Rapid7 InsightIDR vs Sentinel comparison

Rapid7 and OpenText are both solutions in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category. Rapid7 is ranked #14 with an average rating of 7.8, while OpenText is ranked #17 with an average rating of 7.5. Rapid7 holds a 2.1% mindshare in SIEM, compared to OpenText’s 3.1% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Rapid7 users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 82% of OpenText users who would recommend it.

Rapid7 InsightIDR

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96% willing to recommend

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82% willing to recommend

Rapid7 InsightIDR

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

Sentinel and Rapid7 InsightIDR are both prominent security solutions with distinct advantages. Based on user reviews, Rapid7 InsightIDR often has the upper hand due to its comprehensive feature set, despite higher costs.

Features: Sentinel's valuable features include robust threat detection, alerting capabilities, scalability, and integration with various third-party tools. Rapid7 InsightIDR is praised for its intuitive incident response workflows, user behavior analytics, and advanced analytics and response mechanisms.

Room for Improvement: For Sentinel, users mention the need for more user-friendly configuration options, enhanced reporting functionalities, and lowering complexity. Rapid7 InsightIDR feedback includes suggestions for improving data visualization, refining correlation rules, and enhancing specific functionalities for better user satisfaction.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Sentinel's deployment model is noted for its flexibility with a smooth setup process and effective customer support. Rapid7 InsightIDR also offers a user-friendly deployment and garners particular praise for its comprehensive customer service and support materials.

Pricing and ROI: Sentinel is often viewed as offering a reasonable setup cost and satisfactory ROI, with users pointing to its cost-effectiveness for the features provided. Rapid7 InsightIDR has a higher setup cost but delivers superior ROI through its extensive features and capabilities.

To learn more, read our detailed Rapid7 InsightIDR vs. Sentinel Report (Updated: February 2026).

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Rapid7 InsightIDR vs. Sentinel

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Categories and Ranking

Rapid7 InsightIDR

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

14th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (8th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (23rd), Threat Deception Platforms (4th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (18th)

Sentinel

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

17th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category, the mindshare of Rapid7 InsightIDR is 2.1%, down from 2.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sentinel is 3.1%, down from 3.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Rapid7 InsightIDR	2.1%
Sentinel	3.1%
Other	94.8%

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

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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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Simon Johnston

Manager, Customer Success at Coltek Business Soltuions

Simple antivirus solution integrates well but could improve pricing and currency options

I don't really have experience working with these solutions. I promote them for our clients, but I don't work with them. I can't share my experience with these tools as I make assumptions about that. For both Adlumin and CrowdStrike, both confirm that they're scalable and enterprise-ready and all those kinds of things. We haven't had any specific problem with either of those. We just have a preference for which one we would prefer. If somebody says they want to use a different one from the one that we prefer, then we have to find reasons why they aren't. But scalability is not one of the reasons that one is better over the other. I don't really have advice for people that are looking into using Sentinel; just do your research across what is available. On a scale of one to ten, I rate Sentinel a seven.

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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

"Dashboards, including the main screen, provide much-needed information at a glance, without hours of coding and sifting through logs to find it. In case of an actual security incident, I have faith that insightIDR has retained all logs in a secure manner that prevents log tampering as well."

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

"InsightIDR’s ability to process millions of transactions per day, and to notify me of the most critical ones, is priceless. InsightIDR has the alerts tuned, and has the ability to quickly drill down to determine the threat level."

"Rapid7's reporting is more robust than Tenable's."

"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 application belongs to a known ransomware group. The system rates the threat, offering a clear detection ratio, such as 97 out of 100. It not only identifies threats but also illustrates the associated behaviors, helping us understand the potential risk to a particular endpoint."

"User behavioral analytics allows us to pinpoint abnormal or suspicious behavior among millions of events every day."

"Features for user behavior analytics and the rules for attack review are good."

"I am able to run automated actions based on the output of reports, leaving me extra time to focus on more pressing matters."

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"The solution's Kusto Query Language (KQL) execution time is pretty good."

"The most valuable feature is the flexible log for identifying security threats inside an application. Sentinel is very good at this."

