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Digital Shadows vs Rapid7 InsightVM comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Digital Shadows
Average Rating
6.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.5
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Digital Risk Protection (6th)
Rapid7 InsightVM
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
64
Ranking in other categories
Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. Digital Shadows is designed for Digital Risk Protection and holds a mindshare of 4.5%, down 9.0% compared to last year.
Rapid7 InsightVM, on the other hand, focuses on Risk-Based Vulnerability Management, holds 13.8% mindshare, up 13.9% since last year.
Digital Risk Protection Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Digital Shadows4.5%
Recorded Future18.2%
ZeroFOX17.0%
Other60.3%
Digital Risk Protection
Risk-Based Vulnerability Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Rapid7 InsightVM13.8%
Qualys VMDR16.1%
Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management9.7%
Other60.4%
Risk-Based Vulnerability Management
 

Featured Reviews

DavidJones7 - PeerSpot reviewer
Has required additional context for alerts but supports monitoring impersonation and threat activity effectively
I do not rate Digital Shadows a nine or ten because there are many things that need improvement. The information we get is kind of generic. For instance, for impersonation, we don't have much detail on their history, when it was used or how it was misused. Those further details would be really helpful, but the information we receive is basic, such as when it was last registered and when it was updated, without more insight about the malicious factors. For basic support from Digital Shadows, my impression is that it is six to seven because many times we see duplications or bugs, and the quality of the alerts is not up to the mark. We have escalated many times, but we do not receive solid responses from them in terms of fixes. Digital Shadows should focus on the engineering side rather than the support aspect because support is there to help us get updates, but in terms of quick fixes, it is not as responsive. The need for improvement lies more with the engineering part in fixing issues, which is linked to support.
Anusha Sadasivani - PeerSpot reviewer
Rapid deployment and user-friendly architecture streamline vulnerability management but customer support response needs improvement
We are still using Rapid7 InsightVM I personally still use Rapid7 InsightVM. We use Rapid7 InsightVM for vulnerability scanning. It supports both agent-based and agentless scanning, which is part of our vulnerability management strategy. The agentless scan in Rapid7 InsightVM is effective and…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most effective feature for threat intelligence, in my opinion, is collecting impersonating websites."
"The most effective feature for threat intelligence, in my opinion, is collecting impersonating websites."
"Digital Shadows helps our organization identify and mitigate cyber threats through their crawling of the internet, gathering information, pivoting it, and then sending those alerts to us which we monitor from our SIEM tool."
"The most valuable feature is the vulnerability scan."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"When it comes to the process, installation is very easy and does not take long."
"Rapid7 InsightVM has given us a practical view of the vulnerabilities present in our organization."
"There are many integrations with things like the VMware NSX that are great, the reporting is really solid."
"This solution is very easy to use and easy to install."
"Customers are generally satisfied and do not ask for drastic price reductions during renewals."
"The most valuable feature is the site scanning, where we can provide a complete subnet and what it is we need to scan on those devices."
 

Cons

"The solution doesn't pick up all the brands of the URLs. I have a relatively small company name, however, the solution still misses a certain number of URLs with my company's name in it that are impersonating websites. It's not very comprehensive, to be honest."
"For basic support from Digital Shadows, my impression is that it is six to seven because many times we see duplications or bugs, and the quality of the alerts is not up to the mark."
"The solution doesn't pick up all the brands of the URLs."
"We are a registered reseller and a trusted partner. However, for us to get any support from them I can't log a call directly with Rapid7 InsightVM. I have to work with the distributor to log the call for me."
"The platform could be more intuitive and user-friendly."
"It would be great to have a mobile application client. Currently, you have to use a mobile web browser on a device, but it is not similar to the desktop web browser in terms of user experience. It would be nice to have a mobile application to access the platform."
"The solution could improve by being more secure."
"The solution needs to improve its vulnerability design to include CVC results."
"We have some issues with how it scans patches."
"All products have room for increased security and Rapid7 InsightVM is no exception."
"They should improve the cybersecurity feature of the solution."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

Information not available
"The licensing is asset-based and very straightforward."
"We purchase annual licenses."
"InsightVM is an expensive product, especially compared to its competitors, at around a million NOK per year."
"It is less expensive compared to other competitors."
"The license is annual and this is the optimal approach when it comes to most software."
"The price of the solution is less than the competitors."
"The solution is a bit more reasonably priced than other products."
"I do not have experience with the pricing of the solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business29
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise23
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Digital Shadows?
Regarding the cost of Digital Shadows, I think prices are a bit higher. The information provided is already available; some of it is paid information. However, considering all the information they ...
What needs improvement with Digital Shadows?
I do not rate Digital Shadows a nine or ten because there are many things that need improvement. The information we get is kind of generic. For instance, for impersonation, we don't have much detai...
What is your primary use case for Digital Shadows?
Our main use cases for Digital Shadows are mainly using it for threat intel. For instance, we have our domain listed on Digital Shadows. Whenever we see any sort of impersonation domain registratio...
How would you choose between Rapid7 InsightVM and Tenable Nessus?
You have full visibility across cloud, network, virtual, and containerized infrastructures with Rapid7 Insight VM. You can easily prioritize vulnerabilities using attacker analytics. Overall, Rapid...
What do you like most about Rapid7 InsightVM?
The product's initial setup phase was very easy.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Rapid7 InsightVM?
The customers are mostly SMBs, though some enterprise organizations have also deployed the solution. This is neither a cheap nor the most expensive solution. Qualys and some other vendors are more ...
 

Also Known As

No data available
InsightVM, NeXpose
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Accenture, Pret A Manger, Human Rights Watch
ACS, Acosta, AllianceData, amazon.com, biogen idec, CBRE, CATERPILLAR, Deloitte, COACH, GameStop, IBM
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