Commvault Cloud vs Rapid7 InsightIDR comparison

Commvault and Rapid7 are both solutions in the Threat Deception Platforms category. Commvault is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.4, while Rapid7 is ranked #8 with an average rating of 7.8. Commvault holds a 12.2% mindshare in TDP, compared to Rapid7’s 8.7% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Commvault users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of Rapid7 users who would recommend it.

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96% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 4, 2025

Commvault Cloud and Rapid7 InsightIDR compete in the tech solutions category, focusing on data management and security, respectively. Commvault Cloud holds an edge in data backup and integration capabilities with major cloud services, while Rapid7 InsightIDR excels in threat detection and response via user behavior analytics and log monitoring.

Features: Commvault Cloud's features include efficient data backup and recovery, integration with cloud platforms like Azure, and comprehensive data management across environments. It also supports global data deduplication and automated updates. On the other hand, Rapid7 InsightIDR provides strong threat detection and incident response capabilities, sophisticated user behavior analytics, and extensive log monitoring, positioning it as a competitive SIEM solution for security challenges.

Room for Improvement: Commvault Cloud could benefit from a simplified user interface and improved integration with Proxmox, alongside better documentation and support consistency. Rapid7 InsightIDR's areas for enhancement include a more intuitive user interface for logs, advanced AI capabilities, and customization for alerts. While Commvault faces challenges with integration complexities, Rapid7 could improve security analysis and reporting features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Commvault Cloud offers flexible deployment across on-premises and hybrid cloud environments, though it can be complex to deploy. It receives praise for its customer service, known for responsiveness and expertise. Rapid7 InsightIDR provides quick setup and user-friendly deployment, minimizing time to value with responsive technical support, though addressing complex setup queries remains an area for improvement.

Pricing and ROI: Commvault Cloud is perceived as a comprehensive yet higher-cost solution, offering value through scalability and integration, particularly for larger enterprises. Its scalability helps reduce operational complexity. Rapid7 InsightIDR is competitively priced, aligning well with firms seeking effective security solutions without hefty infrastructure investments. The licensing model based on endpoints is favorable, offering a balance of price and features for security-conscious organizations.

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Categories and Ranking

Commvault Cloud

Ranking in Threat Deception Platforms

1st

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

112

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (4th), eDiscovery (3rd), Cloud Backup (3rd), Disaster Recovery as a Service (2nd), File Archiving (1st), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (4th), SaaS Backup (2nd), Container Backup Software (1st), AI IT Support (7th)

Rapid7 InsightIDR

Ranking in Threat Deception Platforms

8th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (21st), User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (10th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (34th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (20th)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Threat Deception Platforms category, the mindshare of Commvault Cloud is 12.2%, down from 12.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Rapid7 InsightIDR is 8.7%, down from 10.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Threat Deception Platforms Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Commvault Cloud	12.2%
Rapid7 InsightIDR	8.7%
Other	79.1%

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Ankit Gagneja

Cloud Solution Architect at Tata Consultancy

Hybrid backup strategy has improved recovery orchestration and now supports flexible DR planning

I think improvements could be made in Commvault Cloud. Lately what I have seen is that there are AI capabilities that different data protection organizations are coming up with, which basically revolves around tiering of not frequently accessible data to glacier kind of storage, plus bringing in a high level of compression and deduplication capabilities. All those features I believe are there in other customers and they are bringing in new use cases from the AI perspective which I have not recently seen in Commvault. I have seen that Dell does have such features. We recently pitched a solution to the customers where we talked about data tiering and the other AI use cases, identifying the data by itself and autonomously taking decisions on how to tier the data between the different storage classes that we have. Those kind of capabilities that we have proposed to the customer as far as the partner solutions are concerned. I would like to see AI capabilities in Commvault Cloud. The rest of the features pretty much align with the other enterprise solutions that we have in the market. It is just the AI capability that is being asked by the customers as well as that I see missing with Commvault.

