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Honeycomb Enterprise vs Rapid7 InsightCloudSec comparison

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

ROI

Sentiment score
4.6
Honeycomb Enterprise boosts efficiency and productivity by reducing incident investigation time and enhancing troubleshooting without cutting staff.
Sentiment score
6.3
Rapid7 InsightCloudSec enhances security, reduces costs and time, and streamlines operations with significant reductions in exposure and manpower.
Honeycomb Enterprise played a vital role in identifying the problems in the initial calls itself. That has actually saved us a lot of incidents.
Technical Lead at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
The biggest return on investment with Honeycomb Enterprise is being able to find, if I am doing production support and something goes wrong, the exact scenario or the exact request and response and the details of that really quickly.
Software Engineer at a non-tech company with 501-1,000 employees
Problems that would previously take one or two hours to isolate were often narrowed down to 20 to 30 minutes using distributed tracing or BubbleUp.
Tech Consultant at multi ideal
By catching issues early, Rapid7 InsightCloudSec helps us prevent costly breaches or regulatory fines; for example, automating patching and misconfiguration audits can save thousands in operational overhead.
Site Reliability Engineer at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
It provides a good security posture and helps handle misconfigurations and day-to-day remediations.
Senior Cloud Security Engineer at a educational organization with 10,001+ employees
I can confirm money and time savings with Rapid7 InsightCloudSec, as we can scan the entire IP range simultaneously instead of manually checking each asset for vulnerabilities.
Junior systems engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
4.6
Honeycomb Enterprise support is responsive and knowledgeable, with room for improvement in resolving complex issues more quickly.
Sentiment score
5.2
Rapid7 InsightCloudSec's customer service is efficient and timely, but lacks detailed responses and regional support in India.
The support team has been knowledgeable and responsive, especially when we had questions about instrumentation, OpenTelemetry integration, or troubleshooting complex observability issues.
Tech Consultant at multi ideal
To highlight what is the issue going on in our currently running 100 requests, we just highlight that one request which is very slow or maybe we just move it to the top so that we can alert everybody that this is the problem.
IT Analyst at cmc
We have never faced an issue with Honeycomb Enterprise.
Full-Stack Software Engineer at mindpathtech
On a scale of 1 to 10, the customer support would be rated a 10, as responses are typically received within about half an hour to an hour when creating a ticket.
Senior Platform Engineer Lead at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
They have excellent support with internal Slack channels and are directly reachable through Teams.
Senior Cloud Security Engineer at a educational organization with 10,001+ employees
I interacted with customer support after an endpoint compromise incident, and they responded quickly and provided clear insights that were essential for resolving the situation.
Platform Engineer at Cedar Gate Technologies, LLC
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
5.9
Honeycomb Enterprise supports scalable observability for microservices, efficiently handling large data volumes, but cost management is crucial when scaling.
Sentiment score
5.9
Rapid7 InsightCloudSec offers scalable monitoring and visibility for cloud resources with room for improvement in specific configurations.
When you send traces, you will get the complete view of the life of the code and how it has been executed.
Technical Lead at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Honeycomb Enterprise scales best when all the products in the company use it because it allows tracing outside of individual products to see how they interact.
Software Engineer at a non-tech company with 501-1,000 employees
At times we can be shocked to see that this price is too high for involving too many developers on one peak or having a much bigger data set or more advanced features for our use.
IT Analyst at cmc
I have not experienced performance issues as I add more assets, and everything operates smoothly within one console.
Junior systems engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The scalability of Rapid7 InsightCloudSec is pretty good, as we can scale the tool for the different users that we are using.
Software Security Architect at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
Honeycomb Enterprise is reliable and stable for high-traffic projects, despite occasional latency and tracing issues.
Sentiment score
8.1
Users consider Rapid7 InsightCloudSec stable and reliable, with minor interface slowness but effective performance in production environments.
They could not get proper tracing with Honeycomb Enterprise at that time.
Lead Engineer at Qualys
In terms of stability and availability, this is an impressive one.
Customer Support Engineer at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
It provides logging, it provides connection with AWS, it provides connection with Docker, and machines, and local services, and mobile applications also.
Full-Stack Software Engineer at mindpathtech
Rapid7 InsightCloudSec works without any stability issues so far.
Junior Security Analyst at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
 

