NetWitness Platform vs Rapid7 InsightIDR comparison

NetWitness and Rapid7 are both solutions in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category. NetWitness is ranked #22 with an average rating of 7.6, while Rapid7 is ranked #9 with an average rating of 8.2. NetWitness holds a 0.6% mindshare in SIEM, compared to Rapid7’s 2.5% mindshare. Additionally, 75% of NetWitness users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Rapid7 users who would recommend it.

NetWitness Platform

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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 Sep 18, 2024

NetWitness Platform and Rapid7 InsightIDR compete in the cybersecurity tools category. Rapid7 InsightIDR seems to have the upper hand due to better features and customer service, despite NetWitness Platform being more affordable.

Features: NetWitness Platform offers robust threat detection, analytics, and comprehensive visibility. Rapid7 InsightIDR is favored for its simplicity, effective incident detection, and user-friendliness, leading to quicker threat identification.

Room for Improvement: NetWitness Platform needs enhancements in configuration complexity, integration with other tools, and easier deployment. Rapid7 InsightIDR could improve its alerting system, provide more customization options, and enhance its reporting features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: NetWitness Platform is criticized for its lengthy deployment process and the need for expert handling. Rapid7 InsightIDR stands out with smoother deployment and better user support, making it easier to implement.

Pricing and ROI: NetWitness Platform is known for lower setup costs and decent ROI, but requires additional investment in expertise. Rapid7 InsightIDR, while more expensive, offers higher ROI due to its advanced features and effective threat management, justifying the higher cost.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

NetWitness Platform

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

22nd

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Log Management (22nd)

Rapid7 InsightIDR

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

9th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (2nd), 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 NetWitness Platform is 0.6%, down from 0.8% 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)

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MdZaman

IT manager at a agriculture with 10,001+ employees

Really scalable for enterprise customers

The solution should have more integration capabilities with different platforms. The API is nearly open and scalable, so the solution can integrate with many platforms. The solution has more than 200 log sources in the scalability to support, but this is its limit. Installation is pretty easy. However, there are a couple of modules involved, so it is not as easy as it could be. We are talking about a distributed module, not a single-module type. This is what makes things a bit complex, instead of easier. I rate it as a seven out of ten on its installation and configuration capabilities.

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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 is the correlation. It can report in real-time and monitor the management."

"The product's initial setup phase was not at all difficult."

"Possibility to investigate incidents based on logs and raw packets, such as extracting files sent over the network"

"Their technical support responds quickly and are knowledgable."

"The most valuable feature of RSA NetWitness Logs and Packets are the alerts and correlations tools."

"NetWitness Platform is valuable for creating rules that the solution must detect."

"The most valuable features are the integration and ease of use."

"Offers a good wireless feature."

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

"The incident case management is the most valuable feature. Even though there's always something I find I would like to add to that feature, the ability to quickly sort through all the logs, network and endpoint data, etc., and add it to an incident case as part of the investigation, is nice. Having it automatically timeline that additional data into the original incident timeline, and correlate it to other notable events and activities on the network, results in a huge improvement in our overall confidence that we've quickly traced down the right source of an issue."

"InsightIDR’s ability to process millions of transactions per day, and to notify me of the most critical ones, is priceless. InsightIDR has the alerts tuned, and has the ability to quickly drill down to determine the threat level."

"It improves because several sensors are deployed within the on-premise environment. It can be very efficient if the customer implements and operates it effectively."

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

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

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

"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 user interface is a little bit difficult for new users and it needs to be improved."

"There are instances where you try to run the reports and then it does not give you the desired outcome."

"The initial setup was complex because it takes a lot of time to complete the implementation."

"The system looks like it is a mix of a bunch of different systems, and nothing looked like it was quite together."

"The threat detection capability and centralizing and upgrading capability need to be improved. The threat alert capability needs to be improved as well because there is some lag time at present. They need to work on their database search too."

"The multi-tenant capabilities are lagging compared to IBM QRadar."

"The documentation is not as structured as I would like, personally, and I think that it can be improved and made much more user-friendly."

"If we have the ability to run a dynamic analysis through malware in the same suite, it would be great to have a sandbox solution to analyze malware through dynamic analysis."

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

"They should add more configuration and security features to it."

"It takes time for the product's support team to resolve issues, making it an area of concern where improvements are required."

"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 interface for doing investigation needs to be enhanced with minor improvements that would make it more useful."

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

"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."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"RSA NetWitness Logs and Packets do not have a subscription model, it's a one-time purchase. There is only a perpetual license."

"The NetWitness Platform may be affordable only for enterprise-level customers, as it may not be within the budget of small and medium-sized businesses."

"In comparison to other SIEM solutions such as Splunk, NetWitness is less costly."

"Many clients are not able to purchase the packet capability because there is a huge amount of data, and the cost depends on the number of EPS (Events per second), as well as the number of gigabytes of data per day."

"It is cheap."

"We have yearly licensing costs. The license fee can be based on the volume of EPS. Some organizations may have, as a gentlemanly gesture, 10,000 EPS and get a 3,000 EPS license but actually use 5,000 EPS."

"The new pricing and licensing mechanisms are fair. I would advise always to get the full solution (i.e., not only Logs)."

"Compared to the competition, the is price is not that high."

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"The pricing and licensing are competitive."

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

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

"It is a reasonably priced solution."

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

"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."

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

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Financial Services Firm

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about NetWitness Platform?

The product's initial setup phase was not at all difficult.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NetWitness Platform?

The product price was reasonable for my region and the market.

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What needs improvement with NetWitness Platform?

From an improvement perspective, the NetWitness Platform needs to release new features and improve in areas like log correlation. The tool needs to have easier integrations with the cloud. Building...

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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

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Overview

NetWitness Platform is an evolved SIEM and threat detection and response solution that functions as a single, unified platform for ALL your security data. It features an advanced analyst workbench for triaging alerts and incidents, and it orchestrates security operations programs end to end. In short: NetWitness Platform is all you need to run an intelligent SOC.

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.

Rapid7

Sample Customers

Los Angeles World Airports, Reply

Liberty Wines, Pioneer Telephone, Visier

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