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Rapid7 InsightVM vs Vulcan Cyber comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 6, 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 InsightVM is praised as a cost-effective cybersecurity tool for preventing attacks and enhancing system defenses.
Sentiment score
8.9
Vulcan Cyber significantly reduces time and resource usage, enabling quicker task completion and faster inter-team notifications.
I have seen a return on investment with Rapid7 InsightVM as we have reduced security incidents because we are informed about our critical vulnerabilities, allowing us to remain on the safe side against critical attacks.
cybersecurity Team Leader at EMAK
With our vulnerability management platform, I used to get reports weekly, but with Vulcan Cyber, I get them daily.
Senior Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Our security team probably spends 15 minutes instead of two hours daily notifying the teams.
Technical Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.7
Rapid7 InsightVM receives positive customer service reviews, with praise for quality but suggestions to improve response times.
Sentiment score
6.5
Vulcan Cyber offers responsive support with good communication, but faces challenges in latency, integration delays, and feature request visibility.
Support is not available promptly, especially when issues are escalated to another region.
Head Of Cyber Security at Super Secure
Sometimes support requests coincide with holidays in their support region, causing slight delays.
Professional services team lead at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I cannot comment specifically regarding the support part because I have never needed Rapid7 support for the InsightVM solution as it is very stable.
Senior Manager - Pre-Sales at Trillium Information Security Systems
We do not necessarily have visibility of when those feature requests are going into the development pipeline.
Head of Cybersecurity at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
It would enhance my experience if Vulcan informed customers of forthcoming maintenance or changes that might cause website downtime.
IT Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Their technical support team is very good, knowledgeable, and helpful.
Works at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
Rapid7 InsightVM is highly scalable, seamlessly integrates expansions, and is praised for handling diverse environments and client infrastructures.
Sentiment score
7.6
Vulcan Cyber efficiently scales with diverse environments, integrating multiple data sources, handling high volumes, and earning positive ratings.
Scalability in the Rapid7 InsightVM solution is straightforward.
Senior Manager - Pre-Sales at Trillium Information Security Systems
Rapid7 InsightVM is recommended for large-scale companies with more than 30,000 users.
Enterprise Security Architect at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
According to the environment requirements, we can scale the solution as needed.
Professional services team lead at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
We have a lot of assets under management, and it effectively scales up to accommodate hundreds or even thousands of assets.
IT Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
I'd rate the scalability ten out of ten.
IT Engineer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
I would rate it ten out of ten for scalability, as integration with multiple connectors is possible without exceeding licensing limits.
Technical Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.1
Rapid7 InsightVM is highly stable, with minimal issues quickly resolved, and users frequently rate its reliability highly.
Sentiment score
7.0
Vulcan Cyber is generally stable, scoring high on stability, with minor UI issues and occasional communication lapses.
We have not faced any issues with stability, and I would rate it a nine out of ten.
Professional services team lead at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The stability of Rapid7 InsightVM is excellent.
0 at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
There have been some challenges, especially with support response times, which affect stability.
Head Of Cyber Security at Super Secure
It would be better if Vulcan notified me, the customer, about upcoming maintenance or changes, indicating when the website might be down.
IT Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The product's stability is commendable, with no noticeable lags or slowness.
Technical Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
I would rate it a nine out of ten in terms of stability.
IT Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

Rapid7 InsightVM needs improvements in reporting, integrations, UI, and support, with enhanced cloud capabilities and customization options.
Vulcan Cyber users seek improved connectors, performance, simplified UI, better integration, enhanced reporting, and more effective data management.
Having the ability to build our own audit file, similar to a feature in Tenable, would be beneficial.
Professional services team lead at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The major improvement needed is prompt support.
Head Of Cyber Security at Super Secure
The current process requires manually telling IT teams to remediate vulnerabilities, and then they update the status of these vulnerabilities in the platform.
Senior Manager - Pre-Sales at Trillium Information Security Systems
It would be beneficial if the platform allowed remote access to devices for immediate remedies.
IT Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Providing real-world examples of how to construct a ticket format for Jira, Azure DevOps, or ServiceNow with specific examples would help us understand how it might work in our environment.
Head of Cybersecurity at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Having it more customized or providing more customization options for me would be beneficial.
IT Engineer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
 

Setup Cost

Rapid7 InsightVM is asset-based, scalable, and flexible with costs between $40,000-$100,000, considered competitive despite higher pricing.
Vulcan Cyber is affordably priced but lacks some features, leading to cost-effectiveness questions despite competitive enterprise appeal.
Rapid7 InsightVM is expensive, possibly one of the highest in pricing among similar products.
0 at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
Pricing is reasonable and competitive compared to other solutions in the market.
Head Of Cyber Security at Super Secure
I would rate the pricing for Rapid7 InsightVM as eight out of ten.
Enterprise Security Architect at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
For our use case, the solution is lacking some features, and the cost savings don't make it worth it.
Head of Cybersecurity at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Valuable Features

