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GetReal Security
San Mateo, California company co-founded by digital forensics researcher Hany Farid that detects deepfake impersonation in hiring, help desks, meetings, and executive communications.
Security teams at large enterprises that need deepfake checks across hiring, help desk resets, and executive communications.
Small companies that want a self-serve tool, or buyers who want published prices.
Verdict
GetReal Security is a San Mateo company that spots deepfake impersonation across job interviews, help desk calls, meetings, and executive messages. It suits enterprise security teams worried about fake candidates and cloned executives. Its co-founder Hany Farid has spent decades studying manipulated media.
Score Breakdown
How GetReal Security scores in the categories that matter to its buyers.
Pricing
GetReal Security does not publish prices. Quotes come through a demo request.
GetReal sells deepfake detection and identity protection to enterprises across calls, meetings, hiring, and executive channels, so cost depends on scope and deployment.
The Field at a Glance
How GetReal Security compares with other deepfake detection vendors we reviewed, by Overall Score and relative typical engagement cost.
GetReal Security scores 7.6 in deepfake detection, under Reality Defender (8.1). Relative cost lands upper for this subcategory.
Use-case matrix
| Use case | Fit | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Forensic analysis | Strong | Led by one of the best-known researchers in manipulated media. |
| Hiring fraud checks | Strong | Screens for imposter job candidates. |
| Help desk and MFA resets | Strong | Protects credential resets from impersonators. |
| Executive impersonation | Strong | Watches for cloned executive voices and faces. |
| Self-serve access | Weak | Sold through sales. |
| Published prices | Weak | Quotes only. |
Who it’s for
Good fit
- Enterprise security teams
- HR and recruiting teams facing fake candidates
- Help desks handling credential resets
Poor fit
- Small businesses
- Buyers wanting a free trial
- Teams needing only content moderation
Review Excerpts
Below are excerpts from public reviews. Our team scoured public reviews, forums, and chat rooms to get a balanced view of customers' experience with this company. Paid reviews and pay-for-play sites such as Clutch were excluded.
GetReal Security says it protects hiring, credential resets, MFA enrollment, and executive communications from impersonators using cloned voices and faces.
GetReal Security was named a Market Shaper in the 2026 Gartner Emerging Market Quadrant for Deepfake Detection, Startup Vendors, and launched its forensics platform as a web app and API in 2025.
GetReal Security publishes no prices or self-serve plan, so smaller teams need a sales conversation before they can try it.
Company Facts
- Headquarters
- San Mateo, California (TechCrunch)
- Series A
- $17.5M led by Forgepoint Capital, March 2025 (TechCrunch)
- Seed funding
- $7M led by Ballistic Ventures (TechCrunch)
- Co-founders
- Hany Farid and Ted Schlein (chairman) (TechCrunch)
- CEO
- Matt Moynahan (TechCrunch)
- Website
- getrealsecurity.com
Key Leadership
Hany Farid
Co-founder
Methodology
This page is an independent evaluation of GetReal Security for buyers comparing options in deepfake detection. AI Industry Reviews accepts no sponsorships, advertising, or pay-for-placement fees. GetReal Security did not pay for this review.
What we scored
The headline number is an Overall Score on a 0-10 scale. Eight criteria sit under it in two groups.
- Buyer outcomes (for deepfake detection)
- Forensic depth
- Hiring and help desk coverage
- Self-serve access
- Price visibility
- Company & commercial
- Innovation & product leadership
- Project management & communication
- Pricing
- Contract fairness
Pricing measures whether the price looks fair for the value delivered, including packaging and renewal friction that show up in real buying cycles.
Score Composition
| Input | Weight | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Reviews | 40% | A proprietary read of what practitioners say about likes, complaints, and day-to-day use, including public review sites, forums, and private chat rooms. Paid reviews and pay-for-play sites such as Clutch are out of scope. |
| Product | 35% | Hands-on look at screens and workflows. |
| Pricing | 15% | Whether the price looks fair for what you get. |
| Docs & training | 10% | Docs, tutorials, and training material. |
How we balanced the evidence
The Overall Score is the simple average of the eight criteria. Recommendation language follows that score and the fit pattern described above.
Scope
GetReal Security is graded here as deepfake detection. Criteria scores can move as more review volume and product checks are added.