Room For Improvement

Honeycomb Enterprise needs improved documentation, user interface, AI integration, pricing, onboarding, dashboard intuitiveness, and cloud connectivity enhancements.
Rapid7 InsightCloudSec needs UI simplification, better API integration, enhanced AI, and improved support for cloud services and IAM features.
Rather, it must be treated as a powerful supplementary tool that augments the existing code security solutions (such as Snyk or Checkmarx) in a DevSecOps or Secure DevOps environment.
CEO at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
The main thing is that I think everything should very hard aim for the direction of being AI compatible because every engineer, or most engineers now use AI to code.
Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees
That is what performance engineers and SREs need to see for each request, where it spent the entire time; how many other services or databases it interacted with and what took more or less time.
Lead Engineer at Qualys
Rapid7 InsightCloudSec already provides us real-time feedback loops, but if it also provides real-time feedback to the developers, then it would help the application shift left, meaning the security will shift left as well.
Site Reliability Engineer at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
Rapid7 InsightCloudSec needs improvements such as AI-driven risk prioritization, proactive cloud risk modeling, advanced IAM privilege analysis, multi-cloud attack path mapping, pre-built automated hardening, defining stronger policy as code support, better container and serverless coverage, and cost optimization insight along with safe auto-remediation with rollback improvements.
Cybersecurity analyst at Cornerstone OnDemand
If you can improve the traditional detection rules to reflect current detection rules, it would make it significantly easier for us to manage, as we constantly need to check legacy rules to update or possibly turn them off. Updating the legacy rules should be a priority.
SOC analyst at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Setup Cost

Honeycomb Enterprise setup is easy, but pricing varies by data, making cost control and data management essential.
Rapid7 InsightCloudSec provides competitive pricing, straightforward setup, and manageable licensing, offering justified costs for large-scale implementations.
In terms of pricing, it was a little challenging to get the company to commit to the full pricing of Enterprise, but once we got there it was nice.
Software Engineer at a non-tech company with 501-1,000 employees
I use the end product, and it operates on a usage-based pricing model, where costs mainly depend on volume and data retention requirements.
SDE-1 at arya.ag
Regarding pricing, setup cost, and licensing, these are not much of a concern because as the volume of telemetry data increases, pricing will be a consideration.
Data Specialist at TCS
It is cheaper.
Senior Cloud Security Engineer at a educational organization with 10,001+ employees
The more numbers you have, the less costly the product becomes, as licensing operates on volume.
Junior systems engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
While it was not overly expensive, I do wish for more discounts for bulk purchases since we have implemented it widely across our cloud security posture.
Platform Engineer at Cedar Gate Technologies, LLC
 

Valuable Features

Honeycomb Enterprise excels in real-time data monitoring, scalability, and collaboration, enhancing efficiency and cost-effectiveness for cloud-native systems.
Rapid7 InsightCloudSec offers seamless cloud security with real-time alerts, automation, and enhanced workflows, improving efficiency and security posture.
We get alerts into Slack, and they work great. We see a lot of metrics go through into Slack, and they are really useful for keeping our team focused on only seeing one place to see alerts.
Software Engineer at Invevo
The most valuable feature of Honeycomb Enterprise for me is the root cause analysis part because it helps me greatly with the response messages and derived error messages which are very clearly mentioned in Honeycomb Enterprise logs.
Customer Support Engineer at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Honeycomb Enterprise is designed for modern cloud native systems.
IT Analyst at cmc
Using Rapid7 InsightCloudSec alongside our ManageEngine patch management module positively impacts my organization by scanning assets deeply and providing all identified vulnerabilities, from zero-day to any vulnerabilities on an asset, addressing those that ManageEngine might not identify.
Junior systems engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Rapid7 InsightCloudSec has helped us save thirty percent time in our log retrievals, and it completely changed log searching, making it really fast when we search for logs, with no prior knowledge required.
Site Reliability Engineer at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
Rapid7 InsightCloudSec positively impacts my organization by integrating tightly with my existing vulnerability management process and workflows, particularly in creating a new project and implementing trigger-based scanning.
Assistant Vice President for Security Operation Center at Sohar International Bank
 

