Netcraft vs. Fortra PhishLabs:
Stop Playing Catch-Up
Fraud doesn’t wait, and neither should you. Stay ahead of evolving threats using Netcraft’s advanced AI and automation to stop threats at any scale.
Why Customers Prefer Netcraft
Our takedown times went from 18+ hours to 6 hours within 48 hours of implementation. I have my lunches and weekends back.
[Phishlabs] detects a lot, but most of it was inactionable.
With Phishlabs providing only a monthly report, we had little depth and detail for a solution story and, in place, came to executives with more problems than solutions.
Netcraft is a night and day difference from Phishlabs.
– Director of Fraud
Frequently Asked Questions
Why are companies switching from PhishLabs to Netcraft?
Companies are switching from Fortra’s PhishLabs to Netcraft because the modern, AI-driven threat landscape has outpaced "managed SOC" models that rely on manual human validation. While PhishLabs offers a high-touch analyst experience, enterprises are finding that human-in-the-loop delays create a "window of vulnerability" that attackers now exploit in minutes. In contrast, Netcraft’s automation-first architecture enables a median takedown time of ~2 hours and can block malicious URLs globally in under five minutes through its direct feeds to major browsers like Chrome and Edge. This transition is driven by a need for a "technical disruption" approach, where brand protection includes automated blocking, credential leak detection, and infrastructure dismantling, rather than the slower, legacy method of manual triage and legal outreach.
How does Netcraft takedown speed compare to Phishlabs?
Netcraft significantly outpaces PhishLabs in takedown speed by using a high-velocity, automated approach that achieves a median phishing takedown time of approximately 2 hours, compared to the 12-24+ hour industry standard often associated with managed service models like PhishLabs'. While PhishLabs relies on a "high-touch" SOC for manual validation and mitigation, which can introduce human-in-the-loop delays, Netcraft functions as a technical disruption engine, leveraging its role as a primary data provider for major browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Edge) to block malicious URLs globally in under 5 minutes. This dual strategy of near-instant browser-level blocking combined with automated "Trusted Reporter" API escalations to hosting providers allows Netcraft to neutralize threats up to 10x faster than the traditional managed response path.
Which provider has better visibility into the "Early Life" of an attack?
Netcraft’s massive historical dataset (spanning decades of internet infrastructure monitoring) often allows it to identify infrastructure being "prepped" for an attack before it goes live. PhishLabs relies heavily on curated feeds and mailbox integration (User Reported Phishing) to identify active threats.