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ThreatStream vs. ThreatConnect
Both Anomali ThreatStream and ThreatConnect operationalize threat intelligence by enriching it, adding context, ranking it by severity and confidence, and prioritizing analyst work queues. Read on to discover how these platforms measure up in the areas that matter most to your security strategy.
Comparing Threat Intelligence Platforms
This ThreatStream and ThreatConnect features table below compares the analysis, automation, integration, speed, visibility, and scalability capabilities for both threat intelligence platforms.
Overall, ThreatStream's maturity, massive repository of curated threat intelligence, enterprise-grade data handling, and AI capabilities put ThreatStream at an advantage. With ThreatConnect's recent acquisition by Dataminr, it is unclear whether the platform will maintain its capabilities or continue to innovate.
ThreatStream leverages Macula (ML engine) and Agentic AI to automatically score, prioritize, and correlate IOCs against internal telemetry. Scoring logic is explainable and visible to analysts.
ThreatConnect’s proprietary Collective Analytics Layer (CAL) uses ML and AI for confidence scoring, indicator enrichment, and risk analysis, but is offered only as a paid add-on and does not correlate to internal telemetry.
Embedded throughout the platform, AI assists with enrichment, scoring, investigation, and response while using natural language prompts (e.g. “Which of these IOCs are active in our environment?”).
AI/ML insights are limited to CAL and not available as a unified assistant; analysts must pivot between modules and tools to find context.
ThreatStream delivers robust automation and orchestration capabilities, which create workflows based on curated threat intelligence across your entire security infrastructure.
ThreatConnect offers SOAR capabilities through automated playbooks designed for specific security scenarios. As scenarios evolve, playbooks must be revised to match new conditions.
The ThreatStream APP Store offers more than 200+ diverse, curated threat intelligence sources (commercial, ISAC/ISAO, OSINT) – providing superior global threat visibility.
ThreatConnect cites “100+ current integrations - many of which are OSINT or uncurated open market feeds, requiring more analyst curation.
Supports automated, secure sharing via ISACs, trusted circles, and peer communities.
ThreatConnect enables community and CAL-based sharing but distribution typically requires manual configuration of rules or playbooks.
GenAI offers real-time visibility into potential vulnerabilities, anomalies, and active attacks with response times of seconds.
ThreatConnect offers near real-time visibility into threats, with response times measured in minutes.
Analysts can ask plain-English questions (e.g. “Show C2 activity linked to TA557”) and get sub-second results across petabyte-scale data.
Requires manually built queries or playbooks to correlate data between modules. No natural-language assistant capability is documented.
Use of integrated AI generates multi-level summaries of threat data in seconds across the industry’s broadest range of threat intelligence sources and automatically correlates it to internal telemetry.
ThreatConnect relies on summarization through its Collective Analytics Layer (CAL), which is limited to 60 OSINT feeds and requires additional spend. It does not correlate to internal telemetry.
Highly scalable, querying petabytes of data and returning results in seconds.
Lower scalability with query response times measured in minutes.
Native correlation between external intel and internal telemetry boosts analytics accuracy, reduces MTTR, and eliminates repetitive triage.
Analysts connect intel to alerts manually or via playbooks, increasing overhead and response time.
Combines threat intelligence, analytics, and response within a single workspace - no add-ons required.
CAL and SOAR are distinct modules sold separately without automated correlation to internal telemetry, creating workflow silos and added cost.
Comparison Guide: ThreatStream & ThreatConnect
As cyber threats grow in volume and sophistication, organizations need far more than just a repository of threat intelligence feeds — they need a true threat intelligence platform (TIP). See how ThreatStream and ThreatConnect stack up in our comparison guide.
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