Logz.io vs Rapid7 InsightIDR comparison

Logz.io and Rapid7 are both solutions in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category. Logz.io is ranked #25 with an average rating of 8.4, while Rapid7 is ranked #9 with an average rating of 8.1. Logz.io holds a 0.3% mindshare in SIEM, compared to Rapid7’s 2.6% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Logz.io users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Rapid7 users who would recommend it.

Logz.io

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Rapid7 InsightIDR

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95% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

Rapid7 InsightIDR and Logz.io each offer unique advantages in the cybersecurity solutions category. Despite wider adoption of Rapid7 InsightIDR for its ease of use, users prefer the comprehensive features and higher scalability of Logz.io.

Features: Rapid7 InsightIDR is praised for strong threat detection and response capabilities. Logz.io stands out with better integration, data analytics features, and flexible data handling. Users are impressed with Logz.io's open-source tools, which are beneficial in feature-rich environments.

Room for Improvement: Users of Rapid7 InsightIDR seek enhancements in log correlation, reporting functionalities, and user interface. Logz.io users desire improved alert accuracy, reduced false positives, and better performance under heavy load.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Rapid7 InsightIDR is appreciated for straightforward deployment and responsive customer service. Users find the setup intuitive and the support team knowledgeable. Logz.io, while recognized for ease of deployment, receives mixed feedback regarding customer service, indicating room for improvement in support responsiveness.

Pricing and ROI: Rapid7 InsightIDR is viewed as cost-effective with a solid ROI due to its efficient detection and response capabilities. Logz.io users find the investment justified by superior features and flexibility, despite a higher upfront cost. The differing perceptions underscore user prioritization of immediate cost versus long-term benefits.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Logz.io

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

25th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Log Management (20th)

Rapid7 InsightIDR

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

9th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (3rd), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (20th), Threat Deception Platforms (5th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (15th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category, the mindshare of Logz.io is 0.3%, down from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Rapid7 InsightIDR is 2.6%, 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

Derrick Brockel

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

The solution is a consistent logging platform that provides excellent query mechanisms

We can query a lot of data points and build dashboards. The vendor is good at adjusting their models. Most companies want us to forecast our yearly use and pay it upfront on day one. With Logz.io, we commit to use 14 TB in a year. However, they measure us every month and give us a monthly bill. Depending on our monthly usage, we pay for 14 TB divided by 12 months or a little extra. It's a little bit more like AWS. Other solutions do not do it. They want their money upfront. We really like the dashboards. We have 36 sub-accounts. Each sub-account is an app, and we could put restrictions on that app. Previously, there were capacity restrictions on the sub-accounts. If we have a sub-account of 1 TB and use only 100 GB, we waste 900 GB that day. We could not share it between sub-accounts. Now, they provide an overhead volume. We do a reserve, and any sub-account could use anything over the reserve. It utilizes our footprint better.

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Prasanth Prasad

Director of Technology at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees

Offers capabilities in areas like threat intelligence and vulnerability management but needs to improve support

The most valuable feature of the product for managing security events stems from the fact that the product's intelligence part is very good since it offers its own threat intelligence and vulnerability management platform. The tool also has its own cloud security posture management platform. The tool also is a dynamic application security testing platform. The aforementioned tools fall under Rapid7 InsightIDR's kitty. The intelligence and the data that Rapid7 gathers from customers across the globe enrich the quality of its detection capabilities. All other tools in the market depend on third-party solutions for intelligence. Rapid7 InsightIDr has the intelligence part natively available within the product, giving it a good edge over other vendors.

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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

"It is massively useful and great for testing. We can just go, find logs, and attach them easily. It has a very quick lookup. Whereas, before we would have to go, dig around, and find the server that the logs were connected to, then go to the server, download the log, and attach it. Now, we can just go straight to this solution, type in the log ID and server ID, and obtain the information that we want."

"We use the tool to track the dev and production environment."

"We use the product for log collection and monitoring."

"The visualizations in Kibana are the most valuable feature. It's much more convenient to have a visualization of logs. We can see status really clearly and very fast, with just a couple of clicks."

