Where Darktrace's ads lose the buyer
Darktrace is running 23 live ads on LinkedIn and Google. Their average fit to their own ideal buyer is 5.7 out of 10, and 4 ads need fixing. Each ad below is one of Darktrace’s real live creatives, read straight from the ad libraries.
Darktrace’s live ads, scored against their buyer
- Behavioral Security in the Age of AI, scored 6/10 against Darktrace’s ideal buyer. Right topic for the ICP but the offer is a launch event, not a product proof point, so urgency stays low.
- member logo, scored 4/10 against Darktrace’s ideal buyer. Body copy is cut off mid-thought and the creative is blank, leaving no hook or proof to earn the click.
- member logo, scored 5/10 against Darktrace’s ideal buyer. Broad AI-adoption framing resonates directionally but offers no specific threat or outcome to pull the security buyer in.
- Securing the Future of AI Adoption, scored 5/10 against Darktrace’s ideal buyer. Topic fits the ICP but no threat specifics or outcome hook to earn the register click.
- Behavioral Security in the Age of AI, scored 6/10 against Darktrace’s ideal buyer. Behavioral AI framing lands on ICP but the event pitch lacks any specific threat or outcome to compel registration.
- Behavioral Security in the Age of AI, scored 6/10 against Darktrace’s ideal buyer. Behavioral AI framing lands on ICP but the event pitch lacks any specific threat or outcome to compel registration.
- AI is Changing Security. Are you Prepared?, scored 5/10 against Darktrace’s ideal buyer. Outcome claim is too vague and the body copy adds no threat context to motivate a security leader to register.
- Securing the Future of AI Adoption, scored 5/10 against Darktrace’s ideal buyer. Topic fits the ICP but no threat specifics or outcome hook to earn the register click.
- Securing the Future of AI Adoption, scored 5/10 against Darktrace’s ideal buyer. Topic fits the ICP but no threat specifics or outcome hook to earn the register click.
- AI is Changing Security. Are you Prepared?, scored 5/10 against Darktrace’s ideal buyer. Outcome claim is too vague and the body copy adds no threat context to motivate a security leader to register.
- AI is Changing Security. Are you Prepared?, scored 5/10 against Darktrace’s ideal buyer. Event registration ad with no specific threat or outcome hook for the security buyer.
- Keep Your Inbox Secure Guide, scored 6/10 against Darktrace’s ideal buyer. AI email threat angle is on-ICP but 'proven AI' claim lacks specificity and the guide CTA competes with demo CTA.
- Darktrace Network NDR Solutions, scored 4/10 against Darktrace’s ideal buyer. Describes the product category without naming a pain, outcome, or reason to click over any NDR rival.
- Darktrace Network NDR Solutions, scored 4/10 against Darktrace’s ideal buyer. Describes the product category without naming a pain, outcome, or reason to click over any NDR rival.
- Darktrace Email Security Evolves, scored 4/10 against Darktrace’s ideal buyer. Generic 'threats have evolved' line signals nothing specific about what Darktrace stops or how.
- Email Account Takeover Defense, scored 7/10 against Darktrace’s ideal buyer. Specific threat named in the headline matches a real CISO pain, though body copy stays generic.
- CISO Email Security Guide, scored 7/10 against Darktrace’s ideal buyer. CISO role signal and 'threats traditional solutions miss' framing directly address the ICP pain point.
- Gartner MQ Email Security Picks, scored 6/10 against Darktrace’s ideal buyer. Gartner MQ reference adds third-party proof but headline frames Darktrace as one of many picks, not the answer.
- Darktrace Network Gartner Leader, scored 6/10 against Darktrace’s ideal buyer. Gartner proof is solid but outcome for the buyer is never stated.
- CISO Email Security Guide Offer, scored 8/10 against Darktrace’s ideal buyer. Direct CISO role call with a concrete asset and a clear threat angle.
See Darktrace’s full live-ad board on AdRoast. Every creative scored against their ICP, with the exact fix for each.
Learn the method behind these scores: the AdRoast guides cover how to audit your ads against your ICP and why clicks do not turn into pipeline.