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
Pricing shown for reference only. These figures reflect RECATOOLS research as of 15 Aug 2026 and may be out of date or incomplete. This is not financial or purchasing advice — always confirm the current price on the provider’s official website before making any decision.
- Threat Intelligence Platform
- SIEM/SOAR integrations
- Dedicated analyst support
- Custom module bundles
Use cases
What you can produce with Recorded Future
- Natural-language query and summarization over the Intelligence Graph
- Auto-generated analyst-style threat reports
- Dark web, malware infrastructure and brand monitoring
- Third-party and vendor risk scoring (Elite tier)
- SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR and IAM integrations
- Vulnerability prioritization and external attack surface data
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 it access to Mastercard's R&D budget, its threat intelligence now feeds Mastercard's fraud-prevention and identity products, and the two title-sponsored eMerge Americas 2026 together — the clearest public sign of how integrated the businesses are becoming while the branding stays separate.
G2 puts it at 4.6 out of 5 across roughly 219 reviews with 71% five-star, and Gartner Peer Insights shows the same 4.6 across 277. The company claims 1,900+ clients across 75 countries, including 45 national governments and more than half the Fortune 100. Reviewers consistently cite breadth of coverage — open web, dark web, malware infrastructure, vulnerability intel, brand and credential monitoring — and integration depth with SIEM, SOAR and EDR tools as the reasons it wins bake-offs against smaller intel vendors, along with the speed of turning raw telemetry into intelligence specific to their own attack surface.
The AI layer sits on top of that same intelligence graph rather than being a separate data source: natural-language queries against the platform, auto-generated analyst-style write-ups, and risk scores that used to require a human pulling from several modules. The honest caveat applies to any generative summarisation layer — outputs need analyst verification before they drive a security or fraud decision, and Recorded Future positions the AI as an accelerant for trained analysts rather than a replacement.
Pricing is fully custom across three named packages. Professional adds autonomous threat hunting and vulnerability prioritisation to Core's monitoring and alerting; Elite layers on third-party and vendor risk management. None carry list prices; industry estimates run from under $50,000 for a small team on limited modules to $500,000+ for full enterprise deployments, with multi-year commitments reportedly unlocking 15-30% discounts. The recurring complaints are the ones you would expect at that price: a steep learning curve for new analysts, and cost that is hard to justify for smaller teams who cannot use the full feature set.
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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