Exabeam vs Rapid7 InsightIDR comparison

Exabeam and Rapid7 are both solutions in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category. Exabeam is ranked #15 with an average rating of 7.6, while Rapid7 is ranked #9 with an average rating of 8.2. Exabeam holds a 1.4% mindshare in SIEM, compared to Rapid7’s 2.5% mindshare. Additionally, 73% of Exabeam users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Rapid7 users who would recommend it.

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95% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

Exabeam and Rapid7 InsightIDR are both prominent security information and event management (SIEM) solutions. Rapid7 InsightIDR seems to have the upper hand due to its holistic capabilities and perceived value.

Features: Exabeam is praised for its automated incident response, behavior analytics, and strong feature set. Rapid7 InsightIDR stands out for its comprehensive threat detection, user behavior analytics, and broader threat detection capabilities.

Room for Improvement: Exabeam users highlight the need for more intuitive reporting tools, enhanced integration capabilities, and better data visualization options. Rapid7 InsightIDR users call for better data visualization options, more seamless integrations, and enhanced reporting tools.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Exabeam is appreciated for its straightforward deployment and responsive customer service. Rapid7 InsightIDR also receives positive feedback for deployment but has mixed reviews regarding customer service responsiveness.

Pricing and ROI: Exabeam users report favorable pricing models and reasonable ROI. Rapid7 InsightIDR is considered more expensive, but users feel the investment is justified by its rich features and effectiveness in threat management.

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Categories and Ranking

Exabeam

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

15th

Ranking in User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)

3rd

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Security Incident Response (5th), Threat Intelligence Platforms (7th), Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (7th), AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms (9th)

Rapid7 InsightIDR

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

9th

Ranking in User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)

2nd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (18th), Threat Deception Platforms (5th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (14th)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category, the mindshare of Exabeam is 1.4%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Rapid7 InsightIDR is 2.5%, down from 2.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

Featured Reviews

Stephen-Armstrong

Cyber Security Analyst at Capgemini

The SIEM provides a user-friendly UI experience

When events come into the system, the dashboard categorizes them by the highest risk score, not when they appear on the system. When you've got multiple ongoing incidents you can only see the highest risk score at the top of the list rather than the most recent detection. Exabeam's reporting dashboard could have included a filtering option to filter by the most recent detection.

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Asim Naeem

Principal IT Security & Compliance at IBEX Holdings Ltd

Providing comprehensive insight into alerts while working towards AI enhancement

I definitely recommend Rapid7 InsightIDR. It is becoming better, with improvements being continuously made to the product. Right now, I do not have any advice about Rapid7 for other users because every organization or user has different criteria or multiple use cases, so I refrain from commenting on that. I rate the overall solution seven out of ten.

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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

"The most valuable feature of Exabeam is the timeline creation based on log sources, which helps in security investigations."

"The setup is not difficult. It was easy."

"Timeline based analysis; good platform support"

"The platform is not extremely expensive compared to its direct competitors; I would rate its pricing around six out of ten."

"It is user-friendly and quite simple to use."

"The user interface and the timelines they use are the most valuable features. The price model is very simple so that one can understand it easily and there are no surprises within it."

"The ThreatHunter in Advanced Analytics is the most valuable. It helps analyze compromised assets and provides analysis for any entity within my client's environment."

"Exabeam includes machine learning features and out-of-the-box rules that we rely on."

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

"Log search allows us to dive deep into aggregated logs and query all event types at once."

"The alerting to drive investigations and remediation has been its most valuable feature."

"The web interface is great — very useful and user-friendly."

"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 solution is easy to use, and the interface is intuitive."

"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 biggest reason why we chose Rapid7 was to gain value in a really quick time. Its deployment doesn't take months. It just takes a few days."

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Cons

"Adding to the number of certifications that they have, for example, ISO 27001, would be helpful."

"They should provide detailed information about detecting phishing emails."

"They need to focus on more of the MITRE ATT&CK Framework and coverage. They claim they cover about 70 to 80%. I'm not sure if it's really quite that much, however."

"One area for the solution's improvement is integration capabilities, particularly out-of-the-box integration which sometimes requires additional professional services."

"Exabeam's reporting dashboard could have included a filtering option to filter by the most recent detection."

"We still have questions surrounding hardware deployment."

"Updating the new release of Exabeam Fusion SIEM takes time and slows our performance."

"We had a large volume right from the beginning and they weren't quite prepared for that. That's something that they should think about when it comes to customers that have a large volume to start off with."

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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 product allows us to make only 30 custom rules."

"InsightIDR's integration with other solutions could be improved. Also, I'd like more control from the portal over what's happening on the endpoint side. For example, when I see an attack on an endpoint, I want to be able to stop it from the portal."

"Customised alert recipients need to be added to allow better first-line action and quicker response. Configurable honeypots would be a welcome addition."

"There is a future in AI with Rapid7, however, it is not fully operated. There are certain limitations with Rapid7 that I am working on."

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

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

"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."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"They have a great model for pricing that can be based either on user count or gigabits per day."

"There is an annual license required to use Exabeam Fusion SIEM. The price of the solution should be reduced."

"The solution is expensive."

"The platform is not extremely expensive compared to its direct competitors; I would rate its pricing around six out of ten."

"Exabeam Fusion SIEM's pricing is reasonable."

"Exabeam is not a cheap solution."

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

"The pricing and licensing are competitive."

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

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

"Rapid7 InsightIDR charges us based on the endpoints we connect to."

"The team is very willing to work with companies. My suggestion is to call the Rapid7 sales department and see how they can help."

"I am sure that there are cheaper products out there, but none that meet so many of our needs whilst maintaining stability and usability."

"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."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Computer Software Company

16%

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Questions from the Community

What are the biggest differences between Securonix UEBA, Exabeam, and IBM QRadar?

It mostly depends on your use-cases and environment. Exabeam and Securonix have a stronger UEBA feature set, friendlier GUI and are not licensed based on capacity (amount of logs and information in...

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What do you like most about Exabeam Fusion SIEM?

The solution's initial setup process is easy.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Exabeam Fusion SIEM?

I do not have much information about the pricing. However, I am aware that Exabeam is cheaper than Palo Alto based on discussions in meetings.

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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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Overview

Exabeam Fusion is a cloud-delivered solution that that enables you to:

-Leverage turnkey threat detection, investigation, and response
-Collect, search and enhance data from anywhere
-Detect threats missed by other tools, using market-leading behavior analytics
-Achieve successful SecOps outcomes with prescriptive, threat-centric use case packages
-Enhance productivity and reduce response times with automation
-Meet regulatory compliance and audit requirements with ease

Exabeam

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.

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Sample Customers

Hulu, ADP, Safeway, BBCN Bank

Liberty Wines, Pioneer Telephone, Visier

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