# Snort vs Vectra AI

| Attribute | Snort | Vectra AI |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 37.2 (25% (low)) | 27.4 (3% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 0 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 3,409 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A packet-based intrusion prevention and detection system that analyzes network traffic in real-time and logs packet data to identify and prevent network attacks. | A security and observability platform that uses artificial intelligence to continuously detect, investigate, and automatically respond to threats across networks, cloud infrastructure, and identity systems in real time. |
| integrations.count | 10 | 8 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Sguil"},{"name":"BASE"},{"name":"Snorby"},{"name":"Security Onion"},{"name":"Barnyard2"},{"name":"iBlock"},{"name":"Squert"},{"name":"ELSA"},{"name":"Xplico"},{"name":"NetworkMiner"}]` | `[{"name":"CrowdStrike"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Microsoft 365"},{"name":"Azure"},{"name":"Azure Active Directory"},{"name":"Google SecOps"},{"name":"Splunk"},{"name":"Duo Security"}]` |
| language.primary | C++ | - |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | - | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.snort.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T14:42:16.863Z"}` | - |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | - |
| release.cadence_days | 20 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/snort3/snort3/releases/tag/3.12.2.0","date":"2026-04-23T21:06:24Z","type":"stable","version":"3.12.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/snort3/snort3/releases/tag/3.12.1.0","date":"2026-03-18T03:03:35Z","type":"stable","version":"3.12.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/snort3/snort3/releases/tag/3.11.1.0","date":"2026-02-28T01:45:43Z","type":"stable","version":"3.11.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/snort3/snort3/releases/tag/3.10.2.0","date":"2026-01-22T03:48:53Z","type":"stable","version":"3.10.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/snort3/snort3/releases/tag/3.10.1.0","date":"2026-01-13T03:26:52Z","type":"stable","version":"3.10.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/snort3/snort3/releases/tag/3.10.0.0","date":"2025-11-25T21:53:05Z","type":"stable","version":"3.10.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/snort3/snort3/releases/tag/3.9.7.0","date":"2025-11-07T02:55:27Z","type":"stable","version":"3.9.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/snort3/snort3/releases/tag/3.9.6.0","date":"2025-10-06T21:19:42Z","type":"stable","version":"3.9.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/snort3/snort3/releases/tag/3.9.5.0","date":"2025-09-04T21:07:49Z","type":"stable","version":"3.9.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/snort3/snort3/releases/tag/3.9.3.0","date":"2025-08-11T21:22:55Z","type":"stable","version":"3.9.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/snort3/snort3/releases/tag/3.9.2.0","date":"2025-07-21T22:00:07Z","type":"stable","version":"3.9.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/snort3/snort3/releases/tag/3.9.1.0","date":"2025-07-02T00:40:12Z","type":"stable","version":"3.9.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/snort3/snort3/releases/tag/3.9.0.0","date":"2025-07-02T00:37:32Z","type":"stable","version":"3.9.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/snort3/snort3/releases/tag/3.8.1.0","date":"2025-05-28T02:44:49Z","type":"stable","version":"3.8.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/snort3/snort3/releases/tag/3.7.4.0","date":"2025-05-08T21:09:16Z","type":"stable","version":"3.7.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/snort3/snort3/releases/tag/3.7.3.0","date":"2025-04-21T19:42:49Z","type":"stable","version":"3.7.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/snort3/snort3/releases/tag/3.7.2.0","date":"2025-03-31T18:58:01Z","type":"stable","version":"3.7.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/snort3/snort3/releases/tag/3.7.1.0","date":"2025-03-12T21:34:07Z","type":"stable","version":"3.7.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/snort3/snort3/releases/tag/3.7.0.0","date":"2025-02-17T17:44:34Z","type":"stable","version":"3.7.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/snort3/snort3/releases/tag/3.6.3.0","date":"2025-02-04T21:28:05Z","type":"stable","version":"3.6.3.0"}]` | - |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 2.6 | - |

## Capabilities (Network Security)

| Capability | Snort | Vectra AI |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Deployment model | - | - |
| Behavioral anomaly detection | - | - |
| Full packet pcap retention | - | - |
| Encrypted traffic metadata analysis | - | - |
| Active endpoint containment response | - | - |
| Host microsegmentation | - | - |
| Network access control 802 1x | - | - |
| EDR crowdstrike sentinelone integration | - | - |
| Iot ot device discovery | - | - |
| Fips 140 2 certification | - | - |
| SOC2 type ii | - | - |
| ISO 27001 | - | - |
| Pricing model | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:13:29.266Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*