"In my opinion, Sentinel's best features include that it's a very easy product to use, it's very simple, and the after-sale service is very good."

"We can do advanced hunting queries and modify SQL queries to get desired results based on the rules triggering over the console."

"One of the most valuable features is the business intelligence engine. It's very important because it keeps track of everything that's happening and alerts us if something is different than expected. The first time I used it, I was shocked at how well it performed. Another valuable feature that I think makes this product worth the price you pay for it is that it connects to basically every system that provides some form of logging, and it's very easy to set up what triggers this."

"Sentinel gave us logs to tell us what's going right and wrong in your environment so we could secure the network."

"The solution lets us get all the logs properly and regularly monitor customer infrastructure."

"It makes everything easier by automating some tasks and growing with our needs."

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Cons

"The interface for doing investigation needs to be enhanced with minor improvements that would make it more useful."

"Tenable Nessus is easier to deal with. It's more efficient and accurate. InsightIDR is heavier than Tenable in terms of performance and scanning. Rapid7 would be much easier to use if it had a network connector like Tenable. Tenable's connector allows continuous monitoring over the B caps."

"Cloud risk assessment is one area where I think they need a lot of improvement."

"Rapid7 doesn't integrate well with all our security tools from various vendors, so we plan to switch. Many of our solutions work with Rapid7, but some do not. We are already searching for a replacement already."

"They should add more configuration and security features to it."

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

"The dashboard is an area that could be simplified."

"The integration capabilities of the solution have certain shortcomings where improvements are required."

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"I would like to see a better reporting work structure on the dashboard."

"The solution does not allow outsourced authorizations."

"It is an ancient product."

"You need a lot of Unix scripting knowledge in order to manage the tool, which is one of the main issues that we faced."

"There are still a few vendor-specific devices for which Sentinel needs to work on integration, such as Netskope devices."

"The dashboard and customer view should be improved"

"There is no integration in the web-side of the tool."

"This product's connection to certain types of cloud systems could be improved. We can do Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, but there are a lot of other things happening in the cloud that we do not connect well enough to. This product could be improved with better connection to cloud-based solutions."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Rapid7 InsightIDR's pricing is reasonable but we have challenges with the Minimum Order Quantity. It is not reasonable for customers who have less than one hundred devices. If they can reduce Minimum Order Quantity, it is good. You have to pay around 5000-6000 dollars per year for the product. The pricing includes maintenance and support costs."

"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."

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

"The pricing and licensing are competitive."

"It is more reasonably priced than other vendors."

"It is a reasonably priced solution."

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

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

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"We inquired about getting support from the vendor, Micro Focus, but the cost was very high."

"We receive a pricing discount because of our ongoing partnership with Micro Focus."

"Sentinel's slightly on the expensive side."

"Sentinel is a subscription-based solution."

"The solution’s pricing is aligned with its competitors."

"Sentinel is moderately priced."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Government

Computer Software Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	20
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	6

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	7

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...

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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...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Rapid7 InsightIDR?

The product pricing is very cheap.

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What do you like most about NetIQ Sentinel?

The solution lets us get all the logs properly and regularly monitor customer infrastructure.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NetIQ Sentinel?

I don't have too many comments overall about pricing as we're in South Africa, so it makes more sense if it's billed in rand. They nearly always bill it in dollars, so if it can be billed in our cu...

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What needs improvement with NetIQ Sentinel?

I'm not sure what the room for improvement is for Sentinel. It needs to stay current, and it does, so I suppose that's fine. I don't have a high demand for what it should do. Price is always a cons...

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Also Known As

InsightIDR

NetIQ Sentinel, Novell SIEM

Overview

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

Sentinel is a full-featured Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution that simplifies the deployment, management and day-to-day use of SIEM, readily adapts to dynamic enterprise environments and delivers the true "actionable intelligence" security professionals need to quickly understand their threat posture and prioritize response.

OpenText

Sample Customers

Liberty Wines, Pioneer Telephone, Visier

Faysal Bank, GaVI, Handelsbanken, ISC Mªnster, Lambeth Council, Swisscard, The Municipality of Siena, Tukes, University of Dayton, University of the Sunshine Coast

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