Rapid7 InsightVM excels with comprehensive scanning, robust reporting, ease of use, and dynamic integration, boosting effective vulnerability management.
Vulcan Cyber integrates data for comprehensive risk insights, offering intuitive interfaces, customization, and efficient vulnerability management with strong support.
It's based on the CVSS risk scoring system, which is well-recognized and effective.
Professional services team lead at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The dashboard is excellent as it helps in visualizing our vulnerability management data.
Manager at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
I have seen a decrease in the number of incidents since adopting Rapid7 InsightVM, and the team can engage faster with incidents because we already know about the vulnerability on the servers.
cybersecurity Team Leader at EMAK
It offers a comprehensive view of the assets and their associated vulnerabilities, which aids in assessing and mitigating threats.
IT Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
The automation capabilities using the Vulcan API platform or the API feature allow me to easily automate scripts and reports and schedule them.
Senior Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Instead of having 100 vulnerabilities and not knowing how to prioritize and assign all your FTEs there, you now have only ten that you know you need to fix, and you're assigning the right number of FTEs.
IT Engineer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Rapid7 InsightVM
Ranking in Vulnerability Management
7th
Ranking in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
67
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Vulcan Cyber
Ranking in Vulnerability Management
25th
Ranking in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management
9th
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Security Remediation (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Vulnerability Management category, the mindshare of Rapid7 InsightVM is 2.7%, down from 5.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Vulcan Cyber is 0.6%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Vulnerability Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Rapid7 InsightVM2.7%
Vulcan Cyber0.6%
Other96.7%
Vulnerability Management
 

Featured Reviews

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Senior Manager - Pre-Sales at Trillium Information Security Systems
Offers robust compliance features but needs improved automation in remediation
The automation capability remediation needs improvement. The current process requires manually telling IT teams to remediate vulnerabilities, and then they update the status of these vulnerabilities in the platform. This basic feature that Rapid7 calls an automated remediation process is actually manual. We can update the status of vulnerabilities in the Rapid7 InsightVM platform and collectively see how many vulnerabilities we have identified and how many are remediated by our IT team. More automation in the remediation feature is a basic demand from many customers. The remediation part and vulnerability identification of network devices or rigid devices are not currently supported by Rapid7 InsightVM. More integration and automation are the two areas Rapid7 needs to improve in their product.
reviewer2649297 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Streamlines prioritization but reporting needs enhancement
There are several areas needing improvement. The product helps, but the reporting relies heavily on Power BI. It is limited to graphical views and requires additional filtering, posing operational challenges. The inability to download specific asset details directly from the Power BI portal is a drawback, particularly for non-technical users, though it provides high-level executive summaries. The reporting model should be enhanced so that we have the flexibility to download. We have requested a few features, and they are open to accepting those requests. It needs ITSM improvements. It has out-of-the-box integration with ServiceNow, but the customer is using BMC Helix ITSM. We would like an integration with BMC Helix ITSM. When uploading CSV files without an out-of-the-box connector, duplicate entries for assets occur. We have already reported this to them, but we are not sure when they will fix it. It will significantly benefit if we can directly upload business context information from CMDB without manual merging efforts. It can also have automatic remediation capabilities through SCCM or something else.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Government
6%
Computer Software Company
26%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Retailer
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business29
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise25
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Large Enterprise10
 

Questions from the Community

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?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Rapid 7 is that they are generally pretty good in terms of their pricing, their setup cost is reasonable, and licensing is among the easier...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Vulcan Cyber?
I don't deal with the pricing of the solution. I'm not a part of that department.
What needs improvement with Vulcan Cyber?
One area for improvement is clarity in the results column of vulnerability reports. Currently, the path where the vulnerability lies is not clear, so Vulcan needs to work on specifying the correct ...
What is your primary use case for Vulcan Cyber?
I have been using the solution for more than six months. Essentially, any reporting I do for our internal Internet assets involves using Vulcan. The primary use of Vulcan is extracting the reports,...
 

Also Known As

InsightVM, NeXpose
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Sample Customers

ACS, Acosta, AllianceData, amazon.com, biogen idec, CBRE, CATERPILLAR, Deloitte, COACH, GameStop, IBM
Stitch Fix, Mandiant, Wealthsimple, Entrust, Anaplan, Deloitte, Origami Risk, Verana Health
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