Rapid7 InsightIDR vs Trellix Endpoint Security Platform comparison

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Rapid7 and Trellix are both solutions in the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) category. Rapid7 is ranked #32 with an average rating of 7.5, while Trellix is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.0. Rapid7 holds a 1.3% mindshare in EDR, compared to Trellix’s 2.9% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Rapid7 users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of Trellix users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 22, 2026

Trellix Endpoint Security Platform and Rapid7 InsightIDR both compete in the cybersecurity domain, offering advanced protection solutions. Trellix appears to have the upper hand in features and integration, while Rapid7 leads in ease of deployment and customer support.

Features: Trellix Endpoint Security Platform offers Advanced Threat Prevention, customizable dashboards, and extensive integration through the ePO console. It enhances threat detection and includes DLP, CASB, encryption, and AI-driven threat prevention. Rapid7 InsightIDR excels in real-time user behavioral analytics, cloud integration, and incident management with advanced AI capabilities.

Room for Improvement: Trellix needs to enhance technical support, reduce response times, and improve automation in incident response. There are also concerns over high resource consumption and dashboard complexity. Rapid7 could develop further in threat intelligence, tool integration, and dashboard interface robustness for more management flexibility.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Trellix offers hybrid, public, and on-premises deployments but is noted for complex setup and the need for skilled personnel. Its technical support has mixed reviews due to delayed responses. Rapid7 InsightIDR is praised for straightforward cloud-based deployment, offering quick time-to-value and generally well-regarded customer support.

Pricing and ROI: Trellix is considered affordable, especially for enterprises, with significant ROI by reducing recovery costs and improving IT workload efficiency. Rapid7 InsightIDR has competitive pricing but lacks flexibility for smaller customers due to the Minimum Order Quantity. It reduces hardware and maintenance overhead, yielding strong ROI for its capabilities.

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Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) category, the mindshare of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is 3.8%, down from 3.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Rapid7 InsightIDR is 1.3%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Trellix Endpoint Security Platform is 2.9%, down from 4.2% 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	3.8%
Trellix Endpoint Security Platform	2.9%
Rapid7 InsightIDR	1.3%
Other	92.0%

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

Featured Reviews

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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Prajwal Chougale

SOC L2 Analyst at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Centralized threat hunting has improved alert accuracy and simplifies incident investigations

I would say there are two areas for improvement: the reporting dashboard that provides insights or reports weekly or monthly lacks detailed information about how logs are being ingested. While the details are there, they could be more concise and easier to understand for any level of authority. The second area is alert tuning; compared to Microsoft Sentinel, Rapid7 InsightIDR provides fewer alerts with more static alert functionality and lacks dynamic alerting exposures. There could be improvements to learn from past alert activities for more dynamic alert configurations. These two areas are the main areas for improvement; everything else is good.

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AmitKumar22

Product Manager at Frontier Business systems

Strong endpoint protection has simplified compliance and reduced effort for large user environments

One of the best features of Trellix Endpoint Security Platform is its endpoint security, and I have been using it for the last four and a half to five years, so I can say this is one of the best EDR endpoint security solutions I have ever seen. The features that make Trellix Endpoint Security Platform stand out for me are ease of use and analytics, which I really appreciate the most. Trellix Endpoint Security Platform positively impacts my organization, ensuring we are compliant with SOC 2, HIPAA, and all other compliance requirements, so there are no issues with that.

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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

"We switched because there were a lot of added features with Palo Alto that Check Point didn't have, and it was an upgrade for us."

"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks has changed the way my security team detects, investigates, and responds to threats, as we are able to see the files, unwanted files, unsecured files, and unauthorized files, so we are quarantining them."

"The dashboard is customizable."

"On a scale from one to ten, I would rate Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks a nine."

"The most valuable aspect of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks for me is its integration with AI detection, where we get to know the behavioral detection based on users, traffic patterns, and different services that we consume."

"The most valuable features are the fact that it was running in the background and it would intercept any weird stuff, and the fact that it would send things directly to the cloud for sandboxing. It's quite practical."

"The level of security I get for my endpoints and servers is extremely valuable."

"Traps pays for itself within the first 16 months of a three-year subscription."

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"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."

"The log aggregation and storage provided by InsightIDR has shown no issues with scalability; aggregating over one hundred millions events daily."

