Best Mercury Alternatives & Competitors in 2026

cPacket Unified Observability Platform

Modular network observability platform for packet brokering, capture & analytics.

Allentis Tapics Copper TAP

Passive copper TAP range for non-intrusive Ethernet traffic monitoring.

Garland Technology EdgeLens

Bypass TAP/packet broker hybrid for before-and-after inline tool traffic analysis.

Netis Cloud Probe

An open source packet capture and forwarding tool that captures network packets on one machine and sends them to another for remote monitoring and analysis.

pkt2flow

A tool for classifying packets into flows based on 4-tuple without additional processing.

Stamus Networks Clear NDR

Network detection and response platform for threat detection and analysis

Red Piranha Crystal Eye NDR

NDR solution with threat intelligence, PCAP analysis, and SOC services

IronNet IronDefense

Network detection and response platform for threat detection and visibility

Stamus Clear NDR

Network Detection and Response system for threat detection and response

Viettel VCS-NSM

Real-time network security monitoring for threat detection using DPI and sandbox

Corelight Investigator

SaaS-based NDR platform for threat investigation and Tier 1 workflows

Corelight Open NDR Platform

Network detection and response platform with IDS, NSM, and threat intel.

ExtraHop IDS

IDS integrated into RevealX NDR for real-time threat detection & investigation

NETSCOUT Omnis Cyber Intelligence

NDR platform with DPI for network visibility, threat detection, and investigation

NIKSUN® NikOS Everest™

Network forensics platform with packet capture and analytics capabilities

Nubeva SKI

TLS decryption solution that extracts session keys from memory for traffic inspection

cPacket Network Observability Platform

Packet-based network observability platform for hybrid environments.

Cyberspatial Teleseer

Passive network intelligence platform for gov/defense with real-time visibility.

MetaFlows

Network security monitoring platform with IDS, PCAP capture, and asset discovery.

Solana Networks TrafficWiz

Deep learning-based encrypted traffic classification up to 25 Gbps w/o decryption.

WireX Systems

AI-driven NDR platform providing continuous network visibility and IR.

Trinity Cyber Full Content Inspection (FCI)

Network defense platform with real-time content inspection & threat blocking

CrunchAtlas

AI-native platform combining NDR and on-demand pen testing at the edge.

Hyprfire Firebug

Managed NDR solution delivering network threat hunting via passive traffic metadata.

Arkime

Arkime is an open-source network capture and analysis tool that provides comprehensive network visibility, facilitating swift identification and resolution of security and network issues.

Red Hand Analyzer

Online tool that provides automated behavioral analysis of PCAP files

tcpdump

Tcpdump is a command-line packet analyzer for capturing and analyzing network traffic.

Joy

A package for capturing and analyzing network flow data and intraflow data.

Netcap

Netcap efficiently converts network packets into structured audit records for machine learning algorithms, using Protocol Buffers for encoding.

PF_RING

High-speed packet capture library with user-level network socket.

PF_RING ZC (Zero Copy)

High-performance packet capture library with zero copy functionality.

Sniff

Makes output from the tcpdump program easier to read and parse.

Trend Micro Network Detection and Response

NDR solution providing network visibility, threat detection, and intrusion prevention

Gatewatcher Plateforme NDR

NDR platform for IT/OT environments with threat detection and CTI

Huawei SecoManager Security Controller

Security controller for policy mgmt, orchestration & log management

MixMode AI Cyber Defense

AI-powered threat detection platform using self-supervised learning for NDR

RedBorder Cybersecurity

NDR platform with NGIPS, NetFlow/sFlow analysis, SIEM, and correlation engine

Aireye WDR (Wireless Detection and Response)

WDR platform for Wi-Fi security protecting IT/OT assets wirelessly

Logpoint NDR

A network detection and response solution that uses AI and machine learning to monitor network traffic, identify malicious behavior, and connect related security events to reveal attack patterns without requiring endpoint agents.

Trend Micro Deep Discovery Inspector

Network appliance detecting advanced threats via sandboxing & traffic analysis

DBAppSecurity DAS Network Detection and Response (DAS-NDR)

Network detection and response system for threat detection and analysis

WatchGuard ThreatSync NDR

Cloud-native NDR with AI-based threat detection for SMBs

Sangfor Cyber Command NDR Platform

NDR platform for threat detection and response via network traffic monitoring

Absolute Insights for Network

Digital experience monitoring for network, device, and app performance

Darktrace NETWORK

AI-powered network detection and response platform for threat detection

ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer

Flow-based network traffic monitoring and bandwidth analysis tool

Vectra AI Detections

AI-driven threat detection platform identifying malicious behaviors across networks

Vectra AI Network Coverage

AI-powered network threat detection across hybrid environments