Gurucul UEBA vs Rapid7 InsightIDR comparison

Gurucul and Rapid7 are both solutions in the User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) category. Gurucul is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.0, while Rapid7 is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.2. Gurucul holds a 4.0% mindshare in UBA, compared to Rapid7’s 11.3% mindshare. Additionally, 75% of Gurucul users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Rapid7 users who would recommend it.

Gurucul UEBA

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75% willing to recommend

Rapid7 InsightIDR

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95% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 4, 2025

Gurucul UEBA and Rapid7 InsightIDR are competing in the security analytics solutions category. Rapid7 InsightIDR seems to have the upper hand in integration and threat intelligence, making it suitable for organizations prioritizing comprehensive security coverage.

Features: Gurucul UEBA is recognized for its advanced machine learning-powered analytics, precise identification of insider threats and anomalies, and forecasting capabilities. Rapid7 InsightIDR provides integrated threat intelligence, asset identification, and user behavior analytics for a holistic threat view. Its ease of integration with existing systems is a notable advantage, offering adaptability to diverse IT environments.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Rapid7 InsightIDR offers a straightforward deployment process with comprehensive support, reducing operationalization time and effort. Gurucul UEBA, while robust, may require more resources and expertise during setup. Rapid7's responsive customer support ensures quick resolution of deployment challenges.

Pricing and ROI: Gurucul UEBA offers a more competitive setup cost structure, appealing to budget-conscious organizations, and provides gradual ROI through its focused features. Rapid7 InsightIDR, despite a higher initial investment, delivers substantial ROI through its extensive threat detection capabilities and efficiencies from seamless integration, providing value that justifies its premium pricing.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Gurucul UEBA

Ranking in User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)

6th

Average Rating

7.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Rapid7 InsightIDR

Ranking in User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)

2nd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (9th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (18th), Threat Deception Platforms (5th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (14th)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) category, the mindshare of Gurucul UEBA is 4.0%, up from 2.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Rapid7 InsightIDR is 11.3%, up from 8.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)

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Ravi Shekharan

Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Helped reduce our operational costs and increase our efficiency, but it can be more user-friendly

Regarding the prioritization of threats, Gurucul UEBA needs to enhance its alert severity assignment process within the system. This is one area where Gurucul UEBA could improve. Additionally, it would be beneficial if the tool itself could provide or assign user-based or asset-based CI ratings to allow for a more accurate assessment of alert severity. In our environment, we forward these logs, events, and alerts to SIM, where the CI rating is already present. Therefore, if we need to closely investigate a UEBA case directly, it becomes problematic. Gurucul UEBA should proactively incorporate asset-based or user-based CI severity into its design. Gurucul UEBA needs to be more user-friendly. I would like Gurucul UEBA to be able to integrate with legacy-based identity systems and systems that are performing network-based access control. This would require additional integration and playbook models.

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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

"I appreciate the comprehensive categorization of devices based on their intended use, such as those for DNS."

"The reporting feature was the key differentiator. I also liked the ability to create dynamic rules in the environment."

"If you are genuinely looking for a UEBA solution, you should choose Gurucul confidently if your need is strictly UEBA."

"The most valuable feature of Gurucul is the ability to customize and it is on the Hadoop platform that has a lot of flexibility."

"Integration with threat modeling from the Metasploit and InsightIDR repositories."

"InsightIDR has allowed us to find potential security issues that we did not know existed, and get remediation quickly."

"Another very important part of insightIDR is the ability to collect data from endpoint devices via agent software. With a large remote workforce, this allows visibility into the endpoints that are connected to the internet, but not to the corporate network."

"Rapid7's reporting is more robust than Tenable's."

"I am able to run automated actions based on the output of reports, leaving me extra time to focus on more pressing matters."

"The ability to ingest Office 365 log files, then process them into events and display them on a map."

"The technical support is a solid 10 out of 10 as they take the time to answer any questions or problems which may arise in a reasonable time frame."

"It is a very stable solution."

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Cons

"It could be more stable."

"Regarding the prioritization of threats, Gurucul UEBA needs to enhance its alert severity assignment process within the system."

"Technical support is good but can improve. I would rate it six to seven out of ten. The main issue is response time, which can take three to four hours even for simple queries."

"Gurucul can improve on the online documentation. They should educate the end users more to allow them to do everything themselves."

"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."

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

"Currently, it lacks the functionalities provided by Rapid7's User Behavior Analytics (UBA)."

"Lacks a mobile application."

"InsightIDR is only available in a cloud version. Some of our customers prefer an on-prem solution because they want to manage the security within their environment."

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

"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."

"Inability to get access to compliance reports within the solution."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price is fair. In fact, I believe it was on the cheaper side when compared to the competition."

"The price of Gurucul is competitive."

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

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

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

"Rapid7 InsightIDR is a cheaply priced product. On a scale of one to ten, where one is very expensive, and ten is very cheap, I rate the product's price at seven or eight."

"Rapid7 InsightIDR's pricing is reasonable but we have challenges with the Minimum Order Quantity. It is not reasonable for customers who have less than one hundred devices. If they can reduce Minimum Order Quantity, it is good. You have to pay around 5000-6000 dollars per year for the product. The pricing includes maintenance and support costs."

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

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

"It is on a yearly basis. For our own company, for about 250 users, it was 16,000 euros a year."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

19%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Healthcare Company

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Government

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Gurucul?

I appreciate the comprehensive categorization of devices based on their intended use, such as those for DNS.

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What needs improvement with Gurucul?

For improvement, I have requested three enhancement tickets, which are already lodged with the Gurucul support team. The first request is to add a visualization option in reports for charts or grap...

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What is your primary use case for Gurucul?

Regarding the use cases, I have created many use cases in Gurucul UEBA. It's easy to create use cases based on behaviors.

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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

Threats are a moving target. Determined and persistent threat actors purposely stretch out their activity across weeks or even months, especially when most SIEM and XDR solutions are incapable of piecing together events across time. Even worse, is that these solutions primarily use rule-based Machine Learning, which is essentially pattern matching. This makes them especially ineffective in detecting new attacks and/or variants, which are highly successful in breaching organizations. Discover how Gurucul UEBA security can help your enterprise.

Gurucul

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

Global semi-conductor company

Liberty Wines, Pioneer Telephone, Visier

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