"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."

"It improves because several sensors are deployed within the on-premise environment. It can be very efficient if the customer implements and operates it effectively."

"I've used other products such as QRadar and other SIEM solutions and I find this solution is much more simplified and user-friendly."

"They can subscribe to Rapid7 because it is more valuable and delivers a greater return on investment."

"I have seen that Rapid7 InsightIDR provides security to the networks and endpoints in the company."

"The solution provides satisfying native integration features"

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"The solution offers very good endpoint security."

"The solution is stable and reliable."

"It has a feature called Isolation. If a device is compromised, we can connect it to our SOC, and no one would be able to access it. This way we can limit the damage to the network while we are investigating."

"I have not faced any problems with scalability so far, but we are starting an upgrade or overhaul."

"Trellix Endpoint Security is a proven, robust, and cost-effective solution that protects the organization from different types of ransomware and attacks."

"It is scalable and stable and the initial setup is the easiest part of using the product."

"Centrally, from just one console, you can block malicious attacks across your environment."

"The most valuable network security feature is the network sandbox solution. This sandbox feature works on traffic flow."

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Cons

"The negative aspect I see is the economic model used by Palo Alto."

"The server sometimes stops continuously to check things so it would be helpful to receive access updates or technical reasons."

"There are some default policies which sometimes affect our applications and cause them to run around. In the hotel industry, we use a different type of data versus Oracle and SQL. By default, there are some policies which stop us from running properly. Because of this, the support level is also not that strong. We have to wait to get a results."

"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks could improve by offering remote management. It would be useful to look at the client's issue to fix it."

"For Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks, if I had to point out improvements, I would say the UI is still somewhat difficult for beginners."

"I would like to see them include NDR (Network Detection Response). Then it would work well with SIEM Response."

"The deployment is pretty hard."

"There are some limitations on the Traps agents."

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"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."

"The main problem lies in the processes within the client's operating systems."

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

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

"The solution needs improvement in threat intelligence. Increasing the depth of intelligence to help users understand more about threats is a possibility. My suggestion is to expand access to other websites or resources."

"The searching feature in Rapid7 InsightIDR needs to evolve"

"Needs a better ability to customize the check within the console."

"One thing that springs to mind is easier API integration with ITSMs. We are evaluating a new ITSM and I would like to have InsightIDR create a ticket when an attack is identified, and the ticket would be closed in InsightIDR when the ITSM resolution is completed. This would take out the "single point of failure" we currently have, if the email recipient is somehow absent, in recording the risk appetite for the incident and the actions taken to mitigate or not."

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"The price of the solution is high in Asia."

"They could also increase or improve the scalability because to my knowledge the biggest bandwidth can only support up to 10 gigs of input."

"The initial setup is complex. It is a very complex product. You must have experience with it."

"They could improve it by providing better manageability for administrators. I need to spend too much time on this right now."

"McAfee is not as strong as other solutions like Kaspersky, Trend Micro, or Carbon Black."

"The solution takes up a high amount of memory and can cause the system to hang."

"A policy-editing console should be added."

"Trying to move away from the signature model for antivirus and malware blocking is something that would be nice. Instead of having to update every day, which is signature-based, moving to more of a kernel or architecture-based model would probably be beneficial."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I am using the Community edition."

"The return on investment is from the user side because we have seen the performance of it increase the delivery time of the product if we are using too many web-based and on-premise applications. In indirect ways, we saw the return of investment in terms of performance and user satisfaction increase."

"The pricing is a little high. It is per user per year."

"The solution has one subscription for endpoint protection and one subscription for detection and response. The two licenses combined give you the BRO version."

"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is quite an expensive solution."

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

"It has reasonable pricing for the use cases it provides to the company."

"The cost depends on your chosen license type, like Pro or other licenses."

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

"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."

"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 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."

"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."

"It is more reasonably priced than other vendors."

"Accurately predict your licensing counts as this is a subscription based product."

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"It is a yearly subscription-based product, which includes the license and hardware. There is also a subscription for technical support up to five years."

"The pricing is mid-ranged and quite reasonable compared to other similar products."

"Licensing is paid yearly."

"I would rate the cost as four to five, considering it's normal compared to other products. I find it nominal and worth the money."

"I rate Trellix Endpoint Security a nine out of ten for pricing."

