Kaspersky Next XDR Optimum vs Rapid7 InsightIDR comparison

Kaspersky and Rapid7 are both solutions in the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) category. Kaspersky is ranked #16 with an average rating of 7.9, while Rapid7 is ranked #39 with an average rating of 7.5. Kaspersky holds a 1.7% mindshare in EDR, compared to Rapid7’s 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Kaspersky users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of Rapid7 users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 9, 2026

Kaspersky Next XDR Optimum and Rapid7 InsightIDR both compete in the endpoint security and SIEM markets, respectively. Rapid7 InsightIDR appears to have the upper hand due to its cloud-based operations and advanced analytics capabilities, which provide a comprehensive approach to threat detection and investigation.

Features: Kaspersky Next XDR Optimum is equipped with robust deployment capabilities, centralized management through its Security Center, and a focus on malware protection. It supports operations across various geographic locations with dynamic firewall management and Active Directory integration. Rapid7 InsightIDR offers advanced analytics for user behavior, SIEM capabilities, and honeypot features. It integrates seamlessly with other solutions, enhancing threat detection and investigation processes.

Room for Improvement: Kaspersky Next XDR Optimum needs to move beyond signature-based malware protection, improve its user interface for network threats, and streamline its reporting system. International users face challenges in updates and resource management. Rapid7 InsightIDR could enhance search functions and offer more customization, similar to full SIEM solutions. Its dependence on cloud storage may affect data retention, requiring competitive pricing and improved threat intelligence for deeper insights.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Kaspersky Next XDR Optimum is often deployed on-premises, ensuring consistency across different environments but varies in technical support responsiveness. Rapid7 InsightIDR, focused on the cloud, provides quick deployment, yet may challenge on-prem customers. Initial customer support is positive, but integration requires improvement.

Pricing and ROI: Kaspersky Next XDR Optimum is cost-effective with flexible licensing structures for extensive device coverage but may increase with heightened requirements. It provides solid ROI through secured environments. Rapid7 InsightIDR's subscription model based on endpoints appeals to cloud-centric enterprises. Its broader security management capabilities justify its competitive pricing despite reduced cost-efficiency for fewer devices.

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Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) category, the mindshare of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is 3.4%, down from 3.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Kaspersky Next XDR Optimum is 1.7%, down from 2.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Rapid7 InsightIDR is 1.2%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks	3.4%
Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business	1.7%
Rapid7 InsightIDR	1.2%
Other	93.7%

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

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ABHISHEK_SINGH

Senior Process Expert at A.P. Moller - Maersk

Gained full visibility and streamlined threat detection through behavior-based insights and AI integration

Initially, we got to have a lot of false positives when we onboarded, but nowadays it's quite smooth. We have fine-tuned our security policies and allowed different levels of policies to get rid of those false positives. Currently, we are getting a fairly good amount of incidents that are not false positives or benign, but actionable items. The process is streamlined. In the initial days, the operations used to get involved in a lot of benign and other activities, but now the process is streamlined. We are leveraging the auto-detection and remediation plans. The operations teams are now more involved in other business roles as well, not just looking into the logs and fetching out what's happening there. They have fixed a lot of things. Initially, they didn't have IAC code drift detection, cloud posture management, or security posture management, but they have those now. They purchased different vendors and did a merger with that. They have now Prisma Cloud that gets integrated and now they are working with Cortex Cloud. Everything that was negative has now been addressed, and the product altogether looks to be in a very better and mature shape now. Currently, it's more or less detecting the workloads with AI-based best practices. Since most organizations are consuming AI agents and other things, we are looking forward to seeing what other feature enhancements Palo Alto can support in that.

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SyedRaza1

Group CIO at Thal Industries Corporation Ltd

Have maintained strong endpoint protection through behavioral analysis and daily monitoring

I previously mentioned that Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business doesn't have built-in DLP, which was a concern. I think they could add it in the future; however, antivirus cannot provide a proper DLP solution, but they can offer a mix of DLP, similar to Trend Micro Apex One, which provides some sort of DLP file management. Nonetheless, we need a proper DLP solution such as Forcepoint or Symantec, whichever suits us. We'll be conducting performance evaluation in the next quarter while working on other projects. More value means a better GUI, user interface, and comprehensive reporting capabilities. In Sophos, we receive a daily system-generated report about what is happening, plus an alert system. The reporting system in Trend Micro is also excellent; I receive an email every day at 10:00 AM with a report for the last 24 hours.

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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

"The product's initial setup phase is very easy."

"The positive impacts I see from Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks include a complete 360-degree view of our security posture altogether, being a uniform platform where we are ingesting logs from multiple resources."

"Once you become familiar with it, Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is a more powerful tool and I would say that I prefer it over MDE because it is a stronger tool for me."