"The tool is simple to setup where it is just plug and play. The tool is reliable and we never had any performance issues."

"The query mechanism for response codes and application health is valuable."

"InsightOne is the main reason why we use LogMeIn. This is mostly because of log data that we are pushing tools and logs in general."

"The other nice thing about Logz.io is their team. When it comes to onboarding, their support is incredibly proactive. They bring the brand experience from a customer services perspective because their team is always there to help you refine filters and tweak dashboards. That is really a useful thing to have. Their engagement is really supportive."

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

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

"The solution provides satisfying native integration features"

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

"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."

"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."

"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."

"Intelligent alerting to avoid the common problem of alert fatigue associated with traditional SIEMs."

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Cons

"The solution needs to expand its access control and make it accessible through API."

"I would like granularity on alerting so we can get tentative alerts and major alerts, then break it down between the two."

"Capacity planning could be a little bit of a struggle."

"The solution needs to improve its data retention. It should be greater than seven days. The product needs to improve its documentation as well."

"I would like them to improve how they manage releases. Some of our integrations integrate specifically with set versions. Logz.io occasionally releases an update that might break that integration. On one occasion, we found out a little bit too late, then we had to roll it back."

"The price can be cheaper and they should have better monitoring."

"When it comes to reducing our troubleshooting time, it depends. When there are no bugs in Logz.io, it reduces troubleshooting by 5 to 10 percent. When there are bugs, it increases our troubleshooting time by 200 percent or more."

"The product needs improvement from a filtering perspective."

"Lacks a mobile application."

"One of the things that could be better is digital forensics. It is there, but it can be better. They could provide more on the endpoint detection level."

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

"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."

"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."

"The main problem lies in the processes within the client's operating systems."

"It would be useful to import threat intelligence in YARA format along with known incorrect email addresses."

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

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"At the time it was set up, we thought Logz.io was very reasonable for what we were getting in terms of how much time and hosting costs it was saving us, because you don't have to run the servers for it anymore."

"The product is a little expensive."

"You pay for what you need, and that is a good model. They are also quite happy to talk to you about your uses and your use case. They will even go as far as suggesting things that you don't need to do in order to save you money. At one point, I was quite surprised at how cheap it could be if we wanted it to be or how much they would help us manage our costs."

"The tool is an open source product."

"The product's pricing is cheaper than other solutions."

"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 solution has a mid-range price point in the market"

"Rapid7 InsightIDR's pricing is reasonable."

"It is a reasonably priced solution."

"Licensing is straightforward. If, for some reason, you don’t meet the minimum licensing requirements, there is a third-party managed service that can help."

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

"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."

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Healthcare Company

12%

Comms Service Provider

Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Government

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Logz.io?

The query mechanism for response codes and application health is valuable.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Logz.io?

The product is a little expensive. We're pushing 17 TB. It costs us one and a half million dollars a year.

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What needs improvement with Logz.io?

Capacity planning could be a little bit of a struggle. The product must add some AI capabilities to learn from previous behaviors. Instead of us setting thresholds, the tool should learn the thresh...

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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

Logz.io is a leading cloud-native observability platform that enables engineers to use the best open source tools in the market without the complexity of operating, managing, and scaling them. Logz.io offers four products: Log Management built on ELK, Infrastructure Monitoring based on Prometheus, Distributed Tracing based on Jaeger, and an ELK-based Cloud SIEM. These are offered as fully managed, integrated cloud services designed to help engineers monitor, troubleshoot and secure their distributed cloud workloads more effectively. Engineering driven companies like Siemens, Unity and ZipRecruiter use Logz.io to simplify monitoring and security workflows, increasing developer productivity, reducing time to resolve issues, and increasing the performance and security of their mission-critical applications.

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.

Sample Customers

Dish Network, The Economist, Forbes, Holler, Kenshoo, OneSpan, Siemens, Sisense, Unity, ZipRecruiter

Liberty Wines, Pioneer Telephone, Visier

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