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SohailHyder

Head Of Cyber Security at Super Secure

Has supported compliance needs for mid-sized organizations but lacks customization and advanced integration

If we pitch Rapid7 InsightIDR against solutions such as SIEMs from Splunk or LogRhythm, it is not as customizable as a SIEM solution is. This is where it can improve if we keep in front the feature sets of a complete SIEM solution. Most common in the market is QRadar, but it is depleting now. It has been taken over by some other products such as Splunk and LogRhythm. If we compare these things with Rapid7 InsightIDR, then there are definitely some gaps that need to be filled. Data retention is also one concern because Rapid7 InsightIDR is cloud-based and operates on a subscription model. Whatever data you want to retain, it has to be paid for separately or it has a cost. Other solutions that are on-premises can have their own infrastructure or they provide some data retention for a month or in some capacity-wise, they provide that solution to them which makes them more attractive.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"What I find valuable is restoring the complete server. Restoring files is also valuable, but I like restoring the server because you don't have to rebuild a new one."

"In terms of the speed of backup, it operates seamlessly, so I'd rate it as excellent... with my daily use and workload, quite honestly I don't even notice when it backs up."

"The most helpful features of Commvault Cloud are its extensive capabilities, as they are in a position to take care of whatever use case presented to it."

"Well documented SQL views and customizable reports, together with scripts and workflows provides ability to automate processes and ensure proper controls are in place."

"The solution's interface is easy to use. For manageability, it doesn't matter where the resource is coming from or going to. That's the great power of the Control Panel: It's easy to use and does not matter if you manage on-prem or cloud resources."

"The most valuable features of Commvault HyperScale X are all the general functions and the performance."

"Metallic helped me to restore the data within an hour, which is much faster than restoring from Microsoft services."

"Whoever has an Endpoint license can store unlimited data on the cloud."

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"I am able to run automated actions based on the output of reports, leaving me extra time to focus on more pressing matters."

"InsightIDR’s ability to process millions of transactions per day, and to notify me of the most critical ones, is priceless. InsightIDR has the alerts tuned, and has the ability to quickly drill down to determine the threat level."

"The log aggregation and storage provided by InsightIDR has shown no issues with scalability; aggregating over one hundred millions events daily."

"If you were on other solutions, you would notice that they use agents from third-party, from open-source, from a native OS, or from other tools. Here, however, it is an agent from Rapid7 itself. This adds to the solution's overall capabilities."

"The solution provides satisfying native integration features"

"Integration with threat modeling from the Metasploit and InsightIDR repositories."

"I rate Rapid7 nine out of 10 for affordability"

"Another very important part of insightIDR is the ability to collect data from endpoint devices via agent software. With a large remote workforce, this allows visibility into the endpoints that are connected to the internet, but not to the corporate network."

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Cons

"Training."

"The reporting could be improved because the reports we get from our partner aren't sufficient. It isn't very detailed. I'm not sure if it's an issue with our partner or Metallic. They do a full backup on Monday and incremental backups throughout the week. However, we don't get detailed reports about the size of the incremental backups. The report just tells us whether a backup was successful."

"Persistent binding is a feature that I would like to see in the next release of Commvault."

"They can improve the VMware recovery and VMware backup. There is an improvement area on the VMware infrastructure. They can make available what they call a VSA proxy. They can have an appliance-type setup to deploy VSA backups and help recover quicker. They can have an appliance ready. Instead of having to have a server dedicated to that and installing software on a server, they can just provide an actual appliance for that."

"The only problem is that some of what we snap most of is the VMs. We found about 10% of the VMs that we can't snap because they're too interactive. It actually causes the application to crash."

"We've faced problems backing up our virtual machines."

"They don't market their products well. They don't do a lot of marketing to enable them to move forward."

"Commvault Complete Data Protection meets market standards, but an area for improvement is its licensing model. It would be good if it could use the subscription-based model rather than the traditional licensing model."

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"The interface for doing investigation needs to be enhanced with minor improvements that would make it more useful."

"The ability to tune the collector for custom logs would greatly help."

"There is a future in AI with Rapid7, however, it is not fully operated. There are certain limitations with Rapid7 that I am working on."

"Customised alert recipients need to be added to allow better first-line action and quicker response. Configurable honeypots would be a welcome addition."

"There are certain limitations with Rapid7 that I am working on."

"The integration capabilities of the solution have certain shortcomings where improvements are required."

"I feel it would greatly benefit from more supported log sources."

"InsightIDR is only available in a cloud version. Some of our customers prefer an on-prem solution because they want to manage the security within their environment."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Its cost is reasonable, but anybody else can do better benchmarking."

