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Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM) vs Rapid7 InsightVM comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Cisco Vulnerability Managem...
Ranking in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management
20th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Cisco Security Portfolio (11th)
Rapid7 InsightVM
Ranking in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management
4th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
66
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Risk-Based Vulnerability Management category, the mindshare of Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM) is 2.6%, up from 2.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Rapid7 InsightVM is 10.5%, down from 13.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Risk-Based Vulnerability Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Rapid7 InsightVM10.5%
Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM)2.6%
Other86.9%
Risk-Based Vulnerability Management
 

Featured Reviews

AshishPaliwal - PeerSpot reviewer
Self-employed at Self-employed
Offers contextual prioritization and risk-based remediation of vulnerability
An improvement would be some sort of an integration with any GRC suite. There are a lot of GRC suites available, like Archer, MetricStream, Rsam, Protiviti, for example. So how would a solution like this work if my company has already invested thousands or maybe millions in a GRC solution? Do I still need it and how does it fit into an existing SAP environment? There could be interoperability, having more data sources, integrating Splunk, Qualys, FireEye, Rapid7, Carbon Black. I'm sure all that can be done to an extent, with a little more insight and a little more accuracy on the industry numbers and trends. I'd like the solution to offer any sort of assistance in any way with the remediation part, not just identification of vulnerability risk, and that is second.
FL
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The risk context of any vulnerability is a valuable feature."
"Rapid7 InsightVM is an on-premise type product that has helped us manage potential vulnerabilities effectively."
"The solution is automatically scheduled so it runs by itself."
"I liked the dashboard on it. I could customize my dashboard with different widgets and different heat maps."
"Has great reporting features."
"I like Rapid7's scan optimization options."
"With Rapid7 InsightVM, the deployment process is more user-friendly."
"The solution is good because it has a lot of options."
"The performance is good."
 

Cons

"An improvement would be some sort of an integration with any GRC suite."
"We found that after you passed an endpoint, it didn't always reflect it in the next scan. I'm not sure if it was a glitch or some issue with the product's software. That was never clear. That was always an issue and something that definitely needed improvement."
"The automation capability remediation needs improvement."
"There needs to be much clearer instructions surrounding scanning."
"The solution needs to improve its vulnerability design to include CVC results."
"It is still not a fully cloud-based solution. It will be helpful for customers if it is a complete cloud solution. It is a hybrid solution at the moment."
"There have been instances where technical support takes a long time to update the status of a ticket, which is something that can be improved."
"Reporting could be expanded."
"The product's documentation could be enhanced with clearer and more detailed instructions."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I think the pricing is based on the number of endpoints, so it's more subscription-based."
"Its price is too high. My only concern or issue with Rapid7 is its pricing."
"Pricing is reasonable because we pay according to asset usage. We can define our assets and sites according to our preference."
"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."
"Comparing the price with the value that we receive, I am not happy with it."
"We purchase annual licenses."
"The price of the solution is less than the competitors."
"We have an annual license to use Rapid7 InsightVM and if we want to extend it, we will possibly choose more than one year."
"Its licensing is yearly. Everything is included in the price for one year."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Retailer
16%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Government
5%
 

Company Size

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

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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.
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My experience with the pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that both the setup cost and licensing are great.
 

Also Known As

Kenna.VM, Kenna Security, Kenna, Kenna Security Platform
InsightVM, NeXpose
 

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Sample Customers

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ACS, Acosta, AllianceData, amazon.com, biogen idec, CBRE, CATERPILLAR, Deloitte, COACH, GameStop, IBM
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