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Rapid7 InsightIDR 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

Rapid7 InsightIDR
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
32
Ranking in other categories
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (13th), User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (3rd), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (24th), Threat Deception Platforms (5th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (15th)
Rapid7 InsightVM
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
63
Ranking in other categories
Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. Rapid7 InsightIDR is designed for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and holds a mindshare of 2.5%, down 2.7% compared to last year.
Rapid7 InsightVM, on the other hand, focuses on Risk-Based Vulnerability Management, holds 14.6% mindshare, up 13.7% since last year.
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Risk-Based Vulnerability Management
 

Featured Reviews

Asim Naeem - PeerSpot reviewer
Providing comprehensive insight into alerts while working towards AI enhancement
I definitely recommend Rapid7 InsightIDR. It is becoming better, with improvements being continuously made to the product. Right now, I do not have any advice about Rapid7 for other users because every organization or user has different criteria or multiple use cases, so I refrain from commenting on that. I rate the overall solution seven out of ten.
Mahmoud Elhamaymy - PeerSpot reviewer
Reliable scanning and integration strengthen security infrastructure
InsightVM has a very organized GUI with ease of use. The vulnerability scans are reliable, and the credential scan is a beneficial feature. The solution is efficient and trustworthy. It's based on the CVSS risk scoring system, which is well-recognized and effective. The integration capabilities through APIs allow easy integration with existing security infrastructure.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I have seen that Rapid7 InsightIDR provides security to the networks and endpoints in the company."
"​​User behavioral analytics allows us to pinpoint abnormal or suspicious behavior among millions of events every day."
"InsightIDR has allowed us to find potential security issues that we did not know existed, and get remediation quickly."
"I rate Rapid7 nine out of 10 for affordability"
"Integration with threat modeling from the Metasploit and InsightIDR repositories."
"Intelligent alerting to avoid the common problem of alert fatigue associated with traditional SIEMs."
"I like the tool's user analysis feature."
"Rapid7 is easy to use and deploy. It is a simple solution and has easy data pulling."
"It's very scalable."
"InsightVM's best features are the vulnerability database and remediation steps."
"The most valuable feature of the Rapid7 InsightVM solution is the Live Risk Score."
"I have been in contact with technical support and they are not bad."
"InsightVM has a very organized GUI with ease of use."
"InsightVM has a very organized GUI with ease of use."
"The assessment is most valuable."
"You can bring in and get online to do reports fairly quickly,"
 

Cons

"Cloud risk assessment is one area where I think they need a lot of improvement."
"Needs a better ability to customize the check within the console."
"Lacks a mobile application."
"The product allows us to make only 30 custom rules."
"The reporting is the weakest aspect. There needs to be multi-level grouping for events (for example, group by user and destination). Right now, we can do a group by user and a separate table or group by destination. But I'd be more interested in where a person was logging into instead of who was logging in or where he was logging in."
"I feel it would greatly benefit from more supported log sources."
"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."
"Customised alert recipients need to be added to allow better first-line action and quicker response. Configurable honeypots would be a welcome addition."
"There needs to be much clearer instructions surrounding scanning."
"Rapid7 InsightVM should improve its threat intelligence."
"Technical support does not respond quickly."
"The reporting is very bad when you compare it with other vulnerability assessment tools."
"The team needs to improve the speed and focus on the new bandwidth feed. Sometimes, it takes a while to scan, especially with new updates."
"InsightVM could be improved by providing passive scanning as an option."
"There is a significant learning curve, that non-technical individuals, especially those not specialized in computer science or the information security industry, might face."
"Within InsightVM, there is no feature to assign a ticket. If we can have more API calls, we can do that from InsightVM."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"Rapid7 InsightIDR charges us based on the endpoints we connect to."
"The solution has a mid-range price point in the market"
"The pricing of the solution depends on the user. But there is a yearly licensing cost."
"The pricing and licensing are competitive."
"​I am sure that there are cheaper products out there, but none that meet so many of our needs whilst maintaining stability and usability.​"
"The pricing is good, and it is not very expensive."
"It is more reasonably priced than other vendors."
"It is less expensive compared to other competitors."
"This solution is expensive, but it's fine for us as we have an open budget for security solutions. Protection and having the system secured is more important."
"Its price is too high. My only concern or issue with Rapid7 is its pricing."
"A full license for the solution is expensive because it is at the organizational level and not by individual users."
"The product is cheaper than the other similar tools available in the market."
"We have an annual license to use Rapid7 InsightVM and if we want to extend it, we will possibly choose more than one year."
"The solution is a bit more reasonably priced than other products."
"Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
Educational Organization
36%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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...
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...
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?
Pricing is reasonable and competitive compared to other solutions in the market. Customers are generally satisfied and do not ask for drastic price reductions during renewals.
 

Also Known As

InsightIDR
InsightVM, NeXpose
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Liberty Wines, Pioneer Telephone, Visier
ACS, Acosta, AllianceData, amazon.com, biogen idec, CBRE, CATERPILLAR, Deloitte, COACH, GameStop, IBM
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