CyFlare

CyFlare is a Rochester, NY-based managed security services provider (MSSP) that runs 24/7 detection and response through its proprietary Cyflare ONE platform, positioning itself explicitly as a "SOC for MSPs" rather than only selling directly to end customers. Managed service providers and mid-market enterprises use Cyflare ONE as a shared operating layer for detection, response, and compliance reporting, while keeping their own existing security tools in place — the platform integrates with more than 400 third-party products across EDR, email security, and identity, rather than forcing customers onto a single proprietary stack.

Founded around 2017-2018, CyFlare has grown to an estimated $9.7 million in annual recurring revenue (2024 estimate) entirely bootstrapped, without outside venture funding — a notable data point in a category where most competitors have raised institutional capital. The company has been recognized among the top MSSPs for six consecutive years by industry trackers and was named among CRN’s fastest-growing solution providers.

The core pitch to CISOs is operational: rather than replacing an organization’s existing detection stack, CyFlare’s SOC absorbs the monitoring, triage, and response workload on top of it. That tool-agnostic model is a genuine differentiator among MSSPs, many of which still push a proprietary detection stack as a condition of service.