Rapid7 InsightIDR vs Tanium comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 9, 2024

Tanium and Rapid7 InsightIDR are two prominent products in the security and endpoint management market. Users are generally happier with the features of Rapid7 InsightIDR, appreciating its comprehensive detection and response capabilities, while Tanium stands out due to its robust control and visibility functionalities.

Features: Tanium users value the platform’s powerful real-time data collection, the ability to manage large-scale networks effectively, and its deep control over endpoint configurations. Rapid7 InsightIDR users appreciate its user-friendly experience, strong threat detection features, and automated response options.

Room for Improvement: Tanium could improve in areas such as simplifying its experience, enhancing its integration with third-party tools, and better user interface design. Rapid7 InsightIDR could benefit from improved customization options, more detailed reporting, and expanded integration capabilities.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Tanium’s deployment can be complex and time-consuming, requiring significant resources for initial setup, with mixed reviews on customer support. Rapid7 InsightIDR is praised for its straightforward deployment process and more responsive and effective customer service.

Pricing and ROI: Tanium users mention that the setup cost is substantial but justify it with the extensive control and capabilities the product offers. Rapid7 InsightIDR users find the pricing more reasonable considering its features and ease of use, offering better ROI through its efficient threat detection and response capabilities.

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Rapid7 InsightIDR vs. Tanium

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Categories and Ranking

Rapid7 InsightIDR

Ranking in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

20th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (9th), User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (3rd), Threat Deception Platforms (5th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (15th)

Tanium

Ranking in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

26th

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Server Monitoring (9th), Vulnerability Management (23rd), Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (35th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) category, the mindshare of Rapid7 InsightIDR is 1.0%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tanium is 2.8%, up from 2.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

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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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Mo Vermeiren

Cybersecurity Business & Technology Consultant at Capgemini

Is able to make several campaigns work in parallel, but the user interface needs improvement

It's mainly used by the cybersecurity team for Windows patching and deployment of some software solutions I like the fact that you can create patching campaigns depending on the area of your network that you want to address first. I like the ability it has to make several campaigns that work in…

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

"If you were on other solutions, you would notice that they use agents from third-party, from open-source, from a native OS, or from other tools. Here, however, it is an agent from Rapid7 itself. This adds to the solution's overall capabilities."

"Very intuitive and easy to set up."

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

"Rapid7 is easy to use and deploy. It is a simple solution and has easy data pulling."

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

"I rate Rapid7 nine out of 10 for affordability"

"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."

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"The interrogation piece was the most valuable feature because it was very detailed."

"I'm not so familiar with the tool but I like the interaction of the console to the picture. Patching is the primary model I have been focusing on for the last couple of weeks. So I have created a proof of concept environment and have been checking the available features."

"Tanium has made the process of detecting threats more proactive with its detection. So, the process is easier and more efficient."

"The solution is scalable and helps to understand how infrastructure works. It helps to improve the health of the organization."

"I would say Tanium is the best tool for vulnerability management."

"The product is granular and can build complex roles compared to other EDR vendors."

"For incident response tasks, all these tasks can get done in minutes with minimal disruption to the end-user."

"Tanium’s linear-chain architecture is valuable."

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Cons

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

"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."

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

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

"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."

"I would like to see more development in InsightIDR towards building their SIEM solution and converting it to XDR."

"One thing that springs to mind is easier API integration with ITSMs. We are evaluating a new ITSM and I would like to have InsightIDR create a ticket when an attack is identified, and the ticket would be closed in InsightIDR when the ITSM resolution is completed. This would take out the "single point of failure" we currently have, if the email recipient is somehow absent, in recording the risk appetite for the incident and the actions taken to mitigate or not."

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"The most painful thing is the interface. It's a bit unclear sometimes."

"The solution can give a lot of false positives."

"It is not really additional functions, or the features that are needed, rather the complexity would be reduced based on the number of modules required to put together a comprehensive operational security and risk compliance model."

"The main issues are the network connection because different customers have issues with their networks. It's difficult implementing this type of solution because the network is the main feature in the architecture for these types of solutions. Tanium could improve by creating some network optimization."

"The solution needs to improve the reporting and tracking capabilities."

"Tanium's limitations should be improved because although it is a great tool, it is limited to only a few classes during a session."

"The performance could improve in future releases. We have had performance issues in specialized web environments, but overall I think the problems are less than 2% of the computer systems being used."

"They could improve the UI."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

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

"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."

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

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

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

"The pricing and licensing are competitive."

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"The solution is expensive but it's a good investment."

"It's an expensive solution. It would be nice if the cost were lower."

"It is higher than some competitors in the market."

"The product's pricing differs from region to region depending on negotiations and the number of endpoints."

"Tanium is a more expensive solution in Latin America than some of the competitors, such as BigFix."

"There is an annual license required to use this solution."

"The solution offers value for money."

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Financial Services Firm

17%

Government

13%

Computer Software Company

11%

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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...

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...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Rapid7 InsightIDR?

The product pricing is very cheap.

What do you like most about Tanium?

Tanium’s linear-chain architecture is valuable.

What needs improvement with Tanium?

The reporting could be improved.

What is your primary use case for Tanium?

We collect end-point data. We use it to make AI models and provide it to customers. I use Tanium’s sensors, collect data, and develop dashboards. The sensors have many data types. If we need differ...

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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.

Tanium Endpoint Platform reduces security risk, improves agility & increases efficiency, a fundamentally new approach to endpoint security's threat detection, indicent response, vulnerability assessment and configuration compliance & with management's software distribution, asset utilization, asset inventory and patch management.

Sample Customers

Liberty Wines, Pioneer Telephone, Visier

JPMorgan Chase, eBay, Amazon, US Bank, MetLife, pwc, Cerner, Delphi, MGM Grand, New York Life