entities into a searchable interface, structured as separately licensed modules. It is generally built for teams with in-house CTI expertise who want to query, correlate, and operationalise raw intelligence themselves. In short: CybelAngel brings the full external threat surface into one
platform with flexible service levels; Recorded Future gives deep, modular access to raw intelligence data.
For organizations looking for a single platform across dark web monitoring, domain and brand protection, account takeover detection, data leak prevention, vendor exposure, and external attack surface management without managing several separately licensed modules CybelAngel covers the external threat surface in one place, with service tiers that scale from self-service to fully managed. For organizations with mature, dedicated CTI teams running advanced threat-hunting or nation-state attribution work, both tools can operate in parallel: Recorded Future for deep strategic intelligence, CybelAngel for external surface protection and incident delivery.
Both platforms are custom-priced, exact figures depend on company size, service tier, and configuration. The key structural difference is how each platform is packaged. CybelAngel offers a single multi-capability platform (DRPS, EASM, Threat Intelligence, Brand Protection, VendorExposure) with service tiers that scale from self-service intelligence feeds to fully managed, analyst-reviewed incident delivery. Recorded Future structures its offering as separate entitlement modules — SecOps, Brand, Identity, Attack Surface Intelligence, and others — each licensed individually, and is generally built around in-house CTI expertise to extract operational value. Contact our team for a tailored comparison based on your environment and the service level you need.
Both, depending on the service tier. CybelAngel’s platform is built on automated, ML-powered detection that processes large volumes of raw signals across the dark web and external attack surface. At the self- service tier, this automated intelligence feed is available directly to your team to investigate and act on independently. At higher service tiers, dedicated human analysts review, qualify, and prioritize these signals into actionable incident reports before they reach your team. In a representative analyst-managed deployment, 396,980 automated alerts were reduced to approximately 3,114 qualified incidents — a 99.2% noise filter. Actual volumes vary by client environment, configuration, and service tier.
CybelAngel is GDPR-native by design. The company is incorporated in France, all data processing and storage occurs within the EU, and the platform is built around European data protection requirements. Recorded Future is a US company; following its acquisition by Mastercard, questions around cross-border data transfers and Schrems II compliance have become more relevant for European customers. Organizations in regulated EU sectors (banking, defense, critical infrastructure, public sector) should validate data residency
requirements with their DPO before selecting a US-domiciled threat intelligence provider.
Yes and for large enterprises with mature CTI functions, they often are. The two platforms are complementary rather than competitive in this configuration: Recorded Future provides deep strategic intelligence, nation-state attribution, and MITRE ATT&CK-linked threat actor tracking for the CTI team; CybelAngel handles external surface monitoring, DRPS, EASM, and operationalises dark web intelligence into incidents for the SOC. For organizations evaluating both, the choice of CybelAngel’s service tier self-service through fully managed should reflect how much of that operational work your existing team can absorb.