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Rapid7 InsightOps vs Splunk Enterprise Security comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 5, 2025

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 InsightOps
Ranking in Log Management
26th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Splunk Enterprise Security
Ranking in Log Management
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
305
Ranking in other categories
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (1st), IT Operations Analytics (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Log Management category, the mindshare of Rapid7 InsightOps is 0.4%, down from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk Enterprise Security is 7.4%, down from 11.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Log Management
 

Featured Reviews

Karthick Selvam - PeerSpot reviewer
A cloud solution to collect and analyse logs with timely support
We should understand the basic concepts of Rapid7 InsightOps. We are using Rapid7 InsightOps to collect and analyze data. We need to ensure that our environment is suitable before proceeding. The solution is user-friendly and support all environment like Linux, Windows, CentOS, etc. It is suitable for all. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
ROBERT-CHRISTIAN - PeerSpot reviewer
Has many predefined correlation rules and is brilliant for investigation and log analysis
It is very complicated to write your own correlation rules without the help of Splunk support. What Splunk could do better is to create an API to the standard SIEM tools, such as Microsoft Sentinel. The idea would be to make it less painful. In ELK Stack, Kibana is the query language with which you can search log files. I believe Splunk has also a query language in which they search their log files, but once you have identified the log file that you want to use for further security correlation, you want to very quickly transport that into your SIEM tool, such as Microsoft Sentinel. That is something that Splunk could make a little bit less painful because it is a lot of effort to find that log file and forward it. An API with Microsoft Sentinel or a similar SIEM tool would be a good idea.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The ability to browse logs from multiple sources at the same time really speeds up root cause analysis."
"The most valuable feature of Rapid7 InsightOps is the search functionality."
"Integration of InsightOps with other tools, especially SIEM solutions, has generally improved operational efficiency."
"It has the ability to alert and track logs from different sources."
"We can save logs as plain text."
"The reporting aspect is good and it does what I need it to do."
"It has a rapid response search environment in the event of an incident."
"It's basically one of the best SIEM products on the market."
"The consolidated overview of all the events that come in through our environment and an easy-to-access interface for all our end users are valuable."
"It has virtual visualization, and other products do not."
"It is lovely to have everything we need in one tool. Everything is quite centralized."
"Scalability-wise, the tool is awesome since you can add or reduce your resources in an easy way."
"The speed of the search engine"
 

Cons

"Since I used the beta, improvements are to be expected. The dashboard options could have been clearer, but I believe it is more a problem with the limited documentation available at the time."
"The solution takes a little bit of time when we load the website for the first time."
"Rapid7 InsightOps could improve by making the search query better. There are times when the search query is broken and it does not find anything."
"Improvement is needed in the dashboard of InsightOps, especially for less technical users."
"There are a few things I would like to do with a few more complex queries which I am not able to do right now, because it is a SaaS solution."
"The presence of multiple layers creates a significant challenge for monitoring across cloud environments."
"Splunk Enterprise Security can be improved by including backup network detection and response and safe management to the paid platform."
"Professional support is great, but too expensive."
"The user interface is not user-friendly for non-technical users."
"The difficult part is related to integration with sources of data that are used to create the logs as this depends on the infrastructure of the client."
"While Splunk Enterprise Security offers valuable features, its cost is high and could be more competitive."
"It would be good if the solution had some kind of copilot to automate or help write correlation searches."
"I want Splunk Enterprise Security to release more AI and machine learning features in the future."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is cheap."
"Splunk Enterprise Security incurs a significant cost because of the amount of data we send, but we are fine with the value we're getting for that price."
"The pricing model is based on the number of gigabytes that you ingest into the Splunk system. So it can be an expensive solution."
"Be upfront about your needs and expectations. Splunk is great to work with."
"Splunk is expensive based on our current requirements, but it's obviously worth what we pay."
"The pricing depends on the bandwidth of an organization and is good compared to some SIEM tools. IBM, for example, is quite costly. But Microsoft Sentinel is notably cheaper."
"Splunk Enterprise Security's pricing is pretty competitive."
"Licensing is a yearly, one-time cost."
"I assume that the pricing is reasonable, because if it was too costly, there are other alternatives."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Energy/Utilities Company
8%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Rapid7 InsightOps?
Integration of InsightOps with other tools, especially SIEM solutions, has generally improved operational efficiency.
What needs improvement with Rapid7 InsightOps?
Improvement is needed in the dashboard of InsightOps, especially for less technical users. Currently, it lacks clear guidance on icons and features, making it confusing for those with limited exper...
What is your primary use case for Rapid7 InsightOps?
Our clients use InsightOps for real-time monitoring of their IT environments.
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 is a better choice, Splunk or Azure Sentinel?
It would really depend on (1) which logs you need to ingest and (2) what are your use cases Splunk is easy for ingestion of anything, but the charge per GB/Day Indexed and it gets expensive as log ...
How does Splunk compare with Azure Monitor?
Splunk handles a high amount of data very well. We use Splunk to capture information and as an aggregator for monitoring information from different sources. Splunk is very good at alerting us if we...
 

Also Known As

InsightOps, Logentries
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Sample Customers

Trimble Navigation Limited
Splunk has more than 7,000 customers spread across over 90 countries. These customers include Telenor, UniCredit, ideeli, McKenney's, Tesco, and SurveyMonkey.
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