"If any application performs suspicious activities, such as changing registries or modifying other applications, Cortex XDR detects and blocks the entire application."

"It'll not slow down your system when compared to others."

"Threat identification and detection are the most valuable features of this solution."

"Cortex XDR is a very capable solution for protecting large networks and a lot of endpoints. It's very useful because the automation is very high, and if you combine it with the features on Palo Alto firewalls, it provides very strong protection."

"The policy configuration is great, the granularity of policies that are available is very helpful, it is straightforward to set up, and it has pretty much everything we need and works well within the Palo Alto ecosystem."

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"It is very reliable, user-friendly endpoint security software."

"The solution offers many useful features and there is excellent integration with the app directory."

"The stability has been good."

"The centralized management is a nice feature, as it gives us the leeway to deal with other things while protection is being carried on in the background, so we do not have to keep watching as long as we have the right updates, and it also saves us time."

"It has a very good firewall, which lets you isolate your devices depending on the groups."

"It helps minimize breach of data and stabilize our network."

"The security of the solution is very good; it helps us avoid viruses very effectively, and the solution is very user-friendly and easy to use."

"We have over 1,000 users using the solution in our organization and the solution has been able to handle it."

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"InsightIDR’s ability to process millions of transactions per day, and to notify me of the most critical ones, is priceless."

"I definitely recommend Rapid7 InsightIDR."

"The incident case management is the most valuable feature. Even though there's always something I find I would like to add to that feature, the ability to quickly sort through all the logs, network and endpoint data, etc., and add it to an incident case as part of the investigation, is nice. Having it automatically timeline that additional data into the original incident timeline, and correlate it to other notable events and activities on the network, results in a huge improvement in our overall confidence that we've quickly traced down the right source of an issue."

"The platform offers unlimited storage and agent-based solutions."

"I like that it's a cloud-based solution."

"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten. As a cloud tool, the product is highly scalable."

"Log search allows us to dive deep into aggregated logs and query all event types at once."

"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

"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks could improve by adding a sandbox feature to better compete with their competitors which have it."

"Whenever the tool releases a new version when deploying the product across the organization, I feel like there are some disturbances in the CPU usage after upgrading the tool to the latest version."

"In the next release, I would like to see more UI improvements. Their UI is a bit basic. When we are speaking about Palo Alto Networks they are the big company, so they can improve the UI a little bit. The UI, the reports, the log system can all be improved."

"Initially, we got to have a lot of false positives when we onboarded, but nowadays it's quite smooth."

"The solution needs better reports. I think they should let the customer go in and customize the reports."

"This product has not improved my organization - in fact, we are in the process of moving back to another product as a result of Cortex's horrible impact on system performance."

"Traps doesn't work with McAfee. You need to remove McAfee to install Traps. This is very common, and its nothing that should be an issue. Some antivirus engines recognize Traps as an threat component, so maybe they need to shake hands somewhere."

"The product's pricing could be better."

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"The performance of our machines tended to slow down under Kaspersky. I remember I had a pretty good Dell Notebook, and this product slowed it down quite a bit."

"It would be ideal with the solution offered more documentation."

"The reporting portion of the solution is quite weak."

"The GUI of the product is too basic, making it an area where improvements are required."

"There should be some AI involved. We already have machine learning involved in recent releases but machine learning should be more enhanced in the upcoming versions."

"The initial setup is complex."

"Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business could improve the flexibility of use."

"This solution would be improved if it were more compatible with Windows Server. There is not a client for Windows Server, like for Windows Workstation, so there are a lot of things you cannot control from the local system, or from the desktop directly."

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

"Lacks a mobile application."

"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."

"InsightIDR's integration with other solutions could be improved. Also, I'd like more control from the portal over what's happening on the endpoint side. For example, when I see an attack on an endpoint, I want to be able to stop it from the portal."

"It would be useful to import threat intelligence in YARA format along with known incorrect email addresses."

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

"One thing that springs to mind is easier API integration with ITSMs."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price was fine."

"Licensing for Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR can be costly, especially when it comes to a hundred users. A license is required for each user, and the subscription must be renewed on a yearly basis."

"The pricing is a little bit on the expensive side."

"If one wishes to work with another team or large number of users at a future point, he must purchase a license for them."

"The price of the product is not very economical."

"It is cost-effective compared to similar solutions. It fits for the small businesses through to the big businesses."

"The solution is expensive. It's pricing is on a yearly-basis."

"We didn't have to pay any additional fee for the cloud instance. It just came with the renewal, which was nice."

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"We have approximately 700 licenses for this solution and we pay annually."

"The tool is expensive."

