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Rapid7 InsightCloudSec vs VMware Aria Automation comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.0
Rapid7 InsightCloudSec saves costs, reduces risks, automates tasks, and streamlines compliance, enhancing security and operational efficiency.
Sentiment score
7.4
VMware Aria Automation enhances efficiency, reduces workload, decreases VM creation time, improves productivity, and positively impacts business operations.
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
4.9
Rapid7 InsightCloudSec customer service receives mixed reviews, excelling in responsiveness but needing improvement in communication and local presence.
Sentiment score
6.7
VMware Aria Automation's support is responsive and knowledgeable but sometimes inconsistent; premium plans offer faster resolutions.
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
We never had major issues to report or request support.
IT Infrastructure Manager at a insurance company with 501-1,000 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
5.8
Rapid7 InsightCloudSec is a scalable, adaptable SaaS tool providing reliable cloud visibility but may require specific configurations.
Sentiment score
7.5
VMware Aria Automation is praised for its scalability, supporting large enterprises effectively with easy expansion and robust performance.
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
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.0
Users are pleased with Rapid7 InsightCloudSec's stability, though some experience slight slowness due to its SaaS platform.
Sentiment score
6.8
VMware Aria Automation is stable, with occasional issues during integration, upgrades, or rare service failures, generally efficiently resolved.
Rapid7 InsightCloudSec works without any stability issues so far.
Junior Security Analyst at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
 

Room For Improvement

Rapid7 InsightCloudSec needs UI/UX improvements, better third-party integration, enhanced reporting, and refined risk prioritization and detection capabilities.
Users seek improved VMware Aria Automation integration, streamlined UI, enhanced documentation, and better cloud service pricing and interoperability.
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
It operates for both of my products, however, as a product, it is complicated to integrate and automate with other products.
Cloud Engineer at BIDV - Ngân hàng TMCP Đầu tư & Phát triển Việt Nam
 

Setup Cost

Rapid7 InsightCloudSec offers competitive, cost-efficient cloud security management with reasonable pricing, seamless licensing, and straightforward setup.
VMware Aria Automation is cost-effective for cloud stability and integration, though pricing and licensing models can be confusing.
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

Rapid7 InsightCloudSec enhances security with frameworks, threat detection, automation, and AI log searches, boosting efficiency and response speed.
VMware Aria Automation streamlines multi-cloud operations, enhancing efficiency and agility with automation, customization, and intuitive user capabilities.
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
It helps us automate the workflow of creating many VMs and the TensorFlow key method.
Cloud Engineer at BIDV - Ngân hàng TMCP Đầu tư & Phát triển Việt Nam
We have strong regulations for maintaining compliance and mitigating risks with this product.
IT Infrastructure Manager at a insurance company with 501-1,000 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Rapid7 InsightCloudSec
Ranking in Cloud Management
13th
Ranking in Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
14th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) (10th), AI Observability (6th)
VMware Aria Automation
Ranking in Cloud Management
3rd
Ranking in Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
19th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
171
Ranking in other categories
Configuration Management (7th), Network Automation (6th), Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Cloud Management category, the mindshare of Rapid7 InsightCloudSec is 0.7%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Aria Automation is 7.1%, down from 10.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
VMware Aria Automation7.1%
Rapid7 InsightCloudSec0.7%
Other92.2%
Cloud Management
 

Featured Reviews

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.
Le Quang Long - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Engineer at BIDV - Ngân hàng TMCP Đầu tư & Phát triển Việt Nam
Significantly streamlined operations with good automation that helps with simplifying workflows
It helps me build a big catalog and provide it to my end users. It helps us automate the workflow of creating many VMs and the TensorFlow key method. I do not meet many people to operate it live beforehand. It operates for both of my products, but as a product, it is complicated to integrate and automate with other products.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Insurance Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Government
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise8
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business32
Midsize Enterprise24
Large Enterprise130
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Rapid7 InsightCloudSec?
The tool provides centralized visibility through dashboards and alerts, allowing customers to receive reports on cloud vulnerabilities and security posture. Rapid7 InsightCloudSec provides customer...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Rapid7 InsightCloudSec?
The pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Rapid7 InsightCloudSec are reasonable, and since our organization is growing, I have observed that the more numbers you have, the less costly the product ...
What needs improvement with Rapid7 InsightCloudSec?
I would say that because Rapid7 InsightCloudSec does not have automatic patching capabilities, it provides recommendations, but it does not execute anything from within Rapid7 InsightCloudSec. It h...
What's the difference between VMware vRA (automation) and vROps (operations)?
vROP is a virtualization management solution from VMWare. It is efficient and easy to manage. You can find anything you need from the software interface. It provides complete visibility over applic...
Is there any way to try VMware Aria Automation for free?
When it comes to VMware Aria Automation, you have three choices for free runs: Hands-on Lab (HOL) Advanced lab A free trial I cannot describe in detail the second and third options as my company ...
Which sectors can benefit the most from VMware Aria Automation?
I was looking at VMware Aria Automation case studies recently and I got the impression that three main kinds of companies were using it most often: Social organizations Financial institutions and ...
 

Also Known As

DivvyCloud
VMware vRealize Automation, vRA, VMware DynamicOps Cloud Suite, SaltStack
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Fannie Mae, 3M, PizzaHut, Spotify, Autodesk, Discovery
Rent-a-Center, Amway, Vistra Energy, Liberty Mutual
Find out what your peers are saying about Rapid7 InsightCloudSec vs. VMware Aria Automation and other solutions. Updated: January 2026.
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