"I think Trellix is more on the higher side of the market, just on a general scale, but I also think it depends on what particular package you choose."

"No comment."

"We had a discount when purchasing the solution because of the size of our company and we are happy with the price."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Comms Service Provider

14%

Outsourcing Company

12%

Construction Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Outsourcing Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Construction Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	50
Midsize Enterprise	21
Large Enterprise	57

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	22
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	6

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	68
Midsize Enterprise	39
Large Enterprise	67

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Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps

InsightIDR

McAfee Endpoint Security, McAfee Endpoint Protection, Intel Security Total Protection for Endpoint, McAfee Complete Endpoint Protection, Trellix Endpoint Security (ENS)

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.

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Rapid7 InsightIDR is a cloud-based security information and event management solution known for its user behavior analytics, offering rapid detection and response capabilities while facilitating seamless integration across systems.

Rapid7 InsightIDR is designed to enhance threat detection and investigation through its efficient user behavior analytics and advanced threat intelligence framework. The platform's cloud-based deployment ensures rapid setup and comprehensive event monitoring across diverse IT environments, including endpoints and Office 365. Its intuitive interface supports seamless data collection, honing in on threat detection through honeypot utilization and intelligent alerting. However, it is noted for lacking some customization features and better integration, especially with Microsoft and ITSMs.

What are the key features of Rapid7 InsightIDR?

User Behavior Analytics: Detects threats by analyzing patterns and anomalies.
Cloud Deployment: Enables quick setup and scalability.
Comprehensive Monitoring: Monitors events across systems and platforms like Office 365.
Honeypots and Alerting: Utilizes honeypots to reduce false positives and alert fatigue.
Threat Intelligence Framework: Supports effective threat hunting and remediation.

What benefits should users consider in reviews when evaluating Rapid7 InsightIDR?

Enhanced Detection: Improves threat detection with user behavior analysis.
Easy Integration: Integrates across systems for a streamlined security approach.
Rapid Response: Facilitates quick action against identified threats.
Operational Efficiency: Offers a cohesive view of security operations.

Rapid7 InsightIDR is prominently used in security operation centers to manage events, detect threats, and respond effectively. Industries apply it for network behavior monitoring, compliance, and vulnerability management. Companies integrate it with security tools to boost threat investigation, ensuring full SIEM functionalities and robust log management capacities. Its application spans behavioral and intrusion analytics, aiding in monitoring and addressing malicious activities.

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Trellix Endpoint Security Platform offers essential features like centralized management, threat prevention, and encryption, facilitating seamless scaling and integration with other systems while prioritizing user security.

This comprehensive platform focuses on endpoint protection, antivirus capabilities, and malware defense. It enhances cybersecurity with data loss prevention, advanced threat detection, and AI-driven features for reliable protection without impacting performance. Central management and advanced reporting streamline integration and ease of use. Flexible policy deployment through the management console and its robust security measures, such as DLP and device control, further increase protection. Challenges include high CPU and memory usage affecting performance, a complex interface, and lengthy deployment. Third-party integration and Windows Hello support need improvement. Additional concerns involve improved threat detection and faster technical support responses.

What are the key features of Trellix Endpoint Security Platform?

Centralized Management: Allows seamless integration and scaling with consistent control across environments.
Threat Prevention: Provides comprehensive antivirus and malware protection to secure systems.
Encryption: Ensures data security with robust encryption techniques.
Advanced Reporting: Facilitates detailed insights and analysis for better decision-making.
AI-Driven Detection: Offers reliable threat detection without impacting system performance.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Comprehensive Protection: Offers extensive security measures for protecting digital environments.
Ease of Integration: Simplifies the process of incorporating into current systems and processes.
Flexible Policy Deployment: Supports adaptable policy management to meet diverse requirements.
Scalability: Enables growth while maintaining efficiency and security.
Robust Security Features: Provides advanced security measures like DLP and device control.

Trellix Endpoint Security Platform is widely implemented in industries such as banking and government for securing mobile and desktop devices. Its capabilities cover network security, device control, and remote access protection, catering to diverse environments by offering robust cybersecurity management against advanced threats.

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Sample Customers

CBI Health Group, University Honda, VakifBank

Liberty Wines, Pioneer Telephone, Visier

inHouseIT, Seagate Technology

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