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Apate is a commercial honeypots & deception tool by Apate. PacketViper Deception360 is a commercial honeypots & deception tool by PacketViper. Compare features, ratings, integrations, and community reviews side by side to find the best honeypots & deception fit for your security stack.
CST VerdictBased on our analysis of NIST CSF 2.0 coverage, core features, company size fit, deployment model, here is our conclusion:
Fraud and abuse teams at startups and SMBs handling high call volumes will get the most from Apate because its AI bots actively engage scammers across voice and SMS to extract actionable intelligence rather than passively blocking them. The hybrid deployment model and real-time scammer conversation capture give you wallet addresses and bank accounts that feed directly into takedown workflows, which matters when you're resource-constrained and need each interaction to yield investigation leads. Skip this if you need detection-only capabilities; Apate is built around active engagement, so buyers uncomfortable with that posture or operating in heavily regulated fraud contexts where passive monitoring is preferred should look elsewhere.
Security teams running flat or segmented networks who need to stop attackers before they reach production assets should deploy Deception360 for its agentless inline posture and automated kill-chain interception without requiring a SOAR. The platform covers DE.AE and DE.CM equally, meaning it detects intrusions and prevents lateral movement in the same workflow, which is rare in deception tools that typically excel at one. Skip this if your organization needs external threat intelligence feeds as a primary input; Deception360 generates IOCs from internal deceptions, not third-party threat data, so it works best as a detection amplifier alongside existing monitoring, not a replacement for it.
AI-powered fraud prevention using bots to engage scammers and extract intel
Agentless deception platform with internal & external decoy deployment.
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Apate: AI-powered fraud prevention using bots to engage scammers and extract intel. built by Apate. headquartered in Australia. Core capabilities include AI bot deployment across voice, SMS, and messaging channels, Real-time scam call and message detection, Automated scammer engagement and conversation..
PacketViper Deception360: Agentless deception platform with internal & external decoy deployment. built by PacketViper. headquartered in United States. Core capabilities include Internal and external decoy deployment (Deception360), Agentless, inline network deployment as a bridged connection, Automated threat detection, prevention, response, and containment without SOAR..
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