Fortinet FortiSIEM vs Rapid7 InsightIDR comparison

Fortinet and Rapid7 are both solutions in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category. Fortinet is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.1, while Rapid7 is ranked #14 with an average rating of 8.0. Fortinet holds a 3.3% mindshare in SIEM, compared to Rapid7’s 2.4% mindshare. Additionally, 82% of Fortinet users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Rapid7 users who would recommend it.

Fortinet FortiSIEM

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82% willing to recommend

Rapid7 InsightIDR

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95% willing to recommend

Fortinet FortiSIEM

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

Fortinet FortiSIEM and Rapid7 InsightIDR are leading solutions in the SIEM market. Rapid7 InsightIDR is seen as having the upper hand due to its superior feature set and ease of use.

Features: Fortinet FortiSIEM offers comprehensive security information and event management capabilities, real-time analysis, and scalability. Rapid7 InsightIDR has user-friendly advanced threat detection, incident response features, and strong integration capabilities.

Room for Improvement: Fortinet FortiSIEM needs to enhance its analytics functions, simplify configuration processes, and reduce deployment times. Rapid7 InsightIDR could improve its log management, fine-tune alerting mechanisms, and expand its customer support options.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Fortinet FortiSIEM users experience longer deployment times and a learning curve. Rapid7 InsightIDR users praise its quick deployment and responsive customer support.

Pricing and ROI: Fortinet FortiSIEM is known for cost-effectiveness, providing solid ROI with lower initial costs. Rapid7 InsightIDR has higher setup costs but offers significant ROI through its advanced features.

To learn more, read our detailed Fortinet FortiSIEM vs. Rapid7 InsightIDR Report (Updated: September 2025).

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Fortinet FortiSIEM

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

7th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

5.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Rapid7 InsightIDR

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

14th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (5th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (25th), Threat Deception Platforms (4th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (17th)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category, the mindshare of Fortinet FortiSIEM is 3.3%, up from 2.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Rapid7 InsightIDR is 2.4%, down from 2.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Fortinet FortiSIEM	3.3%
Rapid7 InsightIDR	2.4%
Other	94.3%

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

Featured Reviews

Oliver Jackson

Network Engineer at Laminar Communications Pty Ltd

Systems monitoring enhanced by firewall and intrusion detection features

My primary use case for Fortinet FortiSIEM is systems monitoring and alerting. I use it for standard functions like log monitoring, incident detection, and notification. My customers are mostly medium-sized enterprises ranging from engineering companies, mining companies, independent schools, and…

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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

"Fortinet FortiSIEM provides good detection against advanced threats."

"There are things like dashboards and reports (pre-configured and custom) that let me know that things are operating the way they should be, and when they are not."

"FortiSIEM allows you to match IPs with threat intelligence feeds from sources like Kaspersky or Anomali, adding valuable context."

"The most valuable features of the solution is its integration with other technologies, especially its ability to collect logs from Cisco and Aruba devices along with Fortinet products."

"The most valuable feature is auto-discovery. When you send logs from any device to port 514, it helps register those devices automatically."

"The most valuable feature is the dashboard. CMDB database collects data from a lot of pre-configured devices."

"Both the collecting logs and duo correlation are valuable features for us."

"FortiSIEM's log correlation is good."

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"Rapid7 InsightIDR integrates well with other solutions. It's also easy to configure because Rapid7 InsightIDR has a lot of instructions posted on their website that customers can follow if they need to get the source log."

"It improved my organization by building a security alerting program."

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

"I definitely recommend Rapid7 InsightIDR."

"The solution is very stable and works very well for what I need it to do."

"I like that it's a cloud-based solution."

"Simple configuration and automatically syncs to the cloud platform."

"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

"The tool's technical team's response time is too high, and they are not available even when they know that there are many pending issues."

"When an alert triggers in Fortinet FortiSIEM, the layout or format can feel limited"

"The policy editing should be easier. Right now, it's too hard."

"The biggest thing that could be better is a quicker response to support cases."

"We need to see incident reports about the event log, without events from the administrator or through human interaction."

"The interface needs some improvements because it's a bit cumbersome when you're trying to view items. It takes some time to get used to. Additionally, sometimes the scrolling does not work."

"The graphs on the user interface could be improved as we often experience glitches."

"Fortinet FortiSIEM could improve by having better integration and extensions. This would benefit by allowing us to give more rules."

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"The solution's XDR agents cannot compete with the XDR solutions out there yet."

"The product allows us to make only 30 custom rules."

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

"I would like to see more development in InsightIDR towards building their SIEM solution and converting it to XDR."

"Cloud risk assessment is one area where I think they need a lot of improvement."

"The APIs can be further improved in Rapid7."

"Sometimes, it is hard to get the right queries to use. Currently, the tool lacks a pre-made set of queries."

"Rapid7 InsightIDR is not intuitive to search for logs. It should be more user-friendly and improve the dashboards. We should be able to use ready-made templates instead of having to build one."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing is determined based on the customer's budget."

"Fortinet FortiSIEM is cheaper compared to other products."

"The price of Fortinet FortiSIEM is a lot less when compared to other solutions."

"The price of the solution is expensive. The license is scalable. If there are 10 devices it is simple to license."

"Fortinet's products are not expensive, it is less than the competition."

"Manageable, however would be better as pay as you go versus CapEX."

"We bought the perpetual license, so we own the product, but there is a three-year support renewal fee for that."

"This is probably more on the lower cost end of the spectrum compared to competing products. Fortinet's license model is based on events per second, which makes sense, but that's not typical. It makes it very hard to calculate what your costs are going to be as you scale the platform because some log sources, such as firewall logs, are very noisy, and there are lots and lots of events per second, but some of them are not. So, it becomes a bit of a science experiment trying to guess what your costs are going to be as you scale the solution. This is where other competing products perhaps have a more straightforward license model."

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

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

"I rate Rapid7 InsightIDR's price a four on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."

"Rapid7 InsightIDR is priced very well and is cost-effective."

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

"It is a reasonably priced solution."

"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."

"The pricing and licensing are competitive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Government

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	34
Midsize Enterprise	21
Large Enterprise	23

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	20
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	6

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Fortinet FortiSIEM?

Fortinet FortiSIEM needs to provide better API integrations to users.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet FortiSIEM?

I am not familiar with the price and cost of Fortinet FortiSIEM. I cannot tell you if it is high, expensive, or low. However, I can say that it is cost-effective as it provides everything needed.

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What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiSIEM?

Regarding Fortinet FortiSIEM, I cannot identify any specific areas for improvement because I can find everything I need. For the time being, I cannot find a real point for improvement. Everything i...

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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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Also Known As

FortiSIEM, AccelOps

InsightIDR

Overview

FortiSIEM (formerly AccelOps 4) provides an actionable security intelligence platform to monitor security, performance and compliance through a single pane of glass.

Companies around the world use FortiSIEM for the following use cases:

Threat management and intelligence that provide situational awareness and anomaly detection
Alleviating compliance mandate concerns for PCI, HIPAA and SOX
Managing “alert overload”
Handling the “too many tools” reporting issue
Addressing the MSPs/MSSPs pain of meeting service level agreements

Fortinet

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.

Rapid7

Sample Customers

FortiSIEM has hundreds of customers worldwide in markets including managed services, technology, financial services, healthcare, and government. Customers include Aruba Networks, Compushare, Port of San Diego, Cleveland Indians, Infoblox, Healthways, and Referentia.

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