Recorded Future
Real-time threat intelligence platform — now owned by Mastercard.
Overview
Recorded Future is a threat-intelligence platform that uses AI to aggregate open-web, dark-web and technical sources into prioritized, organization-specific alerts. Mastercard acquired it for $2.65B in December 2024 and now runs it as an independent subsidiary.
Pricing
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- Threat Intelligence Platform
- SIEM/SOAR integrations
- Dedicated analyst support
- Custom module bundles
Use cases
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Recorded Future remains the dominant enterprise threat-intelligence platform, ingesting open-source, dark-web and technical telemetry to deliver real-time intelligence on threats, vulnerabilities, brands and third parties. Mastercard completed its $2.65B acquisition in December 2024 and runs it as an independent subsidiary — a deal that gives the platform deeper R&D funding without, so far, changing its product or go-to-market. G2 reviewers rate it 4.6/5 and Gartner Peer Insights similarly high, with praise for actionable intelligence but recurring notes that the interface takes time to onboard and pricing is steep for smaller teams. It suits large SOCs, threat-intel teams and governments needing authoritative external context; smaller organizations should expect a real ramp-up cost.
What people say
Mastercard closed its $2.65 billion acquisition of Recorded Future in December 2024, and as of 2026 the platform still operates as an independent subsidiary rather than being folded into Mastercard's own security stack. The deal gave Recorded Future access to Mastercard's R&D budget, and 2026 saw it appear alongside Mastercard as a title partner at industry events like eMerge Americas — a sign the two are integrating go-to-market efforts even while keeping separate branding.
On the review side, the platform earns strong marks from working security teams: G2 puts it at 4.6/5 across roughly 219 reviews (71% five-star), and Gartner Peer Insights shows a similar 4.6 across 277 reviews. Users consistently cite the breadth of source coverage — open web, dark web, technical feeds — and the speed of turning raw telemetry into intelligence specific to their own attack surface as the standout value. The recurring complaints are the ones you'd expect from an enterprise platform at this price point: a steep learning curve for new analysts, and cost that's hard to justify for smaller security teams who can't use the full feature set.
None of that is surprising for a category leader serving 45 of the Fortune 100 and roughly 1,900 enterprise and government customers, including financial institutions and agencies across APAC using it for nation-state threat monitoring. It's built for organizations with a dedicated threat-intel function and the budget to match — not a tool a two-person security team reaches for first.
Summary of public user & expert reviews, compiled by RECATOOLS.
Notable facts
- Recorded Future was acquired by Mastercard in 2024 for $2.65 billion — the largest acquisition in Mastercard's history and one of the largest cybersecurity deals ever.
- The platform monitors over 1.6 million intelligence sources including clear web, dark web forums, paste sites, and technical data feeds simultaneously.
- Recorded Future's AI predicted the SolarWinds supply chain attack 18 months before it was publicly discovered, based on unusual activity patterns in underground forums.
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About this listing
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