"Commvault's license fee is per server-based."

"It is a bit more than other products, but when you consider the time savings, it is saving money."

"On a scale of one to ten, where ten is the highest price, I rate the pricing an eight."

"One of the most interesting aspects is that the licensing model can be modified. We're paying for our licensing by the client, as opposed to the size of the footprint of the backup, which decreased our cost by about 20 percent."

"The pricing has improved. It is simplified compared to the way that it was a few years ago. It is fairly straightforward and pretty easy to articulate to customers, which is handy."

"Everyone else offers the subscription-based model nowadays, while Commvault Complete Data Protection still has the traditional license model, where you must buy a set of licenses. You pay for one hundred licenses even if you only use fifty virtual machines, so the licensing model needs improvement."

"Our yearly cost is around €20,000... The cost is based on the number of users and the amount of data. They sell it per terabyte."

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"It is more reasonably priced than other vendors."

"I am sure that there are cheaper products out there, but none that meet so many of our needs whilst maintaining stability and usability."

"Rapid7 InsightIDR is a cheaply priced product. On a scale of one to ten, where one is very expensive, and ten is very cheap, I rate the product's price at seven or eight."

"The pricing and licensing are competitive."

"It is a reasonably priced solution."

"Rapid7 InsightIDR charges us based on the endpoints we connect to."

"Accurately predict your licensing counts as this is a subscription based product."

"Licensing is straightforward. If, for some reason, you don’t meet the minimum licensing requirements, there is a third-party managed service that can help."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Computer Software Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	57
Midsize Enterprise	24
Large Enterprise	82

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	20
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	6

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ThreatWise?

Commvault Cloud is expensive, and there is room for the price to be 10-15 percent lower than what they are charging currently.

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What is your primary use case for ThreatWise?

I work with a variety of backup solutions including Commvault, Avamar, Rubrik, and similar tools. I am part of Tata Consultancy Services where we pitch all these solutions to customers from the bac...

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What SOC product do you recommend?

For tools I’d recommend: -SIEM- LogRhythm -SOAR- Palo Alto XSOAR Doing commercial w/o both (or at least an XDR) is asking to miss details that are critical, and ending up a statistic. Also, rememb...

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What do you like most about Rapid7 InsightIDR?

During simulations or demonstrations, the tool generates alerts, providing details such as the specific application, its origin, and potential threats. For instance, it can identify if an applicati...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Rapid7 InsightIDR?

The product pricing is very cheap.

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Also Known As

Commvault Complete Data Protection, Commvault Backup & Recovery, Commvault HyperScale X, Metallic, ThreatWise

InsightIDR

Overview

Commvault Cloud is the ultimate cyber resilience platform built to meet the demands of the hybrid
enterprise. Beyond its core functionality of data backup and recovery across diverse workloads, including applications, databases, virtual machines, and files, Commvault Cloud stands out as a robust defense against ransomware. Going beyond backup, the platform integrates advanced data security features such as encryption, access control, and threat detection, safeguarding against unauthorized access and cyber threats.

With tools for data management, classification, and migration, businesses can optimize storage costs, enhance accessibility, and comply with regulations seamlessly. Boasting cloud integration with major providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, Commvault Cloud leverages the scalability and flexibility of the cloud for comprehensive data protection and management. The platform's automation capabilities streamline tasks, and its reporting and analytics features provide valuable insights into data usage, potential risks, and optimization strategies. Commvault Cloud is not just a security tool; it is a key component of cyber resilience, enabling organizations to not only protect against cyberattacks but also recover swiftly and minimize the impact of incidents. Elevate your cyber resilience strategy with Commvault Cloud.

Commvault

Parsing hundreds of trivial alerts. Managing a mountain of data. Manually forwarding info from your endpoints. Forget that. InsightIDR instantly arms you with the insight you need to make better decisions across the incident detection and response lifecycle, faster.

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Sample Customers

Aberdeenshire Council, Acxiom, BAM Group Ireland, Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta, CI Investments, Clifford Chance, American Municipal Power, American Pacific Mortgage, AstraZeneca, Dongbu Steel, Denver Health, Dow Jones, Emirates Steel, Penn State Health, Prime Healthcare, Sonic Healthcare, Sony Network Communications, TiVO, UCONN Health, The Weitz Company

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