Rapid7 InsightIDR vs SolarWinds Security Event Manager comparison

Rapid7 and SolarWinds are both solutions in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category. Rapid7 is ranked #14 with an average rating of 8.0, while SolarWinds is ranked #24 with an average rating of 7.6. Rapid7 holds a 2.4% mindshare in SIEM, compared to SolarWinds’s 0.7% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Rapid7 users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 82% of SolarWinds users who would recommend it.

Rapid7 InsightIDR

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82% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

SolarWinds Security Event Manager and Rapid7 InsightIDR are competitive products in the cybersecurity market. Rapid7 InsightIDR has the upper hand due to its comprehensive features, despite its higher cost.

Features: SolarWinds Security Event Manager is appreciated for its efficient log monitoring, real-time alerting capabilities, and built-in reporting tools. Rapid7 InsightIDR stands out with advanced threat detection and investigation, user behavior analytics, and automation capabilities.

Room for Improvement: Users of SolarWinds Security Event Manager often point out the need for a more intuitive experience, enhanced scalability, and better integration capabilities. Rapid7 InsightIDR could improve its integration capabilities, reporting functionalities, and user interface design.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SolarWinds Security Event Manager is favored for its simpler deployment process and reliable customer service. Rapid7 InsightIDR receives mixed feedback on deployment but is recognized for its quality of customer service.

Pricing and ROI: SolarWinds Security Event Manager is noted for its cost-effectiveness and good return on investment. Rapid7 InsightIDR, while more expensive, is seen as worth the price for its extensive features and capabilities, leading to a positive ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Rapid7 InsightIDR vs. SolarWinds Security Event Manager Report (Updated: September 2025).

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

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)

SolarWinds Security Event M...

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

24th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

5.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category, the mindshare of Rapid7 InsightIDR is 2.4%, down from 2.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolarWinds Security Event Manager is 0.7%, up from 0.6% 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 (%)
Rapid7 InsightIDR	2.4%
SolarWinds Security Event Manager	0.7%
Other	96.9%

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

Featured Reviews

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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Yashokanth Partkunan

Managed Services Engineer at Loop1 Systems

Has supported client needs efficiently but requires deeper analysis features and faster support

The log analyzing capability of SolarWinds Security Event Manager should go into more depth than the current environment. More modification and enhancements are required on the dashboard side in order to make it closer to optimal performance. From observation and feedback from users, they need more functionality related to monitoring, and in-depth analyzing needs to be improved.

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

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

"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."

"Log search allows us to dive deep into aggregated logs and query all event types at once."

"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."

"User behavioral analytics allows us to pinpoint abnormal or suspicious behavior among millions of events every day."

"The UI is very good."

"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten. As a cloud tool, the product is highly scalable."

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"It has in-depth monitoring capabilities and an easy way for setting up dashboards. I can expand in various areas, or I can reduce areas. It supports different types of breakdowns, filters, and rules. It is very simple for an out-of-the-box type of product. It doesn't take a lot of time to figure it out, which is unlike some of the solutions that I have looked at. It meets all the aspects."

"Some of the rules are most valuable because you can be notified about various things, such as spyware or things that are going on in the internal network."

"The solution helps me to go back in time and search for different events. For example, if you wanted to know who activated an account; you could go back in time and find out."

"User-friendly configuration is key, and the configurations are simple, not complex."

"The out of the box reports and dashboard. It was easy to trim down these windows to something we could quickly use."

"It's easy to build rules and actions based on the logs and event types we collect with the software."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the visibility into both attempted and failed logins."

"It performs network behavior monitoring, log monitoring, and disaster recovery monitoring."

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Cons

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

"Lacks a mobile application."

"I feel it would greatly benefit from more supported log sources."

"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."

"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."

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

"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."

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"SolarWinds should improve its correlation capabilities. The correlation does not automatically detect and reduce the events fast enough. You have to manually do a correlation report, which means the tool is not scalable in many ways."

"Under the new system, it is not upgradable the way they say. When you try to do an upgrade, it doesn't really work unless you dump everything and start from scratch. You lose a lot of your nodes. Whenever you set your nodes up and everything else, they don't want to bring those nodes back in, so you have to really go back and restructure all your nodes. I went from version 6.5 to version 6.6 and then to version 6.7. I then went to version 2019, and now it is version 2020. It would be good if we can upgrade without having to delete everything and start from scratch. They can maybe build more KPIs and other things for the dashboard. Some of the other systems already have built-in KPIs. SolarWinds is starting to catch up, but it is not there yet. They can include some of the business or industry standards for tracking the time, that is, the meantime to detect (MTTD) and the meantime to resolve (MTTR). They can also find a way to build a KPI that measures the number of instances of port scans experienced in a week or a month."

"I imagine we will have to develop our own reports soon, this seems to be more cumbersome."

"I don't think SolarWinds is scalable enough. It is somewhat limited when I need to deploy it across multiple environments in a distributed architecture."

"We have automated threat detection in the Alliance Security, Antoinette. However, if these features could be further enhanced, it would simplify my work, potentially allowing me to allocate more time to address complex issues."

"I would like to have a more customizable dashboard."

"We'd like more customization capabilities."

"We used the support from SolarWinds Security Event Manager and they are knowledgeable but challenging to get in contact with them."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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

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

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

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

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"The price of SolarWinds Security Event Manager is reasonable."

"The pricing model would benefit from having package deals with other SolarWinds products."

"Licenses can only be purchased in blocks of fifty at a time."

"Licensing is on devices, so if you have many, then this may be high."

"The tool is available at a good price for customers compared to other solutions in the market. I rate the product's price as an eight out of ten."

"We do a yearly license renewal. For a year, the solution costs roughly $500,000 USD. There are no costs beyond this yearly fee."

"It is in the appropriate mid-range. It is not as expensive as some of the other solutions. It is also not cheap."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Government

University

14%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	19
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	6

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	19
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	7

Questions from the Community

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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What do you like most about SolarWinds Security Event Manager ?

The solution helps you monitor database instances, application instances, other customer application things, Linux servers, IBM servers, and Oracle servers.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SolarWinds Security Event Manager ?

The tool is available at a good price for customers compared to other solutions in the market. I rate the product's price as an eight out of ten.

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What needs improvement with SolarWinds Security Event Manager ?

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Also Known As

InsightIDR

SolarWinds LEM, Solarwinds SIEM, TriGeo, Log and Event Manager

Overview

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

When TriGeo was acquired by SolarWinds, TriGeo SIM became known as SolarWinds Log & Event Manager. This product is a leading Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) product and log management solution, which provides log collection, analysis, and real-time correlation.

SolarWinds

Sample Customers

Liberty Wines, Pioneer Telephone, Visier

NetSuite, EasyStreet, Legacy Texas Bank, and Energy Federal Credit Union, to name a few.

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