"We have been using a yearly subscription and feel that pricing could be better. Perhaps, discounts could be given, during the renewal process, to those who have been customers for some time."

"We purchase the product's yearly license. I rate the pricing five out of ten."

"I find the solution to be inexpensive compared to other solution like Crowdstrike."

"We have an annual license and there is a fee per device used. The price is fair compared to the latest EDR solution."

"We pay a yearly annual subscription for this product."

"The pricing is a bit more expensive than other products."

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"I rate Rapid7 InsightIDR's price a four on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."

"Rapid7 InsightIDR is priced very well and is cost-effective."

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

"The pricing of the solution depends on the user. But there is a yearly licensing cost."

"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."

"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."

"The pricing is good, and it is not very expensive."

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Top Industries

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Construction Company

13%

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13%

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Small Business	44
Midsize Enterprise	20
Large Enterprise	48

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Small Business	63
Midsize Enterprise	27
Large Enterprise	33

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Small Business	20
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	6

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What do you like most about Kaspersky Endpoint Security?

The failure rate is very low.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business?

The pricing and licensing cost of Kaspersky Endpoint Security is cheaper compared to Trend Micro.

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The product pricing is very cheap.

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Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps

Kaspersky Work Space Security, Kaspersky Endpoint Security

InsightIDR

Overview

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks provides advanced threat detection with AI-driven endpoint protection and seamless integration, ensuring multi-layered security and automatic threat response.

Cortex XDR is designed to safeguard endpoints against malware and suspicious activities. It offers advanced threat detection and response capabilities using behavioral analysis, AI, and machine learning. It seamlessly integrates with security infrastructures, providing endpoint security, firewall integration, and enhanced visibility in both cloud-based and on-premises environments.

What are the key features of Cortex XDR?

Advanced Threat Detection: Uses AI and machine learning for proactive threat identification.
Multi-layered Security: Combines various security measures for comprehensive protection.
Endpoint Protection: Safeguards against malware and exploits.
Behavioral Analysis: Monitors suspicious activity for early detection.
Automatic Threat Response: Automates responses to neutralize threats.

What benefits should users expect?

Ease of Use: Simplifies security management with intuitive design.
Resource Efficiency: Minimizes impact on system resources.
Integration Capabilities: Works well with existing security setups.
Reduced Analyst Workload: Automates processes to decrease manual intervention.

Organizations in diverse sectors deploy Cortex XDR to protect against malware, leveraging its advanced threat detection capabilities. Its integration with existing security infrastructures appeals to those seeking comprehensive protection in both cloud and on-premises environments, providing enhanced visibility and threat intelligence.

Palo Alto Networks

Kaspersky Next XDR Optimum offers robust protection and user-friendly detection tools beyond endpoints for small to mid-sized businesses, enhancing cybersecurity strategies with essential EDR and seamless XDR integration.

Kaspersky Next XDR Optimum unites endpoint protection with automatic response capabilities, allowing businesses to identify, analyze, and neutralize threats efficiently. With features like antivirus, firewall, encryption, centralized management, and robust reporting, it supports multiple platforms and enhances secure environments for computers, servers, and networks. While user satisfaction is high due to its straightforward management and modular capabilities, some desire improvements in performance, AI integration, and cloud compatibility. Enhanced support, training, and simpler updates are also sought, though organizations value its effectiveness against malware and spyware. Despite high pricing and resource demands, Kaspersky's user-friendly approach and integration capabilities remain appreciated.

What are the features of Kaspersky Next XDR Optimum?

Antivirus: Proactive threat detection for malware, spyware, and ransomware.
Firewall: Essential network traffic regulation and security.
Encryption: Comprehensive data protection for sensitive information.
Centralized Management: Efficient security management and deployment.
Application Control: Granular management for application usage.
Heuristic Analysis: Advanced threat detection using behavior analysis.
Modular Capabilities: Customizable features to meet specific demands.

What benefits or ROI can users expect?

Scalable Protection: Versatile defense across devices and networks.
Integration: Seamless connections with systems like Active Directory.
Automated Functions: Reduced manual intervention with automated solutions.
Stability: Reliable performance even in offline scenarios.
Simplicity: Easy-to-use setup and management for reduced complexity.

Organizations rely on Kaspersky Next XDR Optimum for endpoint protection against cyber threats, including malware and ransomware. Deployed across computers, servers, and mobile environments, it allows for centralized manageability, device control, and web access control. This approach ensures comprehensive security updates, file encryption, and efficient network activity monitoring, making it suitable for diverse business implementations.

Kaspersky

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

CBI Health Group, University Honda, VakifBank

ACMS, Arqiva, Pakistan International Airlines, RAO UES

Liberty Wines, Pioneer Telephone, Visier

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