CylanceOPTICS vs Rapid7 InsightIDR comparison

BlackBerry and Rapid7 are both solutions in the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) category. BlackBerry is ranked #44 with an average rating of 7.0, while Rapid7 is ranked #22 with an average rating of 7.8. BlackBerry holds a 0.5% mindshare in EDR, compared to Rapid7’s 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 80% of BlackBerry users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of Rapid7 users who would recommend it.

CylanceOPTICS

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Rapid7 InsightIDR

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96% willing to recommend

CylanceOPTICS

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 9, 2024

Rapid7 InsightIDR and CylanceOPTICS are two prominent cybersecurity solutions. CylanceOPTICS seems to have the upper hand due to its advanced feature set, despite higher pricing.

Features: Rapid7 InsightIDR integrates smoothly with other tools, provides real-time alerts, and delivers comprehensive threat detection. CylanceOPTICS offers AI-driven threat detection, minimal system impact, and high accuracy in identifying anomalies.

Room for Improvement: Users feel Rapid7 InsightIDR could benefit from less complex reporting, enhanced threat intelligence, and simplified interfaces. CylanceOPTICS users see room for improvement in user training resources, streamlined deployment processes, and better documentation.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Rapid7 InsightIDR is praised for its straightforward deployment process and responsive customer service. CylanceOPTICS faces criticisms for a steeper learning curve and less intuitive setup.

Pricing and ROI: Rapid7 InsightIDR offers competitive pricing and satisfactory ROI. CylanceOPTICS, although more expensive, is justified by its advanced feature set, providing substantial ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

CylanceOPTICS

Ranking in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

44th

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

5.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Rapid7 InsightIDR

Ranking in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

22nd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (15th), User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (7th), Threat Deception Platforms (4th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (18th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) category, the mindshare of CylanceOPTICS is 0.5%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Rapid7 InsightIDR is 1.2%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Rapid7 InsightIDR	1.2%
CylanceOPTICS	0.5%
Other	98.3%

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

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GauthamVakapalli

Account Manager at Teksalah

Provides reliable threat detection and response but requires better regional support

One improvement I suggest for CylanceOPTICS is more robust marketing efforts from their side. Many customers gravitate towards popular EDRs like CrowdStrike or Sophos, largely due to better marketing, despite BlackBerry Cylance being a superior product. The lack of marketing from distributors or vendors is a critical area where they are falling short. Apart from marketing, it would be beneficial for CylanceOPTICS to establish a dedicated team in GCC since I coordinate with the UK team to handle support. Whenever a ticket is raised by one of our customers, we have to wait for responses which can take a whole day due to the time zone differences, and a local team could expedite this process. In terms of scalability, CylanceOPTICS is indeed easy to scale, but one issue I face is related to visibility; while it is scalable, the security teams struggle with limited visibility as we need to gather data from multiple sources.

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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

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"It automatically blocks the threats, helping us investigate if they harm the environment."

"The most valuable feature is the ability to respond to zero-day and unknown threats."

"CylanceOPTICS is pretty stable."

"One of the main use cases for CylanceOPTICS is endpoint detection and response, which even works without internet, unlike some other solutions."

"This feature is something people should be looking into; the threat monitoring in CylanceOPTICS is very good, and while CrowdStrike has similar features, CylanceOPTICS is more cost-effective."

"It's pretty unintrusive"

"CylanceOPTICS is easy to use."

"It is a bit early in our evaluation process to give proper feedback, although so far, the overall feedback is good."

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"I definitely recommend Rapid7 InsightIDR."

"InsightIDR has allowed us to find potential security issues that we did not know existed, and get remediation quickly."

"The web interface is great — very useful and user-friendly."

"Features for user behavior analytics and the rules for attack review are good."

"It is a very stable solution."

"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."

"Simple configuration and automatically syncs to the cloud platform."

"Rapid7 InsightIDR integrates well with other solutions. It's also easy to configure because Rapid7 InsightIDR has a lot of instructions posted on their website that customers can follow if they need to get the source log."

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Cons

"Our customers would like to see more automation with respect to how threats are handled once they have been detected."

"The reporting is very weak and not very good at all."

"The product's technical support is slow."

"The product's initial setup process could be easy."

"CylanceOPTICS could benefit from more granular control in the timeline-building process. Ideally, users would be able to drill deeper into the analysis rather than have the machine dictate the direction."

"The support is inadequate because their technical people are not supportive. Since the support is not based in India, there are numerous issues."

"Too many false positives are reported."

"Whenever a ticket is raised by one of our customers, we have to wait for responses which can take a whole day due to the time zone differences, and a local team could expedite this process."

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"If we pitch Rapid7 InsightIDR against solutions such as SIEMs from Splunk or LogRhythm, it is not as customizable as a SIEM solution is."

"Cloud risk assessment is one area where I think they need a lot of improvement."

"Tenable Nessus is easier to deal with. It's more efficient and accurate. InsightIDR is heavier than Tenable in terms of performance and scanning. Rapid7 would be much easier to use if it had a network connector like Tenable. Tenable's connector allows continuous monitoring over the B caps."

"Sometimes, it is hard to get the right queries to use. Currently, the tool lacks a pre-made set of queries."

"The APIs can be further improved in Rapid7."

"It takes time for the product's support team to resolve issues, making it an area of concern where improvements are required."

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

"The product allows us to make only 30 custom rules."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would rate the pricing a three out of five."

"We pay for the number of endpoints we have and that is about it. On a monthly basis, the licensing cost is $55 per user."

"The pricing for CylanceOPTICS is very good; I would rate it around a nine on a scale of one to ten, with ten being the lowest. It's one of the most affordable options I've seen."

"CylanceOPTICS is probably priced equal to other EDRs in the market."

"The pricing and licensing are competitive."

"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."

"Licensing is by endpoint and amount of retention time (at least ours is). Default retention was one year, but we are able to push the retention further if needed. There's also a provide-your-own-S3 option for longer retention if you don't want to pay for the additional retention years in your Rapid7 agreement."

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

"The team is very willing to work with companies. My suggestion is to call the Rapid7 sales department and see how they can help."

"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 priced very well and is cost-effective."

"It is more reasonably priced than other vendors."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

Media Company

Computer Software Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	4

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

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Blackberry Optics?

I would rate the stability a nine out of ten. I would give it a close ten as possible because, like SentinelOne, I've seen incompatibility. Whereas Cylance, I've seen none.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Blackberry Optics?

In terms of cost, I find CylanceOPTICS to be reasonable; it's not overly expensive, nor is it at the lower end of the market—it's positioned in the medium range.

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What needs improvement with Blackberry Optics?

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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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Overview

Our cloud-native BlackBerry® Optics provide visibility, on-device threat detection and remediation across your organization. In milliseconds. And our EDR approach effectively and efficiently hunts threats while eliminating response latency. It’s the difference between a minor security event—and one that’s widespread and uncontrolled.

BlackBerry

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.

Rapid7

Sample Customers

Cerdant, Washoe County School District

Liberty Wines, Pioneer Telephone, Visier

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