Categories and Ranking

Honeycomb Enterprise
Ranking in AI Observability
9th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (10th), AI Code Assistants (8th)
Rapid7 InsightCloudSec
Ranking in AI Observability
13th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Management (12th), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (12th), Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) (12th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the AI Observability category, the mindshare of Honeycomb Enterprise is 0.9%, down from 4.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Rapid7 InsightCloudSec is 0.9%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI Observability Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Honeycomb Enterprise0.9%
Rapid7 InsightCloudSec0.9%
Other98.2%
AI Observability
 

Featured Reviews

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Tech Consultant at multi ideal
Observability has transformed how I troubleshoot microservices and reduce incident time
Overall, I have had a very good experience with Honeycomb Enterprise, but there are a few areas where it could be improved. I would like to see more out-of-the-box dashboards and templates for common Kubernetes and cloud-native workloads so that new users can get value more quickly. The learning curve can be steep, especially for engineers who are new to distributed tracing and observability concepts. Additionally, while the query capabilities are very powerful, there are times when specifying advanced query workflows could be improved to provide a better overall experience for troubleshooting and observability. Beyond what I mentioned, there are a few other areas that could also be improved. I would like to see even deeper native integration with more DevOps and ITSM tools to make it easier to connect observability data directly into incident management and operational workflows. Regarding pricing, Honeycomb Enterprise delivers strong value, but as organizations scale and generate larger volumes of telemetry, cost can become a consideration. More flexible pricing options or cost optimization features for high-volume environments would be helpful. My support experience has been generally positive, but faster turnaround time for complex technical issues and more advanced implementation guides or best practices documentation would make onboarding and troubleshooting easier. These improvements would make an already strong observability platform even more accessible and scalable for enterprise teams.
Arun Babu - PeerSpot reviewer
SOC analyst at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Daily endpoint monitoring has improved investigations and saved time but detection rules still need tuning
It is important to note that Rapid7 InsightCloudSec's features are not 100% precise, but I find about 70% of the time it is satisfactory. I would like to suggest that you improve it to be more precise, ideally making it 100% if possible. Some cases in Rapid7 InsightCloudSec indicate that the log is not enough, as they mostly just generate alerts, and the synchronization between data connectors is often problematic, particularly in terms of not being in sync always, especially between the AD and Rapid7 alerts, which generates numerous false positives. Additionally, the traditional rules should be updated, as this is a main point worth mentioning since we spend a lot of time fine-tuning these traditional rules. I suggest improving the legacy detection rules. If there are any authentication cases, such as impossible travel activity where a user has their SharePoint hosted in a different location, Rapid7 can often trigger alerts, creating confusion as we cannot fine-tune it properly. Another issue is with honeypot access. We sometimes lack necessary logs because Defender's advanced threat protection scanning gets detected as honeypot activity by Rapid7, leading to annoying and noisy alerts that we need to constantly close. If you can improve the traditional detection rules to reflect current detection rules, it would make it significantly easier for us to manage, as we constantly need to check legacy rules to update or possibly turn them off. Updating the legacy rules should be a priority.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise17
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise8
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Honeycomb.io?
Honeycomb Enterprise can be easier to learn, especially for those who are not familiar with distributed tracing and high-cardinality data.
What is your primary use case for Honeycomb.io?
Honeycomb Enterprise serves as the main observability, distributed tracing, and troubleshooting solution for microservices in my project. A specific example of how I have used Honeycomb Enterprise ...
What advice do you have for others considering Honeycomb.io?
I would rate Honeycomb Enterprise seven out of ten. The reason I gave this rating is because it provides strong distributed tracing and useful query capability, but the learning curve is steep for ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Rapid7 InsightCloudSec?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Rapid7 InsightCloudSec was really straightforward and easy, as the people from the company made it so easy. I had no problems with that.
What needs improvement with Rapid7 InsightCloudSec?
I think Rapid7 InsightCloudSec could be improved by inspecting other kinds of things, such as IaC or infrastructure as code. It could scan some kind of Terraform files, as we use a lot of Terraform...
What is your primary use case for Rapid7 InsightCloudSec?
My main use case for Rapid7 InsightCloudSec is to know the current security posture in our cloud environments and also detect possible vulnerabilities or misconfigurations. A quick, specific exampl...
 

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Sample Customers

Clover Health, Eaze, Intercom, Fender
Fannie Mae, 3M, PizzaHut, Spotify, Autodesk, Discovery
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