NetWitness NDR vs Rapid7 InsightIDR comparison

NetWitness and Rapid7 are both solutions in the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) category. NetWitness is ranked #63, while Rapid7 is ranked #18 with an average rating of 8.2. NetWitness holds a 0.4% mindshare in EDR, compared to Rapid7’s 1.1% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of NetWitness users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Rapid7 users who would recommend it.

NetWitness NDR

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95% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 9, 2024

NetWitness NDR and Rapid7 InsightIDR are two leading NDR solutions. Rapid7 InsightIDR consistently outperforms NetWitness NDR in terms of overall features, ease of deployment, and return on investment.

Features: NetWitness NDR has advanced threat detection, incident response capabilities, and data enrichment features. Rapid7 InsightIDR offers integrated response automation, user behavior analytics, and asset discovery capabilities.

Room for Improvement: NetWitness NDR users cite complicated setup, need for extensive training, and high setup costs. Rapid7 InsightIDR users desire enhanced customization, more frequent updates, and better documentation.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: NetWitness NDR requires a complex deployment process and substantial technical expertise. Rapid7 InsightIDR has comparatively straightforward deployment, strong customer support, and detailed documentation.

Pricing and ROI: NetWitness NDR users feel the setup costs are high with moderate ROI. Rapid7 InsightIDR is viewed as cost-effective with better ROI due to comprehensive features and less resource-intensive deployment.

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Categories and Ranking

NetWitness NDR

Ranking in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

63rd

Ranking in Extended Detection and Response (XDR)

36th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (59th), Threat Intelligence Platforms (35th), Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (24th), Network Detection and Response (NDR) (20th)

Rapid7 InsightIDR

Ranking in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

18th

Ranking in Extended Detection and Response (XDR)

14th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (9th), User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (2nd), Threat Deception Platforms (5th)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) category, the mindshare of NetWitness NDR is 0.4%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Rapid7 InsightIDR is 1.1%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

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SupravatMaji

Associate Vice President - IT Security at Inspira Enterprise

Beneficial single unified dashboard, good native application integration, and high availability

My advice to those wanting to implement RSA NetWitness Network is they have to first do a little due diligence, such as the exact requirement based on their needs. That will give them a direction for their investment because otherwise, the bill of material or bill of quantity (BOQ) may be higher side. It is important to do good due intelligence on the environment, see the exact requirement, and then go ahead with the solution. The solution is perfectly stable. I rate RSA NetWitness Network a nine out of ten.

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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

"Ability to isolate the machine when there are malicious files."

"The interface of this solution is very flexible and easy to use."

"They have recently updated the features and the most valuable ones are the instant threat response, ease of use, web interface, integration, and easy access. RSA NetWitness Endpoint is very compatible with other solutions and technologies. However, they do not rely on third-party solutions and have most features built-in."

"RSA NetWitness does market analysis in a more granular form. It gives you full visibility."

"It helps our security team respond more accurately when there are threats, then we get less false positives or negatives."

"This solution allows us to locate the malware in real-time."

"NetWitness Endpoint's most valuable features are its interoperability across many different operating systems and the ease of pivoting from network to endpoint via a single console."

"The most valuable feature is the way it captures the traffic, and it contains every detail of the communication."

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"The UI is very good."

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

"Very intuitive and easy to set up."

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

"InsightIDR helps us investigate an environment to discover information about incidents."

"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."

"I definitely recommend Rapid7 InsightIDR."

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

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Cons

"The threat intelligence could improve in RSA NetWitness Endpoint."

"We would like to see the hunting and investigation features of this solution improved, in order to provide better visibility of issues."

"Threat detection could be better."

"NetWitness Endpoint's blocking feature does not work properly - if there's a malicious process, it's not possible to kill it via a custom rule unless and until it's flagged as malicious."

"The deployment process is complex. I don't know why, but this solution will suddenly stop working. Logs stop coming. Often, one thing or another stops working. Most of the time, one of my team members is working with troubleshooting and working with technical support. Log passing is also one of the biggest challenge."

"Its price could be improved. It is an expensive product. Its training is also too expensive. It would be great if they can have a better pricing scheme for the training."

"This solution needs an upgrade in reporting. I have heard from RSA that they are working on this, but as of yet it is not available."

"The contamination feature could be improved."

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"The ability to tune the collector for custom logs would greatly help."

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

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

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

"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."

"The reporting is the weakest aspect. There needs to be multi-level grouping for events (for example, group by user and destination). Right now, we can do a group by user and a separate table or group by destination. But I'd be more interested in where a person was logging into instead of who was logging in or where he was logging in."

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

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

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"NetWitness Endpoint is less costly than its competitors, but it offers fewer features."

"We are on a three-year contract to use RSA NetWitness Network."

"I do not have any opinion on the pricing or licensing of the product."

"The pricing is not very economical. It is a quite costly product for India. One thing is that when you purchase it, you have to purchase a module separately."

"They can easily adjust if you have the requirements which are required. If you have a budget cut or a budget constraint, they can bend."

"The cost depends on the number of endpoints that you want to monitor, but it is not expensive."

"It is an expensive product."

"It is highly scalable. It can be bought based on your requirements."

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

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

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

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

"It is more reasonably priced than other vendors."

"The pricing and licensing are competitive."

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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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Also Known As

RSA ECAT, NetWitness Network

InsightIDR

Overview

Using a centralized combination of network and endpoint analysis, behavioral analysis, data science techniques and threat intelligence, NetWitness NDR helps analysts detect and resolve known and unknown attacks while automating and orchestrating the incident response lifecycle. With these capabilities on one platform, security teams can collapse disparate tools and data into a powerful, blazingly fast user interface.

NetWitness

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

ADP, Ameritas, Partners Healthcare

Liberty Wines, Pioneer Telephone, Visier

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